So the fans went after the politicians who agreed about
spending public tax dollars for stadium, and BOOM results.
Authorizers ensure schools have the freedom to adapt and meet the needs of their students, while ensuring each school meets performance expectations, treats all students fairly, and
spends public tax dollars appropriately.
Not exact matches
The hospitals are funded by
tax dollars, and clearly they don't want to be seen
spending those
dollars on things the
public is likely to find dubious.
With this much
public money on the line, monitoring how US
tax dollars are
spent in the recovery will be crucial to prevent waste, fraud, and shoddy work.
'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion
dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and
spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest
taxes and a continued lack of
public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.
If the success of a representative democracy hinges on the informed consent of the governed, it is critical that the
public know as much as possible about the information used and the processes by which its representatives
spend tax dollars and act on policy recommendations.
Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer
dollars slated for a
public campaign finance system would be better
spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing
tax relief for struggling middle - class families.
The new site is a welcome addition to the growing list of online tools which help the
public understand how the government is
spending tax dollars.
«With our maximum - security prisons at 122 percent capacity and our overall prison population at 100 %, protecting the safety of inmates, corrections officers and the
public at large means that
tax dollars must be
spent efficiently, and any reforms must address the extremely dangerous overcrowding and «double bunking» conditions at our medium - and maximum - security prisons.»
The Committee to Save New York has made
public, under state lobbying disclosure rules, that they've
spent over $ 12 million
dollars on advertising and other promotions of Governor Cuomo's policy agenda, including a property
tax cap and budget cuts.
Common sense reforms to ensure a competitive bidding process, allow the Comptroller to review contracts, and create a database of deals will ensure that the
public's
tax dollars are being
spent appropriately.
We'll continue to press our case with ESD, Fort Schuyler and any other state development agencies that attempt to shield their
spending of
tax dollars from
public scrutiny.
«Citizens aren't too keen to
spend tax dollars funding the system...,» Fitzpatrick said of
public financing.
«Billions of
dollars in
spending lacks key details that would better inform the
public about how their
tax dollars are being
spent,» the comptroller noted.
«Even police officers need toilet paper, and our taxpayers have every right to know, where
public safety is not affected, what their
tax dollars are being
spent on.
«People will tell us that the projects have great merit and were evaluated on those merits, and have solid
public benefit, but when you have that kind of a coincidental correlation it raises real issues in the minds of the
public and undercuts their confidence in the objectivity of how their
tax dollars are being
spent.»
«However, billions of
dollars in
spending lacks key details that would better inform the
public about how their
tax dollars are being
spent.»
The Senate wants to give NSF $ 750,000 so that the National Academy of
Public Administration (NAPA) can study the impact of the new criteria, which help legislators measure if NSF is meeting a 1993 law aimed at making sure agencies
spend tax dollars wisely.
Of the
public tax dollars spent on agricultural research, organic receives less than one percent of the funding.1 The first endowed chair went to the University of Wisconsin - Madison and agronomy professor William F. Tracy for his work on organic corn breeding.
For each elementary student enrolled, a District charter school receives $ 11,879 in
tax dollars, including $ 8,770 to match per - pupil academic
spending in the regular
public schools and a $ 3,109 facility allotment to help pay for buildings.
GCI recommends changes to the financial oversight of charter schools that it believes will safeguard the
public's investment in education while providing transparency regarding how
tax dollars are being
spent.
Worse, parents who have little say in how
tax dollars flowing to
public education are
spent become discouraged from being actively involved in their children's academic development.
In total, states
spend around $ 800 billion
tax dollars per year funding
public education.
Charter School: Funded through
public tax dollars from money meant for traditional
public schools, operates in the private sector, may be managed by for - profit charter management organizations (CMO), and are not required to be transparent about how
tax dollars are
spent, free from many of the regulations that apply to traditional
public schools.
At the end of the day, the
public deserves to know whether or not their
tax dollars are being
spent on programs that help kids do better.
On average, the federal government contributes about 10 percent to the total amount
spent on
public education, but these dollars account for a larger portion of many high - poverty districts» budgets.11 For example, Los Angeles Unified School District and Chicago Public Schools — both high - poverty districts — receive about 15 percent of their budgets from the Education Department.12 These dollars serve essential purposes, such as supplementing services for low - income students, defraying the cost of individualized education programs for students with disabilities, and compensating for a loss of property tax due to federally owned
public education, but these
dollars account for a larger portion of many high - poverty districts» budgets.11 For example, Los Angeles Unified School District and Chicago
Public Schools — both high - poverty districts — receive about 15 percent of their budgets from the Education Department.12 These dollars serve essential purposes, such as supplementing services for low - income students, defraying the cost of individualized education programs for students with disabilities, and compensating for a loss of property tax due to federally owned
Public Schools — both high - poverty districts — receive about 15 percent of their budgets from the Education Department.12 These
dollars serve essential purposes, such as supplementing services for low - income students, defraying the cost of individualized education programs for students with disabilities, and compensating for a loss of property
tax due to federally owned land.
Sunshine laws and
public meetings allow citizens to have a say in how their children are educated and how their
tax dollars are
spent.
We strongly object to having our
tax dollars suctioned out of
public schools, where those hard - won rights apply, and
spent to lure families into fly - by - night private schools, where all of the federal special education rights and protections disappear, to be replaced by nothing more binding than a warning of «buyer, beware!»
In the end, those making the profits have the real choice: who to educate and how to
spend or keep
public tax dollars.
«A recent bipartisan poll commissioned by TSTA showed that Texans overwhelmingly oppose diverting
tax dollars to vouchers and instead favor tapping into the Rainy Day Fund to increase
spending for under - funded neighborhood
public schools.»
The study, which we co-authored, analyzed the
public schools in Milwaukee that produced the best student outcomes per
tax dollars spent.
More than 10,000 teachers from more than 20 districts scattered across Colorado are demonstrating as part of a burgeoning teacher uprising from the East to the interior West that is demanding more
tax dollars be
spent in
public schools.
Some people - including President - elect Donald Trump - believe that to improve U.S. education, the nation should stop
spending so many
tax dollars on
public schools and instead invest in alternatives, including charter schools and taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and religious schools.
More than 10,000 teachers in Colorado are expected to demonstrate as part of a burgeoning teacher uprising from the East to the interior West that is demanding more
tax dollars be
spent in
public schools.
In a bid toward fairness, proponents of a bill that would funnel more
tax and grant
dollars to charter schools say that funds
spent on each child's
public schooling should stay with that child — wherever she attends school.
In April 2017, In the
Public Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt prac
Public Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in
tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing
spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional
public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt prac
public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt practices.
Neither would increase the regulatory burden on voucher - receiving private schools, but they could help ensure that families better understand their options and assure policymakers and the wider
public that
tax dollars are wisely
spent.
The property owner must demonstrate that the savings due to the exemption will be passed through to the
public charter school, resulting in a savings of
public tax dollars that can be
spent on salaries, technology, and other critical classroom needs.
The more than $ 80 billion in U.S.
tax dollars spent annually on the corrections system would be better invested in
public schools.102 In order to redirect funding from prisons to schools, state policymakers must find ways to reduce their prison populations.
There will always be people who will pay for convenience just as there will always be those who want to
spend nothing at a
public library supported by their
tax dollars.
Before
spending millions of
dollars on a major - league baseball stadium, Orange County commissioners want to know whether the fans will support a team and whether businesses are willing to pay some of the costs.Today, commissioners will consider
spending $ 40,000 to research those questions and to find out how much of the county's resort
tax money would be needed to build a stadium if Orlando wins a major - league franchise.The 17 - week study would be conducted by
Public Financial Management Inc., a Philadelphia financial consulting firm.
Or how much has
public spent in
tax dollar related to space.
But it would be hard for the federal government to
spends billions of
dollars a year on a controversial topic, with every penny of the
spending based on the presumption that global warming is a serious crisis worthy of billions of
tax dollars, and not have those billions make a powerful impression on the
public.
It is a lot easier to see the impacts of $ 10 / gal gasoline, or being forced to rely on
public transportation, watching my energy bills double and triple or seeing
tax dollars spent based on political concerns and not on sound business reasons (> 1/2 billion on Solandyra (sp?)-RRB-
Now if you are on the
public payroll and can
spend the
tax payer's
dollar at the click of a mouse then its helpful — otherwise not so much.
If we really must
spend tax dollars, lets do it at the R&D; level and make the findings available to all via
public domain licensing.
Arthur J. Rolnick of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis writes that, «Careful academic research demonstrates that
tax dollars spent on early childhood development provide extraordinary returns compared with investments in the
public, and even private, sector.
The ability of local governments to leverage the
tax increment to get millions of
dollars worth of new
public infrastructure and private investment without
spending current
tax revenues.