Sentences with phrase «aid bill which»

GSRP funding is allocated yearly in the school aid bill which usually passes by July 1st.

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If we measure left and right by support for or opposition to abortion and Bill Clinton, which is a reasonable measure in this case, twelve of the groups represented are very far left indeed — including Catholics for a Free Choice, Human Rights Campaign (a leading gay rights organization), People for the American Way, AIDS National Interfaith Network, and Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

That's thanks largely to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was the first to suggest additional disaster aid — remember that FEMA only has about $ 800 million on hand, which is less than even New York's estimated storm bill of $ 1 billion — be offset by other budget cuts.

But Republicans are hoping to link Kaminsky's win to the investigation into Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to help Democrats take control of the Senate in 2014, which has focused on the transfer of funds to county Democratic committees that ultimately aided individual candidates.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

While the PAC has been rather quiet in recent history, Grimm's racy headlines have been the boost of energy needed to renew interest, said Schwartz, aided in part by a bit on Bill Maher's Flip - a-District campaign which made national headlines.

(While member item funding dried up in 2009, lawmakers have once again inserted hundreds of line items worth millions of dollars into the aid to localities bill, which has now cleared both houses of the Legislature.

«The bill, which protects renters living with HIV / AIDS by limiting the percentage of household income payable to shelter costs to 30 percent, would pay for itself by reducing evictions, homelessness, and health costs.

«Our gratitude goes to Chairman Gottfried, Assemblywoman Paulin, the other sponsors of the bill, and the members of the Assembly Health Committee for this historic, first - ever approval of the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow terminally ill, mentally competent, adult patients to self - administer prescribed medicines if their suffering becomes unbearable,» David Leven, the executive director of End of Life Choices New York, said in a statement.

Mayor Bill de Blasio committed $ 26 million in his budget, and as much as $ 44 million in future years to expand the HIV / AIDS Services Administration (HASA) program, which provides housing, food and transportation assistance to 32,000 people.

Paterson's veto also drew the wrath of Housing Works, which said the bill would have addressed an «egregious injustice» in state housing policy and impacted some 10,000 poor New Yorkers living with HIV / AIDS.

There's been talk of a package of bills that would include pay raises for lawmakers as well as a minimum wage increase, and perhaps a plan for more charter schools or even other unrelated issues like the Dream Act, which would give college aid to children of immigrants.

The latest immigration bill, which was sponsored in February by Majority Leader Catherine Borgia, an Ossining Democrat, came in response to Republican President Donald Trump's nationwide initiative to deport undocumented immigrants, and would have prevented the county's emergency services from aiding the federal government in investigations made on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and national origin.

The Senate passed its gap elimination adjustment bill two days before Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to unveil his 2016 - 17 state budget, which will include school aid.

Long Island Republican Sen. Tom Crocci has introduced a bill that would increase legislative oversight of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's appointees to regional economic - development councils which have handed out billions of dollars in state aid.

Cancer - free following his latest quarterly checkup, ex-Buffalo Bills Hall - of - Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is drawing on his experiences to aid others battling head and neck cancer, teaming up with several cancer organizations and pharmaceutical giant Merck to produce a promotional campaign titled «Your Cancer Game Plan,» which debuted today.

In response to complaints of a «do - nothing Congress,» Gibson points out votes on a water bill which included aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, a farm bill that included first - time authorization for an industry - wide marketing campaign for New York's organic farmers, and the first federally authorized budget in five years.

There are two strands of parliamentary activity at the moment - the first is the heavy - duty Government legislation, which is mostly going through the Lords, including the Welfare Reform Bill and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

«If the bill before the Ugandan parliament becomes law, it must be the policy of the United States government to oppose any aid to Uganda from the World Bank, the African Development Bank, or any other international financial institution of which we are a member.»

They have already voted against another bill, known as the Dream Act, which would provide aid for college students who are undocumented immigrants.

Ed Miliband had the opportunity at the last election to romp home with a massive majority by declaring he would reinstate the NHS using the 2015 reinstatement bill, which entered parliament with the aid of Caroline Lucas NOT ED MILIBAND.

Whitehall negotiations are currently ongoing over whether to toughen up community sentences in the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill, which is currently working its way through parliament.

Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill which makes it mandatory for all intending couples to undergo test for HIV / AIDs, twice, in the last...

Assemblyman Will Barclay and state Sen. Patty Ritchie have both authored bills that would give Fitzpatrick's owner a $ 60 million tax credit, but neither were included in the budget, nor was a $ 100 million financial aid package to help pay for the cost of refueling the plant, which would need to be done this year.

Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill which makes it mandatory for all intending couples to undergo test for HIV / AIDs, twice, in the last three months, before marriage is contracted.

International aid campaigners welcomed the prime minister's decision to include in his legislative agenda the international development spending draft bill, which will put the government's commitment to spend 0.7 % of national income on development from 2013 on to the statute books.

Fiscal analysts pointed to several lines sprinkled dozens of times throughout the budget bill detailing aid to localities, which authorizes state payments for education and Medicaid, among other things.

His 2009 post-3 a.m. floor speech in which he delivered an impassion plea for passage of a bill that would cap rent and utilities for low - income people living with AIDS will not soon be forgotten.

Funders over the years have included Soros's Open Society Institute, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and, since 2004, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which gave the local health authorities a five - year, $ 10.7 - million grant.

Debate on the measure, which would rewrite the laws governing higher - education and financial - aid programs, lasted only about an hour — a testament to the fact that the Senate bill is less ambitious than its House counterpart and that many committee differences were worked out...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which earlier handpicked 15 states to receive up to $ 250,000 each to help prepare applications for federal Race to the Top Fund grants, will now offer aid to the other 35 states, too — if they meet eight education reform criteria.

With respect to the per - pupil facilities aid program (under which the Secretary makes competitive matching grants to states to provide per - pupil financing to charter schools), the bill allows states to: (1) partner with organizations to provide up to 50 % of the state share of funding for the program; and (2) receive more than one program grant, so long as the amount of the grant funds provided to charter schools increases with each successive grant.

Some of her projects have included: «Improving Access to College Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediatiAid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediatiaid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediation.

Rejection by the House of the finance - reform bill left lawmakers and educators at the mercy of an impatient state supreme court, which has threatened to halt state aid to schools if the legislature did not deliver dramatic changes in its $ 14 - billion funding system by April 1.

-- Why have federal funding cuts reduced aid for regular public schools, which educate 90 % of American students, while the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to send more federal money to charter schools, which educate less than 5 % of American students?

The Trump - DeVos budget and the House Appropriation Committee bill raid student aid programs — including the federal Pell Grant reserve, which the federal government slowly established after an inadequate rainy day fund led to painful cuts56 to the program — by $ 3.9 billion and $ 3.3 billion, respectively.57 The Pell Grant is the fundamental building block of financial aid support for low - income students.

Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos are seeking a small cut for special education grants, while they sought to keep traditional Title I aid at $ 14.9 billion, separate from the $ 1 billion choice program they want under Title I. Funding for the 21st Century Community Schools Program, which funds after - school and other enrichment activities, would be cut by $ 200 million in the bill, bringing total aid down to $ 1 billion.

Senate Bill 615, the bill to which an amendment was added in the Assembly to change how public school districts recoup the state aid they lose when students who reside in the district participate in the statewide voucher progBill 615, the bill to which an amendment was added in the Assembly to change how public school districts recoup the state aid they lose when students who reside in the district participate in the statewide voucher progbill to which an amendment was added in the Assembly to change how public school districts recoup the state aid they lose when students who reside in the district participate in the statewide voucher program.

The 590 - page bill is an effort to renew the Higher Education Act, through which massive federal aid — currently around $ 136 billion — flows to students.

9) Puerto Rico / Virgin Islands / National: At an event hosted by the Albert Shanker Institute, which supports public education and the role of unions, lawmakers and AFT President Randi Weingarten backed a bill that would provide $ 3.16 billion in aid for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in fiscal 2018 for education and Head Start.

Some examples of the ways in which we support students and families are by assisting with financial aid forms, understanding a college bill, helping with academics, finding internships, providing career guidance and social / emotional support.

Rep. Tim Kelly, R - Saginaw Township, chairs the School Aid Subcommittee, and said while eliminating the SAT got the most attention, his real goal is to start a discussion about replacing the M - STEP standardized testing — which the bill also removes.

You may have heard about the 2015 Student Aid Bill of Rights, which was part of a sweeping effort during the Obama administration to help curb the rapidly - growing student loan debt problem.

This week the White House announced a new Student Aid Bill of Rights, which aims to help federal student loan debtors with better options and more clarity in dealing with their problem student loans.

I am attending college right now, but even with the tax refund each year (which normally helps make up for the heavy financial losses in between fall and spring semester) and the small amounts I get back out of my financial aid refund, I still don't have much of anything left after all of my household expenses and my bills.

Specifically, the inspector general warned that certain provisions in the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act may repeal regulations that hold colleges accountable for how they manage federal aid.In the report, the inspector general's criticisms focused on the bill's proposal to end the 90/10 rule, which currently caps for - profit schools» revenue from federal aid at...

It's our dependency on fossil fuels which is driving energy bill prices up, aided along the way by the stealth taxes that have been applied to energy bills by successive governments (but by no government more than this one).

The Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network stands in support of the Private Member's Bill to repeal Section 38 (1)(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA)-- which we called for before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration last November.

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