Sentences with phrase «competitive federal grant program»

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If elected, Faso has proposed to establish a competitive grant program at the federal level to fund qualified nonprofits that provide peer - to - peer counseling services to veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other trauma.

Westchester, NY — Westchester Congress Members Eliot Engel (NY - 16), Nita Lowey (NY - 17), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) announced today that Westchester County has been awarded a $ 3.6 million federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Pfederal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Progrant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant PFederal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant ProGrant Program.

He listed the following as Regents» achievements: winning $ 700 million through the federal Race To The Top competitive grant program, raising standards, achieving a significant new investment in pre-kindergarten and increasing graduation rates.

In 2009, through the «Race to the Top» program, the federal government offered $ 4.35 billion in competitive grants to states that adopted Common Core standards and developed plans to improve state test scores and teacher evaluation results.

Ball has also co-sponsored a bill to ditch the Common Core altogether, along with the federal competitive grant program Race To The Top, which is President Obama's signature education initiative.

The Common Core standards were developed by a group of state education leaders but promoted by the federal government, particularly through Race To The Top, a nationwide competitive grant program that required the adoption of standards that boost college - and career - readiness.

As a member of the Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce federal funding in these areas, and I am the author of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.

The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is a federal grant program led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help states develop their research capabilities and institProgram to Stimulate Competitive Research is a federal grant program led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help states develop their research capabilities and institprogram led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help states develop their research capabilities and institutions.

He also, unexpectedly, made the case for the continuation of the Race to the Top approach of federal incentives for state - level reforms (presumably via competitive grant programs).

ED put money into competitive grants rather than categorical programs such as Title III, the main vehicle for federal ELL funding.

In awarding grants for homelessness programs, federal housing officials will give a «competitive advantage to providers who keep families together and strengthen the family structure,» Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry G. Cisneros said in announcing the policy last month.

The most appropriate role for the federal government may be to provide resources to states through categorical formula funding or a competitive grant program that would allow policy design to fit the local context rather than try to act as a national school board from Washington, DC.

Federal bureaucrats would do well to focus on targeted competitive grant programs to encourage the adoption of their desired policies in places that really want to pursue them.

A natural federal role is to provide resources to support such varied efforts through formula funding or competitive grant programs.

And President Obama has announced that the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, a competitive grant program to support pay for performance plans, will increase five-fold, from $ 97 million to $ 483 million.

Properly designed competitive grant programs provide an opportunity for Congress to target resources at federal priorities and encourage innovative problem - solving while avoiding federal mandates.

Critics note, however, that the federal government has encouraged states to adopt the Common Core through the Race to the Top competitive grant program and a streamlined path to waivers from the provisions of No Child Left Behind.

His program was a federal grant, called «Race to the Top,» which was doled out on a competitive basis.

A proposed provision that declares that nothing in future education policy would prevent the passage of Parent Trigger laws or other Parent Power efforts would be meaningful if it also proposed a competitive grant program to encourage states to enact such laws; as is, there is nothing in federal law that restricts states from passing Parent Trigger laws or keeps families from using them.

Many of those laws were prompted by a desire to win competitive federal grants, notably the 2009 Race to the Top program, intended to induce states to mandate changes in the way districts assess both teachers and principals.

It also used Race to the Top, its competitive grant program, as an inducement, saying that states adopting «college and career ready» standards had a better chance of winning federal dollars under the program.

The Rural Education Initiative is designed to address the unique needs of small, rural local education agencies (LEAs) that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and receive formula grant allocations under other programs in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.

One - time competitive grants — such as President Barack Obama's Race to the Top program — are nothing compared to the potential diversion to private schools of tens of billions of state and federal funding every year.

The decision three years ago by President Barack Obama to not push for a budget for 2010 - 2011, a move to which Democrats who controlled all of Congress at the time had acquiesced (even as it was clear that the party would lose control of the federal lower house), has resulted in sequestration - triggered budget cuts that denies the administration funding it can leverage through competitive grant programs such as Race to the Top in order to force states to fulfill their promises under the waiver.

State and federal entities could also offer grant funding and technical assistance for competitive service scholarship programs for principal preparation to attract exemplary candidates to the field and allow them to participate in internships with expert principals — a key feature of effective programs.

They share concerns that President Obama's FY13 budget request emphasizes funding for new competitive grant programs at the expense of investments in cornerstone federal K — 12 programs like Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

«For this reason, ESEA should not divert substantial federal resources into competitive grant programs.

This aspect of the program has been controversial, prompting some teachers» unions to refuse to endorse state applications for competitive federal grants.

Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education began using state charter laws as a consideration in the awarding of the federal Race - to - the - Top competitive grant program.

Although we appreciate the $ 300 million in new Title I funds to reward successful schools, we are concerned about a significant shift in support toward competitive grant programs and away from the formula programs, notably Title I and IDEA, which provide the vast amount of federal support for K — 12 schools and students.

These programs were made possible through competitive, one - time federal grants.

Such behavior in the realm of absence hardly sounds conducive to school improvement, and it underscores broader concern with trust in the research literature on school improvement and in practical matters such as states» applications for competitive federal grants under the Race to the Top program.

Some federal funding under Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act was allocated in 2017 to implement some of these initiatives through the California Educator Development (CalEd) competitive grant program.

In the Obama administration's 2009 Race to the Top competitive grant program, for example, the federal government favored states that permitted the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

The 2018 - 19 budget proposal creates a new competitive grant program with one - time funding of $ 167.2 million ($ 125 million Proposition 98, $ 42.2 million federal TANF funds).

Supporting civic learning through federal competitive grant opportunities to fund innovation; research; and dissemination of model programs and best practices, especially for low - income schools and disadvantaged students.

That's why he introduced the School Principal Recruitment and Training Act, a measure that would fund a federal program that offers school districts competitive grants for principal training.

Duncan's policies, which have often relied on competitive grant programs, but he disagrees with Duncan's prescriptive turnaround plans — currently in effect in districts that have taken federal School Improvement Grants.

The program ended when Congress failed to appropriate funds for its continuation in the 2015 federal spending bill.14 In some sectors, there is increased debate about whether federal funds for education are best allocated through formulas or competitive processes, with opponents of competitive grants citing a desire to reduce federal influence in favor of state and locally - driven education policies.

Teacher groups, however, say they are concerned the state could end up agreeing to the same federal strings that prompted them to eschew past Obama administration initiatives, such as Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion competitive grant program.

Costs for a program of this type could be calculated by using funding allocations for previous competitive federal - to - district grant programs and might include expenses such as release time, resident or prospective teacher stipends, and training for mentor teachers.

Several points that I felt were imperative: 1) Everyone at the federal level knows that the current law is disliked and must change, 2) There is a recognized effort to make the language and details of the next ESEA reauthorization more user - friendly — all stakeholders of a school community should be able to understand the legislation and be vested in the success of schools, and 3) Legislators are seeking the right balance between formula funding and competitive grants — one area of consideration is the consolidation of educational programs or initiatives, which will allow federal monies to be used more effectively to help schools and children.

USDOT Announces $ 55 Million in Grants to Transit Agencies to Deploy Clean Buses Jul 26, 2016 DOT Federal Transit Administration The FTA today announced selections for an expanded Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program that reflects growing interest in new technology buses.

Federal public transportation law (49 USC § 5339 (b)-RRB-, as amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, authorizes FTA's competitive Grants for Buses & Bus Facilities Program through FY2020.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced selections for an expanded Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program that reflects growing interest in new technology buses.

John R. Justice (JRJ) FY 2017 Competitive Grant Program Application Deadline: 07/18/2017, 11:59 PM BJA is seeking applications for the John R. Justice (JRJ) Grant Program, which provides loan repayment assistance for local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors who commit to continued employment as public defenders and prosecutors.

provide additional federal competitive grants for school - based and community - based teenage pregnancy intervention programs in minority communities

Additionally, the Federal government has also awarded competitive grants to assist States in developing early learning systems and expanding programming expand Pre-K access.