Sentences with phrase «only public grants»

Only public grants — or the grant equivalent of loans, guarantees and other financial instruments — should count as part of the $ 100 billion or any future climate finance targets.

Not exact matches

It gave only one grant, of $ 50,000, to a charity called the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Without such reasons or explanation, Canadians can only guess as to «the wider public policy factors» (Pembina at para. 74) taken into account by the GiC in ultimately granting project approval.
Because public opinion supporting certain kinds of abortion is close to unanimous; it was formed before the 1973 Supreme Court decision; and the majority that have come of sexual age since that year now take for granted that fertility decisions are to be made only by the individuals involved.
For example, he or she may recommend filing the application with a non-publication request so that the information is only made public if a patent is granted.
The money from the Illinois Public Museum Operating Grant Program will be used to build a blacksmith shop to house the tools, as well as for new programs in blacksmithing, woodworking, pottery and candlemaking, said Elaine Keating, coordinator of historic sites for the Lisle Park District and the only full - time employee at Lisle Station Park.
The grant required NY 4 Life to use the money to conduct four public service projects, but according to Schneiderman, the organization held only one event.
Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would have granted de Blasio three years, but only if Democrats agree to an education tax credit, which enables public school children to attend private schools.
The Legislature snubbed Mr. de Blasio last year by granting him only a one - year renewal of his control over the public schools.
Objecting to the application, Mr. Muhammed Diri, Federal Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) argued that seizing Dasuki's passport was the only condition upon which he was granted bail and that it has been discovered that the ailment of the accused could be treated at the National Hospital, Abuja.
Suffice to say that Dasuki has served the nation with best of intentions yet he remains the only public officer that has remained in detention in the last two years; the only officer that has been granted bail by four courts.
Still, because lawmakers» grants are only listed as coming from the Senate or Assembly, it's difficult for the public to trace whether a grant recipient has, for instance, given campaign donations to their benefactor.
In fact, there are only 15 to 20 seats in the hearing room for the public, so seats will be granted through a lottery.
«(Consolidation is) unlikely to reach the voters at this point, given the strong push - back against it, coming not only from communities in the city, but also much of the suburbs,» said Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute and a political science professor in Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, in an email.
«The governor is correct that the only housing authority that got direct grants to their housing authority was NYCHA,» said William Simmons, president of the New York State Public Housing Authority Directors Association, which represents the majority of housing authorities in the state.
Monday's special PACB meeting, which was announced to the public on Nov. 22, included only the SUNY Poly grant on its agenda.
There are still several opportunities to get grants or appointments for doing research at universities and public institutions for those who have only a laurea and who have no intention of pursuing a PhD.
They're granted only when it's considered very likely that the parties seeking them are likely to succeed in their case; when they will suffer irreparable injury without one; and when an injunction won't «substantially» injure the other parties with a stake in the outcome and will further the public good.
Roger Herbert, the Forestry Authority official in charge of grants and licences, says the focus on public access is only the first of a series of woodland projects.
The dysfunction stems from a Spanish peculiarity: In the national science budget, the government not only includes lump sums to public research institutes and competitive grants to research teams, but also a pot of money aimed at supporting companies, universities, and public research institutions with loans.
Saad B. Omer, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a study to determine if the rates of nonmedical exemptions differ and have been increasing in states that offer only religious vs. personal belief exemptions, and if the incidence of pertussis is associated with policies of granting personal belief exemptions and ease of obtaining exemptions.
In 2006, she was one of the first 10 grant recipients selected by the newly created Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute, one of only four state programs that at the time could commit public funds to stem cell research.
Granted, I have only seen the film once, and this meticulous product of years of reading and lecturing about Deleuze's Cinéma was not finished yet (even though it was a public screening in CalArts» grand auditorium).
Not only has President Barack Obama announced a $ 250 million public - private initiative to recruit and train more STEM teachers, but also the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund grants competition is giving bonus points for applications that stress STEM instruction.
AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.
Although the high - poverty Cornell School District has only about 630 students, it was able to take the plunge into virtual reality with a $ 20,000 foundation - funded grant provided through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, a regional public school service agency.
The new grants to Chicago and New York, for example, came only after senior public officials committed themselves to the portfolio strategy.
The rise of private schools in the South and the diversion of public funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public WelfarePublic Welfare Fund.
Even with the reopening of the County's public schools following the Griffin ruling, segregation supported by a voucher system and inequitable funding persisted.24 The County's board of supervisors devoted only $ 189,000 in funding for integrated public schools.25 At the same time, they allocated $ 375,000 that could effectively only be used by white students for «tuition grants to students attending either private nonsectarian schools in the County or public schools charging tuition outside the County.»
On the public side, Howard suggests a quicker solution could be to reform the Pell Grant system; currently, the only qualification is to come from a low - income household.
And in a public education world where the unions have typically been able to protect even the lowest - performing teachers, that kind of quality upgrade seemed doable only because the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had offered the city a grant that required the union to cooperate in return for a huge injection of funds into the school system.
The intention of the ODEO grant was not only to fund an extended period of public engagement and consultation, but allow applicants with pre-existing integration efforts to implement pre-implementation activities including pilot activities in target schools.
(And it is not only Pell Grants that enable college students to pay tuition to whichever university they choose — public or private — using taxpayer dollars.
Aspire Public Schools, the largest charter management organization (CMO) in California, was the only California CMO, out of a dozen grantees, to share $ 50 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Charter School Grant Program.
Local officials allocated $ 375,000 for tuition grants that were only available to white students, and just $ 189,000 to operate its entire integrated public - school system.
The traditional public school district, managed by the Orleans Parish School Board, not only got a makeover (New Orleans received a $ 1.8 billion FEMA grant to build or renovate schools); these reforms also dramatically changed who teaches, how students enroll, who's accountable, and the funding schools received.
A local or intermediate school district is responsible for overseeing the operations of a public school academy only if the district grants the charter to the academy.
I had to file a Freedom of Information request in order to get a copy of the paperwork on the Gates grant and what I received was only the partial information, because as Connecticut taxpayers will have learned from the Jumoke / FUSE fiasco, while charter schools consistently argue they are «public» when it comes to accepting money from the state, they are quick to claim that they are private institutions when it comes to transparency and accountability.
Also a statewide program, Ohio gave vouchers to more than 18,000 students in the 2013 - 14 school year.20 The state has since expanded the program to grant vouchers to up to 60,000 qualifying students.21 Unlike other voucher programs, the Ohio program is targeted to only students attending low - performing public schools.
This means that many schools within NYC, and all charter schools outside of NYC, continue to be the only public schools in the state who are not granted public funding to provide for their school buildings.
ATSSA offers 11 Work Zone Safety Grant courses available for scheduling only by public agencies for $ 0:
Catt envisioned an organization that would not only educate this new electorate but would encourage them to use their newly granted power to shape public policy.
In March 1865, only a few weeks before the end of the Civil War, the tempestuous Mary Lincoln accompanied her husband on a visit to General Ulysses S. Grant's military headquarters at City Point, Virginia, where she had a very public meltdown.
Unlike LSCA where only public libraries were eligible for grants, LSTA funds are available to school library media centers, academic libraries, qualified private / research libraries, special libraries, library consortia, libraries in residential and correctional institutions as well as public libraries.
In fact, not only are the general ticket - buying public granted backstage access, the dogs and their teams of owners, handlers, and groomers are actually required to be present when the hundreds of eager dog - lovers and spectators walk through the benching area on their way to their seats inside Madison Square Garden — although it quickly becomes clear which teams (and dogs) are enjoying the spotlight and which are trying to slink back and look invisible to the troves of people passing through.
However, ADA law only recognizes dogs and miniature horses as service animals that are granted public access.
The only way rescues survive is through donations or grants through the public or the corporate world.
Happy Tails animals are granted clearance to public places only when volunteering during a sanctioned Happy Tails visit at an approved facility.
Kent clearly can't meet the first requirement and the public health and safety provision «applies generally only to public agencies like LIPA, school districts, ambulance districts and municipalities and is only granted in extraordinary circumstances of demonstrated public health and safety,» in the words of the Pine Barrens Commission.
Due to this change, there are many highly educated professionals and academicians under the old structure but estimated that only 87 % of the faculty in public universities have already obtained a master's degree, and fewer than 5 % have a PhD (although many of them already have Ecuadorian - granted doctorate degrees).
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