Sentences with phrase «learn block grant program»

Allocate money to Basic Education Funding instead of the Ready to Learn Block Grant program.

Not exact matches

Principals urged Congress to fund discretionary programs that provide principals with direct instructional leadership support and a newly - authorized Title IV block grant program that will help schools provide a well - rounded experience for all students through arts - integration and use of technology, as well as address issues such as providing school counselors, physical education programs, student mental health services, drug use prevention, and social and emotional learning.

Programs facing the chopping block include the aforementioned School Improvement Grants, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and the Obama administration's favored Race to the Top, Investing in Innovation, and Promise Neighborhoods grant competitions.

The $ 241 million increase to Accountability Block Grant (ABG) funding proposed in the Ready to Learn program is clearly a nod to public sentiment.

LAC attendees will call for opposition to school meal block grant proposals, support for the Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act (H.R. 3738) to expand USDA Foods to School Breakfast Program, and practical flexibility under school meal rules regarding sodium and whole grains.

• Successfully instituted the Digi - Block grant, which offers teachers and teacher groups the opportunity to apply for materials and training valued up to $ 5,000 including curriculum development and implementation projects, staff development and training, after - school programs or co-curricular activities, and innovative assessment techniques using the Digi - Block Learning System.

In 2014, the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) was reauthorized with new federal guidelines and regulations to promote family economic self - sufficiency by improving the affordability of child care, and by enhancing the overall quality of early learning programs in order to foster healthy child development and school success.

We work to more effectively implement proven federal programs — including the Child Care and Development Block Grant, Head Start, and Early Head Start — that provide child care subsidies and early learning opportunities to low - income families.

Multiple state and local agencies administer the continuum of services and supports that comprise the early learning system in Illinois, including the Illinois State Board of Education (Preschool for All and Prevention Initiative, which together comprise the Early Childhood Block Grant), Department of Human Services (home visiting, Early Intervention, child care, WIC), Department of Children and Family Services (child welfare and child care licensing), and Department of Public Health (family case management, health programs).