Sentences with phrase «statewide funding»

Its Education Reform project has been instrumental in advocating for increased statewide funding for Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) through the Bridge for Excellence...

Fortunately Act 51, which was recently signed into law, establishes a commission to study and make recommendations for an entirely new statewide funding formula that could solve many of the issues and inequities inherent in Pennsylvania's existing education finance system.

Members of the Independent Democratic Conference on Monday announced $ 250,000 in funding for services for immigrants facing deportation and pushed for an additional $ 4 million in statewide funding needs.

Douglas says the dedicated fund means North Country municipalities won't have to compete in the regular statewide funding process.

Today, the districts may be able to fund their contributions from statewide funding and No Child Left Behind.

On Monday, NECSN President Bill Phillips appeared on WNCY's «The Capital Pressroom» to discuss statewide funding fairness for charter schools ahead of Tuesday's rally at the Capitol.

Community schools with wraparound social services got a statewide funding boost of $ 175 million as elected officials in both parties embraced the model.

«Creating a statewide funding source with strict standards and oversight is really the best way to meet this mandate,» she said.

With the change in the formula for statewide funding, though, some of the financial incentives for chartering have been removed and the trend is slowing, according to the California Charter Schools Association.

In addition, Pennsylvania also has the dubious distinction of being one of only three states that creates education budgets without using a statewide funding formula.

My take on this is that most people I know would trade local control of funding for a statewide funding system that supplied equal funding per student, provided there was in place a credible performance based cost system.

Barbara Frush, D - Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, to establish a statewide fund to support spay / neuter services through targeted community grants.

Charging a special tax on pet food to create a statewide fund for low - cost sterilization programs.

State aid for early - childhood education, which is part of the statewide funding formula for aid to education, will support the additional expansion of seven classrooms and will continue to support the expanded preschool program when Rhode Island has expended funds from the federal grant.

Another 20 percent will go into a statewide fund, available for special projects or emergencies, such as disaster relief.