Sentences with phrase «additional federal funding flexibility»

Evidence and Funding: Connecting the Dots Chiefs for Change published a report on strategies for taking advantage of additional federal funding flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

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This additional flexibility at the district level would encourage comprehensive and coordinated planning and reduce the compliance burden associated with all of the specific federal funding streams, while the state commitment to progressive funding would ensure that additional resources continue to be directed to the schools and students with the greatest need.

To address the issues, 75 percent of school leaders encourage an increase in federal funding for school districts to comply with the new standards and 60.3 percent support additional flexibility for school districts to improve their ability to provide good nutrition without harm to instruction, personnel, and other school district operations.

Rep. Biggs shared his proposal to create additional flexibility for federal Title I funds and asked for additional details about the Common Core replacement that took place in December.

The groups are concerned about additional components of the proposed Senate bill, including elimination of the Federal Maintenance of Effort portion, which would provide districts with more flexibility in how they fund their programs, and the enabling of portability of Title I funds, which would allow funds allocated to poor performing schools to follow its students to other schools they choose to attend.