Sentences with phrase «federal education dollars»

To receive the full complement of federal education dollars, states must provide students with ample school choice.

But while federal education dollars bring many benefits for students, they are distributed in a way that is deeply unfair both between and within states.

The Obama Administration has said it will withhold discretionary federal education dollars from states that block the creation and growth of charter schools.

But the most significant long - term change is that the new law devolves responsibility for how federal education dollars are used to the states.

With the largest single pool of federal education dollars in history flowing to states and school districts, education - related companies have been looking to gain a share of the cash, marketing themselves as uniquely equipped to help with improvement efforts.

The New York City - based Foundation Center has launched a Web portal to help the philanthropic community leverage federal education dollars, particularly the new grants available as part of the economic - stimulus package.

``... Hoosier schools would have to comply with federal accountability standards and would be at risk of losing federal education dollars.

The main themes he sounded, however, are fine: use federal education dollars to reward success, not failure; apply Arne Duncan's «race to the top» reform priorities to the mega-bucks Elementary / Secondary Education Act; and keep a «competitive» element in this rather than simply distributing dollars via formula.

But new details show there was more to the story: The testing decision announced Monday came after the U.S. Department of Education determined that Illinois had run afoul of federal law and threatened to withhold federal education dollars because of the controversial way the state tested high school students in 2015 and 2016, records show.

APLUS would allow states to opt out and spend their share of federal education dollars on any lawful education purpose they believe would best benefit students.

As part of the «War on Poverty,» the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act of 1965 was designed to direct federal education dollars to the most disadvantaged children living in poverty.

This is not only true for the $ 4 billion in Race to the Top funds but likely will continue to be true for future federal education dollars.»

«It will help expand local control of our schools and return federal education dollars where they belong, closer to the classroom,» Daines said.

Alexander told U.S. Secretary of Education John King during a hearing in April that his proposal to regulate a requirement that federal education dollars supplement state and local spending rather than take their place violated the newly passed «bipartisan» Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

* Despite all of their state budget problems, Ohio still has $ 1.9 billion of their $ 2.1 billion in federal education dollars available

At the beginning of the year, many folks (Eduflack included) praised the selection of Denver Public Schools chief Michael Bennet for the open U.S. Senate seat from Colorado, again applauding the notion that a true - blue educator would be involved in authorizing and appropriating federal education dollars.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress agreed to give local education policymakers greater authority to decide how schools and students were performing, and to decide how to allocate federal education dollars.

The plan details the implementation of the ESSA in Kentucky and how federal education dollars will be spent.

«It is too soon to know how Mrs. DeVos and, more importantly, Congress will choose to leverage federal education dollars to expand school choice,» Rico said.

If Indiana were to lose its waiver, Hoosier schools would have to comply with federal accountability standards and would be at risk of losing federal education dollars.

Any state willing to forego its share of federal education dollars is free to do so — and to exempt itself from all the rules and constraints that accompany those dollars.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.

Central Falls, R.I., where an entire high school teaching staff was recently fired, is the latest example of a growing trend: no - nonsense superintendents attempting to improve their schools by firing teachers perceived to be incompetent to secure a bigger share of federal education dollars.

Todd Ziebarth, vice president for policy for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said he thinks states such as Washington are «in for a rude awakening,» when the federal education dollars don't flow into state coffers.

Obama and Duncan deserve praise for pushing for the concept of competitive grants in spurring reform, and for making the strong case for ditching the old formula - based approach to doling out federal education dollars (even if some congressional Republicans such as California's Duncan Hunter put themselves in the odd position of ignoring Ronald Reagan's legacy by effectively pushing for maintaining the status quo).

Under Alexander's legislation, states could opt to allocate the newly - consolidated funds to low - income parents, giving them much more say over how their child's share of federal education dollars are spent.

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), state education agencies are required to submit a plan detailing the implementation of the law and how federal education dollars will be spent.

States now have more control over the direction and appropriation of federal education dollars.

H.R. 1891, otherwise known as «The State and Local Funding Flexibility Act,» is designed to allow states and local school districts maximum flexibility in their use of federal education dollars.

The architects of NCLB sought to transform the federal education dollar from a school entitlement into an incentive to prod schools towards better performance.