Sentences with phrase «spent by school districts»

As part of his spending proposal, the budget summary suggested that more information about how LCFF money is allocated and spent by school districts could be required in the next fiscal year.

The state budget has implications on how money is spent by school districts in many ways that can cause some upheaval in teaching and central office staff positions.

Recall Cuomo's 2011 - 12 budget address in which he singled out superintendents — particularly Syosset's Carole Hankin, whose more than $ 500,000 in salary and benefits is the highest in the state — as a prime example of wasteful spending by school districts.

Most prominent among the proposals was a plan by Gov. Tommy Thompson — a longtime proponent of local property - tax relief — for a one - year freeze on spending by school districts and municipalities...

Under such a program, funds typically spent by a school district would be allocated to a participating family in the form of a voucher to pay partial or full tuition for their child's private school, including both religious and non-religious options.

Not exact matches

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Only a fraction of the additional $ 4 million went into improving the school building; the remainder was spent on attorney fees, construction delays, storm - water improvements and land swap problems caused by wrangling between the school district, Clarendon Hills Park District and Clarendon Hills village ofdistrict, Clarendon Hills Park District and Clarendon Hills village ofDistrict and Clarendon Hills village officials.

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.

Democrats are blasting the TV ad money being spent by a independent expenditure committee backed by charter school advocates in the race for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County.

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.

The budget also includes a new policy that requires school districts to report more details about how they plan to spend the money on a school - by - school basis.

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.

Spending plans totaling almost $ 193 million for the 2018 - 19 academic year were approved on Tuesday by voters in school districts from Montauk to Bridgehampton.

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.

A study by the New York State Association of School Business Officials found that spending in wealthier districts for special needs students was almost double the spending in more impoverished districts.

Cuomo has mentioned several things in the last week: a surcharge on for - hire vehicles like Uber and Lyft to generate funds for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, requirements that school districts provide a school - by - school breakdown of their spending, and more funding for the New York City Housing Authority.

Nevertheless, advocates have pushed him to spend more, arguing urban and rural school districts have been left short changed by the state's complicated formula for funding schools.

We do know, however, that due to opposition in both houses, education spending in the budget is no longer linked to the reforms, and lawmakers expect to have a district - by - district breakdown of school aid — also known in Albany as «school runs» — in the coming days.

«Municipalities throughout New York State, including school districts which are the biggest driver of property taxes, have by and large responded to the cap with prudent budgeting, more efficiency and restrained spending.»

Most school districts have managed to adopt budgets within the state's property tax cap and have those spending plans approved by voters, largely without a negative impact on their credit ratings, a report released by Moody's on Friday found.

But the real test of the cap could come in the spring, when school districts, already hit by education spending cuts, must also work within the cap.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

School districts and local governments have voiced concerns that a 2 percent cap as proposed by Cuomo — and approved by the Republican - led Senate in January — would be too difficult to live within because of required spending for debt, health care administration and distribution and pensions.

Independent expenditure groups backed by well - funded charter school organizations are gearing up to play a role in battleground Senate districts, spending money that could bolster Republicans in what is expected to be a difficult election year.

The latest push is coming from New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, a group backed by supporters of charter schools, is spending $ 263,976 on digital, radio and TV ads in the suburban district.

Former New Suffolk School teacher Martha Kennelly, who has spent two years fighting with the district that refused to reinstate her when a special assignment ended, appears to have won her case that would force the district to reinstate her and pay back wages and benefits from June 30, 2015, according to the decision written by State Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen Elia.

Talk of the Sound has been reporting for more than a year on the out - of - control spending by the New Rochelle School District and warning that totally unrealistic assumptions about property assessments, state aid and one - time injections of stimulus funding.

... 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.

It also thanks Silver for «rejection of the property tax freeze» that Cuomo has pushed, which would tie property tax rebate checks for homeowners to eventual spending reductions by their school district and municipality.

ALBANY — State leaders are preparing to soften Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a property tax «freeze» by eliminating the requirement that school districts and municipalities actually reduce spending, and by giving the localities credit for actions they've taken since the state imposed a two - percent property tax cap.

«It is paramount that we complete work on a fifth consecutive on - time budget; a spending plan by the state that delivers adequate resources to school districts.

The budget requires districts located in cities with populations of more than one million to submit a detailed, school - by - school accounting of how they spent state educational funds.

Faced with a $ 2 billion budget that falls short by at least $ 101 million, the district must cut spending on each school by 6 percent, leaving district leaders to strip some or all art, music, physical education and library programs from three out of four schools next fall.

But in exchange, local governments and school districts would have to stay within the state - imposed 2 percent cap on spending growth as well as consolidate or share services in long - term savings plans approved by Albany.

Plus, as usual, districts used every tax - funded promotional device at their disposal to urge a «yes» vote — supported by a heavy barrage of advertising funded by the chief organizational beneficiary of school spending, the New York State United Teachers union.

The big picture: Most of the $ 675 million spending plan — $ 391 million — is accounted for by the school district budget, which was approved last month by the Board of Education.

The Huntington Union Free School District, which operates eight schools with 4,650 students, spent an average of $ 4.7 million less than budgeted each year, according to the audit, released Friday by the state Comptroller's Office.

They also claim that the city's Department of Education doesn't hold the charter chain accountable and fails to abide by state education law requiring equity in capital spending at co-located district and charter schools.

Without the charts, school districts will be unable to begin planning their budgets, which must be approved by voters in the spring, until the state spending plan is finalized in late - March.

If you ask school district leaders in Montgomery County, Md., why they spend millions every year fortifying their staff, they might well answer by pointing to Viers Mill Elementary Sschool district leaders in Montgomery County, Md., why they spend millions every year fortifying their staff, they might well answer by pointing to Viers Mill Elementary SchoolSchool.

That action, on April 11, 1965, was a watershed in the evolution of the federal role in American schooling, a turning point both in sheer dollars — by some estimates, federal K - 12 spending tripled between 1964 and 1966 — and influence on districts nationwide.

Mrs. Bush is equally articulate about «backpack spending» (the institute is sponsoring a project on school - district productivity that includes 20 different researchers» papers); teacher autonomy («Obviously, if you are held accountable as the principal of your school and you don't have the authority to change anything, by either hiring or firing, or setting up another structure that your school district doesn't allow, then how can you be really accountable?»)

A 2006 national survey by the Center on Education Policy, an independent advocacy organization in Washington, DC, found that in the five years after enactment of NCLB, 44 percent of districts had increased instruction time in elementary school English language arts and math while decreasing time spent on other subjects.

We find that when a district increases per - pupil school spending by $ 100 due to reforms, spending on instruction increases by about $ 70, spending on support services increases by roughly $ 40, spending on capital increases by about $ 10, while there are reductions in other kinds of school spending, on average.

Our key finding is that increased per - pupil spending, induced by court - ordered SFRs, increased high school graduation rates, educational attainment, earnings, and family incomes for children who attended school after these reforms were implemented in affected districts.

The «shocks» we use are the sudden unanticipated increases in school spending experienced by predominantly low - spending districts soon after passage of court - mandated SFR.

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.

In Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, the coefficients of variation were nearly always more than 0.15, meaning that one - third of the schools in these districts had spending levels that deviated from their district's average by 15 percent (or $ 225,000 for a school of 500 when average spending is $ 3,000 per pupil).

We then see if, within districts predicted to experience larger reform - induced spending increases, «exposed» cohorts (children young enough to have been in school when or after the reforms were passed) have better outcomes than «unexposed» cohorts (children who were too old at the time of passage to be affected by the reforms).

Kentucky must equalize spending among school districts, revise its tax system, and significantly boost its share of school revenues if it is to fulfill its obligation to children under the state constitution, an advisory committee appointed by a state trial judge has concluded.