Sentences with phrase «federal poverty money»

Schools that do not get federal poverty money and have decent grades will have to make smaller changes that can be monitored by district administrators.

In 2002 - 03, schools that received federal poverty money came under the No Child umbrella.

Not exact matches

While the City of Kingston, home to some of the Ulster County's poorest census tracts and a recipient of federal entitlement money for anti-poverty programs, has a combined poverty / ALICE rate of 61 percent, the rate in Shandaken and Saugerties is 56 percent.

That's not counting the $ 11.6 million low - interest line of credit Delaware North obtained from the city when it moved into its new quarters for a spell, until federal officials objected because the money was supposed to be used to combat poverty and blight.

The event took place in a small suite at the Roosevelt Hotel, just down the hall from the annual Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty breakfast — a must - attend event for local politicians to demonstrate their support for the Jewish community — and it took place just an hour before the annual Israel Day Parade... Neither Schumer nor Silver nor Nadler so much as mentioned Israel, though there were a couple of Orthodox supporters conspicuously positioned behind the speakers... Silver, who is now a constituent of hers, called Velazquez his «newly acquired» congresswoman, and mostly talked about her work for federal housing money and on behalf of small businesses.

That amounts to $ 6,439 per student this year, or about $ 2,000 less, on average, than at other Nevada public schools, which receive money from federal poverty and special - education programs.

In early 2014, Alexander introduced a bill in the Senate that would redirect $ 24 billion of federal education funding and incentivize states to use the money to fund 11 million school vouchers for students in poverty.

Rossmiller said he could see DeVos changing the rules for federal money sent to public school districts for students living in poverty to allowing that money to follow the student if they leave a public school and enroll in a private school — a hallmark of Trump's education agenda.

Harmful proposals, including diversion of federal monies from high - poverty schools and allowing parents to opt their children out of tests, were beaten back.

States would be able to use the money to offer prekindergarten to low - income families, defined as those making at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

Sounds wonderful but then the senators threaten to take away all federal money to schools with children at or below the poverty line unless they adopt the senate's edicts on education.

The school's above - average spending is partly because it has a high number of students in poverty; it receives a pot of federal money every year for professional development.

Republicans want the money to «follow the child,» so that if a poor student transfers from a high - poverty school to a more affluent one, the federal dollars would follow.

The federal government gives extra money where at least 40 percent of the students live in poverty.

The health care law subsidies push Yates to make sure her business makes enough money to keep her above the federal poverty line.