Sentences with phrase «to a sound basic education»

The legislature increased formula aid to education by $ 1.1 billion which represents a 6.7 % increase overall formula aid increase including a $ 375 million increase for Sound Basic Education aid to be allocated in the same manner as in 2005 - 06.

Speaking to the Governor's Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education in February, a panel of superintendents spoke about the struggles they face with increasing budget constraints and limited decision - making ability about how to divvy up those scarce resources across their schools.

As you would expect, the suit demands that New York State's tenure, teacher dismissal, and reverse - seniority layoff rules be struck down because they violate the Empire State constitution's provision that all kids are provided sound basic education.

The Public School Forum of NC's Executive Director and President, Keith Poston presenting to the Governor's Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education on February 20, 2018.

Every Senate and Assembly District is owed tens of millions of dollars in funding for their schools in order for the state to fulfill its constitutional obligations to provide a «sound basic education.»

Governor Cuomo has consistently failed in his obligation to provide the resources necessary for all New York City students to receive the «sound basic education» that is guaranteed by New York State's constitution.

Full funding for a sound basic education is a CFE mandate, not a bargaining chip.»

«The court order in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit was founded on the principle that all schools need adequate funding levels in order to provide every student a «sound basic education.»

After the decision, Gov. George Pataki's administration, though a special commission, concluded that $ 1.9 billion in additional combined state, local and federal revenues, to be phased in over a five - year period, was a valid determination of the cost of providing a sound basic education in New York City.

The CFE lawsuit alleged that the state's funding formula was not providing an opportunity for a «sound basic education» under the state's constitution to students in the New York City.

This outstanding bill stems from a 2006 ruling by the New York State Court of Appeals that the state was failing to provide all New York students with basic resources essential to a «sound basic education,» in violation of the state's constitution.

The suit argues that it interferes with students» constitutional right to a sound basic education.

The rally, organized by the Rise and Resist and the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) in recent weeks, is part of a statewide push to fulfill the 2007 Campaign for Fiscal Equity court ruling that mandates education funds be distributed to New York's school districts to ensure all schools can provide students with a «sound basic education.»

In a series of cases called the Campaign for Fiscal Equality, which lasted from 1995 to 2006, the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, found that the state was not providing enough money for New York City, leaving students without access to a «sound basic education.»

In a partial victory for the Cuomo administration, the Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of an educational group that New York was failing to provide a «sound basic education» to school kids across the state.

That case, which NY State fought for a decade resolved that young people in NY have a right under our Constitution to a «sound basic education.»

The court issued the ruling that the state's school funding system violated children's constitutional rights to a «sound basic education» in 2006.

Lasher is running against Marisol Alcantara, a former union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and Robert Jackson, a former councilman who is also a plaintiff in a landmark case by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which argued that New York was under funding schools and not meeting its constitutional burden to provide children with a «sound basic education.»

Some lawmakers believe a lawsuit could claim that the higher number of failing city schools is in breach of state and federal law which denies each student a «sound basic education.»

A lawsuit filed in Buffalo Tuesday says the current formula is unconstitutional and that the state is falling short of its obligation to provide every student with a sound basic education.

It is the result of an order from the New York State Court of appeals to provide «a sound basic education to all students,»» Mr. de Blasio said.

AQE formed in 2001 with a singular purpose: to push the state to meet its obligation of funding a «sound basic education» for children in public schools, as per the New York State constitution.

Jacobowitz, who wrote the resolution, said «this is not a matter of politics or even a policy debate; rather, this is a matter of basic government function, an informed decision - making process for our communities, and the right of our children to a sound basic education.»

He also agreed with the plaintiffs» central argument that the matter revolves around a child's constitutional right to a sound basic education.»

Earlier, State Supreme Court Justice Manuel J. Mendez issued a preliminary injunction, made public on Feb. 21, that cites the state's constitutional guarantee of «a sound basic education» to students and the harm to «innocent students, particularly those classified as «at risk» (i.e., disabled, low - income and bilingual) who can not afford to lose any state funding.»

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.

But in its final post-trial submission filed this year, New York argued the formula does not represent the funding needed to give all students, including those in the small - city districts, the opportunity for a «sound basic education» under the New York Constitution, according to the alliance.

BRUCE KARAM: We want to be able to provide the sound basic education, which is guaranteed under the state constitution...

Curiously, however, AIR / MAP defined a sound basic education quite differently.

The consultants brought together multiple panels of school personnel and asked them to design a program that would ensure that all New York City students could get a sound basic education and determine the resources needed to deliver the program.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

How much does a sound basic education cost?

They calculate the amountof annual funding required «to provide all New York City school children the opportunity for a sound basic education».

Despite its name, the lead plaintiff in the 1993 complaint, CFE, did not argue that the state's financing arrangements were inequitable, but that the funds given to New York City were not «adequate» for a sound basic education.

This definition of the objective of an adequate education was consistent with the court's decision on how to interpret the requirement of a sound basic education.

defined a sound basic education quite differently.

The state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, apparently recognized this even as it approved DeGrasse's ruling, stating, «Decisions about spending priorities are indeed the Legislature's province, but we have a duty to determine whether the State is providing students with the opportunity for a sound basic education.

Is a sound basic education one in which children learn sportsmanship through team - building exercises and physical activity?

(See «Pseudo-Science and a Sound Basic Education,» check the facts, Fall 2005).

«Success» in implementing standards - based reforms under this model is defined not in terms of test scores in a limited number of subject areas, but broadly, in terms of providing all students a sound basic education on a sustained basis.

The organization claims that what charter schools receive, typically 60 to 75 percent of what traditional public schools receive per pupil and no funding for facilities, deprives the children of their right to a «sound basic education» under the state constitution.

Last summer, the state supreme court affirmed a lower court's decision that the state had failed in its constitutional duty to provide students in Hoke County with the opportunity to obtain a «sound basic education.»

Just because, despite all our rhetoric to the contrary, as a country we do not set enough store by insisting that a sound basic education be available for all students, regardless of race or economic circumstance.

As the recent decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York shows, even state constitutional guarantees of «a sound basic education» may mean no more than a «minimally adequate» education that enables a person only to hold some job, and to not «be a charge on the public fisc.»

That didn't seem to bother Justice DeGrasse, who simply created his own panel to «ascertain the actual cost of providing a sound basic education in New York City.»

The lawsuit, filed by the nonprofit Public Interest Law Office of Rochester in September 1998, claims that the state has deprived the plaintiffs — all low - income black and Hispanic students — of their rights under the state constitution to a sound basic education by failing to alleviate concentrations of poverty in the 37,000 - student Rochester school district.