Sentences with phrase «state spends per student»

The credit is worth up to 80 percent of what the state spends per student.

But Morton said the amount of state spending per student can vary by thousands of dollars a year based on where they live, and which school they attend, not on their needs.

On funding, the voucher amount is equivalent to the average amount of state spending per student, not the average amount of state spending per student with special needs.

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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.

My concern is that in this era of draconian state education budget cuts (here in Texas, we rank second to last in per - student spending), state agencies, under pressure from cash - strapped districts, might be far too liberal in allowing these exempt — but often quite lucrative — fundraisers.

New York for the fifth year in a row spent more money per student than any other state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The governor says while New York spends more per student than any state in the nation, high school graduation rates ranks at number 38 in the country.

The higher cost of fringe benefits is another reason why New York State tops the nation in education spending — $ 19,552 per student — nearly double the $ 10,608 national average.

He said that it wasn't a coincidence that New York State is one of only 14 states whose per - student spending is back up at pre-2008 levels and New York City is the only large city that has not had teacher layoffs.

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

Brier and the union argue that on a per - student, inflation - adjusted basis, state spending (through the current year) is down 4 % since Cuomo took office — and 18 % since the 2008 financial crisis.

New York spends more on education per student than any other state in the nation, roughly twice the national average.

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

In an email, a spokeswoman for Cuomo said, «The Governor is committed to enacting an aggressive reform agenda to fix New York's broken education system that spends more per pupil that any other state in the nation while condemning over 250,000 students to failing schools over the last decade.»

Education spending had peaked at an average of $ 11,621 per student in 2008 — 09 before the deep global recession caused states to slash their spending amid plummeting tax revenues.

The state spent about $ 218 per non-public student in Cuomo's first budget.

The state spending per non-public student has also increased since Cuomo took office.

It did, however, note that by its calculations, New York spends more per student than any other state in the country, even as performance on standardized testing continues to lag.

The fact is that New York spends more on education per student than any other state in the union — an average $ 18,126 each, according to the latest federal data.

By the way this garbage state spends $ 20,000 per student and for what?

Nationwide, states spent an average of $ 6,903 per student on teacher salaries that year, compared to $ 14,769 in New York.

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» Azzopardi said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pushed the evaluations as a key strategy for improving student outcomes, which are mediocre despite that New York spends more money per pupil than any other state.

Over the last 15 years, spending on education in New York has more than doubled, from $ 28 billion to $ 58 billion, and we spend more per pupil than any other state in the nation, yet our students remain in the bottom half when it comes to results.

In comparison, per - capita spending has declined over the decade in nine of the 10 states with the largest number of students enrolled in public research universities.

That double whammy — more students and fewer state dollars — has accelerated the spending decline on a per - capita basis.

For example, the fact that K12 schools spend $ 715 per student less on support services than public schools in the same states is interpreted as a «cost advantage» for the virtual schools.

Just 4 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average per student.

The state ranks 40th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in education spending per student, at $ 7,041 in the 2001 - 02 school year.

Almost 97 percent of students in the state are in districts that spend at least the national per - pupil average.

Lovenheim and Willén found that students who spent all 12 years of elementary and secondary school in a state with a duty - to - bargain law earn an average of $ 795 less per year as adults than students who were not exposed to collective bargaining laws during the same time period.

In contrast, the state spent $ 9,911 per FTE student during 2000 - 01.

In Washington State and New Mexico, districts with student enrollments between 100 and 1,200 spend $ 104 million and $ 69 million more, respectively, in total public funds than if they were spending the statewide average per pupil in these districts.

The state spent $ 6,380 per student in the 2001 - 02 school year, well below the national average of $ 7,734.

In Massachusetts, charter school students take with them the per - pupil net school spending (state and local) from their sending districts.

That figure still falls below the national average, but almost 29 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average per pupil.

Prepared for the Connecticut Educational Equity Study Committee, the six - page report revealed that 11 «typically high - spending» districts spent $ 3,215 per student, while 11 lower - spending ones allocated $ 1,988 per student, said Lise M. Heintz, a spokesman for the state's department of education.

Wealthy school districts in Connecticut typically spent $ 1,227 more per student than poorer ones during the 1981 - 82 school year, according to a recent state report.

The $ 34 per student spent by states on federally and state - mandated tests simply isn't very much in a system that spends about $ 10,000 per student.

Changes in real state spending per pupil are uncorrelated with changes in 4th - grade student achievement in reading.

In a new analysis, Douglas Webber of Temple University finds that increased state for public - welfare programs — in particular, Medicaid — is the single biggest contributor to the decline in higher - education funding, with a $ 1 increase in per capita public - welfare spending associated with a $ 2.44 decrease in per - student higher - education funding.

Furthermore, this Harvard study clearly states «Rocketship students spent an average of 44 minutes per week in the weeks they used DreamBox.»

If, as in the example above, state and local funds are to support one teacher per 25 students in grades K - 3, the auditor would check that any Title I funds spent on K - 3 teachers line up dollar for dollar with reductions below that baseline class size in Title I schools.

The average state spends $ 2,337 less today per full - time - equivalent college student than in 1987.

So - called Abbott districts, those that receive the largest share of new state funding, in select instances spend in excess of $ 19,000 per pupil, a figure that rivals day - student tuition at many of the nation's most prestigious independent schools.

In 1987, states spent $ 9,489 per student enrolled in a public two - or four - year school, on average.

I find that state and local public - welfare spending is easily the dominant factor driving budget decisions, with a $ 1 increase per capita associated with a $ 2.44 decrease in per - student higher - education funding — enough to explain the entire average national decline.

Despite the marked decline in funding per student, it isn't completely accurate to say that states are spending less on higher education; in fact, total state and local spending increased by 13.5 percent (in inflation - adjusted terms) from 1987 to 2015 nationwide.