The outcome in the federal court case is of paramount importance to North Carolina schools, with many pointing out that the bathroom regulations could threaten billions in
federal school funding if it's found to have violated U.S. education law.
Not exact matches
«
If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter
schools receiving
federal funds to different standards than public
schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer
schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.
But
if Congress increases reimbursement rates without reforming the use of
federal funds in
school food budgets, the end result could be significant costs to taxpayers coupled with little improvement in the quality of meals served.
If increases in reimbursement rates prove desirable, the changes discussed here would help ensure that the added
federal funds are actually used to provide more nutritious
school meals.
But
if schools set prices without including a share of such costs, revenues may not be sufficient to cover the total costs of competitive foods, resulting in a
funding gap that must be filled from other sources, including
federal funds.
If U.S.
federal violence containment spending was reduced by 5 % each year for 5 years, the $ 326 billion saved
funds would be sufficient to entirely update the energy grid, rebuild all levies, and renew the nation's
school infrastructure.
Byrd said the
schools might be eligible for
federal funding if they added instruction or tutoring to the
school program, though Richardson and other state officials said they could not comment on that prospect without reviewing the academic program.
The popular wisdom at the time was
if a
school stopped serving these empty - calorie foods, the cafeteria would lose money and the district wouldn't be able to make up for the gap in
federal funding with those profits.
Private
schools, including preschools, are also covered
if their
schools receives or has received some form of
federal funding.
Now, of course, the food stamp program may lose significant
funding if Congress continues to look to SNAP dollars to
fund the stalled child nutrition bill (the CNA), which covers
school food, as well as WIC and other
federal food programs.
If your child's
school receives
federal funding, it needs to comply with nutritional standards on the foods it serves for breakfast and lunch, as well as any other food options that might be available (like vending machines or snack food stores).
But it's entirely legal to contribute extra
funds to
federal IRS, so I suspect it would be equally legal to contribute extra
funds to some local tax system, although it's uncertain
if you would be able to earmark it to be designated for
school system.
The measure, which is separate from
federal legislation and would apply only to New York state, would allow undocumented students to be eligible for
funds from the state's Tuition Assistance Program
if they attended high
school in New York state or received a general equivalency diploma and have applied to a college or university within the state.
Iannuzzi says
if Cuomo wants to reduce the
schools bureaucracy, he should address the State Education Department's denial of some of the
federal Race to the Top
funds.
The UFT has issued a memo warning of a potential loss of millions of dollars in
federal funds for more than 1,200 New York City public
schools if Trump's administration adopts a voucher system for
schools.
But the fact of the matter is, there are and potentially will be real ramifications toward that, most significantly
if that movement accelerates to a point and reaches a critical mass, then it is entirely possible that
federal funding to public
schools in New York State could be in jeopardy.
Asked how Amistad's success could be replicated in other communities, and
if federal funding was available for more Amistad - like
schools, Paige noted that K - 12 education is a state matter, and each state handles education in its own way.
Because my interest here is in how portability would affect the distribution of
federal funds across public
schools even
if students do not switch to private
schools, I do not need any assumptions about the terms private
schools would face.
Under the
federal No Child Left Behind Act,
schools that receive
funding from the
federal Title I program for disadvantaged students are required to offer supplemental education services
if they fail to meet their achievement targets for three or more years.
If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities of meaningful influence over
school curricula; centralize a great deal of power in the hands of
federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and use of large amounts of personal data on students without the consent of parents; usher in an era of even more abundant and more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums of public
funding that could be spent to better effect on other aspects of education.»
In contrast,
if a district used state and local
funds to cover one teacher per 25 students in its non-Title I
schools, but only got to that same ratio in its Title I
schools through a combination of
federal Title I dollars along with state and local
funds, the auditor would — in keeping with the letter and spirit of the new law — find the district in violation.
If, for example, one - third of all
schools found themselves «in need of improvement,» then the minimum amount of
federal support required to
fund grants of $ 50,000 per
school would be $ 1.6 billion.
As most readers know, ESSA requires all fifty states and the District of Columbia to update their NCLB - era education policies and practices, including their
school accountability systems,
if they want to continue receiving
federal funds.
Although the specific allocation for
school improvement grants appears to fall well short of the minimum amount required by
federal regulations, other sources of
federal funds could more than close the gap,
if they were directed to low - performing
schools.
The
federal supplement, not supplant provision is intended to ensure that services provided under Title I are in addition to, and not in place of, services that would otherwise be provided to participating students with state and local
funds if Title I, Part A
funds were not allocated to the
school site.
Essentially, donors would receive a
federal tax credit only
if they give to SGOs that award
funds to all students looking to attend all types of
schools.
Noting that
school - only programs, like KIPP academy, had been producing comparable
if not better test results, Brookings questioned whether the proposed
federal funding made sense.
The provision denies
federal funds to states and districts that fail to adopt policies requiring
schools to expel students for one year
if they are caught bringing a gun to
school.
Public
schools expend considerable resources identifying children eligible for special services, both because they are under an obligation to provide those services and because they receive additional
funds from
federal and state governments
if a child is identified as having a disability that affects their learning.
«
If you look at folks who have received
funding from the
federal Charter
Schools Program, for instance... those are the people getting schools off the
Schools Program, for instance... those are the people getting
schools off the
schools off the ground.
The Department should also specify that,
if federal funds are used, those evaluations must be sufficiently strong to reach the «promising» standard and provide technical assistance to states and
school districts in meeting that goal.
Sen. Ron Rabin (R - Harnett, Johnston, Lee), who supported the notion that charter
schools should be able to share in the
funds intended to support the
federal school lunch program, asked
if school lunches at local public
schools would «get any smaller» thanks to divvying up that pot of
funds with charters.
Asked whether DeVos believes that private
schools taking
federal funds should be exempt from IDEA requirements, the transition spokesperson said DeVos «believes that IDEA should be implemented as enacted, which includes an opportunity for parents to seek a different option
if their local assigned
school is not serving their children's needs.»
Our highest - needs
schools deserve a substantial increase in state and
federal funding if they are going to make significant gains for their students; the best coaches, math and literacy specialist, etc. should also be working in and with
schools with the greatest needs.
If these cuts were enacted, states would have to either backfill the loss of
federal support for out - of -
school care by drawing from other limited
funding streams or accept that previously served students would now be in unsafe, unsupervised environments outside of
school hours.54 Attendance, student achievement, and peer and student - to - teacher relations could suffer.55 States that cut after -
school programs would likely have to allocate additional dollars in future years to triage the loss of jobs or depressed student outcomes.
If one assumes that charter
schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government invested in the Charter Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that woul
schools get their fair share of Title II
funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the
federal government invested in the Charter
Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that woul
Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter
School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would
School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II
funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the
school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would
school's chief financial officer, states, «
If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.
However,
if a state can demonstrate that it is ensuring that its high - poverty districts and
schools receive more state and local
funding than its low - poverty districts and
schools, the
federal funding is supplemental by definition, and the state is meeting the intent of these key fiscal requirements.
Notwithstanding this section or any other law or rule to the contrary, for the 2009 - 2010 and 2010 - 2011 fiscal years, district
school boards should not enter into a new professional service contract
if the only
funds available to pay such contract are from nonrecurring Federal Stabilization F
funds available to pay such contract are from nonrecurring
Federal Stabilization
FundsFunds.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires
schools to examine the evidence
if they want
federal funding to support their work.
We recommend that you contact your
school administrator and / or district office to find out
if your
school is eligible for any of the
federal funding listed above.
DeVos also demonstrated utter confusion about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act during her confirmation hearing in January, saying that states should be allowed to decide whether
schools should get taxpayer
funding if they do not follow
federal law.
Beyond proposing an increase in
federal parent involvement
funds, which will be wasted
if spending is not monitored or evaluated, how will you support a stronger parent voice in
school decision making, which is an essential component of any effective parent involvement program?
If the states collectively contribute another $ 110 billion of their own education budgets toward
school choice, on top of the $ 20 billion in
federal dollars, that could provide $ 12,000 in
school choice
funds to every K - 12 student who today lives in poverty.
If a
school does not meet or exceed its growth targets and is ranked in the lower tiers of the state's base API scores, it may be identified for participation in state intervention programs, and also risk losing
federal funds.
It is not clear exactly how it will work, but
if a state fails to provide at least 75 % of the target
funding to government
schools, or 15 % of the target for non-government
schools, the
federal government will withhold some
funding to that state.
The Every Student Succeeds Act creates an innovation
fund to test, validate, replicate and scale evidence - based solutions to solve the big challenges students and
schools face, and it allows
school districts to invest their
federal dropout prevention and student safety and health
funds in «pay for success» initiatives in which districts pay for student services only
if and when specified results are achieved.
The NCLB law applies strict sanctions
if certain educational goals are not met by 2014, like limitations on Title I
funding for low - income students and
federal intervention in low - performing
schools.
That year, students at the
school created the state's first Gay Straight Alliance, and the ensuing backlash prompted the Salt Lake City School District to shut down all extracurricular clubs amid threats that Utah's lawmakers would change state law or forgo millions of dollars in federal education funding if the alliance rem
school created the state's first Gay Straight Alliance, and the ensuing backlash prompted the Salt Lake City
School District to shut down all extracurricular clubs amid threats that Utah's lawmakers would change state law or forgo millions of dollars in federal education funding if the alliance rem
School District to shut down all extracurricular clubs amid threats that Utah's lawmakers would change state law or forgo millions of dollars in
federal education
funding if the alliance remained.
In a letter Thursday to Schwarzenegger, Steinberg noted that under the state constitution, the Legislature is prohibited from sending to the governor any bill that appropriates
funds except for emergency bills that have been recommended by the governor.Officials from the governor's Department of Finance have said that the
federal school jobs money could not be released without a budget, but it is unclear
if the administration still holds that position.
In a letter the state department's Julia Rafael - Bar wrote to Brown on March 25 about the situation, she also said that the district could jeopardize its $ 11 million in
School Improvement Grant
funding from the
federal government for 2012 - 13 (and $ 40 million over the remaining life of SIG for Buffalo)
if it did not conform to state law about teacher evaluations.