Sentences with phrase «decrease their funding levels»

But the Parliament sided with universities and research organizations, which said that the flat rate could unfairly decrease their funding levels and asked for the possibility to claim the reimbursement of actual costs in full.

Cuts $ 163 million of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the teacher pipeline, increase educator salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.

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These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Under 2007 BASE Budget County funding, full - time staffing will have DECREASED 361.5 positions and 63 % from 1975 levels while Erie County's population decreased from 1,113,491 in the 1970 census to 950,265 in the 2000 census, a 1DECREASED 361.5 positions and 63 % from 1975 levels while Erie County's population decreased from 1,113,491 in the 1970 census to 950,265 in the 2000 census, a 1decreased from 1,113,491 in the 1970 census to 950,265 in the 2000 census, a 15 % drop.

If NY State became a real partner in funding education local property tax levels would decrease — especially with the local property tax cap in place.

The proposal funds most county departments and programs at more or less their current levels and would result in a slight decrease in the county property tax rate.

Under the 2008 BASE Budget County funding, full - time staffing will have DECREASED 346.5 positions and 60 % from 1975 levels while Erie County's population decreased 15 % from 1,113,491 in the 1970 census to 950,265 in the 200DECREASED 346.5 positions and 60 % from 1975 levels while Erie County's population decreased 15 % from 1,113,491 in the 1970 census to 950,265 in the 200decreased 15 % from 1,113,491 in the 1970 census to 950,265 in the 2000 census.

Even Hein's Republican opponent apparently missed that report, in which fellow Democrat Auerbach wrote, «At the close of 2015, the county will have nearly tripled (his emphasis) the level of fiscal stress from the prior year due to deficit budgeting and decreasing fund - balance levels.

While the general mood in the room was one of cautious optimism about the Republican - led legislature's willingness to fund arts and culture at the recommended levels, there remained a possibility that the majority's professed desire for a tax decrease might eat away at the sector's hard - won gains over the past few years.

Overall, the legislation keeps the agency's funding at the same level as in 2012 — a net decrease once inflation is taken into account.

Under Trump's fiscal 2019 budget plan, USGS would receive just under $ 860 million, or about a 20 percent decrease from funding levels enacted in fiscal 2017.

Research and development to advance coal, natural gas, oil, and other fossil energy technologies, which will help the country make greater use of our rich natural energy resources and help keep down energy costs, are funded at $ 635 million — a decrease of $ 33 million below the fiscal year 2017 enacted level and $ 355 million above the budget request.

Energy Programs — Funding for energy programs within DOE is $ 9.6 billion — a decrease of $ 1.7 billion below the fiscal year 2017 enacted level and $ 2.3 billion above the President's request.

The NHLBI is funding research to develop a vaccine that may reduce the PCSK9 protein, thereby decreasing blood cholesterol levels in blood.

Although 20 states had reported decreased or stable budgets for K — 12 education and 28 reported cuts or level funding for state education agencies, only 12 states reported cutting back on common core implementation because of budget constraints.

Before stepping down as secretary, she told Virginia's General Assembly that the «trifecta» of challenges facing Virginia public education are rising poverty rates, higher achievement expectations, and decreased levels of funding.

Given the fiscal priorities of the Trump administration, however, state and local education officials will likely experience decreases in education spending and grant funding at the federal level.

Charter schools» base categorical block grant funding received growth for new pupils in the 2012 - 13 state budget; a total of $ 53.7 million to accommodate the increasing number of students in California's charter public schools and keep the per pupil funding level from decreasing.

Increasingly these online learning institutions are under pressure due to decreases in state funding and competition from district - level online programs and private providers.

• Only 25 states, a decrease of three states since 1999, require and fund academic intervention programs in at least one subject at one level for students who are struggling to meet the standards.

Sometimes the school librarians (or their substitutes) aren't to blame: «At the building level, due to implementation of [district policies] and a decrease in funding, library personnel (including librarians and clerks) are being pulled from their regular assignments, and that decreases the amount of time for them to spend on library duties,» including professional development, said one respondent.

This would naturally imply, as many market experts often maintain, that the absolute best investment strategy is simply to place all of one's investment funds into an index fund, which would increase or decrease according to the overall level of corporate profitability or losses.

On the other hand, if the market believes that the FOMC has set the fed funds rate too high, the opposite happens — long - term interest rates decrease because the market believes future levels of inflation will decrease.

As portfolio weights and estimates of volatility and correlations change through time, the Fund will increase and decrease the gross exposure in an effort to maintain its target level of 12 % annualized portfolio volatility.

But in his book, Dr. Lomborg cites figures from the United States Census Bureau, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Environment Agency to show that the rate of world population growth has actually been dropping sharply since 1964; the level of international debt decreased slightly from 1984 to 1999; the price of oil, adjusted for inflation, is half what it was in the early 1980's; and the sulfur emissions that generate acid rain (which has turned out to do little if any damage to forests, though some to lakes) have been cut substantially since 1984.

If the fund balance performs better than the assumed rate of interest, the death benefit increases, and if it performs at a lower level than the assumed rate of interest, the death benefit decreases.

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One can view ordinary level premium whole life mathematically (but not legally) as a combination of decreasing term insurance and increasing «savings fund.»

«(Program evaluation) should contribute to the development of services, and not be simply a tool for distant bureaucrats to justify or decrease levels of funding.»

Because of unchanging federal funding levels and limits of the amount of time individuals can access benefits, the number of families receiving TANF has decreased, despite the increased need since the Great Recession.