Sentences with phrase «federal stimulus money»

In fiscal 2010, schools actually received more in state aid, helped by an additional $ 1 billion in federal stimulus money.

It is important to stress that not all these teachers were ultimately laid off, largely due to the influx of federal stimulus money.

When scientists talk about federal stimulus money for research, many focus on the approaching «cliff,» when funding will run out after 2 years.

The school benefits from the assistance of community partners and a grant funded with federal stimulus money.

State budgets this year face huge revenue losses, thanks to the recession and the end of federal stimulus money.

Rather than press Congress to pass a law to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the Obama administration used federal stimulus money to encourage states to accept its policy preferences and waivers from NCLB's penalties to ensure those policies were implemented.

When I interviewed him in Nashville, he chided his gubernatorial colleagues for relying too heavily on federal stimulus money, saying, «An awful lot of states took that money and treated it as continuing money and not like one - time help.»

When federal stimulus money runs out in the first quarter of next year, Bredesen doesn't want to be one of the states that «think Uncle Sam will somehow step in and fix it all up,» he said.

Federal Stimulus money ran out in 2011.

The South Carolina Supreme Court late last week ordered Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, to request $ 700 million in federal stimulus money aimed primarily at struggling schools, ending months of wrangling with legislators.

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Analyst Meredith Whitney, famous for predicting the downfall of the banks, now predicts that we'll all start feeling the states» pain in the spring when federal stimulus money dries up.

States are having to cut more than 1 % of national GDP in fiscal 2011, as federal stimulus money is slowly drying up.

He said schools can weather these cuts with their reserve funds and remaining federal stimulus money.

McMahon said an overall reduction in the budget was a certainty after the loss of temporary federal stimulus money and Cuomo's campaign promise of no tax increases.

By Sean Ryan The president of a sewer construction company near Milwaukee wants the city to spend more federal stimulus money on sewer construction.

Advocates for the plan have hoped to get federal stimulus money to help fund the project and are looking to elected officials, like the Borough President, for support.

Mr. Duncan recently put states on notice that they risk their shot at millions of dollars in federal stimulus money if they are not open to public charter schools.

He launched Race to the Top, inviting states to compete for $ 4 billion in federal stimulus money by adopting reforms.

The flood of federal stimulus money into the nation's public schools has dramatically increased the demand for education consultants, leaving some stimulus recipients struggling to find seasoned advisors and others uneasy about the pitches they are getting.

Invest federal stimulus money in nuclear power.

«It's outrageous that Palin wants to turn down Alaskans» fair share of federal stimulus money for education, public safety, unemployment services and health programs,» said State Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins.

Speaking on «The Capitol Pressroom» recently, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said government jobs are suffering now because they were shielded from the recession in the beginning with federal stimulus money.

Supporters say momentum is building because without such legislation, Kentucky could lose out on up to $ 200 million in federal stimulus money aimed at education reform and innovation.

Then the district, awash in federal stimulus money, decided to buy dozens of smartboards and desktop computers.

Becca, the largest impact of federal stimulus money for CCSD has been on improving student achievement.

It's a biomass steam generation system that was funded with $ 15 million in Federal stimulus money.

Westchester County will use $ 250,000 in federal stimulus money and another $ 250,000 in federal and state aid to reduce its own share of a $ 5.63 million capital project to fund improvements at bus stops throughout the county.

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein says city education jobs may have to be cut if the state doesn't pony up more money, or a fairer share, of the federal stimulus money that is being filtered through Albany.

Tax revenues from Wall Street, meanwhile, are shrinking, and the state's federal stimulus money, which has added up to about $ 6 billion annually since 2008, will be cut off in another year, two at most.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The Wisconsin Senate passed a series of education reform bills Thursday designed to make the state compete for nearly $ 4.5 billion in federal stimulus money.

With the help of federal stimulus money, the company has created more than 50 weatherization jobs.

According to the mayor, the state budget reduced education spending next year by $ 1.2 billion, while the city also lost $ 850 million in federal stimulus money that's used to support teachers» salaries.

-- With Florida facing a shrinking population for the first time since World War II, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and the GOP - controlled Legislature balanced a $ 5.9 billion shortfall with cuts, federal stimulus money and tax hikes, including a $ 1 - a-pack tax increase on cigarettes.

The fallout from the 2009 legislative session continues in state court, as Gov. Sanford and lawmakers battle over whether South Carolina will accept $ 700 million in federal stimulus money that would help pay teachers» salaries and fund public safety.

Many were hired back, thanks in part to $ 100 billion in federal stimulus money... In those [states] where budget deficits have been manageable, stimulus money largely replaced plunging taxpayer revenues for schools.»

State revenues shrank significantly during the recession and federal stimulus money that propped up state budgets is now drying up as well.

Race to the Top: President Obama's Race to the Top (RttT) initiative helped (and continues to help) to distribute billions of dollars in federal stimulus monies to states, thus far to a total of $ 4.35 billion, if states promise via their legislative policies that they will use students» large - scale standardized test scores for even more consequential purposes than NCLB required prior.

He argued that Governor M. Jodi Rell's use of federal stimulus money will put K - 12 education at a disadvantage when the extra funding runs out.

Culver signed the measure, which could attract up to $ 175 million in federal stimulus money, just hours after the House Friday voted 56 - 37 to approve it.

The state Assembly early in the morning Friday passed a bill that removes a ban on using student test results to evaluate teachers in order to be eligible for nearly $ 4.5 billion in federal stimulus money...

Chu gave a talk this afternoon on the science of climate change and the $ 70 billion federal stimulus monies his department is spending on alternative energy and conservation projects.

Between the two states, $ 1.2 billion of federal stimulus money had already been allotted to create jobs and jump start high speed rail infrastructure.