Sentences with phrase «times the education budget»

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Companies are placing more value on training and retaining staff by establishing a professional development budget, offering time off for education, or setting up in - house training on new tools and concepts.

According to the lender, you can earn points by consistently paying your bills on time, watching personal financial education videos, completing budgeting tutorials, monitoring your credit score and interacting with the company on social media.

The Chicago Board of Education will increase lunch prices for the second time this year, lay off 150 more teachers and cut $ 14 million in transportation costs to help make up an $ 80 million budget deficit, officials said Tuesday.

Wasting no time, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver released this statement slamming Governor Paterson for vetoing the education spending added to his executive budget proposal:

At the same time, the budget for education, research and health has been cut.

As the budget process moved into crunch time, the focus was less on mayoral control and more on education reforms the governor was seeking.

Governor Cuomo and Senator Addabbo have successfully worked together to create on - time budgets, and fight for important legislation to implement common sense gun laws, bring ethics reform to Albany, and expand access to quality education for New York children.

There's also a dispute between Sampson and Silver on how to fund what is now expected to be as much as a $ 1 billion shortfall in anticipated federal Medicaid aid, an enormous loss at a time when politically nervous lawmakers are looking to add education funding to the final budget plan.

ALBANY — Minimum wage, education aid, state university tuition and cost shifts to New York City loom as the major roadblocks as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislators scrambled Monday to agree on a budget in time to beat New York's fiscal deadline.

In addition to pointing out that four on - time budgets in a row is something that had not been seen for decades, the governor highlighted the property tax plan and the increased education aid.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco sharply criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approach on education spending in this year's $ 142 billion budget proposal «bizarre» and said it risked an on - time spending plan.

Their attitude is to bunch sex education in with other essential «life skills» like balancing a budget or voting for the first time.

Elia's selection comes at a crucial time for education policy in New York: State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of tenure.

The mayor raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by a 2007 settlement that promised additional education funds to the city — saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

Thankfully, there's still time for them to restore education funding in the final budget; and we hope Sen. Aubertine will do the right thing.

The New York Times calls mayoral control «among the most successful contributions the Legislature has made to education in New York City in recent history,» and says it needs to be extended — or «ideally» made permanent — now, «while the budget pressure is on, and not put off for another day.»

After releasing his $ 77.7 billion preliminary budget, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by the 2007 CFE settlement that promised additional education funds to the city, saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

At the same time, DiNapoli's report criticized the budget process for introducing changes to the state's education policy just hours before state lawmakers approved the budget bills.

There was some testy back - and - forth between Democrats and Republicans on the Senate floor during the debate, and you should expect more of the same — if not worse — when it comes time to take up legislation relating to the most controversial parts of this budget: Ethics and education.

This year, Cuomo included the DREAM Act in his executive budget for the first time, which advocates saw as a very positive development, but many were disappointed that he linked it to the Education Investment Tax Credit in hopes of forcing the Senate GOP's hand.

At the same time, he praised state lawmakers for taking a «gutsy vote» on education policies in the state budget that are staunchly opposed by the state teachers» unions.

This set the stage for an epic education budget battle — perhaps the biggest Albany has seen for some time.

As of Sunday morning, neither the massive education, labor and family assistance bill or the ethics bill has appeared in print — meaning both will likely require a message of necessity from Cuomo to waive the required three - day aging process if officials want to meet Tuesday's on - time budget deadline.

«So, what we do on education — whether it's funding or reform — has to be the focal point of the budget, and it has been for a long time.»

The Times sees Cuomo's budget as a mixed - bag, expressing disappointment over the lack of revenue raisers and concern over the deep education cuts, which the paper thinks go too far.

Cuomo also said he's confident the budget deal will include a plan to allow workers to take paid time off to care for a new child or sick loved one, and will also contain a large increase in education spending.

«These are the biggest cuts to the education budget we can recall — even during times of great fiscal stress.

Republicans present alternative health care, energy, education, and budget bills to the Democratic leadership all the time; and all Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid say in reply is «No».

Avella said that since he took office, the state Legislature has been primarily concerned with passing an on - time budget, which he thought included some terrible cuts — in particular to education — and should have had a real millionaire's tax.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In his first - ever joint State of the State address / budget presentation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday presented his plan for 2015 Opportunity Agenda, spending much time on education reform that he expects will be an uphill battle and will take up most of the increase in the state budget.

Republicans present alternative health care, energy, education, and budget bills to the Democratic leadership all the time

Testifying on the state budget in Albany today, Mayor Bill de Blasio responded extensively for the first time to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's calls for education reform, made in the governor's State of the State Address.

The memo also lays out in detail the horsetrading that typically occurs around budget time, as in the area of higher education financing, where Mr. Cuomo has sought broad changes in how public universities procure supplies and services and wants to allow the City University of New York to raise tuition.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Schools are already facing an eight per cent cut to their budgets, the first time education spending has fallen since the mid-1990s.

With an eye on Albany, it was time Thursday morning for New York City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to again testify in front of the City Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the city.

The education cut is part of a proposed 2.7 percent reduction for next year, which if enacted would be the first time the state budget has been lower in 10 years.

Fiscal analysts pointed to several lines sprinkled dozens of times throughout the budget bill detailing aid to localities, which authorizes state payments for education and Medicaid, among other things.

As some education advocates praise the additional school funding announced as part of the New York State budget agreement, schools must now work through their own budgets, while, for the first time, considering the state's 2 percent property tax cap.

These changes couldn't come at a more opportune time, and our members were heartened to hear that Speaker Mark - Viverito's list of budget priorities includes fulfilling the promise of a sound basic education.

At the meeting, held in the auditorium of PS 69 in Jackson Heights, Dromm spoke of his time as a teacher in Queens and expressed his concerns about education cuts and the upcoming budget deadline.

«The Department of Education is mismanaging education funding at a time when budget cuts make every dollar more precious to classrooms,» UFT President Michael MulgEducation is mismanaging education funding at a time when budget cuts make every dollar more precious to classrooms,» UFT President Michael Mulgeducation funding at a time when budget cuts make every dollar more precious to classrooms,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew said.

Just this week, he released an audit of the Department of Education's implementation of high speed internet in middle schools, finding that the DOE did not maintain documentation that would show whether the project was completed on time or within its budget.

The disproportionate cuts to education and Medicaid may be because these programs garner relatively less voter support in times of tight budgets, they said.

More and more students are pursuing higher levels of education at a time when budget - strapped principals and universities can not hire the staff they need.

BONN — Germany's research and higher education budget is headed for a real increase for the first time in several years, with special emphasis on bolstering academic research.

So therefore, I would suggest that if they really believe that to be the case, they should immediately push for the impeachment of both the President and both houses of Congress which are willing to ignore such an obvious threat to the continued existence of humanity and instead waste time on (what this relegates to) trivial issues like Iraq, Social Security, Medicare, taxes, terrorism, fiscal budget deficits, Katrina, abortion, Bird flu, the Supreme Court, education, etc..

«At Berkeley» — Frederick Wiseman's four - hour documentary about the great public university, shot in 2010 at a time of campus - wide unrest over budget shortfalls, says more about the state of American education — and by extension, America itself — than any other movie this year.

But this strains plausibility: it represents just 3 percent of the state's current $ 5.5 billion dollar higher education budget, and averages out to less than $ 300 per full - time equivalent student.