Steve McArdle is the head of sixth form in Durham Johnston School, County Durham, and represents the Association of School and College Leaders at Ucas.
As one old school county chief constable remarked to me 20-odd years ago, his officers had no interest in politics – they were all good conservatives.
Under the Pennsylvania program, 12 regions of the state can each designate up to 5,000 acres of land on which they will abate more than a dozen municipal, school, county and state taxes ranging from the property, sales and income taxes to a variety of corporate and franchise taxes.
Get over trying to have the biggest trophy in your school, county, city, state or nation.
Schools, county, and city facilities, including hospitals, have been locked down. .
Many museums, art galleries, community centers, hospitals, churches, camps, schools, county and local governments, etc. need experienced and reliable people to help them meet their obligations to their constituents.
"Where the problems now are, are in schools, good schools, outstanding schools, in county areas, with small proportions of poor children that are doing extremely badly".
East Lansing Public Schools, Counties of Ingham and Clinton, Mich., $66.1 million of school building and site bonds.
TAX EXEMPT ONE DAY DURING THE WEEK Caledonia Community Schools, Counties of Kent, Allegan and Barry, Michigan, $50.8 million of 2000 school building and site bonds.
I agree with you on some key points — the state must find ways to reduce the unfunded mandates it puts upon schools, counties and municipalities; to bring its personnel costs under control; and to facilitate school district consolidations when appropriate.
For starters, he said, much of the state's benefits from the oil boom are already dedicated legally to particular funds and cannot simply be transferred to support schools, counties, towns, park districts and the like.
