Sentences with phrase «spent by a public school»

The amount of the voucher is equal to what would be spent by a public school to educate a student with the same type and severity of disability.

Not exact matches

Existing constitutional provisions against establishments of religion did not bar public spending on education from reaching schools with religious affiliations, and Blaine's amendment did not propose to alter this arrangement except by excluding Catholics.

There are long waiting lists for apprenticeships and trade programs belied by some of the highest per - capita spending in the state for city public school students.

By law all children have the right to benefit from certain federal programs, but the voucher system — through which funds can be spent to benefit the school, not just the student — is both unconstitutional and poor public policy.

Chicago Public Schools has increased property taxes the past two years, a move Emanuel has justified in part by talking about cost - cutting initiatives at the central office and the need to emphasize greater spending on the city's children.

As an umpire registered by the Illinois High School Association, I have spent the last nine years officiating for teams in the Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Park District.

The foundation aid increase backed by the Assembly stands at $ 1.2 billion, a figure backed by public education advocates who say the state is not spending enough on poor and high - needs school districts.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 16 are presenting spending plans that increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

New York's public schools spent $ 21,206 per pupil in the 2014 - 15 school year, topping all states and exceeding the national average by 86 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 15 are presenting spending plans that would increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

The plan continues a pattern of increased spending by the administration, tacking on pricey projects like gym facilities for all public schools.

The sheer magnitude of continued «unspecified» spending cuts forced by the two percent spending cap — $ 1.7 billion in fiscal year 2017, $ 3.3 billion in 2018, and $ 4.8 billion in 2019 — will inevitably starve our schools and public universities and prevent our state from making the investments needed to expand opportunities for those struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York reached an all - time high of $ 20,600 per - pupil in 2013 - 14 school year, topping all states and exceeding the $ 11,009 per - pupil national average by 87 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported in January that local, state and federal public school spending for the 2014 — 15 school year had risen by 2.8 percent from the previous year after a 1.2 percent rise the year before.

He also noted education spending was in many ways driven by the result of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity's 2006 court decision and the following year's legislation enhancing resources for public schools.

The sheer magnitude of continued spending cuts forced by the two percent spending cap — $ 1.7 billion in FY2017, $ 3.3 in FY2018, and $ 4.8 in FY2019 — although particular program areas are unspecified today, will inevitably starve our schools and public universities and prevent our state from making the investments needed to expand opportunities for those struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.

Long Island's public schools, after more than $ 80 million spent on cleanup, repairs and renovations from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, still lack adequate safeguards against flooding and power losses that caused massive disruptions of classes five years ago, educators said.

Three - quarters of the nationwide public school spending cuts prompted by the 2008 recession have been restored, according to new federal data.

The $ 132.5 billion budget cuts spending by two percent and eliminates a $ 10 billion deficit through cuts to schools, public colleges, social service programs and health care.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Milne has unveiled an ambitious plan to cut per - pupil public school spending in Vermont by a third, and use the savings to pay for the state's young people to attend a Vermont college.

Albany, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)- New York public school students will spend less time taking the unpopular Common Core assessments that have been boycotted by large numbers of parents in recent years.

... According to court documents, Christie's budget fails to meet the funding requirements set forth by the School Funding Reform Act of 2008, a spending formula that guarantees financial support for all New Jersey public school distSchool Funding Reform Act of 2008, a spending formula that guarantees financial support for all New Jersey public school distschool districts.

The budget will increase spending for K - 12 public schools by $ 1.1 billion in the coming fiscal year, Cuomo said, and routes $ 700 million through the foundation aid formula.

The seeming implication by Breslin's camp is that Martland, an Albany High School graduate who left the Capital Region for Princeton University and Brooklyn Law School and spent more than two decades as a prosecutor and lawyer in the public and private sector downstate, is an outsider.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Free state college tuition for middle - class students, an expanded child care tax credit and $ 1 billion in new spending on public schools are among the highlights of a state budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Here's the latest news, courtesy of the US Census Bureau and the Empire Center for Public Policy's E.J. McMahon: Per - pupil public - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 pePublic Policy's E.J. McMahon: Per - pupil public - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 pepublic - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 percent.

A study by researchers at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues at Paris Descartes University assessed the association between the amount of time spent playing video games and children's mental health and cognitive and social skills, and found that playing video games may have positive effects on young children.

In 2012, 61 percent of people said they were dissatisfied with the time doctors spent talking with patients, according to a poll conducted by National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.

By spending less than $ 5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could be saved every year, according to a new analysis led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealtBy spending less than $ 5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could be saved every year, according to a new analysis led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healtby the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

By spending less than $ 5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could be saved every year, according to a new analysis led by Robert Black, PhD, a professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealtBy spending less than $ 5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could be saved every year, according to a new analysis led by Robert Black, PhD, a professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healtby Robert Black, PhD, a professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This contributes to policy discussion on Medicaid expansion by providing evidence that public outlays on Medicaid are well spent,» said Kimberly Johnson, associate professor at the Brown School and co-author of the study, «The Effect of Health Insurance on Childhood Cancer Survival in the United States,» published Sept. 11 in CANCER, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Hounded by public pressure, the Illinois House used a one - day special session last week to pass a broad school reform bill that raises spending on poor students and amends teacher - licensing rules.

The national initiative, started by PENCIL (Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning), encourages community members to spend a day with a school administrator and take it all in.

This map, using Research Center data, was produced by NPR for a series on public school spending across the states.

Our recent national survey of American adults («What Americans Think about Their Schools,» features, Fall 2007) found that those who support increased spending on public schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one Schools,» features, Fall 2007) found that those who support increased spending on public schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one margin.

Indeed, according to the analysis conducted by the authors of this report, the use of school vouchers — which provide families with public dollars to spend on private schools — is equivalent to missing out on more than one - third of a year of classroom learning.

According to the Hartford Courant («Public Schools Studying Future in Advertising,» April 24,1998), «In 1997, U.S. children 12 and under spent and influenced spending at a record $ 500 billion... increasing by 20 % a year,... that could lead to more than $ 1 trillion in such spending by 2002.

According to school choice supporters, such as Marquette University professor and former Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) superintendent Howard Fuller, MPCP saves the taxpayers considerable cash, as the voucher is smaller than per - pupil spending by MPS.

When it comes to the crown jewel of its $ 110 billion in education stimulus spending and the foundation of its efforts to reshape American schooling, an administration rocked by public outcry against backroom deals wants to hide the judging table from the public?

A 2011 study by the Berkeley public policy professor Rucker C. Johnson concludes that black youths who spent five years in desegregated schools have earned 25 percent more than those who never had that opportunity.

The Seattle City Council has voted to repeal Initiative 34, a measure passed by voters in 1989 that prevented the city government from spending money on public schools until the school beard ended mandatory busing.

In a dramatic turn of public opinion, Californians defeated a ballot measure that would have capped administrative spending by the state's nearly 1,000 districts at 5 percent of their total budgets and required that the other 95 percent go to classroom expenses, such as teachers» salaries and school supplies.

That's the message of a report by the National Working Commission on Choice in K - 12 Education, which spent two years trying to get beyond divisive political rhetoric and figure out how best to give parents choices among schools receiving public money.

Celebrities, politicians, and business leaders have left their offices and volunteered to spend a day in a school building, side - by - side with its principal, to see just what is happening in New York's public schools.

The 11th edition of the Washington - based association's yearly report says that although spending per student has increased nationwide by 53 percent in the past 20 years, 73 percent of public school 8th graders taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics exam in 2003 performed below the level of proficient.

Although education was the focus of the 60 - day legislative session that ended May 2 — lawmakers boosted spending for public schools by $ 650 million and raised performance standards for students and teachers — it did not produce a solution to the classroom crunch.

The average amount of money spent per pupil by U.S. public schools has more than doubled in real terms since 1970, and the number of pupils per employed teacher has declined from 22 to 15.

At that time, the country did not realize it was about to enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend more on schools even after being told current levels of per - pupil expenditure in the local school district.

Those sentiments are echoed by leaders in Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), who've spent the past six years rolling out an SEL initiative in an effort to reshape school discipline, reduce student stress, and take a more holistic approach to academics.