Sentences with phrase «federal stimulus dollars»

When federal stimulus dollars were added, overall real spending per pupil still declined in 23 states.

Despite spending epic sums of money on the so - called «smart grid,» the electric power grid seems as stupid as it was before spending billions in federal stimulus dollars.

These are federal stimulus dollars designed to spur education reform at the state level.

The new PV system — funded by federal stimulus dollars — is not the first solar power project at the camp.

«We face a significant challenge for next year, as Federal stimulus dollars run dry and the city still suffers from the impacts of the national economic downturn,» Bloomberg said in a statement announcing the plan.

District superintendents predict worse to come in 2011, when federal stimulus dollars for education run out.

South Carolina educators use federal stimulus dollars to work with students in danger of failing to earn diplomas.

A digital whiteboard, paid for with federal stimulus dollars several years ago, hangs on the classroom wall.

First, the lieutenant governor made no mention of the Great Recession, which was the worst since the 1930s, nor did he explain the degree to which federal stimulus dollars helped plug in the gaps in state funding for education.

Lillian Roberts, the executive director of DC 37, said Liu's campaign pledge of investing billions of federal stimulus dollars to create and retain jobs in New York City most closely aligned with its vision for the city.

So when the Empire State cut support to districts by $ 1.2 billion simultaneously as federal stimulus dollars were running out, it hurt.

Duncan has been one of the nation's longest - serving and most influential education secretaries, using a windfall of billions in federal stimulus dollars to encourage states to adopt policies that he favored, including new Common Core academic standards and teacher evaluations tied to test scores.

North Carolina had made significant gains in per pupil spending levels up until 2010, thanks in part to federal stimulus dollars that were designed to help mitigate the negative fiscal impact of the Great Recession.