Sentences with phrase «senate education appropriation»

Dockery, R - Lakeland, was out sick last week but her «no» vote on the Senate Education Appropriations Committee could have killed the bill, which passed on a 4 - 3 vote.

At any rate, they are calling for a joint meeting of the Senate and House education committees and the House and Senate education appropriations committees for this THURSDAY 3/29 at 8 am to discuss the proopsed school closing moratorium.

The Senate's version of the bill takes a similar approach, but Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA), chairman of the Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee, plans to offer an amendment to the bill that will add back more than $ 200 million to the Title I and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs.

As a former high school principal and school superintendent, I know the importance of early education, said Sen. Bill Montford, D - Tallahassee, the vice chairman of the Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

Not exact matches

«We've agreed we're going to get it done on time, and we're still finalizing a whole bunch of fiscal and appropriation matters — education and higher ed,» said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport).

«We've agreed we're going to get it done on time, and we're still finalizing a whole bunch of fiscal and appropriation matters — education and higher ed,» state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) said Sunday.

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Emergency Hurricane Harvey Supplemental Appropriations — Vote Passed (419 - 3, 11 Not Voting) Frelinghuysen, R - N.J., motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution that would provide for the House to concur in the Senate amendments to a bill (HR 601) that would codify practices and programs at the United States Agency for International Development related to U.S. education assistance abroad, with further amendment that would appropriate $ 7.9 billion in emergency supplemental funding for fiscal 2017 as an initial payment to cover the costs of responding to Hurricane Harvey.

AAAS CEO Alan Leshner testified before the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on stem cell research.

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Conversely, the Senate bill would cut NSF's primary research account by 1.9 percent, and NSF's Education Directorate 2.0 percent below last year (see NSF in the AAAS appropriations dashboard).

Earlier this year David Van Essen, president of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), strongly urged the US House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on labor, health and human services as well as on education to increase NIH funding by 6.7 percent per year for each of the next three fiscal years, stating that this is needed «to ensure that our best and brightest young people will enter the field and continue to make neuroscience research advances.»

«We thought the fight was over,» Tom Harkin (D — Iowa) and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies said at a hearing on embryonic stem cell research on Thursday.

«Obviously we're disappointed that the number is flat,» says David Moore of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in Washington, D.C.. It's not a surprise, however, because the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education had less overall money to work with than its Senate counterpart, he says.

The measure approved today by the Senate appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies includes $ 30.955 billion for NIH.

At the 3 - hour - long Senate hearing — which, in an unusual move, was jointly held by an appropriations subcommittee and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — topics ranged from financing the effort to the need for a greater sense of urgency, public health and scientific issues, and personal experiences.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) called the hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education in the wake of the 23 August ruling by Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that hESC research violates a law barring federal funds for research that harms human embryos.

«Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Committee,» in Journal of Special Education Technology, (2001)

Last Tuesday, House and Senate conferees, considering each chamber's version of the fiscal 1984 education appropriations bill, agreed to cut nie's fiscal 1983 budget of $ 55.6 million by 13 percent, to $ 48.2 million.

At a hearing of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, which Mr. Harkin chairs, Mr. Alexander finished his opening statement on the fiscal year 1993 budget by acknowledging a serious error by his department.

WASHINGTON — In addition to the conference sessions planned on the Education Department's appropriation for the next fiscal year, House - Senate negotiations are set to begin on two other education - related spending bills Education Department's appropriation for the next fiscal year, House - Senate negotiations are set to begin on two other education - related spending bills education - related spending bills for 1989.

The federal government funds just one $ 7 million program in gifted education, and appropriations panels in both the Senate and House voted preliminarily this past summer to eliminate even that.

Just last week, the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees with jurisdiction over education spending canceled planned «markup» hearings for their respective budget bills.

XXThe Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of an education, labor, and health and human services spending bill on Sept. 3, while its counterpart in the House passed its version of the funding measure in July.

The full Senate could vote on its education appropriations bill later this week.

The remarks came as House and Senate members of the conference committee on the fiscal 1992 appropriations bill for labor, health, and education programs convened for their final session.

The bill passed the Senate Education Committee with a 5 - 2 vote but still needs approval from the Appropriations Committee before it can be considered by the whole Senate.

SB 1108 passed its first hurdle Wednesday with a 5 - 1 vote in the Senate Education Committee and now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The chairman of the Indiana Senate's Appropriations Committee says state education officials are out of bounds in using a bill he sponsored in 2010 as the legal basis for a controversial statewide reading test, the IREAD - 3.

The Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Education's research arm, faces a $ 10 million cut in the Senate bill and a whopping $ 164 million cut in the House appropriations measure, from its current fiscal year budget of $ 573.9 million.

The National School Boards Association today joined a group of over 660 organizations in a letter to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees expressing support of the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education and related agencies, and calling for increased investments in the agencies» programs and services in fiscal year 2017.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) joined more than 660 organizations in a letter to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees voicing support for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education and related agencies, and urging the lawmakers to allocate as high a funding level as possible to these programs and services in the fiscal year 2017 subcommittee allocations.

The Honorable Roy Blunt Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510

HB 37 has cleared the Senate Education Committee and has been transferred to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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«As far as I can tell, they [DPI] don't teach a single child,» Senator Jerry Tillman (R - Randolph) said during an appropriations committee hearing in which Senate leaders explained their education proposal.

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«We are pleased the Senate Appropriations Committee has preserved, and in some cases, increased funding for several critical education programs, including those that help our most vulnerable students and support effective teachers in the classroom.

However, Rep. Craig Horn, the Republican from Union County who chairs the House Education Appropriations Committee, seemed to question the likelihood of its approval in the legislature's short session this year, noting it's unclear how much support the proposal has in the state Senate.

WASHINGTON — Today, José Luis Santos, Ph.D., vice president for higher education policy and practice at The Education Trust, issued the following statement on the Senate Appropriations Committee's passage of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor - HHS) Appropriatieducation policy and practice at The Education Trust, issued the following statement on the Senate Appropriations Committee's passage of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor - HHS) AppropriatiEducation Trust, issued the following statement on the Senate Appropriations Committee's passage of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor - HHS) AppropriatiEducation and Related Agencies (Labor - HHS) Appropriations Bill.

New York, NY — Today, a diverse set of 38 organizations from across the country urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies to provide strong funding for the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP)-- an updated version of the School Leadership Program (SLP) reauthorized in the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

In today's ENR: Hillyard looks ahead to new role leading Senate's Public Education Appropriations Committee.

Senate President Joe Negron, R - Stuart, and Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley, R - Fleming Island, reiterated their position that the Senate is willing to consider the numerous education policies proposed by the House, but the measures need to go through the normal committee process.

In a meeting of the Senate Pre-K-12 Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Tallahassee Democratic Sen. Bill Montford asked Stewart about Scott's proposal to maintain the RLE rate to provide more school funding next year.

In a letter from May 25, 2017, thirty members of the U.S. Senate, led by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) with Senator Tom Carper (D - DE), asked Chairman Roy Blunt (R - MO) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to fund Title II, Part A at $ 2.295 billion and SLRSP at $ 30 million in the FY 2018 appropAppropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to fund Title II, Part A at $ 2.295 billion and SLRSP at $ 30 million in the FY 2018 appropriationsappropriations bill.

When Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee Tuesday regarding the president's budget proposal, her remarks that private schools must follow federal law if they receive federal funding received the lion's share of attention.

New Leaders joined 20 organizations and nearly 100 educators from across the country in submitting a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies to provide meaningful investments in programs that will support teachers and principals in creating schools where all students can succeed.

The bill funds federal education programs at $ 2.9 billion below President Obama's FY13 budget request and $ 1.8 billion above the FY12 education budget; it is a marked departure from the Senate's recently approved appropriations bill, which maintains the aforementioned grant competitions.

Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Health and Human Services, released a new report (PDF) in conjunction with the hearing that underscores how sequestration could unravel federal efforts to protect the middle class and have more destructive consequences for domestic programs like education than for defense.