Sentences with phrase «state funding cuts»

Local school districts typically struggle to make up for major state funding cuts on their own.

How state funding cuts play out will vary from state to state, university to university, and perhaps even lab to lab.

At a time proposed state funding cuts have put some full - day kindergarten programs in jeopardy, a new report says that the program improves reading skills.

Meanwhile, since taking office, Governor Malloy has pushed through the deepest state funding cuts in Connecticut history for our public colleges and universities.

The most significant change in the state over his tenure, he said, is the level of public support for schools after years of state funding cuts, which can be seen in the record amounts of spending through school referendums.

«Increased health insurance premium costs» are «one outcome» of the $ 250 million in state funds cut from the University of Wisconsin's budget between fiscal years 2003 and 2005, says postdoc Robyn Perrin.

Chasing prestige and battered by state funding cuts, many public colleges and universities with a historic responsibility to provide access to an affordable education have turned to «financial aid leveraging,» offering wealthy or high - scoring students discounts on tuition.

Local school districts typically struggle to make up for major state funding cuts on their own, so the cuts have led to job losses, deepening the recession and slowing the economy's recovery.

Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's prediction that making New York City responsible for a larger share of Medicaid expenses «won't cost New York City a penny,» his sizable state funding cut appeared largely intact at a hearing yesterday in Albany.

«We downgraded the university to Aa3 negative in July reflecting its financial reliance on the state and anticipated pressure on its already thin operating cash flow from potential additional state funding cuts.

For example, a 2012 New York Times piece by opinion columnist Catherine Rampell titled «Why Tuition Has Skyrocketed at State Schools» claims that the «main cause of tuition growth has been huge state funding cuts.»

SLC schools hope to keep teacher mentoring after state funding cut Despite success in lowering teacher turnover, funds for the pilot program have been cut by state lawmakers.

The ICEF Vista Elementary Academy in Los Angeles faced significant state funding cuts in 2010, so school leaders instituted learning labs in an attempt to give students quality digital learning experiences because they had fewer teachers.

A metro Detroit newspaper and the Senate Minority Leader said state funding cuts are a reason some public school districts are in financial distress.

The impact of the multi-year state funding cuts caused PPMNJ to close one of our health centers, lay off education staff, suspend contribution to employee retirement plans, and delay introducing new healthcare services.

The Detroit Free Press reported in a Jan. 15 article that 50 school districts and charter public schools ended 2012 - 13 in deficit «largely because of declining enrollment and the impact of state funding cuts.»

University President Garrey Carruthers said a $ 10 million state funding cut in October has added urgency to a top - to - bottom review for new efficiencies.

As a result, deep state funding cuts have led to job losses, deepening the recession and slowing the economy's recovery.

State funding cuts have put pressure on local districts to make up the difference, which usually comes from property tax.

Surprisingly, researchers and the media have demanded very little evidence before concluding that state funding cuts are causing tuition to rise.

Since then, as noted above, state funding cuts have prompted the district's administration to dramatically reduce the number of magnet schools, keeping only the most popular.

Meanwhile, it is time to start calling the claim that state funding cuts are the primary driver of rising tuition what it really is: the state disinvestment hypothesis.

-- Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three year timetable, getting PA back on track to supporting schools based on the level needed to meet state academic standards

For the 2013 - 14 budget year, a broad coalition of organizations, school stakeholders, education professionals, parents and community members are calling on the state legislature to: — Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three -LSB-...]

That culture can be traced back to a strike in 1968 arising from state funding cuts, which prompted local administrators and the teachers union to join forces in protest.

In the hysterically titled «GOP War On Learning Continues In Senate Tax Plan, State Funding Cuts,» he writes, «As the Republican - controlled Congress continues to advance tax plans that slash funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.»

In a report titled «Sounding the Alarm,» the Pennsylvania State Education Association describes the impact that state funding cuts and policies are having on school districts» ability to meet the educational needs of students.

At DSS, the state funding cuts to the food stamp program mean that, beginning Aug. 1, immigrants who move to the U.S. legally will need to be in the country for five years before they qualify for help.

Despite years of state funding cuts and classes that average 30 or more kids apiece, an amazing 83 percent of Laurel Street's students scored at proficient or higher on a recent state language - arts exam, and 91 percent scored that high on the math test.

College tuition rates have soared, largely due to state funding cuts.

The state funding cut to Planned Parenthood health centers in Florida was at least temporarily halted through a court order on June 30.

In the Miami - Dade area alone, three of the four Planned Parenthood centers provide abortions and would therefore be directly affected by a state funding cut, according to Planned Parenthood officials.