Sentences with phrase «comprehensive federal education funding»

In December 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law, reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the most comprehensive federal education funding legislation, last passed in 2001 as No Child Left Behind.

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In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

In fact, on average, the federal government funds nearly half — 41 percent — of the salary expenditures at state education departments in the 34 states for which comprehensive data are available (see Figure 1).

Attempts at comprehensive education reform usually span federal, state, and local governing institutions, as well as myriad union contracts and funding sources.

The federal Comprehensive Centers Program is funded by the Office of School Support and Rural Programs (SSRP) through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) in the U.S. Department of Education.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D - Iowa) painted a picture of the problem cash - strapped states face in funding education: He noted that in 2011, a continuing Obama resolution eliminated 37 education programs, including the only comprehensive federal literacy program.

The U.S. Department of Education publishes Funding Education Beyond High School, the most comprehensive resource on federal student aid grant and loan programs.

Federal funding should be directed toward comprehensive sex education programs that will keep teens healthy — by including information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

These changes mark an important step toward Planned Parenthood's goal of eliminating federal funding of dangerous abstinence - only programs and expanding access to comprehensive, medically accurate sex education.

This is positive news for America's teens, as federal funding should be directed toward comprehensive sex education programs that will keep teens healthy — by including information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Currently, no federal program is dedicated to supporting comprehensive sex education, while failed abstinence - only programs under the Bush administration received $ 1.5 billion in federal funding.

WASHINGTON, DC — At a Congressional Briefing sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D - NJ), Rep. Barbara Lee (D - CA), and Rep. Lucille Roybal - Allard (D - CA), experts from Planned Parenthood and the Guttmacher Institute highlighted the need for increased federal funding of comprehensive sex education programs that provide young people with accurate information to make responsible decisions about their health.

PREP is the first state - grant program from the federal government that funds comprehensive sex education that will teach teens how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV / AIDS, protect their health, make responsible decisions, and learn critical skills needed to form healthy relationships with parents, peers and partners.

Strengthening Families and Communities: Creative Strategies for Financing Post-Adoption Services: A White Paper Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice (2003) Provides a framework for States to maximize Federal reimbursements for child welfare services by identifying State general funds that can be used to support a comprehensive mix of postadoption support, education, training, and therapeutic and treatment services.

One of 22 Comprehensive Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, CEELO will work in partnership with SEAs, state and local early childhood leaders, and other federal and national technical assistance providers to increase the number of children from birth through third grade that are prepared to succeed in school.