Sentences with phrase «schools by hundreds of millions of dollars»

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He also referenced the fact that New York is now one of three states placed on a watch list for losing hundreds of millions of Race to the Top dollars by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan because it has «hit a roadblock» on significant policy provisions of qualifying for the aid, including establishment of the peformance evaluation system and creation of a database to track student records across school districts.

Cuomo is also trying to shake up education policy, by threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in increases in school aid from schools that don't agree on teacher evaluation plans with teachers.

The NYC School Construction Authority stashed $ 104 million in a low - interest checking account for two years — losing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars by not investing the money elsewhere, as required by law, according to an audit released yesterday.

First, this bill doesn't send one nickel a religious school,» Bellafiore said «Second, New York State already sends hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to religiously affiliated schools, via a very long - standing program that pays for services mandated by the state.»

E. Indebtedness contracted for school purposes, evidenced by bonds, to the extent to which state aid for common schools, not exceeding two million five hundred thousand dollars, shall meet the interest and the annual requirements for the amortization and payment of part or all of one or more issues of such bonds.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds have flowed through the nonprofits — an arrangement that has been criticized by good - government groups who note that transparency laws that apply to state bodies do not govern the school's offshoots.

BY ANDY HUMM Four out gay members of the City Council are siding with anti-gay lobbyists in their quest to secure tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in city funds to pay for school safety officers in religious and other private schools, despite the fact that many of them teach that homosexuality is immoral -LSB-...]

The city's School Construction Authority stashed $ 104 million in a low - interest checking account for two years — losing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars by not investing the money elsewhere, as required by law, according to an audit released Thursday.

Stellar results posted by high - performing charters are dismissed, while New York City mayor Bill de Blasio invests hundreds of millions of dollars in his signature «renewal schools» model largely without success.

CSDC was the lead catalyst, architect and advocate for the establishment of a $ 25 million Congressional demonstration program in 2001, the forerunner to the Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program administered by the U.S. Department of Education, which has provided several hundred million dollars in grants nationally for credit enhancement and revolving loan programs operated by nonprofit organizations and state agencies.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

But even as we work with legislators in Albany to find resources that would limit the damage to schools caused by the state's very serious budget problems, Bloomberg and Klein are choosing to ignore a time - tested, effective method for saving hundreds of millions of dollars while still keeping class sizes reasonable: a retirement incentive.

«Perhaps [this is] to keep [educators] from talking about how the legislature has shortchanged Arizona's school kids by hundreds of millions of dollars since the recession, and how the legislature is still making it nearly impossible for many districts to take care of even [schools»] most basic needs.»

Imagine, the reformers feel entitled to issue a press release claiming the «reform movement» deserves credit for increasing test scores by an insignificant amount, after spending hundreds of millions of dollars implementing the very program they said would «turnaround» the entire New Orleans School System.

Funneling money through a variety of different organizations and front groups, the charter school advocates have been able «transform» public education in Connecticut by promoting Malloy's plans to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in scarce public funds to privately owned and operated charter schools.

While the State of Connecticut spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to reduce racial isolation in our urban school districts, as required by Connecticut's Constitution and Courts, Governor Dannel Malloy is pumping more than $ 100 million a year into Connecticut Charter Schools despite the fact that they have become a primary vehicle for the segregation of our public school system.

But I will proudly stand by my statement that a Democrat who proposed doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the poorest school; who refuses to de-couple inappropriate standardized tests from teacher evaluation; who diverts a hundred million dollars a year from public schools to prop up unaccountable charter schools that refuse to educate their fair share of bi-lingual students and students who need special education services; and who refused to settle the CCEJF lawsuit and develop a long - term change to Connecticut's school funding formula... DOES NOT deserve the badge of honor that comes with being endorsed by teacher unions.

Tuttle also notes the growing number of far - flung tech companies looking to list their share in the U.S. Among these are three China - based companies with plans to raise hundreds of millions of dollars by selling American depositary shares in the not - too - distant future, including Bilibili, a nine - year - old, Shanghai, China - based anime video sharing platform; iQiyi, an eight - year - old Beijing - based video streaming service; and OneSmart, a 10 - year - old, Shanghai, China - based K - 12 after - school education provider.