Sentences with phrase «additional federal education funding»

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What's more, a 2005 federal transportation bill allocated an additional 612 million for a new national Safe Routes to School program, requiring all states to hire a coordinator to administer funds to communities for new bike lanes, pathways, sidewalks, and education and promotion campaigns in elementary and middle schools.

Fattah relinquished his position on the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee today and was replaced by Representative Mike Honda (D — CA), a former high school principal who has been a reliable vote for additional federal funding of research and education.

For example, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act allocates additional funding to school districts with a high percentage of low - income students, who are more likely to have poor educational outcomes for reasons unrelated to school quality.

Would the federal government have its own affirmative duty to provide additional federal funds — which currently make up less than 10 percent of all nationwide funding for K — 12 education?

Students requiring special educational services are eligible for additional voucher funds equal to the federal special education funding in their home districts.

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.

In addition to suffering from the problems that all voucher bills have in common, this bill would also undermine the main purpose of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is designed to target federal funds to public schools with high concentrations of poverty in order to provide additional educational services for these students.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

CPS also said that if ISBE recommends the district bring on any additional staff or services for special education students — known within the district as «diverse learners» — then those jobs should be funded by the state or federal government.

When Congress passed IDEA in 1975, it committed the federal government to helping to ensure that students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education by funding 40 percent of the additional cost to educate IDEA - eligible students.

The omnibus bill also includes funding increases for other federal education programs important to principals, as well as additional resources for training to address school violence and for improving mental health services in schools.

We also are encouraged that Congress and the Administration have reached an agreement to fund the federal government through this fall, providing additional time for Congress to make thoughtful and informed decisions on how to provide important funding for education for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2018.

Federal funds provide additional subsidies: DSU received an award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education program while JCPS and Region 1 used Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to support their principal training initiatives.

WHEREAS, the ESEA Discussion Draft freezes funding for reauthorized programs for Fiscal Year 2016 through Fiscal Year 2021, eroding the investment of federal funding for public education that would result in reductions in services to student subgroups that require additional investments and support systems, including low - income, English learners, and students of color; and

In addition, to the dispute over accepting Federal funding for the Low Income Pool (LIP), other factors that could threaten education funding are $ 690 million in proposed tax cuts and an underestimated enrollment of an additional 10,000 students in Florida public schools.

From there, the financial aid staff at your college will explain how and when funds will be disbursed and provide any additional information about federal aid, including providing entrance counseling to help students manage their education expenses.

An additional $ 30 billion is available for college affordability — increasing funding for the Federal Pell Grant program and for education tax credits.

State aid for early - childhood education, which is part of the statewide funding formula for aid to education, will support the additional expansion of seven classrooms and will continue to support the expanded preschool program when Rhode Island has expended funds from the federal grant.