Sentences with phrase «college tuition assistance»

His budget commits $ 50 million for college tuition assistance, with the goal of having free community college in three years.

The budget legislation keeps taxes flat, increases public education spending by $ 1 million, raises college tuition assistance and invests $ 2.5 billion in upgrades for the state's aging water infrastructure.

The budget largely keeps taxes flat, increases public education spending by $ 1 million, raises college tuition assistance and invests $ 2.5 billion in upgrades for the state's aging water infrastructure.

The budget resolution, released late Thursday, makes no reference to the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants to access state - funded college tuition assistance programs.

Skelos also said the Senate will reject the DREAM Act, which provides college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, in its budget.

ALBANY — Democrats who dominate the Assembly on Thursday passed the Dream Act, which extends college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, but said they'd like to see the legislation rise or fall on its own merits outside of the budget process.

He's been the main backer of the Dream Act on the state level, which would provide state college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants and has not moved through the Republican - controlled Senate.

Asked how he could represent a large Latino population, Mr. Perkins initially responded in Spanish before highlighting his support for the Dream Act, which would provide taxpayer - funded college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The endorsement comes after 1199's political director, Kevin Finnegan, announced his group was committed to swinging the State Senate into the Democratic column, in order to pass its liberal statewide initiatives — including college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, a locally set minimum wage and taxpayer - funded elections.

Earlier this year, Starbucks made news again when the company began offering college tuition assistance.

Providing more and better college tuition assistance for middle class families is an important step in our knowledge - based economy,» Higgins, the congressman from Buffalo, said.

Each of the semi-finalists were asked to submit their independent research to compete for $ 2,000 in award money as well at $ 2,000 in college tuition assistance.

Talks Over The State Budget Are Heating Up, With Decisions On College Tuition Assistance And Uber's upstate expansion looming.

When it comes to passing the DREAM Act to grant college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrant students, and the Education Investment Tax Credit to incentivize private donations to parochial and public schools, Mr. Cuomo's office said he would prefer to pass them in the budget, but if they are not included they could be passed later.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Compromise proved elusive Thursday as New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked to hammer out budget deals on ride - hailing, juvenile justice reforms and college tuition assistance ahead of a key deadline.

On Thursday, the state Assembly voted 87 - 45 for the DREAM Act, a bill that would open up state - level college tuition assistance to children of immigrants and undocumented immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The DREAM Act allows undocumented immigrants to apply for college tuition assistance from the state, opening the doors to higher education.

As such, the address included plans to open college tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants and establish a tax credit offsetting charitable contributions to (read more on Cuomo's education proposals here) and a plan to launch foreign trade missions — including a trip to Cuba.

The W.F.P. endorsed Cuomo earlier this year only after extracting significant concessions from him to support some key components of the party's platform, including his promise to push for Democratic control of the state Senate, seek an increase in the minimum wage, and pass the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants access to public college tuition assistance.

The budget's details have not yet been released but lawmakers say it will include increased college tuition assistance and a higher age of criminal responsibility so 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders aren't prosecuted and incarcerated as adults.

Stunned state officials are sifting through applications from more than 82,000 Michigan families hoping to join the state's pioneering college Tuition Assistance Program.

Phoenix's life insurance products offer a spectrum of death benefit protection, living benefits in case of critical, chronic, or terminal illness, and unique options for leaving a legacy to young beneficiaries, such as college tuition assistance and annual birthday gifts.

His call to make it easier for abuse victims to file lawsuits, institute a state version of the Dream Act for college tuition assistance, create an early voting system and ban public money from sexual harassment settlements all remain popular.

He has also proposed extending college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — a proposal known as the Dream Act — as well as creating a new tax credit to offset donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds and public schools.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

Mainstream Democrats have maintained those measures have been diluted by GOP influence, and blame the IDC - GOP accord for the failure of single - payer healthcare and of the DREAM Act, which would extend state college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Make the Road Action has long viewed the Republican State Senate as the primary obstacle to the passage of the DREAM Act, which would extend New York's college tuition assistance program to undocumented students.

Mr. Gianaris and Ms. Stewart - Cousins both said they felt that the governor, the Democratic conference and the IDC share enough issues in common — a higher minimum wage, college tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants, public financing of elections and the pro-choice, anti-discrimination Women's Equality Act — that there will be little friction.

Protesters at a march in Hicksville on Saturday challenged Cuomo to include millions of dollars in his budget for the DREAM Act — a program that would provide college tuition assistance to students who entered the country illegally as children.

«The Senate has been a problem on many of these [progressive] items,» Cuomo said in the video address to the W.F.P., citing a desire for a higher minimum wage, a system of public campaign finance and college tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

The pronouncements by the leaders came just a week after the Senate rejected the DREAM Act bill, which would have set aside $ 25 million for college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants.

It asserts that Faso «supported a $ 175 million cut to college tuition assistance for middle - class families.»

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announces his proposed «Excelsior Scholarship» plan for college tuition assistance to eligible students from low - and middle - income families, at LaGuardia Commmunity College in Queens on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.

On one side is the Democrats» minimum wage push, abortion rights, public financing of political campaigns and college tuition assistance for students in the U.S. illegally.

Protesters at a march in Hicksville on Saturday challenged Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to include millions of dollars in his budget for college tuition assistance to students who entered the country illegally as children.

The New York Dream Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, failed by two votes in the Senate on Monday, after it was brought to the floor in a surprise move by the chamber's leaders.

The New York State Senate rejected the Dream Act, a bill that would have expanded the state's college tuition assistance program to undocumented students.

And it caps a two - week period in which the governor unveiled an agenda that seemed to aim at every liberal mark, such as criminal justice reform, college tuition assistance, renewable energy plans and child care tax credits.

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