Sentences with phrase «federal aid increased»

Still, while complaining about the lack of money, Reading school officials have seen the district's federal aid increased from $ 513 per student to $ 1,022 per student from 1998 through 2002, a boost of 99 percent.

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The proposed $ 9.4 billion merger between Rite Aid and Walgreens faces increasing scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission.

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).

Republican leaders are already making plans to use the aid package, certain to be overwhelmingly popular, to win speedy approval of a contentious increase in the federal borrowing limit.

The Trump administration said Sunday that it wants Congress to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to a bill that would increase the federal debt limit, a move that clashes with an influential group of House conservatives who have warned GOP leaders not to connect the two funding initiatives.

It is important to do this before taking any action on your own because in many cases, federal governmental aid decreases as a company's demonstrated sustainability practices increase.

In fact, it projects that overall federal aid for the Essential Plan will grow, thanks to formula - driven increases from other ACA sources.

The report also highlights the potential slowing of transportation aid from the federal government in the current 2014 - 15 fiscal year as Congress balks at increasing the 18.4 cent excise tax on gasoline, the primary source for replenishing the Federal Highway Trusfederal government in the current 2014 - 15 fiscal year as Congress balks at increasing the 18.4 cent excise tax on gasoline, the primary source for replenishing the Federal Highway TrusFederal Highway Trust Fund.

But the report then lists several «concerns,» including some proposals that would increase the state's already large debt burden, and reliance on temporary one shot revenues and federal aid that the report says might not materialize.

The mayor used the opportunity to ask Congress to increase the amount of federal financial aid available to cities like Syracuse to repair water pipelines.

I call on our local Congressional delegation to publicly reject this plan and increase federal highway aid to localities, not cut it.

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.

The New York State Educational Conference Board, a coalition of state education organizations, is calling for a $ 2 billion increase in school aid in the 2018 - 19 state budget, despite a looming deficit and uncertainty over federal spending.

De Blasio revealed an $ 82.1 billion preliminary spending plan, including federal and state aid for the coming fiscal year — a $ 3.5 billion overall spending increase from the $ 78.5 billion budget plan approved by the City Council last June for the current fiscal year.

They also said the governor is proposing a $ 1 billion increase in aid to public schools and assumes the level of health care funding from the federal government will remain flat for the next fiscal year.

In Cuomo's six years in office, spending has increased an average of 1.4 percent each year, when adjusted to exclude federal emergency aid for disasters like Hurricane Sandy recovery.

The spending plan closes a $ 4.4 billion shortfall amid risks to federal aid and includes a $ 1 billion increase in state education aid.

«Among other items, the agenda will include a revised version of the Education, Labor and Family Assistance Article VII bill that I was forced to veto earlier this year to prevent an unaffordable increase in school aid, an appropriation bill to authorize distribution of $ 607 million in federal Education Jobs Fund money to school districts, and necessary legislation to reorganize the New York City Off - Track Betting Corporation.»

Technically right, but folks need to know the most harmful years of the GEA (when it was not offset by increased Federal aid) have all come under Cuomo and Skelos / Flanagan.

School aid, in fact, increased through the recession, McMahon pointed out, because of federal stimulus aid, which ran out by the time Cuomo took office.

Rhodes said more must be done to provide opportunities for young people through job retraining, trade apprenticeships and increased federal aid to local universities and community colleges.

Dealing just with the state's spending of its own money, not federal aid, the governor is proposing to increase total state spending 7.8 percent, to $ 83.6 billion, or about three times the rate of inflation projected for the state.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday revealed an $ 82.1 billion preliminary spending plan, including federal and state aid for the coming fiscal year — a $ 3.5 billion overall spending increase from the $ 78.5 billion budget plan approved by the City Council last June for the current fiscal year.

The flow of federal Sandy - related aid to homeowners, businesses and communities is expected to increase,...

Major achievements have been made in the domestic HIV / AIDS response as a result of increased realignment and coordination of efforts at the federal level.

Increases in federal aid provide little incentive for these other players to worry about rising tuition, and new evidence suggests that the availability of student loans encourages schools to charge more.

When tuition goes up, policymakers increase federal aid to bring out - of - pocket costs down again, only to see those resources gobbled up by future tuition increases.

Supporters of the new policy, which went into effect immediately, say it will increase financial accountability over millions of dollars in federal aid.

Some of these changes focused on innovative ways to use data to inform college access for students or the development of apps as a tool to increase student enrollment in college to ways to help streamline the process for filling out the FAFSA application — the federal application students complete to apply for financial aid.

By using the threat of effectively denying the children of military personnel access to public education, the bill seeks to force the federal government either to increase its impact - aid payments to districts or to establish separate schools, with full federal funding, on the bases.

[9] It thus stands to reason that these institutions would be most likely to make up for a reduction in federal aid with an increase in institutional aid.

While sounding like Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in emphasizing innovation and parental responsibility, Mr. Clinton also promised to increase federal education funding and to guarantee financial aid to all college students.

The fact that this sector is already integrated into the broader higher education system, through federal aid and some state aid programs, suggests that these policy levers might be used to better leverage the private sector to further policymakers» goals, such as increasing educational attainment overall and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Under the planned expansion, school districts — not just states — would be eligible to compete for the increased federal aid.

Emergency fiscal aid from the federal government helped prevent even deeper cuts but ran out before the economy recovered, and states chose to address their budget shortfalls disproportionately through spending cuts rather than a more balanced mix of service cuts and revenue increases.

In my book I propose equitable funding for education, but argue that the federal government must substantially increase its aid to achieve this end.

My new book, Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools (Harvard Education Press, March 2015) contains such a proposal: states would be encouraged to adopt research - based improvements while the federal government provides increased funding and more flexible financial aid to help address these basic issues.

Rather than diverting federal funding to non-public schools, the federal government should increase Impact Aid funding, which is currently funded only at 55 - percent of need.

States and districts have wide leverage in establishing and implementing school funding policies, and in cases where there are obvious disparities between the needs of districts, there is still unwillingness by some states and districts to increase the level of support through local, state and federal aid.

The rating system also aims to increase program accountability by generating reliable data for policymakers about program performance measures — programs that underperform could lose access to federal financial aid.

The federal government can increase accountability for remedial education by tying the receipt of federal student aid dollars to the reporting of better data on remedial programs, including enrollment, placement, progress, and completion rates.

This essay argues that money could be better spent putting technology in the hands of the students rather than making use of federal subsidies to increase capacities that do not aid everyday educational activities.

Continue reading New federal spending law increases education aid; rejects push for vouchers →

* Title I — $ 1 billion increase * New private school choice program — $ 250 million (increase since it's new) * Charter schools — $ 168 million increase * Title II A, Supporting Effective Instruction Program — $ 2.4 billion cut * 21st Century Community Learning Centers — $ 1.17 billion cut * Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program — $ 190 million cut * Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property — $ 66.8 million cut * Teacher Quality Partnership — $ 43.1 million cut

State and federal financial aid has protected low - income and some middle class families from state universities» big tuition and fee increases — but not enough eligible families sought help, a report from the Public Policy Institute of California concluded.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)-- Rising costs and shrinking state and federal aid at Pennsylvania's public schools are exacerbating a pattern of property - tax increases, school program cutbacks and employee layoffs, two statewide groups representing school managers said Thursday.

By The Associated Press on June 05, 2014 at 3:33 PM HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)-- Rising costs and shrinking state and federal aid at Pennsylvania's public schools are exacerbating a pattern of property - tax increases, school program cutbacks and employee layoffs, two statewide groups representing school managers said Thursday.

With regard to student aid, Congress's first priority should be to increase funding for the Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant program.

State Departments of Highways and Transportation (SDH&T) receive supportive services funds from the Federal Highway Administration to help increase DBE participation in Federal - aid highway contracts.

We had the interstate highway bill [the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building highways.