Sentences with phrase «use local tax dollars»

While it remains unclear whether Governor Dannel Malloy's new education funding scheme includes a «money follows the child formula» that would force local districts to use local tax dollars to subsidize the privately owned and operated charter schools in their communities, the Governor's budget does shovel even more state taxpayer funds to the charter school industry.

Not exact matches

Over a decade ago, New York State and local governments used more than a billion dollars» worth of tax breaks and other incentives to lure GlobalFoundries to Saratoga County.

Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property taxes.

Colorado and Florida both recently increased the share of local tax dollars that charter schools can access, though they used different strategies to achieve their goals.

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Many families support voucher programs, as it allows them to use tax dollars they pay for education, but aren't able to use otherwise if they elect to attend a school other than the local private school.

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Collectively, level funding through the appropriations process and the cuts of sequestration have exacerbated the need for school districts to raise taxes or use local budget dollars to cover an ever - growing share of the federal contribution to special education.

The fact that the Snyder plan does nothing to stop districts from using property tax dollars to fund their operations belie such local control arguments.

While awaiting conference proceedings to begin, NSBA will continue to work with potential conferees to ensure that Congress passes an education bill that reaffirms local governance, invests in Title I programs, and excludes vouchers, tuition tax credits, or other means of authorizing the use of public dollars for private education.

Sending tax dollars to schools that lack local supervision is not an appropriate use of taxpayer funds and it weakens educational opportunities for millions of children.

This flips the norm established more than 35 years ago with Proposition 13, the landmark property tax limit, when the state became the school funding distributor as well as decider, largely dictating how locals could use the dollars.

* Use of tax dollars by federal, state and local governments to install costly renewable energy facilities or purchasing «green» electricity premium prices.

«At a time when state and local governments are cutting services to the bone, it makes no sense to force them to use tax - payer dollars to dole out unearned profits to Wall Street,» said AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee.