Sentences with phrase «vote state aid»

I've also heard the rumor that teachers are delighted when they get the spring pink slip in those years when the state legislature has yet to vote state aid for the schools the following fall.

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The bill states that bank rescue fund HFSF will have full voting rights on any shares it acquires from banks in exchange for providing state aid.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

WHAT: Press conference calling out Senator Carlucci's vote shortchanging local schools in state budget and gutting the State's Foundation Aid formula through which schools in his Senate District are owed $ 65 milstate budget and gutting the State's Foundation Aid formula through which schools in his Senate District are owed $ 65 milState's Foundation Aid formula through which schools in his Senate District are owed $ 65 million.

Well if you're concerned with property taxes and state aid, I wouldn't be voting for Kaminsky.

Council members said their vote protects the city's future as state aid projections grow increasingly uncertain.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

Blame them for the school budget you voted on Tuesday with no idea how much state aid your district will really get, or what your taxes will be.

The Democratic election commissioners have formed a working group that would aid in developing an early voting program for the state's 62 counties.

«Instead, she has voted to eliminate property tax relief, increase state spending, increase taxes, and cut state school aid — and we still have no property tax cap.»

He has, however, voted against both public financing of political campaigns and the Dream Act, which would make foreign nationals entering college eligible for state aid.

Supporters of the measure to give state aid for college tuition to children of undocumented immigrants say they are disappointed and saddened that the measure lost in the Senate by just one vote.

On Monday, the state Senate voted down the measure, which would allow children of undocumented immigrants to be eligible for college financial aid.

«The new voting machines are going to be in the voting places anyway, and certianly state aid to education plays into school budgets.»

A «Yes» vote would allow up to seven additional casino sites within the state to promote job growth, increase aid to schools and permit local governments to lower property taxes through the generation of revenue, as the wording of the proposition states.

The Kentucky lawmaker, who voted against providing post-Sandy funding to Northeastern states, says these aid packages are larded with pork.

Not one member of Congress ever voted against or said one word of opposition to aid going to other states when the money was needed.

She added she voted against the energy surcharge itself and then backed an effort to repeal it once $ 5 million in state aid came through for the county.

The state Senate voted (again) to end gap elimination aid — a policy that allowed the state to withhold a portion of school funding from local districts to prop up the state's overall budget.

Earlier this morning the state Democratic Committee Executive Director and mainline Senate Democrats blasted the invitation extended to Cruz for the GOP's annual dinner this month, namely for his vote against Hurricane Sandy aid.

However, pollster Steve Greenberg says that when given the specific wording of the amendment on the ballot in November and asked whether they would vote yes or no to approve an amendment to «allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated,» 55 percent said yes they would approve it, compared to 42 percent who say no they would not.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including early voting measures, reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail and the Dream Act to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants.

The apparent arrival of a package brought good news for Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan: One of the budget bills introduced for voting on Tuesday evening included the $ 12.5 million in additional state aid that the Democrat had said was the only thing standing between the capital city and a fiscal cliff.

Unless approved by two - thirds (2/3) majority vote of the entire Executive Committee, neither the State Chair nor any person employed by the State Committee, shall assist, aid or publicly endorse any candidate in favor of another candidate in either a contested Republican primary or in any contested election for office within the State Committee.

He has voted for all the anti-public school bills of Cuomo and Flanagan; voted to enrich the charter schools that fill the Senate GOP campaign coffers, voted for a budget that includes the Gap Elimination Adjustment that steals state aid and forces up taxes, voted to support the Endless Testing Regime that has made life miserable for kids and parents.

Republicans in the New York State Senate voted Monday to eliminate the remaining $ 400 million in aid

New York finally got some good news from Congress on Wednesday when the Senate pushed forward $ 2.6 billion in aid for the state, after two months of lost votes on the issue threatened to blow big holes in local and state budgets.

Republicans in the New York State Senate voted Monday to eliminate the remaining $ 400 million in aid that had been withheld from schools in recent years as a report released Sunday says that schools are owed $ 4.8 billion from the sState Senate voted Monday to eliminate the remaining $ 400 million in aid that had been withheld from schools in recent years as a report released Sunday says that schools are owed $ 4.8 billion from the statestate.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, she voted against the repealing of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» legislation, opposed legislation that would grant equal tax treatment for employer - provided health coverage for domestic partners, opposed legislation to grant same - sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples and opposed legislation to permit state Medicaid programs to cover low - income, HIV - positive Americans before they develop AIDS.

Should they again fail, voters must make a resolution of their own: to hold accountable at the voting booth not only the wrongdoers, but those who aid and abet their behavior from the state's halls of power.»

In an attempt to help towns, the state legislature voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to waive any penalties for municipalities that reduce their education budget after suffering major cuts in state aid.

As the statewide vote approached, opponents warned that new casinos would exacerbate addictive gambling, while good - government groups cried foul after the state Board of Elections approved ballot language that included a warm description of the potential benefits of the change («promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes») but none of the possible drawbacks.

Abolition of slavery, votes for women, legal aid, NHS, social security, state pension, abolition of child labour, legalisation of abortion, equal pay for women, outlawing racial discrimination, legalising homosexuality, civil partnerships, free secondary education, no - fault divorce, minimum wage, paid holidays, child benefit.

Republican leaders did not speak, though some individual GOP members said they voted no because taxpayers should not finance college aid for the children of undocumented immigrants, and that they are already eligible for lower in - state rates at public universities.

That's led school districts around the state to complain that they won't know how much state aid they're getting for the new school year in time to get their budgets ready for the May statewide vote.

Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including the Dream Act, to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants, early voting measures and reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Parents and advocates called out State Senator Chris Jacobs Monday for his vote last week which they say gutted the Foundation Aid formula and shortchanging Buffalo and other high needs public schools.

On April 26, Common Council approved it in a split vote and reaffirmed the decision July 12 by the same 5 - 4 vote after reviewing state aid figures.

Politico obtained a copy of the new agreement — which could be voted upon today along with the rest of the state budget — that removed the link to the state aid and will no longer include an eventual public vote.

Cuomo's education budget was notable this year for not including «school aid runs» that specify how much state aid school district administrators can assume as they craft their budgets for public votes May 19.

Democrats in Washington scrambled Tuesday to muster 60 Senate votes behind a nationwide state and local aid package that would funnel about $ 2 billion to New York to save 7,100 teacher jobs.

An amendment that would have limited state aid to studies on stem cells derived without destroying embryos failed on a 65 - 69 vote.

The court voted 5 - 2 to end the Opportunity Scholarships program, which provides students who decide to leave some of the state's lowest - rated public schools with about $ 4,350 in tuition aid they can use in private or religious schools.

The $ 80 million error arose when lawmakers voted earlier this month to count as state aid certain money that school districts raise by taxing local property owners.

Republicans then regrouped and voted on a Senate Blaine amendment that specifically guaranteed Bible reading in the public schools and expanded its prohibitions to ban federal aid to sectarian education as well as state aid.

After the hearing they will finalize and vote on a preliminary budget (the final budget comes in October, after student counts and state aid are certified).

An Assembly committee Thursday abruptly scrapped a vote on a proposal to reduce the amount of money public school districts can raise to offset the loss of state aid for taxpayer - funded private school vouchers.

As the House of Lords is scheduled to vote on the Government's proposals for a residence test for access to legal aid, Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy at JUSTICE considers today's judgment of the Divisional Court in PLP v Secretary of State for Justice.

The Election Security Act would aid states in purchasing new voting machines that incorporate paper ballots — a feature widely viewed as the best defense against electronic warfare.