Sentences with phrase «siphoning of public school funds»

All of the problems associated with charter schools, such as, siphoning of public school funding, increased segregation, scandalous recruiting practices and blatant profiteering can be found in charters in and surrounding America's Christmas City.

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«He has stopped the use of over 350 model schools constructed by Amaechi's Administration so that he can embark upon the construction of his 175 non-existent schools to enable him siphon public funds.

The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools.»

Opponents of voucher programs argue that they siphon essential funding from already meager public - school budgets to other schools and at their worst are unconstitutional, as they can use taxpayer - funded vouchers to benefit religious schools.

Moreover, advocates should keep in mind that school districts in participating states access Medicaid dollars directly to pay for medically necessary services for students with disabilities.70 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that districts provide all necessary services and resources to afford every child a «free appropriate public education,» and some medically related supports qualify for Medicaid reimbursement.71 With less Medicaid funding statewide to meet that guarantee, states and districts would have to siphon money from other education funding streams to afford necessary medical services that support the learning of students with disabilities.

The very foundation of democracy is undermined by the potential of replacing equal access to knowledge and learning and the pathway to college with a system that siphons public funds to pay for schools that are not available to all.

It's not a gas leak — it's the sound of funding being siphoned off to support private school vouchers and public charter schools.

Proponents of the program say the voucher program is a way to give students better choices when it comes to their education; critics say it siphons badly needed funds away from public education and funnels them into unaccountable, religious private schools that are not obligated to hold themselves to high quality teaching standards.

Charter schools will siphon students and funding out of public neighborhood schools across the district without changing the fixed costs of running those schools, or necessarily reducing the need for staffing and services in those schools.

He rightfully points out that schools of choice do not siphon public funds.

Justice and Beyond, a community group that opposes the school maintenance tax because it says the tax will siphon money away from the locally elected school board, sued the School Board alleging misuse of public school maintenance tax because it says the tax will siphon money away from the locally elected school board, sued the School Board alleging misuse of public school board, sued the School Board alleging misuse of public School Board alleging misuse of public funds.

So far, we've successfully defeated a bill that would have siphoned millions of dollars away from current students in public charter schools, in turn protecting the funds for these learning environments that had already been included in the bi-partisan 2019 budget.

The full State Board of Education (SBE) will get a report on Wednesday, February 3, from its Legislation and Bylaws committee regarding a proposal for a «money follows the child» funding model for charter schools that would siphon money from traditional public schools.

The justices appeared to focus most of their attention on the first case they heard, one dealing with whether the law is unconstitutional because it siphons off state funds that can only be used for the operation of public schools.

She also noted that «the expansion of charter schools has detrimental effects on traditional public schools,» because they siphon public education funds away from the traditional school system.

I am against any alternate education system that siphons funds out of the public school system or puts our schools under the influence of corporate entities.

In its race to meet a looming deadline to apply for a competitive federal grant, the State Board of Education adopted a series of legislative proposals to overhaul how Connecticut's charter schools are funded — proposals that are neither realistic nor reasonable and that could ultimately siphon money from communities for traditional public schools.

While siphoning off scarce public funds, these privately owned and operated schools fail to educate the wide range of students who live in their communities.

But critics of the program say that the vouchers siphon funds away from the underfunded public school system and sends those tax dollars to private schools without accountability and transparency measures that ensure students are indeed getting a better education.

Critics of the voucher system say the program will siphon desperately needed funds out of the public school system to offer what would effectively be a tax break to families who can already afford to send their children to private schools.

«There is a tipping point for LEAs,» cautioned Cowell, explaining that in school districts where there are high concentrations of charter schools, students» educational experiences in traditional public schools could be compromised as funds are siphoned away from those budgets and into the coffers of charters.

We as parents and public employees are at the greatest risk, we can't afford to sit passively on our laurels as tax dollars are being siphoned away, assets needed to fund our children's school and our future job security; while P. M. are producing the last thing we need more of — puppies!