Sentences with phrase «year of the biennium»

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce class size in the early grades, proposed supplemental budget for the second year of the biennium includes $ 3.7 million to reduce average 3rd - grade class size from 26 to 20.

About $ 127 million needs to be added in the first year of the biennium just to allow schools to tread water, and additional investments are needed in the second year as well.

Proposal also includes $ 14.9 million to accommodate increased enrollment and operating costs in the second year of the biennium.

If the Legislature does not act to put more money into schools, there will be a $ 150 per student decrease in funding in the first year of the biennium.

The legislature appropriated an additional $ 70 million, funding the program at $ 765 - million for 1985 - 86 and $ 840 million in the second year of the biennium.

Enrollment growth is fully funded for higher education with the Senate plan, but UNC would still face a management flexibility cut of $ 17.9 million each year of the biennium.

Like the House, Senate lawmakers want to expand the Opportunity Scholarship program (school vouchers) by $ 6.8 million, bringing the total cost of the program to $ 17.6 million each year of the biennium.

Continuing the interest rate subsidy program to support school construction in both years of the biennium;

Such schools shall also be eligible to receive the state share of funding for both years of the biennium.

During the first year of each biennium, each appropriations subcommittee — not just Education — meets jointly to learn how their budgets work, review past budget activity, and identify issues for the upcoming session.

Such schools shall be eligible to receive the state share of funding for both years of the biennium.

And $ 2.5 million is allocated for each year of the biennium to offset the cost of the state's new virtual charter schools, which are expected to draw 3,000 students out of the public education system each year.

Transportation: Lawmakers are projecting that the cost of fuel will stay low over the biennium, so they've decreased the school transportation budget by $ 20 million compared to the base each year of the biennium.

Microsoft agreement: Just over $ 2.5 million in each year of the biennium for North Carolina's public schools to enter into a purchasing agreement with Microsoft to make their Office products to available free of charge to every student and school staff member.

Another $ 9 million each year of the biennium would go to support a digital learning plan developed by N.C. State's Friday Institute.

The House and Senate want to expand the Opportunity Scholarships program by $ 6.8 million, bringing the total cost of the program to $ 17.6 million each year of the biennium.

On July 12, Governor Scott Walker signed Wisconsin's 2015 - 17 state budget into law, including a provision that appropriates $ 500,000 in each year of the biennium for civil legal aid services to abuse victims.