Sentences with phrase «through local aid»

The governor's proposal would give the city nearly $ 241 million for education through local aid and charter school tuition reimbursement — a drop of about $ 500,000 from current funding levels.

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Citgo, which operates the Corpus Christi Refinery with a capacity to process 157,000 barrels a day, will provide the aid to affected families through local mayors and allot a percentage of gasoline revenue to the construction of homes and shelters in and around Houston, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on state television.

«I recently discovered Mental Health First Aid while paging through the free community events section of a local magazine,» she confesses.

It says the amendment would allow the legislature to authorize up to seven casinos for the purpose of «promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

WHAT: Press conference calling out Senator Carlucci's vote shortchanging local schools in state budget and gutting the State's Foundation Aid formula through which schools in his Senate District are owed $ 65 million.

«The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.

That wording says casinos would be approved for the «purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

Local taxes would be lowered through increase state aid for schools and revenue sharing with local governmLocal taxes would be lowered through increase state aid for schools and revenue sharing with local governmlocal governments.

The governor and legislature have sought over the past five years to compensate for limits on local property taxation through expansion of state financial aid to schools.

A «Yes» vote would allow up to seven additional casino sites within the state to promote job growth, increase aid to schools and permit local governments to lower property taxes through the generation of revenue, as the wording of the proposition states.

Schools are funded through two main sources (putting aside federal aid): the local property tax and the state income tax.

When New Yorkers vote next week, they will see this proposal on the ballot, «The purpose of the proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

The language now says that the casinos would be for the «legislative purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

However, pollster Steve Greenberg says that when given the specific wording of the amendment on the ballot in November and asked whether they would vote yes or no to approve an amendment to «allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated,» 55 percent said yes they would approve it, compared to 42 percent who say no they would not.

In recognition of December 1 as World AIDS Day, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library at 1 Lafayette Square, downtown Buffalo, is hosting a display of two large sections of the NAMES Project National AIDS Memorial Quilt, as well as local AIDS quilts from Friday, November 29 through Sunday, December 8.

Along with his running mate for lieutenant governor, Brian Jones, a former Harlem elementary school teacher and active union member, Hawkins supports expanding public education from full - day Pre-K through college and increasing state aid to local schools.

In addition to scrapping the Common Core, Hawkins would improve schools by restoring aid cut during the state's economic downturn, encouraging desegregation through voluntary interdistrict transfers and returning curriculum decisions to local school boards.

Rhodes said more must be done to provide opportunities for young people through job retraining, trade apprenticeships and increased federal aid to local universities and community colleges.

55 % would approve the amendment with wording that reads, «allow the Legislature to authorize up to 7 casinos in New York for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. announced today the expansion of legal aid services to local veterans through a partnership with the Syracuse University College of Law.

Cuomo would transfer most of that cost to local school districts, the way other special education programs are funded through a complex school aid formula that takes into account district taxpayers» relative wealth.

According to Vice president Dr. Bawumia, government has chosen a strategic shift and «we want to build a Ghana which looks to the use of its own resources and their proper management as the way to engineer social and economic growth in our country...» For him, a Ghana beyond aid means mobilizing and leveraging domestic savings and revenues transparently; expand financial inclusion with credit services and saving systems for all, especially women; and financing through local capital markets in local currencies.

• African Cohort Study (AFRICOS) is a large, long - term cohort study at multiple African sites that will evaluate HIV prevention, care and treatment services it supports through local facilities, funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The rest of the week, we were loitering outside the local Rite Aid in coordinating velvet chokers, thumbing through a stack of rag mags to see which of our favorite models snagged the hottest thing in Tinseltown.

He speaks with embedded evangelists, aid workers, local community leaders and even a bomb diffuser (to name just a few of the subjects) and through it all, the same general notion is reinforced: Sudan is falling apart, the walls are closing in and the ideal of self - sufficiency is being replaced by institutions of foreign interest.

It was reported that in Zagreb, refugee women were forced to trade sex for aid from UN troops53 and that the UN presence had increased the trafficking in women and girls through the establishment of «brothels, brothel - massage parlors, peep shows and the local production of pornographic films.»

The act burdens the states as well as local districts, imposing obligations to develop academic standards, test all students annually in grades 3 through 8, hire «highly qualified» teachers in core subjects, and reconstitute persistently failing schools in order to remain eligible for federal aid.

The federal government is indifferent to distance learning versus place - based learning and to geographical boundaries in the provision of financial aid to high - need postsecondary students, whereas in K — 12, that aid is funneled through local public - service monopolies that hold captive the students in their geographical catchment area.

If a district is able to raise the entire per - pupil allocation through local revenue, it does not receive general state aid.

Any direct or indirect erosion of Impact Aid through a voucher program will reduce the Impact Aid funding currently going to these districts, and would also place a great financial burden on the local community, which would be left to fund public schools with an already low level of state and local tax revenue.

√ All state and local aid made available for public schools should be funded through equalized formulas.

States and districts have wide leverage in establishing and implementing school funding policies, and in cases where there are obvious disparities between the needs of districts, there is still unwillingness by some states and districts to increase the level of support through local, state and federal aid.

AEF has tried to equalize access to state and local resources through the equalization aid formula so that the school property tax burden would be spread fairly.

IDRA Policy Issues for Texas in 2017 See PDF version Fair Funding Means Equity and Excellence for All Students IDRA Stands All state and local aid made available for public schools should be funded through equalized formulas.

In Wisconsin, school districts are funded through local property taxes, state aid and federal funding.

He spoke out against the governor's successful push to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights, and Evers has also advocated for significant increases in school funding — both by increasing state aid to schools and by allowing local school districts to raise additional revenue through property taxes.

Through world languages, Maine's students have opportunities to acquire and apply knowledge and skills related to communication and cultures that will aid them as members of both local and global communities.

Of course, the problem is even where teachers have agreed to a wage freeze you have increasing costs — without additional state aid — those extra dollars will have to come from the local property tax which is much more unfair for the middle class than raising money through the income tax (assuming you don't let the millionaires off the hook like the Governor did).

First and foremost you should take a first aid and CPR class through a local organization like the Red Cross, they are cheap and could save someone's life and if you are going to help in an emergency it is good to know what to do.

We work closely with San Jose Animal Care and Services and local rescues to help provide adoptable, homeless animals with non-routine medical care; additional aid is provided through specially funded PAWS for SJACS programs, such as spay / neuter, animal assistance projects, and community outreach.

A grant from Grey Muzzle supports their «Senior Aid» program, allowing them to advertise, through the local papers, senior dogs needing homes.

Acadiana Animal Aid is the largest local animal welfare organization in the area that is leading the way in inspiring a healthy community through compassion for animals.

Through this local non-profit organization, he is dedicated to promoting the veterinary profession through efforts to aid pets and people in low - income communities and provide scholarships to veterinary students and technThrough this local non-profit organization, he is dedicated to promoting the veterinary profession through efforts to aid pets and people in low - income communities and provide scholarships to veterinary students and technthrough efforts to aid pets and people in low - income communities and provide scholarships to veterinary students and technicians.

Monies raised through Noblepets go toward helping to provide local children and veterans who are disabled with specially trained aid dogs to make their lives less difficult.

They work closely with San Jose Animal Care and Services and local rescues to help provide adoptable, homeless animals with non-routine medical care; additional aid is provided through specially funded PAWS for SJACS programs, such as spay / neuter, animal assistance projects, and community outreach.

Through our fundraising activities we are able to provide financial support to our sister - group, the Orphan Kitten Project in addition to aid we provide to local shelters.

Through panels, discussions, artist talks, performances and related events presented in association with local arts and advocacy community allies, topics explored include art and activism then and now, equitable representation of people of color, and the intersection of HIV / AIDS with race, gender and age.

Collectively, lawyers are encouraged to enhance the profession through activities such as: (a) sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues and students informally in day - to - day practice as well as through contribution to professional journals and publications, support of law school projects and participation in panel discussions, legal education seminars, bar admission courses and university lectures; (b) participating in legal aid and community legal services programs or providing legal services on a pro bono basis; (c) filling elected and volunteer positions with the Society; (d) acting as directors, officers and members of local, provincial, national and international bar associations and their various committees and sections; and (e) acting as directors, officers and members of non-profit or charitable organizations.

In other provinces, CUPE Local 1949 represents legal aid lawyers in Saskatchewan, and until the until the Association of Justice Counsel became certified as bargaining agent, there was federal representation through the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).

Against the backdrop of cuts in legal aid and local authority spending on legal advice, the profession attempts to facilitate access to justice; most notably through pro bono work which assists many individuals who would, without it, ultimately, be deprived of access to justice.