One option available to state lawmakers is to enact a line item appropriation to fund Type 2 charter schools with
state general fund dollars.
Not exact matches
The
state of Washington's attorney
general is seeking $ 14 million from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), alleging the GMA created an «elaborate scheme» to secretly
fund a multimillion
dollar campaign to kill a food labeling initiative.
But if the
state issued a
dollar - for -
dollar state tax credit for charitable contributions made to, say, the
state's
general infrastructure
fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing
state tax liability by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.
Our two governments have put the machinery in place for their respective Attorneys -
General to collaborate in ensuring the return to Nigeria of over five hundred million United
States Dollars ($ 500) of looted
funds siphoned away in banks around the world.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli noted today that the state's general fund has run a negative balance every day so far this month, which raises questions about whether there will be sufficient funds on hand to pay billions of dollars worth of bills that will come due before June is
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli noted today that the
state's general fund has run a negative balance every day so far this month, which raises questions about whether there will be sufficient funds on hand to pay billions of dollars worth of bills that will come due before June is
state's
general fund has run a negative balance every day so far this month, which raises questions about whether there will be sufficient
funds on hand to pay billions of
dollars worth of bills that will come due before June is out.
Lynch wound up paying a half - million
dollars to settle a 2010 case with then - Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo, who accused her of inappropriate attempts to influence the
state pension
fund, which was run by Silver allies.
Kessel's role at the powerful upstate - focused Power Authority is under intense scrutiny from
state Inspector
General Ellen Biben in the wake of revelations that Kessel — a former head of the Long Island Power Authority who is believed to be eyeing a race for Nassau County executive — «donated» hundreds of thousands of
dollars of NYPA
funds to Long Island - based not - for - profit organizations.
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension
fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of
State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff,
General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted
funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of
dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled
State Universal Education Board (SUBEB)
funds as the Governor of Ekiti
State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers
State.
What started out as a small, off - budget, temporary surcharge on insurance to help pay for charity care, hospital debt and graduate medical education as New York hospitals deregulated in the late 1990s, has ballooned over 19 years into a multibillion -
dollar all - purpose revenue
fund that supports dozens of public health programs, and plugs billion -
dollar holes in the
state's
general budget.
More than a dozen Democratic
state attorneys
general took legal action Thursday seeking to preserve billions of
dollars in federal subsidy payments for insurers under a provision of the Affordable Care Act after President Donald Trump threatened to halt the
funding.
«I see the Red Cross, which has raised hundreds of millions of
dollars that was intended by the donating public to be used for the victims of September 11 — I see those
funds being sequestered into long - term plans,» then -
state Attorney
General Eliot Spitzer told a congressional committee, according to CNN.
«I see the Red Cross, which has raised hundreds of millions of
dollars that was intended by the donating public to be used for the victims of September 11 — I see those
funds being sequestered into long - term plans,» then -
state Attorney
General Eliot Spitzer told a congressional committee,
And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the
general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the
state provides
dollar for
dollar matching
funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.
«New York
State has literally taken billions of
dollars over the decades out of that plant to subsidize the other power plants that lose money and worse yet, billions have been dumped into New York
State's
general fund budget,» Jacobs said.
DiNapoli says the
state's
general fund has $ 2.5 billion
dollars right now.
The watchdogs call for a «database of deals,» which would digitally compile every entity receiving
funds from the
state along with where each
dollar is going; dramatic overhaul of the campaign finance system to eliminate the appearance or reality of pay - to - play; and a bill to restore the powers of the
state comptroller to review procurement contracts for SUNY, CUNY, and Office of
General Services before they are approved.
Jindal set aside $ 10 million for the program from the
state's
general fund, rather than from
dollars reserved for the MFP.
The
general operating budget is composed of primarily unrestricted
dollars allocated to the district through their
state funding formula and local tax revenue.
Since its inception in 2001, lawmakers have expanded Florida's voucher program so that $ 2.7 billion
dollars once destined for
state general revenue that should have
funded a wide range of needs has been diverted to private schools.
Yet after two visits by the education department and an investigation by the attorney
general's office, the troubled Indianapolis private school still received thousands of
dollars in public
funds through Indiana's school voucher program and remained eligible to receive
state voucher money until it collapsed under the weight of its unpaid debts.
Last spring opponents in the
General Assembly insisted no local property tax
dollars should be allowed to
fund new
state - approved charter schools.
The bill Litzow and a bipartisan raft of lawmakers sponsored would essentially restore most of the
state's original law, but with one key difference: instead of receiving
general fund dollars, charter schools would be
funded out of a separate account made up of
state lottery proceeds.
There are
states like Missouri, Virginia, perhaps even Pennsylvania, where the constitutional provisions might be such that
funding it using
general fund dollars may not fit with the way the constitution or
state laws are already arranged.
Last fall, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that charter schools are unconstitutional because charters do not have elected boards and therefore aren't «common» schools under the
state's constitution, which means they are not entitled to
dollars from the
state's
general fund.
The Oregon Legislature this year authorized the sale of $ 123 million in
state - backed
general obligation bonds to
fund a new School Capital Improvement Matching Program to help stretch local
dollars and address urgent school facility needs across the
state.
However, despite the recent adoption of vouchers in some
states, such as Indiana, and the ongoing availability of both publicly and privately
funded vouchers elsewhere, the idea of using public
dollars to help kids attend private schools hasn't been as appealing to the
general public as it is to the Waltons.
That the provisions of the settlement agreement dated January 30, 2013, between the United
States of America, acting through the United
States Department of Justice and on behalf of the United
States Department of Education, and the
State of Connecticut, acting through the office of the Attorney
General and on behalf of the Connecticut State Department of Education, requiring an expenditure from the General Fund budget in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars and submitted by the Attorney General to this Assembly for approval in accordance with section 3 - 125a of the general statutes, are a
General and on behalf of the Connecticut
State Department of Education, requiring an expenditure from the
General Fund budget in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars and submitted by the Attorney General to this Assembly for approval in accordance with section 3 - 125a of the general statutes, are a
General Fund budget in excess of two million five hundred thousand
dollars and submitted by the Attorney
General to this Assembly for approval in accordance with section 3 - 125a of the general statutes, are a
General to this Assembly for approval in accordance with section 3 - 125a of the
general statutes, are a
general statutes, are approved
Represented a multibillion -
dollar foundation during an inquiry by a
state attorney
general's office regarding its management of another charitable foundation's asset endowment
funds.
House Bill 354 will take up to 100 million
dollars per year for road maintenance from the
state's
General Fund, but only on years that see the
General Fund grow more than 2 %.
Home visiting
dollars are drawn from a variety of
state sources — including
general revenues, tobacco settlement
funds and taxes — and federal streams, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the Maternal Child Health Block Grant and Medicaid.