Sentences with phrase «federal appropriations»

Accounting for nearly $ 100 billion (or about double the typical annual federal appropriation for education), the education portion of the stimulus package was one of its central components.

Federal appropriation rose from 1 percent of the budget just prior to 1920 to 15 percent in 1923.

In a release from her group yesterday, Hoffman says Federal education funding would approach pre-sequestration levels in a two - year federal appropriations bill that's expected...

The Obama Administration plans to do an end - run around the Constitution and the federal law by tying the Common Core Standards to the granting or denying of federal appropriations, both the $ 4.35 billion Race To The Top money and even Title I funding.

The Smithsonian Institution is an instrumentality of the United States, chartered by the Congress, and the recipient of $ 745.8 million dollars in federal appropriations in FY 2009.

On Thursday, DeVos visited Howard University, a historically black university in the District that receives special support through federal appropriations every year.

Federal appropriations alone — not counting user fees collected from companies seeking FDA review — amount to $ 2.76 billion, or a 6 % increase, according to a preliminary analysis by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.

If enacted, the fiscal 1985 budget would be the largest federal appropriation for education ever, notes Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell in draft remarks accompanying the budget.

Although the historical record indicates that Uncle Sam once committed to cover the extra cost (estimated at an additional 40 percent of regular per - pupil funding per disabled student), except for a brief windfall in 2009, the actual federal appropriation has been more like 17 or 18 percent.

The challenge will come when it is time to convert the leverage Duncan has discovered into ongoing federal appropriations.

A landmark federal appropriation of $ 3 billion for turning around the nation's worst - performing schools has produced mixed results halfway through the grant process, according to analysis released Monday by a D.C. - based think tank.

The Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) is a multiyear study of the feasibility of a trial district - level NAEP in selected urban districts that is supported by federal appropriations authorized under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Unfortunately, that situation is where future federal appropriations emerge this spring.

One vehicle for a permanent ban took a step forward in late September when the Senate Appropriations Committee passed fiscal 2005 federal appropriations legislation that permanently prevents the U.S. Treasury Department from finalizing the rule it published with the Federal Reserve in 2001 to allow banks into real estate.

Federal appropriations for programs that charters may not provide and gifts and grants specifically targeted toward traditional public schools that support innovative methods to boost student achievement could all be up for grabs by charter schools, if House lawmakers concur with the Senate's changes to H539.

In the months that followed, the industry persuaded Georgia Congressman Tom Graves, whose district includes the syndication hotbed of Rome, to slip a rider into the federal appropriations bill that would bar the IRS from spending money to enforce the listing notice.

Federal appropriations are paid for by the US Department of the Treasury.

Something that we're going to do is the Federal appropriation bill for $ 600 (million), some chapter amendments for Tier Four drug issue and a chapter amendment dealing with illegal hotels.»

Funded through roughly $ 3.27 million in local, state and federal appropriations, health officials said the initiatives have made a difference over the last 15 years.

His effort took a significant step towards reality this week with word of a $ 2 million federal appropriation to develop energy - rich algae, the technology to grow them all year, and a way to convert them into fuel and other products.

In 1996, Congress passed a rider to the federal appropriations bill called the Dickey - Wicker amendment.

In fact, Trump's cuts would harm even the public charter schools he purports to support: charters rely on Title II teacher - preparation grants to train their educators, and Trump wanted to eliminate the federal appropriation for that program.

In addition, it paved the way for federal appropriations and federal tax breaks for charter school construction.

«The money should follow the child,» said Sen. Chad Barefoot, talking about one provision of a House bill he presented to Senate Finance members on Monday afternoon that previously dealt with school playgrounds — but was gutted and jammed with language that would change the way charter schools receive money by allowing them to receive millions more in sales taxes, property taxes, grant funds and federal appropriations, and more.

Federal appropriations for programs that charters don't provide, indirect cost reimbursements for school lunches that charters don't offer, and grant awards specifically targeted toward traditional public schools that support innovative methods to boost student achievement could all be up for grabs by charter schools.

And grant funds, fees, federal appropriations and indirect cost reimbursements aren't the only additional funding streams up for grabs — sales and property taxes are, too.

«The bill's language is confusing,» said Hollamon, who pointed out several provisions within the legislation that contradict one another, like how funds for pre-kindergarten should be excluded from having to be shared with charters, yet there still is a mandate that all federal appropriations, such as those for Head Start, a federally - funded pre-kindergarten program, must be shared with charters.

The Advocate, June 2015 Noelle Ellerson Associate Executive Director, Policy & Advocacy AASA, The School Superintendents Association When it comes to federal appropriations, the reputation of the U.S. Congress leaves much to be desired.

ASCD urges Congress to ensure that these essential funding needs are met through the federal appropriations process.

We also are examining the federal appropriations process to identify possible new sources of funding for financial education and counseling services.

For researchers interested in the federal appropriations process, Congress.gov provides an Appropriations Table that lists information about all the different types of legislative appropriation - related bills and resolutions for each fiscal year dating back to 1998, along with links to each item's bill summary page and voting information.

There is also a federal appropriations bill which prohibits expenditure of federal funds to prosecute marijuana crimes which are legal under state law, although these bills only last a year at a time.

The interest earned is then pooled, together with state and federal appropriations, and private grants and donations, to fund civil legal aid to the poor and support improvements to the judicial system.

LSC is a grant - making organization, distributing nearly 94 % of its federal appropriation to eligible nonprofit organizations delivering civil legal aid.

Knowledge of AMS, FAR, Federal Appropriations Law, and project acquisition lifecycle is beneficial.

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), funded by a $ 2 billion federal appropriation to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is now completing passage of programs that will distribute $ 350 million to retain area businesses and attract new companies.