Sentences with phrase «to increase funding for schools»

That's why teachers unions have worked for increased funding for our schools.

One of the challenges that Proposal A's bipartisan creators met was to craft a formula that increased funding for schools in poorer districts while holding harmless the funding levels of richer districts.

It includes $ 400 million to increase funding for school resource officers, mental health programs in schools, metal detectors and bullet - resistant windows in schools and for new child welfare investigators.

This project will examine state - level school finance reforms, intended to increase funding for schools serving poor children, over the past several decades.

Increase funding for school leader professional development, training, mentoring, reforming school leader certification, and tenure systems.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

Lawmakers, researchers and even a celebrity chef joined forces Thursday to urge Congress to pass an $ 8 billion bill to increase funding for school lunch programs and child nutrition.

The measure will end the use of local tax referendums as a means of increasing funds for schools by 1997, according to the state education department.

Urge elected officials to increase funding for school security, emergency planning, and school violence prevention measures.

On Jan. 12, union leaders, teachers, parents and students rallied in the Capitol, where they called issues like teacher evaluations a distraction and demanded instead that Mr. Cuomo increase funding for schools.

«With a teacher shortage crisis, the Government needs to focus on improving teachers» pay and provide a fully - funded pay rise as part of a package of increased funding for all schools and colleges.

«Groups such as New Haven - based ConnCan and Connecticut Council for Education Reform, and StudentsFirst are widely recognized for their lobbying efforts to expand public charters, increase teacher and school accountability and increase funding for school choice programs.

In her testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee, SNA President Julia Bauscher clearly stated the need for increased funding for school meal programs to cover the higher costs of meeting new standards.

The child nutrition bill which would improve and increase funding for school food is still stalled in the House of Representatives.

Now, parents and some state legislators think it is time the City of Buffalo pay a bigger part of the education bill, especially since the city has not increased its funding for schools in more than a decade.

The budget he signed in September increased funding for schools, but the new bill would target both rural and cash - strapped districts.

With no new funding and no mandate for states, districts, or other entities to increase funding for school technology, those educators are concerned that NETP is simply one more push to do more with less.

Torlakson's message was more «stay the course,» a path that has shown increased funding for schools and new ways to teach and test students under the Common Core standards, which emphasize critical thinking over rote learning.

We need to increase funding for schools so we're providing the resources we want our kids to have: the best teachers possible, low teacher / student ratios, school nurses, arts and music, and more.

Educators across the state are urging Governor Baker and the State Legislature to close this gap by increasing funding for school counselors and psychological staff.

Since he was first elected state superintendent in 2009, Evers has asked Walker and the Legislature four times to significantly increase funding for schools, by raising state - imposed revenue limits and changing the equalized aid formula to account for districts with high poverty, declining enrollment and rural issues.

These cuts came along with increased funding for school - privatization efforts such as vouchers.

Legislation that would increase funding for schools operating under the authority of the State Charter Schools Commission was amended in the Senate Friday to give less money than originally proposed, and some people are unhappy about it.

Reporting indicates that participants are often frustrated by tax cuts at the expense of public goods and that they hope to obtain increased funding for schools and services by increasing taxes on the wealthy.

In addition to teacher pay, demonstrators are demanding lawmakers increase funding for school resources, Piner said.

That's why Stand supports increased funding for schools in states with low funding, increased equity in states with a high level of unfairness, and wise spending across the board.

State leaders are debating how to vastly increase funding for schools — as mandated by the state Supreme Court.

California may at first look like it is increasing funding for school districts, but in reality this budget serves only to blunt the impact of rising pension costs for a year.

Florida lawmakers are poised to end their annual Session on Sunday by passing an $ 88.7 billion state budget that increases funding for school safety, mental health, environmental land - buying and college scholarships.

Still, food stamp advocates say there is a chance to increase funding for school lunch without using food stamp cuts — put the whole thing into the omnibus.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a group that advocates for increased funding for schools, says Cuomo and the legislature need to address a multi-billion dollar gap they say exists in the current amount of school funding in New York.

Scott's proposals following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre last month include raising the minimum age to buy a gun in Florida to 21, increasing funding for school security and mental health, and giving law enforcement the ability to temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed a threat to themselves or others.

On Jan. 12, union leaders, teachers, parents and students rallied in the Capitol, where they called issues like teacher evaluations a distraction and demanded instead that Mr. Cuomo increase funding for schools.

Expanding and increasing funding for school choice programs, creating a stronger classroom environment for digital learning, and ensuring every child is safe at school are among the recommendations in a new «American Education Age...

The Senate leader says he does like Cuomo's proposal to increase funding for schools by an additional billion dollars.

House Republican leaders are looking at similar measures, and both chambers want to increase funding for school resource officers and mental health programs.

DTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom reported yesterday (link requires subscription) that, «Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln on Wednesday unveiled a bill to reauthorize the child nutrition programs that would increase funding for school lunch and other programs by $ 4.5 billion over 10 years, with some of the money coming from the budget for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

Jessica is running to increase funding for our schools, pass real rent reform, and fix the broken subway system.

New York Jobs Now is a broad and growing coalition of economic development, education, and labor leaders who support Proposal # 1 to bring more jobs, increased funding for schools, and lower property taxes to New York State.

Heastie said the higher taxes on millionaires would generate sufficient revenue for the state to increase funding for schools, the aging, infrastructure and other public priorities.

The protest was hosted by Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group that regularly aks the state to increase funding for schools and to distribute it equitably.

Driven by a shared goal of creating jobs, increasing funding for schools and lowering property taxes, a broad coalition of business leaders, labor unions, economic development professionals and educators announced the formation of NY Jobs Now in support of Referendum # 1 on ballots in November, which would authorize up to four new casinos in upstate New York.

Sunday retail alcohol sales, workforce development, fighting opioids, reforming civil forfeiture laws and increasing funding for schools are all part of the the Indiana Senate Republican legislative agenda for 2018.

To make sure that increased funding for schools, there's health care issues, there's affordable housing issues, and you know I say that a decision's been made, you can't change it, so at this point you have to move forward and hope that all the things that are important to New York are part of that message, as he goes to all parts of the state.»

This year, he is expected to call for a wider commitment to prekindergarten, and for increased funding for schools.

The lawsuit, which includes parents from Yonkers and New York City, was announced Tuesday by the Alliance for Quality Education — a labor - backed group that advocates for increased funding for schools.

Rather than the courts, it has been through the often maligned legislative process that advocates for increased funding for schools have had the most success.

In the meantime, many of the 280 communities that have passed local tax levies to increase funding for their schools will see a reduction of about $ 100 in the amount they receive from the state for each student served.

Tuck said he believes the state «absolutely» has to increase funding for schools and will fight hard to direct revenue from the legal cannabis industry into the education budget.