Sentences with phrase «block grant system»

Leaning heavily on recommendations from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst, the Brown administration proposed earlier this month cutting $ 38 million by eliminating or reducing state support for a number of school mandates, while looking for ways to transform the program into a block grant system.

The centerpiece of Brown's plan is the Local Control Funding Formula, which rolls virtually all of the state's current maze of spending on schools into a more simplified block grant system where districts with higher numbers of English learners and students receiving subsidized meals would be provided additional dollars.

Republicans say that number is too high, and favor replacing the open - ended program with a fixed block grant system that would instead award funds per beneficiary.

Democrats, who had railed against the impact of the legislation on a state like New York, which could have seen a gradual reduction in Medicaid spending with a block grant system, were cautious in their responses.

Not exact matches

Of immediate concern is providing states with a lump sum for Medicaid spending — a system known as block grants — as opposed to an open - ended entitlement.

The revised bill gives states the option to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients and pays states block grants for Medicaid, rather than using a cap system that would be more favorable to New York.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role in the health care system and instead provide block grants to states.

Katko's rejection of the replacement bill comes after the White House and Republican Study Committee agreed Friday to changes, including using block grants to pay for Medicaid, rather than a cap system.

Washington — The new education block grants are a «political football» that state departments of education and local school systems risk fumbling to state legislators and governors around the country unless they act quickly.

It convinced Congress to abolish the Emergency School Aid Act program, enacted in 1972 to support school - system desegregation efforts, and fold it into the education block - grant bill enacted in 1981, the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act.

The Republican has pushed for school choice using federal block grants and for giving private lenders control of the student loan system, as well as calculating students» loans based on the kind of jobs they'll likely be able to get.

If elected California governor, both the attorney general and the former eBay executive want to expand charter schools, consolidate categorical programs and simplify the per - pupil funding system into block grants that provide extra support for disadvantaged children.

One of those formulas, the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula — the state's main education equalization aid grant — hasn't been faithfully used in years and has left communities and districts with a system of unpredictable block grants.

Along with putting a new Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula into statute and moving away from — beginning in FY 2019 — the practice of allocating ECS funds to towns via arbitrary block grants, the ECS formula passed by the General Assembly incorporates several key elements to establishing a fair and equitable school funding system for Connecticut.

CLAS supports this bill because it allows local school systems to use any unappropriated revenue in this fund as a block grant for school security and all other expenditures already identified in the law.

Would consolidate existing teacher - quality programs and offer states flexible block grants if they adopt policies to advance and reward teacher quality and establish evaluation systems that focus on helping teachers advance student achievement.

EA Sports has seen its entire line - up take advantage of the system that only grants new copies of games access to multiplayer, but other titles / genres from the publisher like Bad Company 2 don't completely block online content.

The first reexamination request was granted in April and involves a Clear Channel patent for a system and method of creating recordings of live performances, locking musical acts into using Clear Channel technology and blocking innovations by others.

• Successfully instituted the Digi - Block grant, which offers teachers and teacher groups the opportunity to apply for materials and training valued up to $ 5,000 including curriculum development and implementation projects, staff development and training, after - school programs or co-curricular activities, and innovative assessment techniques using the Digi - Block Learning System.

The passage of the 1996 PRWORA (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act) transformed the U.S. welfare system from a federal entitlement program that emphasized cash assistance to poor families, primarily, to a state block grant that stressed time limits and work.

• Supporting our Federal Child Care System: The President has proposed new investments to expand access and quality in the Child Care and Development Block Grant.

Multiple state and local agencies administer the continuum of services and supports that comprise the early learning system in Illinois, including the Illinois State Board of Education (Preschool for All and Prevention Initiative, which together comprise the Early Childhood Block Grant), Department of Human Services (home visiting, Early Intervention, child care, WIC), Department of Children and Family Services (child welfare and child care licensing), and Department of Public Health (family case management, health programs).