Sentences with phrase «use of taxpayer funds»

One might well argue that this is a worthy use of taxpayer funds, but in the narrow context of determining the program's fiscal effects, it counts as a negative impact.

Digital learning offers the potential for more cost - effective use of taxpayer funds for education, Finn observes, as the influence of good teachers can grow exponentially through technology, and students can customize the learning process to fit their needs.

There are few provisions to ensure accountability and transparency for private schools» use of taxpayer funds in the program.

According to USA Today Network, Albany lawmakers from Manhattan questioned the $ 3 million allocated toward the 2018 Open was an appropriate use of taxpayer funds.

The Vision of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is to be deeply rooted in the community: promoting partnerships, fostering the development of a literate and informed citizenry through free and equal access to cultural, intellectual, recreational and informational resources, planning for the future, and making the most effective use of taxpayer funding.

This is a great use of taxpayer funds.»

There has been a groundswell in recent years for the city to make more efficient use of taxpayer funds and streamline duplicative school programs in an environment in which additional schools are cropping up every year.

The North Carolina Association of Educators and the North Carolina School Boards Association have challenged the school voucher program in court, alleging that the program is an unconstitutional use of taxpayer funds that should be used for public schools only.

Furthermore, attendees won't be hearing about how a full - day workshop declaring war on cats is an unwise use of taxpayer funds.

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.

Shulkin had been under fire after a watchdog report revealed the VA improperly approved the use of taxpayer funds for a trip to Europe with his wife.

In a letter sent to the Government Accountability Office on Wednesday, Warren and Cummings characterized Trump's transition as «chaotic» and asked that the GAO review possible conflicts of interest related to Trump's and his family's relationships to his businesses, potential national security concerns related to Trump's communication with foreign leaders and diplomats, and «transparency related to the use of taxpayer funds in the transition.»

Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly have introduced legislation this year that ban confidential settlements while protecting the identity of the survivor and ending the use of taxpayer funds for settlements.

Senate Republicans have been staunchly opposed to the use of taxpayer funds for elections, but did agree to a host of ethics reform legislation under the umbrella bill known as the Public Trust Act that tightens anti-corruption and bribery penalties.

Nevertheless, Senate Republicans remain firmly opposed to the use of taxpayer funds or public dollars to fund political campaigns.

But she didn't call for Sheldon Silver to resign in Silver's use of taxpayer funds to cover up fellow a democrat sexual harassment of female staff members.

They have also shown a different approach to the use of taxpayer funds for their respective campaigns, though Malliotakis — who plans to accept public matching funds — used to criticize the city's campaign finance system as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

He noted that in his 2018 State of the State Address earlier this month, he announced a new policy in which he prohibits the use of taxpayer funds for a sexual harassment payment if it is only based on the individual's behavior.

The governor has proposed legislation to create a uniform sexual harassment policy for government entities throughout the state and bar the use of taxpayer funds in settlements against harassing individuals.

Long and other Cuomo critics have objected to the use of taxpayer funds for political campaigns, and they argue a public matching system would benefit labor unions whose members» small donations would be amplified.

The Espadas» defense lawyer, the Daily News reports, is claiming the men assumed their use of taxpayer funds from the Soundview Health Clinics they controlled — to pay for things like sushi restaurant tabs and birthday party pony rides — were legal because the expenses were approved by an accounting firm.

(The new research presumably relied on nonfederal government funding, since Congress prohibits the use of taxpayer funds on research that destroys human embryos.)

A month before she joined the Carson City case, the American Civil Liberties Union filed its own lawsuit against SB302 in Las Vegas and primarily argued the bill violates a constitutional prohibition against the use of taxpayer funds for religious purposes.

First off, the truth is that the state has done virtually nothing to hold Connecticut's charter schools accountable for their use of taxpayer funds and rather than develop and implement a new set of accountability standards, Malloy's Commissioner of Education and his political appointees to the State Board of Education recently recommended the state fund eight new charters despite the projected $ 1.4 billion deficit in next year's budget.