Sentences with phrase «additional education stimulus»

Democratic lawmakers have been pushing for additional education stimulus dollars since last December, and at one point said $ 23 billion was needed to prevent massive layoffs.

«The group's proposed reforms correspond to criteria the federal government will use to award additional education stimulus dollars on a competitive basis starting this fall.»

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The whopping economic - stimulus package enacted in February included $ 2.1 billion more for Head Start and $ 2 billion more for child care, plus additional funding for disabled preschoolers and some $ 54 billion in assistance to state and local education budgets.

Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «stimulus» package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.