Sentences with phrase «billion in federal funding»

The project is expected to cost $ 1.6 billion and will get approximately $ 1 billion in federal funding.

Currently, no federal program is dedicated to supporting comprehensive sex education, while failed abstinence - only programs under the Bush administration received $ 1.5 billion in federal funding.

With $ 10.1 billion in federal funding, they're moving forward with 153 projects, laying the foundation for a 21st century passenger rail network.

At a campaign stop on Sept. 8 in Cleveland, Ohio Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pitched his education plan, which calls for $ 20 billion in federal funding that he says would allow poor children in low - performing public schools to enroll at charter and private schools.

With Betsy DeVos on the verge of becoming the United States Secretary of Education and President Donald Trump promising to divert $ 20 billion in federal funding from public schools to privatization through school choice programs, the movement to undermine public education must be deliriously excited about their prospects over the next four years.

Trump's campaign plan for school choice was scant on details: He did not say where the $ 20 billion in federal funding would come from or how it would be doled out.

In September, California Gov. Jerry Brown resisted Duncan's threat to withhold $ 7.3 billion in federal funding if he signed into law Assembly Bill 484, which effectively eviscerates accountability (and gets around the administration's decision to not grant the Golden State a waiver from No Child on its own terms) by eliminating all but a smattering of the state's standardized tests.

The lure of $ 4 billion in federal funding at a time of fiscal peril has driven state after state toward school reforms long considered politically unlikely, undoable or unthinkable.

Political expediency and self - interest are well to the fore as parliament starts to debate the plan, which is closer to the original Gonski model than present arrangements and would inject an extra A$ 18.6 billion in federal funding across the government, Catholic and independent school sectors over a decade.

In its 2016 budget, the Obama administration has proposed a new billion - dollar federal program, Teaching for Tomorrow, which requests an additional $ 1 billion in federal funding for services to children from low - income families.

The following year, $ 66 billion in federal funding continued to flow.

Florida's Republican governor Rick Scott recently rejected $ 2 billion in federal funding to build an 85 - mile high speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando, arguing that cost overruns would likely leave Florida taxpayers making up billions of dollars for something they don't need.

The dispute has jeopardized up to $ 1 billion in federal funding for New York schools.

«This agreement secures $ 1.4 billion in federal funding to build a stronger, more resilient electrical system for Long Island ratepayers,» Mr. Cuomo said.

New York City receives billion in federal funding for things such as counterterrorism and intelligence, affordable housing, and HIV / AIDS prevention.

Roughly $ 7 billion in federal funding to the city is threatened by the proposed policies of the Trump administration and the Republican Congress in

Yet even this morning, Mr. Gentile expressed optimism and confidence voters would reject adding another Republican to the House majority, arguing that the GOP Congress seeks to deprive New York City of $ 14 billion in federal funding.

New York City receives more than $ 8 billion in federal funding a year and could lose roughly $ 7 billion, according to a report by City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

In March, the United States Department of Justice threatened to cut as much as $ 4.1 billion in federal funding to sanctuary cities that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement agents.

Superstorm Sandy may have been the worst disaster to hit the LIPA electric grid, but the storm's aftermath brought a wave of changes that included a new system operator, badly needed technology and infrastructure upgrades, and more than $ 1.4 billion in federal funding to repair and prepare for the next big storm.

The mayor is pushing congressional leaders to act on $ 1.9 billion in federal funding to tackle the Zika crisis.

While it's uncertain what a replacement plan under the incoming Trump administration might entail, or what consumer protections or mandates may be changed or removed, New York could be looking at a loss of $ 3.5 billion in federal funding, according to the fiscally conservative Empire Center for Public Policy.

While the city relies on about $ 7 - 8 billion in federal funding annually, it is unclear how President Donald Trump and the Republican - led Congress will approach upcoming budget negotiations and funding for New York City.

«This year, some members of New York's own Congressional delegation have voted to cut $ 2.3 billion in federal funding to New York State and New York State alone.

The Democratic governor has said he believes the language concerning the hospital tax puts about $ 1 billion in federal funding at risk.

The total budget — $ 168 billion — includes more than $ 50 billion in federal funding.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Senator Chuck Schumer announced $ 3 billion in federal funding for Sandy - related repairs and resiliency improvements for the New York City Housing Authority.

She secured $ 10 billion in federal funding for our city's infrastructure.

Crucially it would also mean an estimated $ 4.2 billion in federal funding cuts to the states, where public - sector employment is just now recovering.

The bill adds an additional $ 70 billion in federal funding to help pay for out - of - pocket costs, or costs that fall outside the realm of coverage.

The Justice Department argued that it violated the Civil Rights Act, putting the state at risk of losing more than $ 1 billion in federal funding.

The Obama administration and former Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx laid the groundwork in January 2016 with a series of voluntary safety guidelines and by offering $ 4 billion in federal funding to foster the testing and development of self - driving technology.

The lobbyist said that rural states would be most adversely impacted, noting that even though Trump's plan includes $ 50 billion in federal funding for rural infrastructure projects, that may be a high enough compensatory figure.

With $ 17 billion in federal funds, the new plan covers a six - year period and projects a budget surplus

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expansions.

Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from water, energy.

1.26 billion in Federal Funds is not going from Ohio and Wisconsin to New York.

New York City has secured at least $ 1.6 billion in federal funds to both repair and protect city public hospitals that were damaged during superstorm Sandy.

In addition to potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, which could cost the state billions in federal funding, Cuomo said there likely could be cuts to housing programs and energy assistance for the poor.

The LMDC was created by Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Rudy Giuliani a month after 9/11 and tasked with distributing $ 2.78 billion in federal funds to help downtown recover.

Of the nearly $ 3 billion in federal funds the city - state venture was created to dole out, $ 540 million has yet to be dispensed and $ 250 million hasn't been earmarked for anything.

Honestly, when you put a charter school promoter in charge of $ 4 billion in federal funds, what else would you expect other than advocacy for privatization?

I am also looking forward to learning more about the $ 16 billion in federal funds coming to New York State for infrastructure work and how much of it will benefit Erie County.

Schumer suggested the $ 2.2 billion in federal funds recently rejected by New Jersey could become New York -LSB-...]

That seemed to constitute Mr. de Blasio's only certainty about how the Trump administration would affect the city's finances, although he also predicted tumult in health care funding and expressed confidence that the city would withstand Mr. Trump's threat to strip billions in federal funding from the city over its refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The LMDC was established after 9/11 with the purpose of distributing $ 2.78 billion in federal funds to revitalize downtown.

Comptroller Scott Stringer released an audit that said $ 7 billion in federal funds was at risk, including 61 percent of the NYPD's counterterrorism budget, which is paid for with federal funds, and money for affordable housing, child protective services and HIV / AIDS prevention.

CITY HALL — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a groundbreaking agreement Thursday between the state and teachers» union for a new teacher evaluation system that will make New York eligible for nearly $ 1 billion in federal funds.

According to the statement, the cuts would trigger a loss of $ 3 billion in federal funds for health care in resulting in a total loss for New Yorkers of $ 5.9 billion in Medicaid funding.»

The U.S. Department of Energy has provided more than $ 1 billion in federal funds to support research to develop cellulosic biofuels, including ethanol made from corn stover.