The Assembly version, meanwhile, usefully proposes financial incentives to teachers who volunteer to work in low-achieving schools.

The governor is also proposing incentives to bring refineries that produce ethanol into the state.

He also may propose significant incentives including the restoration to the major producers of the depletion allowance.

Some agricultural safety experts here are proposing such economic incentives as discounts on insurance premiums for farmers following certain safety standards.

In proposing financial incentives for principals, New York City is following a growing number of school systems that are experimenting with merit pay to improve student performance.

They proposed financial incentives to increase the birth rate.

The plan includes construction of houses on city-owned land downtown, streamlining zoning laws and proposing tax abatements and other financial incentives to attract private investors.

Last year, the Republicans proposed financial incentives for the elderly to leave their traditional plans; President Clinton halted the proposal, calling it coercive.

To realign the industry further, they have proposed a series of tax breaks and other incentives including the possible use of tax revenues to encourage small banks to merge.

"The U.S. Government should propose economic and political incentives for Iraq to moderate its behavior and to increase our influence with Iraq."