Sentences with phrase «tuition subsidies»

For a decade, the state has offered private school tuition subsidies to students with disabilities and tax credit scholarships that let taxpayers reduce their state taxes owed with contributions to private schools.

Legislators in the Assembly and Senate offered modified versions of several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's major budget initiatives, including his proposal to increase tuition subsidies, but they simply discarded several others in one - house budgets introduced this week.

Rogers Insurance invests in ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, subsidies for professional accreditation, opportunities for formal mentoring and a variety of in - house and online training programs

He turned left after a 2014 Democratic primary against Zephyr Teachout, a law professor, and in his second term has raised the minimum wage, expanded tuition subsidies at public colleges, enacted a system of paid family leave and raised the age of criminal responsibility.

In Arizona, which has a similar taxpayer - funded private school tuition subsidy program, extraordinary examples of abuse and personal enrichment have been recently documented.

Cuomo said his own marquee plan to expand tuition subsidies at public colleges — estimated to cost $ 163 million in the coming fiscal year — had a «relatively minor» impact and would fit within a «reasonable» budget.

The research expressly recommends Wisconsin not increase the income limit on the program to allow wealthier families to receive tuition subsidies — however that's just what the governor's budget signed in late September did.

With its state license for 116 students; lucrative tuition subsidies for single parents, available from North Carolina's Child Care Resources program; and expertise with children, from infants to after - schoolers (up to age 12), this business could advance as quickly as a 2 - year - old — if placed in the care of a growth - minded new owner.

Nonetheless, successfully wooing an endorsement from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Cuomo pushed a new middle - class tuition subsidy program whose full annual cost he estimated at $ 163 million — a low - balled figure that failed to take account of the disruptive impact it would likely have on SUNY and CUNY budgets, not to mention New York's vital private higher - education sector.

The holes include reviving the 421 - a housing subsidy program, spurring service consolidation among local governments, the state's income tax rates, exact details on how roughly $ 25 billion in aid to public and charter schools will distributed and what tuition subsidies exist — among other things.

By contrast, Democrats are pitching for a vast increase in tuition subsidies to students at both two - year and four - year colleges.

In a sense, West wrote, courts in New Mexico and Colorado must now decide whether textbooks and tuition subsidies fall into the same category as construction aid.

That makes Wisconsin a leading state when it comes to the number of students attending private, mostly religious schools with the help of taxpayer - funded tuition subsidies.

The budget included gubernatorial priorities including an expanded system of college tuition subsidies, funding for several infrastructure projects and the legalization of ride - hailing outside New York City — among other things.

Currently, the transfer amount is indexed to general and categorical aid increases to public schools in the same way per pupil payments to private voucher schools and independent charter school payments are adjusted — which accounts for the governor's proposed increase for private school tuition subsidies of $ 217 per pupil.

Republicans in the state Senate, who joined Cuomo for lunch, already explained that the budget would increase public school aid by $ 1 billion and include $ 163 million to fund the new tuition subsidies.

We've heard a lot about raising the age of criminal responsibility, increasing tuition subsidies, and legalizing ride - hailing outside of New York City.

The state as a whole could take action as well, passing the DREAM Act, which extends college tuition subsidies to undocumented immigrants.

The ad touts Cuomo's proposals to extend college tuition subsidies and attacks unnamed opponents who want to let the millionaires tax expire.

That picture becomes murkier when the university's management has been a frequent target of that governor; is the focus of an expanding investigation conducted by the state's inspector general, who reports to the secretary to the governor; and the governor publicly calls for greater oversight of the university system while seeking its top officials» endorsements of his tuition subsidy proposal.

Liberal groups and voices have for years painted the IDC as a block against progressive priorities, including public campaign finance and extending college tuition subsidies to undocumented immigrants.

They include the re-codification of abortion rights and extending tuition subsidies to undocumented immigrants.

But Cuomo didn't mention, let alone attack, Trump as he announced expanded college tuition subsidies and plans to remodel JFK airport last week.

The marquee point in what Cuomo calls the «Middle Class Recovery Act» is an expansion of college tuition subsidies that the governor says will make it «free» for students from families making less than $ 125,000 a year.

The budget also contains language raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, reviving the 421 - a housing tax break, authorizing ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City, spur municipal service consolidation and increase college tuition subsidies.

Lawmakers tweaked, but didn't reject, Cuomo's signature budget proposal: increased tuition subsidies to make public colleges «free» for students whose families earn $ 125,000 a year or less.

They may have seats available in schools where the tuition is higher and there are no tuition subsidies, but this hinders a parent's ability to choose a private school.

Students who might otherwise attend Western Michigan University (WMU), the state campus located in Kalamazoo, may use the tuition subsidy to enroll at higher - ranked schools such as Michigan State University or the University of Michigan.

The tuition subsidies available through the Promise should create incentives for higher academic performance.

This study uses the large change in expected college tuition costs caused by the surprise announcement of the Kalamazoo Promise's tuition subsidies to measure the Promise's short - term effects on student achievement and behavior.

Specifically, we examine how the achievement and behavior of individual students eligible for a tuition subsidy changed after the program was launched.

Either way — it is clear Republican lawmakers want to repay the loads of campaign cash they received from voucher lobbyists by making it easier to pour more tax dollars into unaccountable private school tuition subsidies.

In part, that's caused by the Senate proposal to increase the income limits for receiving a taxpayer - funded private school tuition subsidy.

Voucher school tuition subsidies, however, would see an increase of $ 217 per year.

Let's get serious about our public schools, and stop throwing tax dollars at what doesn't work — private tuition subsidies.»

Every year, PA's Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs divert $ 125 million in business tax dollars out of the state budget and into private organizations that provide private and religious school tuition subsidies to middle class families

Fully two - thirds of students in Wisconsin's Parental Choice Program were already enrolled in private schools before they received the tuition subsidy — and another 5 percent were home schooled, state data show.

Benefits: Additional compensation provided by employer to employee that supplement wage / monetary payment, and may include: paid vacation, sick leave, child care, retirement / pension fund, stock options, health / dental insurance, bonuses, tuition subsidies, etc..

- Tuition subsidies (to $ 2,500 a year) and bonuses for achieving certain professional accreditations (to $ 1,000)

- Online and in - house training courses, tuition subsidies (to $ 1,200 a year), professional designation subsidies