Sentences with phrase «federal stimulus funding obama»

The carrot that lawmakers were reaching for was hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding Obama is offering as part of Race to the Top in exchange for improvements in the educational system.

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Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «stimulus» package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.

Obama has also made an effort to devote more spending to education, with $ 80 billion given to K - 12 districts in the stimulus bill and his Race to the Top program offering states and addition $ 4.35 billion in federal funds if they can come up with innovative reform plans.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan would have $ 5 billion under the stimulus bill to back new approaches to improve schools, a fund that could prod states to raise standards and reward top teachers as the Obama administration presides over a massive infusion of federal education aid.

In 2009, Obama allocated $ 467 million in federal stimulus funding for geothermal and solar energy projects.