Sentences with phrase «cut federal funding for any school»

The Department of Education's proposal to amend ESSA would label most Westchester public schools as «in need of improvement» and would cut federal funding for any school where 5 percent of students or more opt out of Common Core testing.

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Assemblyman says Congress must «referee» to stop Secretary of Education from cutting federal school funding to punish NY for massive student opt - outs of grades 3 - 8 tests

The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

For example, the state would cut $ 50 million in Medicaid funding from the city unless Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration comes up with a plan in the next five months to receive $ 100 million more in federal Medicaid dollars for preschool and school supportive health servicFor example, the state would cut $ 50 million in Medicaid funding from the city unless Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration comes up with a plan in the next five months to receive $ 100 million more in federal Medicaid dollars for preschool and school supportive health servicfor preschool and school supportive health services.

The proposed federal regulation would also cut funding for schools with Common Core participation rates under 95 percent, according to Killian.

In recent years we've seen states cut funding for public universities at the same time those schools are taking on additional students, which has furthered the need for federal financial assistance to offset this shift in costs.

Only 41 percent of school districts and 60 percent of eligible charter schools signed on for changes needed to participate in the Obama administration's Race to the Top contest in which states can win extra federal funding to ease the impact of steep budget cuts.

Although officials from the 4,000 districts nationwide that receive federal impact - aid funds have been outspoken in their opposition to cuts in the program recommended by the Reagan Administration, the Fairfax school board was the first in the country to threaten military families with tuition charges to make up for the lost support.

But the funds proposed to offset cuts in state funding would mean that, for the first time, the federal government would be directly covering the cost of basic school operations.

These and other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.

-- Why have federal funding cuts reduced aid for regular public schools, which educate 90 % of American students, while the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to send more federal money to charter schools, which educate less than 5 % of American students?

If these cuts were enacted, states would have to either backfill the loss of federal support for out - of - school care by drawing from other limited funding streams or accept that previously served students would now be in unsafe, unsupervised environments outside of school hours.54 Attendance, student achievement, and peer and student - to - teacher relations could suffer.55 States that cut after - school programs would likely have to allocate additional dollars in future years to triage the loss of jobs or depressed student outcomes.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

By insisting charter schools are public schools, charter advocates are distancing themselves from Trump's proposed cuts to federal funding for public schools.

Collectively, level funding through the appropriations process and the cuts of sequestration have exacerbated the need for school districts to raise taxes or use local budget dollars to cover an ever - growing share of the federal contribution to special education.

Outside of education, many cuts proposed in President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget — including stripping funding for Medicaid, school breakfast and lunch programs, and short - term federal income assistance for low - income families — would slash much - needed services or leave states holding the bag.

Then, days ahead of commencement, President Donald Trump proposed cutting off federal funding for African American - majority institutions — an existential threat to schools already struggling to make ends meet.

The cuts are hitting hardest at school districts with a high share of disadvantaged students, as federal funding primarily pays for programs that serve needy and disabled students.

These cuts are primarily driven by three factors: overstaffing in the previous school year; nine schools getting less federal funding for after - school programs; and the District moving the management of Measure G library funds from school budgets to the central office budget.

Finally, the WASB urged Congress to prioritize funding for IDEA (special education) and Title I (assistance to districts and schools serving with low - income children) and restore cuts to federal Impact Aid proposed in the President's recommended budget.

If those taxes are cut, municipalities won't be able to generate more money for school budgets, and states won't be able to generate more money for state aid funding — even as federal sources shrink.

This rule ensures that states don't dramatically reduce funding for their school districts year to year, but under the new House bill, states would be able to dramatically cut their K — 12 education contributions without jeopardizing their federal funds.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District calls on the U.S. Congress to remove the funding freeze for reauthorized ESEA programs that would severely cut services over the next six years, and urges the passage of a modernized version of ESEA that is fully supported by federal investments in Title I, which has been woefully underfunded for decades.

A recent cut to federal funding for school safety research could hurt efforts to make schools more secure, a scholar warns.

The Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, in Title II of the Higher Education Act, provides funding to institutions of higher education, high - need local education agencies, and schools for teacher preparation programs.38 California State University, for example, recently received a $ 8.1 million federal grant to attract more Latinx candidates; to provide students with more opportunities for hands - on training; and to create systems to track student - teacher progress in the classroom.39 The budget should prioritize funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Higher Education Act, instead of cutting programs that attract teachers and improve diversity.

In addition, to the dispute over accepting Federal funding for the Low Income Pool (LIP), other factors that could threaten education funding are $ 690 million in proposed tax cuts and an underestimated enrollment of an additional 10,000 students in Florida public schools.