Sentences with phrase «competitive federal grants»

The legislation would give states the opportunity to become the primary regulators of hemp, allow hemp researchers to apply for competitive federal grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ensure growers in the West can access water, and make hemp farmers eligible to apply for crop insurance.

The top scientists, the ones most qualified to provide objective and transparent scientific advice to EPA, are of course the scientists who will likely be most successful at obtaining highly competitive federal grants.

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.

Less than half of California school districts and only about a quarter of teacher unions have promised to make key education reforms required for the state to win $ 700 million in competitive federal grants, officials said Wednesday.

The Smaller Learning Communities Program is a $ 142 million, competitive federal grant program that helps large high schools create smaller, more personalized learning communities.

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.

In the last few months alone, Washington secured $ 1 million in continued state support; two competitive federal grants totaling nearly $ 27 million; and a 5 - year, $ 7.5 million commitment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for home visiting.

«The top scientists, the ones most qualified to provide objective and transparent scientific advice to EPA, are of course the scientists who will likely be most successful at obtaining highly competitive federal grants,» Diez Roux said in an email.

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

Schumer had previously supported Onondaga County's application for a $ 10 million competitive federal grant for the lake trail project, but the county did not make the final cut for funding.

Finally, there is value in voluntary, competitive federal grants that support innovation while providing political cover for school boards, union leaders and others to throw off anachronistic routines.

Wisconsin has won a competitive federal grant to study why some state schools have had more success than others in narrowing achievement gaps across racial lines and income levels.

In its race to meet a looming deadline to apply for a competitive federal grant, the State Board of Education adopted a series of legislative proposals to overhaul how Connecticut's charter schools are funded — proposals that are neither realistic nor reasonable and that could ultimately siphon money from communities for traditional public schools.

New Orleans allocates the vast majority of public funding directly to schools, and resources from philanthropy and competitive federal grants have complemented these core dollars.

Institutions of Higher Education, Local Education Agencies, and State Education Agencies may apply for these competitive federal grants.