Sentences with phrase «allow low income children»

Romney said federal funds under his new education plan will allow low income children to attend any school in their state.

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The Working Family Household and Dependent Care Credit allows low - income and moderate - income families to claim a credit on qualifying child care expenses.

It should be noted that vouchers have been in use since 1990 for low - income families needing daycare, and these vouchers allow families to place their children in church - or synagogue - sponsored daycare centers.

Making quality child care accessible to middle and low - income parents will allow them to remain in the workforce while providing their young children a positive, safe and thriving foundation — something all Americans deserve.

Second, I don't think it's fair that children who come from a wealthier household get to fill up on the proper nutrients that allow them to excel in school while children from low - income families do not.

While the USDA Child Nutrition Program is critical for ensuring that low income children receive healthy meals, it also allows day - care providers to receive compensation for the foods they serve all their day - care children, not just those who are low income.

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows schools that predominately serve low - income children to offer free, nutritious school meals to all students through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.

Sponsored by Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa of Manhattan, the measure would allow students brought into the country as children to seek state financial aid for higher education, including the Excelsior Scholarship program that makes tuition at state colleges free for low - income and middle - class students.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said if the president were serious about enrolling the lowest - income children, the administration would allow states to sign up youngsters for SCHIP when they qualify for school - lunch and other federal programs.

For the first time the department is allowing principals to set aside a percentage of seats for low - income families, English - language learners or students engaged with the child welfare system as a means of creating greater diversity.

The Lead Paint Remediation Grant Program allows low - and moderate - income homeowners who have children under the age of 6 residing in the home to make essential repairs to make their home lead safe.

The amount of screen time children should be allowed, in particular TV — which is still the most popular electronic medium — is a huge issue in all demographics, but perhaps even more so for low - income children, said first author Sarah Domoff, a researcher at the U-M Center for Human Growth and Development and assistant professor at Central Michigan University.

In the study, 296 low - income moms were asked about beliefs and rules regarding their 4 - to -8-year-old child's television watching behavior, how they manage screen time and if they allow television during meals.

In order to allow all children and families access to ECE, federal and state governments should set uniform family payment standards that increase progressively across low -, moderate -, and higher - income groups, so families pay either no fee or an amount they can reasonably afford, based on established income criteria.

When asked about support for a proposal «that would allow low - and moderate - income four - year - old children to be given the opportunity to attend a preschool program, with the government paying the tuition,» no less than 60 percent of the public responded favorably, with just 27 percent voicing opposition.

The Bush Administration suffered a major defeat during Senate consideration of S 2, when lawmakers decisively rejected a pilot program that would have allowed low - income families to use federal money to send children...

The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which allows low - income Washington D.C. children to use school vouchers to attend the private schools of their parents» choice, was scheduled to be terminated as its funding had run its course.

This past September he did, which allowed him to begin phase one of Project READS (Reading Enhances Achievement During the Summer), a reading intervention program for low - income children in North Carolina.

Mr. Wolf, a professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas, is the principal investigator of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which allows low - income children to attend private schools.

To one group of respondents we presented the issue as follows: «A proposal has been made that would give low - income families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition.

Enacted by the Ohio legislature in 1995, the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program allows 4,000 low - income children to attend private religious and secular schools with up to $ 2,250 in public support.

The news from the Education Next poll had become so bad we were accused of asking an unfriendly voucher question (it referenced the «use» of «government funds to pay the tuition»), so we agreed to split our respondents into two equivalent groups and ask the second group a «friendly» voucher question instead: «A proposal has been made that would give low - income families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition.»

Another objective is for the garden to be a vehicle to teach children about a broad range of sustainability issues, and other popular objectives cover the benefits of «growing your own food» for low income families or to allow special needs students to enjoy outdoor activities and sensory stimulation.

All five of the school board members who stood for re-election on April 1 are backers of the 13 - year - old state - enacted program that allows 11,000 children from low - income families to use state money to attend private schools.

Told about a proposal «that would give low - income families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition,» 50 percent of the American public comes out in support and 50 percent expresses opposition.

However, dezoning allowed many dissatisfied parents, including many minority and low - income parents, to withdraw their children immediately from poorly performing schools.

The options allowed under the USED guidance include using counts of Identified Students (either alone, or multiplied by 1.6 to approximate the number of children who would be approved for free and reduced - price lunches); counts of students from low - income families based on state or local income surveys; and Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance, Census (where available), or composite data authorized under the ESEA statute.

The Child Tax Credit could remain, but would need to become fully refundable and applicable to payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare) to allow families in the lowest quintile of income to receive at least their prorated share of benefits.

So my compromise position would be to acknowledge parents» right to choose their children's schools (which, for low income parents, effectively means allowing them to take public dollars with them), while at the same time being vigorous in shutting off public dollars to schools (whether they be district, private or charter schools) that are failing to prepare students to succeed on measurable academic outcomes.

The new law would allow companies to claim an income - tax credit for contributions made to organizations that provide educational scholarships and tuition grants to children from low - income families.

The Senate last week decisively rejected a proposal to allow low - income parents to use federal funds to send their children to private schools.

The government funding allows councils to pay for home - to - school travel for children from low - income families who go to schools beyond a statutory walking distances.

And it means helping low - income families too, reinstating the state Earned Income Tax Credit for low - wage workers, expanding Medicaid, and reversing the decision to kick thousands of children off the child care subsidy program that allows parents to work or go back to sincome families too, reinstating the state Earned Income Tax Credit for low - wage workers, expanding Medicaid, and reversing the decision to kick thousands of children off the child care subsidy program that allows parents to work or go back to sIncome Tax Credit for low - wage workers, expanding Medicaid, and reversing the decision to kick thousands of children off the child care subsidy program that allows parents to work or go back to school.

Boehm extolls the charter school system: «Pennsylvania boasts a robust charter school system that includes cyber charter schools; the Education Improvement Tax Credit, or EITC, which provides an average scholarship of $ 1,000 to low - income families who want their children to attend private schools; and rules that allow parents to teach their students at home.»

When lawmakers enacted the Opportunity Scholarships program back in 2013 to allow children from low - income families the chance to use public dollars at private schools, they included accountability provisions in the law that fail to let the public know if these privately - operated schools are better — or worse — options than public schools.

The OSA is an attempt to undermine the status quo in New Jersey's poorest districts by allowing low - income parents to choose a school that best fits their child's needs.

The community eligibility provision allows schools with high numbers of low - income children serve breakfast and lunch at no charge without collecting school - meal - benefit applications.

and Susan Collins (R - Maine) haven't given up on their bid to save the federally funded voucher program that allows low - income families in the District to send their children to private schools.

«Education is the civil rights issue of our time and we will not allow the status quo to keep children, especially low - income children, trapped in underperforming schools,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Cchildren, especially low - income children, trapped in underperforming schools,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Cchildren, trapped in underperforming schools,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for ChildrenChildren.

Specifically, Democrats resent her support for allowing tax dollars to follow children to schools their low - income parents» choose — although wealthy families choose their children's schools every day.

NCEHS - CCP supports effective implementation of the Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, which will allow grantees to deliver high quality comprehensive services to low - income infants, toddlers and their families.

PEFNC has largely been known in the state for its backing of a tax credit scholarship program which would allow taxpayer dollars to fund scholarships for low - income children to attend private and religious schools.

An unusually structured school day allows time for these learning lab blocks and also enables students who have to work at a job or provide child care for their families (a common situation among low - income Brazilian children) to stay in school.

California's child care and development system allows parents with low and moderate incomes to find jobs and remain employed while caring for and preparing children for school.

Across the country, voucher and tax - credit programs are allowing low - income parents, many of them minorities, to choose better schools for their children.

As an alternative to collecting individual applications for F / RP meals, CEP allows schools and local educational agencies (LEA) with a high percentage of low - income children to offer free meals to all students.

The idea is to allow schools with high percentages of low - income children to offer free meals for all, instead of collecting individual applications for free and reduced price meals.

Students of National Board Certified Teachers learn up to two months more than their peers, with an even greater impact for students of color and low - income children.54 A career continuum supported by a system of meaningful professional learning would put teaching more on par with other modernized professions such as medicine, engineering, and architecture.55 Such a continuum should support every teacher to aim for accomplished practice from the start of their career, to work in school - based teams to demonstrate and improve their knowledge and skills, and to expand their impact as accomplished teachers through a variety of leadership roles, which would allow them to continue teaching students.

But what does it really cost to provide high - quality care, and are the reimbursement rates for public programs allowing providers to serve low - income children adequate to support quality?

The bill would allow the state board to develop a different method for identifying 100 low - performing public schools where children from low - income families would be eligible to seek scholarships for private schools instead.