Sentences with phrase «college scholarship program»

In one state, leaders are interested in knowing how their innovative college scholarship program is working to educate and retain young people.

While the Senate basically returned the funding to what the House had proposed, it added other elements, including an annual performance audit of online charter schools, a grant program for «replicating» high - performing charter schools and a $ 1,500 per semester college scholarship program for low - income students.

This includes many items announced in last week's State of the State tour: creation of a new college scholarship program, new building projects including airports and a new trail, a plan to tackle the rising costs of prescription drugs and jump start municipalities into talking about shared services and a new plan to trim income taxes for people reporting less than $ 300,000 in income.

A quasi-experimental study of the impact of a merit - based college scholarship program found positive effects on high school student performance in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for example.

Indiana's Choice Scholarship Program empowers thousands of families to choose the best K - 12 schools for their children — public, private or religious — just like state - funded college scholarship programs have done for decades.

She asked only that the spending plan include money for the city schools» Say Yes college scholarship program, which ended up getting $ 20 million.

On Tuesday, the same day NAEP results went public, the Louisiana Department of Education announced (hat tip to the comms folks at LDOE on the timing) that the Class of 2017 was the first in state's history to have more than 50 percent of students qualify for the TOPS college scholarship program, thanks to the steady rise in ACT scores over the past six years.

These plans are often modeled off of Tennessee's free college scholarship program, Tennessee Promise.

In the past 10 years, the foundation has given $ 303 million to various causes, including $ 27 million to increase graduation rates in Detroit and a $ 4.5 million annual college scholarship program.

High school students who have been accepted to college and students who are currently enrolled in a college or university are eligible to apply for the Employment BOOST college scholarship program.

Meanwhile, John Bishop highlights a promising innovation, Michigan's college scholarship program for students who perform well on state tests.

Still, there were rumblings all week that Cuomo's new college scholarship program, which he says will make public higher education «tuition free» for middle - class households for just $ 163 million, would be somehow funded on de Blasio's books.

In April, education activists invited 70 students to protest against cuts to the state's merit - based college scholarship program, TOPS.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Washington state's exclusion of a theology major from astate - funded college scholarship program.

A college scholarship program for those looking to further their education and personal development was initiated to help and encourage those team members realize their dreams.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has selected 578 top performing high school seniors with financial need to advance as semifinalists for its College Scholarship Program, the largest undergraduate scholarship in the country.

restoration of some college scholarship programs that Cuomo proposed to cut, rejection of tax hikes the governor wanted to help close this year's multibillion - dollar budget gap and an extension of tax breaks for developers of qualified historic preservation and brownfield projects.

Now if we can get Cuomo to provide a college scholarship program designed for college kids instead of «look at what I did for my state» in a national campaign.

For example, earlier this week Quinn described Hynes as an «ankle biter» for the challenger's criticism of how the governor was going about funding the state's college scholarship program.

The organization also operates the custom - designed vehicle that provides free medical care to underserved children and a college scholarship program for promising students from low - income families.

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation reviews each College Scholarship Program application individually with the assistance of a panel of national education experts.

All College Scholarship Program applicants are required to have eligible SAT and / or ACT test scores in order to apply.

In fact, the college scholarship program at issue in the case permitted the choice of religious schools; it only prohibited scholarship students from pursuing a religious vocation — i.e., majoring in «devotional theology» — with their scholarships.

After months of publicly fighting for fairness in Richmond's college scholarship program, charter families have won a huge victory.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation today announced that it is accepting applications for its College Scholarship Program, the largest undergraduate scholarship in the nation, through November 14.

NOTE: While this lesson plan was written to address funding cuts in Louisiana's college scholarship program, it may be adapted to efforts to ensure access to postsecondary institutions outside the...

Moreover, child members gain access to other benefits, like the College Scholarship Program.