Sentences with phrase «federal money»

Here's a 50 - year view of big initiatives, seen through the lens of federal money for basic research and development.
Public schools are funded with state and local dollars, with a bit of federal money mixed in.
Remember, the 2010 evaluation law was critical to the state's successful bid for $ 700 million in federal money in the Race to the Top grant competition.
How can schools and districts use federal money intended for at - risk and needy students to improve general learning conditions?
76 percent of voters support the idea of spending federal money on early childhood education.
The district has two teachers — one full - time and one part - time — who work with struggling readers and are paid with federal money designated for low - income students.
Why exactly do you think that it is impossible to separate federal money from other sources when dealing with abortion services.
Whether states adopted the standards in the hopes of getting federal money or not, there's no dispute about the fact that Common Core has become hugely controversial.
But none of these family planning programs pay for abortion care, which the law already prohibits spending federal money on.
While the federal government mandates schools that receive federal money serve a free lunch to children whose families meet a certain income, the funds don't cover the entire cost of the meal.
This article looks at five ways you can try to get more federal money for college tuition and expenses.
But I think that's the right measure in this case, because a lot of federal money went on incentives for investment by lower levels.
With little federal money available for city services, administrators rely on ticket fees to cover some expenses.
There's no shame in missing out on federal money if the requirements for the money serve no good purpose.
I thought it wasn't... but anyways, if it's private, they can have whatever rules they want because they don't take federal money.
It's not clear how much federal money could be withheld if the situation isn't resolved.
But it could be several months before federal money makes a significant addition to gross domestic product.
Current policy only allows federal monies to be used for research on 21 stem cell lines that existed before 2001.
Federal money intended to help students from poor families is being spent to serve students who don't qualify for the program, a new analysis suggests.
Their job is to decide where scientific breakthroughs are likely to arise and where federal money should be invested.
If the Catholic hospitals don't want to follow the federal rules, they can stop accepting federal money.
You would essentially be putting more federal money toward education, rather than less.
This is not the only federal money the project has received.
«We should already be doing what's outlined in this application rather than going to get additional federal money,» he said.
Presumably, there is no need for federal money because the two companies can handle their own problems.
At no point does a state or school lose money if it continues producing poor results, although districts eventually have to divert federal money to pay for tutoring services.
An early version highlighted the Common Core standards by name, saying that states that embraced those specific standards would be better positioned to win federal money.
Then, they were told they couldn't do that because the food had been purchased with federal money specifically for the lunch program....
She said much of the funding is leveraged federal money.
And unfortunately for school reformers in those states, not even federal money is enough to gain traction.
Although federal money could be withheld if less than 95 percent of a district's students participate, that hasn't yet happened.
Does this mean the college will stop asking for federal money too?
We really need to reform the way federal money is distributed and try to find more efficient mechanisms that are less bureaucratic.
In 2011, federal money accounted for more than $ 40 billion of the $ 65 billion universities spent on research.
He noted that federal money alone wouldn't improve student learning, arguing that school results had to be «tested and checked» by those funding it.
The sending public school keeps the remaining 20 percent of state funding, in addition to any local or federal money associated with the cost of educating the transferring student.
She believes the state stands to gain $ 200 million to $ 400 million in federal money.
He wanted to allow children in schools that failed to close the achievement gap for three straight years to use federal money to attend private schools.
If they can't meet that bar, their flexibility for spending federal money is limited.
Also, the group hoped to get more federal money for organic foods in schools and one day replicate the program nationally.
Q: How much federal money will be spent on the program?
Federal money makes it a federal matter, with new instruments available.
Anyone who doesn't have a financial interest in seeing charter schools get federal money would do.
The administration would put a pile of federal money on the table and award it to a few states that most aggressively embraced reform.
No school leaders complained as they were made whole with Federal money.
If you heard on the street that there is this fund of federal money and they were giving it away to make your mortgage payments for you, you could be forgiven for skepticism.
More federal money for education will not solve our problems.
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