Sentences with phrase «special education funding across»

The senator said his priorities for the coming session include permanently killing the so - called «bag tax» in New York City and fighting for additional mental health and special education funding across the city and state.

Not exact matches

Cities that exemplify cooperation are resolving inequitable funding, developing cross-sector strategies for special education, creating common accountability standards across school type, co-training leaders, and partnering on other critical endeavors.

According to a report from the Department of Education, pupil illness now accounts for 60 per cent of all absences across state - funded primary, secondary and special schools.

But the Democratic governor also wants a $ 52.9 million cut in funding for special education, after - school programs, reading tutors and other services in low - performing public schools across the state.

Working collaboratively with stakeholders across the state who are impacted by how Connecticut's public schools are funded, the Connecticut School Finance Project has developed solutions aimed at 1) improving how state education aid is distributed to public schools and 2) improving predictability in special education funding.

However, the 100 percent MoE requirement for IDEA — in contrast to the 90 percent MoE requirement for Title I — means there is far less wiggle room for districts facing across - the - board funding shortfalls to reduce special education expenditures even if it is the equitable or reasonable thing to do and can be done without negatively impacting student services.

To spark conversation across the aisle, Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT), the top Democrat on the House subcommittee dealing with education funding, released a proposal (PDF) that restores pre-sequester funding to many programs, including Title I funding for disadvantaged students and special education funding.

Kirst helped to initiate the Statewide Special Education Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special educationSpecial Education Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special educatiEducation Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special educationspecial educationeducation funds.

While legislators are going into special session, cities and towns across Connecticut are cutting local public school programs as a result of the inadequate education funding that is part of the state budget that was agreed upon in a deal between Governor Dannel Malloy and Democratic legislators earlier this month.

However, across the 44 states with charter school laws, there is significant confusion and lack of transparency regarding not only how, but also how much funding, charter schools receive to support provision of special education programs.

The Co-op offers a solution, based on sound actuarial principles, to the challenges districts and communities across Connecticut face every day by aggregating special education costs together at the state level to ensure predictable, stable funding for special education services — even during financially uncertain times — while keeping decisions and delivery of those services local.

In addition to pressing the federal government to fully fund its share of the total cost of special education, the state should also revise its own complex model of paying for these services, said the task force, offering several suggestions for updating formulas and equalizing spending across various agencies.

And as we've traveled across the state speaking in communities about school finance, concerns about special education funding have consistently been raised by a wide array of stakeholders.

The money is part of the education agency's special funds for schools and universities across the country that have experienced trauma.

In the past, Gaylor provided technical assistance on the Model Demonstration Coordination Center, an Office of Special Education Programs - funded center for early childhood language intervention projects; she was responsible for developing common measures and synthesizing outcomes across three projects located throughout the United States.