But some districts say they're not ready to use precious resources to experiment with online learning while facing
steep funding cuts.
Not exact matches
In SFUSD, for example, the school board has in the past contributed
funds to cover a food services shortfall; in an era of
steep budget
cuts, that's a hard pill to swallow.
There have been
steep cuts in government
funding for English language classes.
«This is a direct result of decisions made by Conservative ministers: a
steep drop in investment for affordable homes, crude
cuts to housing benefit, reduced
funding for homelessness services and a refusal to help private renters.»
The budget plan proposes
steep cuts at the National Institutes of Health, which
funds biomedical research conducted by the nation's leading colleges and universities.
Only 41 percent of school districts and 60 percent of eligible charter schools signed on for changes needed to participate in the Obama administration's Race to the Top contest in which states can win extra federal
funding to ease the impact of
steep budget
cuts.
That's despite promises from Republican leaders this spring that they intend to revisit specialty teacher
funding next year, when a
steep legislative mandate to
cut class sizes in grades K - 3 is set to take effect.
She said the capital - projects
fund, used to renovate school buildings, has taken
steep cuts as a result of the low tax collection and loss of resources to public charter schools and private schools in the form of vouchers.
Brussels, April 6, 2007 - Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded
steep emissions
cuts by all rich countries and more
funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries, after the world's leading scientific experts today warned that the world's poor - who have done least to pollute the atmosphere - will suffer most as the planet heats up.
Of the 19 states in which
funding decisions were made through the legislative budget process, family planning
funds were the subject of
steep cuts only in Maine, where
funding was slashed by 25 %.