Sentences with phrase «state aid dollars»

Last week, MDE issued a pair of memos (see MASSp's earlier article) regarding certification requirements for school counselors and library media staff that caused several schools statewide to temporarily shutter their school libraries due to concerns about losing state aid dollars.

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The memo also points out that the United States has sent billions of dollars in aid to Colombia over the last two decades.

By Tuesday, the euro began to steady against the United States dollar as investors hoped the downgrade would spur the Eurozone to give Greece financial aid.

Despite a strong dollar and weak exports, manufacturing activity will benefit from improved domestic demand, and further gains in construction activity will aid the recovery of states such as California and Arizona.

As a State Department official described the issue, «it was not whether the United States should aid Europe, or even how much aid should be proposed, but how to make the transfer of billions of dollars to countries that had not asked for them and would not ask for them.»

Remember — all your southern redneck states are net consumers of federal taxes — for every dollar they pay in taxes, they get a buttload more back in aid.

But unlike Skelos, who has transferred thousands of dollars to aid Republican Senate challengers around the state, Silver's filing shows that he has given mostly to Democratic clubs in New York City.

He also referenced the fact that New York is now one of three states placed on a watch list for losing hundreds of millions of Race to the Top dollars by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan because it has «hit a roadblock» on significant policy provisions of qualifying for the aid, including establishment of the peformance evaluation system and creation of a database to track student records across school districts.

The measure would create a marketplace exchange that ostensibly would bring down insurance rates and free up millions of dollars in federal aid to the state.

Albany, New York — A major New York State union is going on the air with televisions ads to try to convince state lawmakers to continue a tax on the wealthy instead of adopting Governor Cuomo's billion and half dollars in school aid State union is going on the air with televisions ads to try to convince state lawmakers to continue a tax on the wealthy instead of adopting Governor Cuomo's billion and half dollars in school aid state lawmakers to continue a tax on the wealthy instead of adopting Governor Cuomo's billion and half dollars in school aid cuts.

Governor Cuomo closes this year's budget gap by reducing spending at state agencies by $ 1.3 billion dollars, and reducing aid to local governments by another $ 756 million dollars.

Texas Republicans in Congress once stood nearly united against a bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Northeastern states recovering from Hurricane Sandy, but though they haven't forgotten that slight, New York and New Jersey lawmakers say they won't be returning the favor.

The Cuomo administration says the program actually saves money for the state by leveraging federal aid for certain noncitizens whose care is now fully paid for with state dollars.

Meanwhile, a budget watchdog group said the state could still spend more money on the poorest schools and save hundreds of millions of dollars if only it reconfigured the formula for distributing school aid.

New York state owes NYC public schools nearly $ 3 billion dollars but has yet to comply with the court order mandating that aid.

Many schools plan to add new student programs and services next year, aided by millions of dollars in fresh financial assistance from Albany, as well as reductions in state pension costs.

That same stubborn attitude on the Mayor's part now means that our schools will suffer a loss of millions of dollars in state aid.

New York would have the power to recoup millions of dollars in state property - tax subsidies from wealthy homeowners who were ineligible to receive the aid, under legislation proposed by Cuomo.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will request 30 billion dollars in disaster aid from the federal government as New York City and other areas of the state continue to dig out from Hurricane Sandy.

Cuomo administration officials said the governor's plan does not take dollars away from low - income students and will allow even more low - income families to take advantage of state and federal financial aid that's available for higher education.

Cuomo announced a deal last August to give those plants a $ 7.6 billion dollar state aid package.

The law, which reduces the amount of state aid received by school districts, was first imposed in the 2010 to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schstate aid received by school districts, was first imposed in the 2010 to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schState's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schools.

New York State received $ 6 billion dollars in federal aid after Superstorm Sandy, and Governor Cuomo invited Vice President Joe Biden to the State Capitol, to show him how he's spending the money.

Governor Cuomo has proposed increasing school aid by $ 800 million dollars in the new state budget, lawmakers have requested a few hundred million more.

Cuomo wants to pit seven Upstate regions against one another for $ 1.5 billion in one - time state aid made possible by multibillion - dollar bank settlements.

The law, which was passed in 2010, withheld aid to school districts to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit.

Vos said replacing money generated from the property tax levy with state dollars is a better approach to property tax relief than trying to do it through the school aid formula, which he said results in winners and losers across the state.

«They tend to be relatively cost - effective for sponsoring governments because each of the programs use a «last - dollar» model whereby the state subsidizes tuition costs after the student has exhausted all other available state and federal financial aid.»

Long Island Republican Sen. Tom Crocci has introduced a bill that would increase legislative oversight of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's appointees to regional economic - development councils which have handed out billions of dollars in state aid.

Critics questioned the need to make the payments at a time when the state has taken drastic money - saving steps, such as delaying billions of dollars in aid payments to local school districts, to try to close a $ 9 billion deficit.

And it's something Gov. Andrew Cuomo believes would be a disaster for the state, assuming billions of dollars in county Medicaid costs just as the state has pulled out of the recession and is trying to spend money on more education aid, free tuition at public colleges and upgrade aging water systems.

While Sandy victims wait for government cash to rebuild their homes, a charity organized by Cuomo to aid homeowners has steered millions of dollars to two troubled state - sponsored housing developments.

Also at 12:30 p.m., Assembly Education Chair Cathy Nolan and Sen. Kevin Parker will release letters signed by more than 70 legislators in both houses calling for $ 2.4 billion in new school aid with an emphasis on Foundation Aid, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albaaid with an emphasis on Foundation Aid, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, AlbaAid, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Trump said he is holding up hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians because they «disrespected» the United States by not meeting with Vice President Mike Pence during his recent swing through the Middle East.

Projects range from economic development aid for troubled regions, to funding the $ 4 billion dollar new Tappan Zee Bridge on the New York State Thruway over the Hudson River.

Nixon's criticism mirrored an op - ed she published last month that slammed Cuomo for his support of charter schools and for proposing to eliminate the so - called Foundation Aid formula for funding public schools, which critics argued would deprive districts of billions of dollars that they are still owed under 2006 court decision that found the state had underfunded public education.

Sanders» plan would have eliminated tuition at public universities and colleges, while Cuomo's «last - dollar» approach pays the tuition after awards from the state and federal sources of aid are applied.

This follows Cuomo's about - face on boosting state help for the New York City Housing Authority, and his support for a billion - dollar hike in state school aid — all moving to grab issues Nixon had raised.

By law, every new dollar of state revenue must go to education aid, property tax relief, and assistance to local governments.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed s $ 991 million dollar increase in school aid, a figure the leader of the State Association of School Business Officials has called «woefully inadequate.»

The state Legislature created the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency in 1962, along with similar agencies in other cities, so Syracuse could take advantage of millions of dollars of federal and state urban renewal aid.

Congressman Brian Higgins said: «This project was a collaboration of federal, state, local and private investment along with the aid of over $ 4 dollars in Federal Low - Income Housing Tax credits.

He returned to state government the following year after he was rehired by the Health Department to oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in federal aid from a recently approved Medicaid waiver, millions of dollars of which went to the health care organizations that were rumored to be clients of the politically well - connected firm he'd recently worked for.

Ultimately, after final budget negotiations last year, Ossining received an additional $ 2.2 Million dollars in Foundation Aid, yet remained one of the most underfunded Foundation Aid school districts in the state.

E. Indebtedness contracted for school purposes, evidenced by bonds, to the extent to which state aid for common schools, not exceeding two million five hundred thousand dollars, shall meet the interest and the annual requirements for the amortization and payment of part or all of one or more issues of such bonds.

The governor was reminded by a top aid that he and the legislature approved a new pension tier, so that future workers will receive fewer benefits, saving the state, as well as local governments, billions of dollars in costs in coming decades.

If they fail to reach agreement by Monday, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to introduce legislation that would extend the current budget, a backup plan that would leave out popular proposals to increase college tuition aid or invest billions of dollars in the state's aging water infrastructure.

The letter hits the state for not meeting a court order to provide needy schools that were traditionally underfunded billions of dollars more in aid, an obligation Cuomo has repeatedly argued has been met.

Cuomo said it would finance middle - class tax cuts approved by the governor and state Legislature last year and help pay for a billion - dollar increase in school aid.