Sentences with phrase «for federal charter»

The Trump Administration's proposed $ 250 million increase in funding for the federal Charter School Fund (as well as another $ 1 billion in Title I funds devoted to expanding intra-district choice for low - income children) is offset by the elimination of $ 2.2 billion in funding for Americorps, the program that helps districts provide poor and minority children with Teach for America recruits proven to improve their academic achievement.

In responding to the Idaho Education News article, the state department of education's spokesperson on school choice issues said the state no longer applies for federal charter school start - up dollars because the feds «want states to have a plan in place to close down low - performing charter schools.

Three of Lane County's four applicants for federal charter school planning grants learned this week the money is theirs...

Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools which has endorsed DeVos, wants to see an increase in funding for federal charter schools to $ 1 billion by 2020, more investment in R&D, and assurances that new funding does not come at the expense of «existing funding for Title I and IDEA» at public schools.

In November, 2014 the U.S. Department of Education proposed a set of priorities, requirements, and criteria for the federal charter grants to state education agencies.

The department's application for a federal charter school expansion grant has also been criticized for including several errors.

Four public charter school champions in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking support for an increase in federal funds for the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP).

The Trump Administration's proposed $ 167 million funding increase for the federal Charter Schools Fund as well as implement education tax credits into the proposed revamp of the tax code are already dead in the water.

The president's first budget proposal, released in May, includes an increase of nearly $ 200 million for the federal Charter Schools Program and a package of other choice - friendly programs.

Not exact matches

Federal regulators are set to wave through Charter Communications» $ 55 billion bid for Time Warner Cable, with a few key conditions aimed at ensuring that the emerging video streaming industry, personified by the likes of Netflix and Hulu, can provide in future what the cable market has historically lacked: competition.

Heads rolled in the federal sponsorship scandal, and politics is better for it Dinner parties with foreign billionaires, charter flights, private islands, selfies with Bono and Kevin Spacey — it might sound like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but to Canadians it hits a bit too close to home, or rather a bit too -LSB-...]

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

The House bill to create the federally chartered corporation would transfer about 38,000 federal workers, including 14,000 controllers who now work for the Federal Aviation Administfederal workers, including 14,000 controllers who now work for the Federal Aviation AdministFederal Aviation Administration.

This makes itBit the only U.S. - chartered and supervised bitcoin exchange able to offer unique protection and security for customers in full compliance with New York and federal law.

Reporting on Jason Kenney's announcement today that the federal government might challenge Quebec's so - called charter of values in court, the Canadian Press noted that the employment minister, who is also responsible for multiculturalism, was «uncharacteristically terse.»

In January of this year, the government announced that federal funding for the Canada Summer Jobs program — which subsidizes wages for small business, government entities, and nonprofits that employ young people who are full - time students — would be available only to groups that accept its reading of the Charter.

In particular, Lutheran theologian O. Frederick Nolde, who represented the Federal Council of Churches and was the first director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), lobbied very effectively for inclusion of human rights in the UN Charter and for specific provisions in the Universal Declaration.

He disputes the claims of nullifiers that the federal union was a compact between sovereign states, argues that the founders sought coordination between the branches of government rather than a stalemate between competitive, coequal centers of power, and offers a strict construction of the Second Amendment as an authorization for state militias rather than a charter for the private ownership of assault rifles by potential revolutionaries.

To be sure, the Charter does not explicitly cover the disbursement of federal funds for various activities deemed to be in the public interest.

City public and charter schools would have to meet the federal «gold standard» for lunches, which requires that a different fruit and vegetable be served every day and that only low - fat or non-fat milk and whole grains be offered.

@Andy international treaties such as UN charter are part of the legal system of the member nations (in Russia for instance, international treaties have precedence over federal laws except the constitution, in the US AFAIK the treaties have the same weight as federal laws).

The ad calls for state lawmakers to raise the charter school cap before applying for Round II of federal cash.

The charter school agreement was reached just days before the June 1 Round II deadline for federal «Race to the Top» funding.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Aaron Schock, R - Ill., has repeatedly spent taxpayer and campaign funds to rent aircraft that are not certified charter services, despite House rules and federal law that generally prohibit the use of private aircraft for official and campaign use.

New York faces a June 1 deadline for relaxing rules for charter schools to boost its chances of winning about half a billion dollars from the federal Race to the Top program.

Honestly, when you put a charter school promoter in charge of $ 4 billion in federal funds, what else would you expect other than advocacy for privatization?

The pressure is on for New York to pass a new charter - school law before submitting a new application to qualify for up to $ 700 million in federal «Race to the Top» funds by the June 1 deadline.

Her toughest competitor in the March 6 primary is former federal prosecutor Jay Hulings, who's close to Rep. Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroBlack, Hispanic lawmakers hammer Amazon directors» opposition to diversity rule Texas charter school reinstates teacher who asked students to list positive aspects of slavery NRA criticized for hosting event where guns are banned due to Pence appearance MORE (D - Texas) and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro.

Maple Street Charter School, the for - profit charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in Charter School, the for - profit charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in Albany.

A day after getting slapped with a federal lawsuit from charter school parents for canceling classroom space for their kids, Mayor Bill de Blasio got hit from the other side...

Let's be clear: With the application deadline for the federal cash looming, Duncan's presence in New York telegraphs serious White House interest in the fate of the charter cap.

There have also been some prosecutorial flairs in what had previously been a regulator's office: Lawsky, working with federal officials, won massive payments for the state by threatening to revoke the charters of several foreign banks, including BNP Paribas and Standard Charter.

Champagne corks popped in Albany yesterday as top state education officials declaimed a new deal with the unions that they said will lead to better teachers, a greater shot at federal funds for New York and possibly a hike in the charter - school cap.

They cheered his full - throated backing of charter schools, even as Silver's Assembly was fighting against allowing charters to expand in New York as a prerequisite for applying for as much as $ 700 million in federal funding.

The charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, a frequent critic of the education policies advanced by Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, was a plaintiff when the lawsuit was filed in Brooklyn federal court in April 2016.

Bloomberg joins a host of education officials pushing the Legislature to adopt bills raising the cap on charter schools and altering teacher evaluations before the June 1 deadline for reapplying for $ 700 million in federal money.

Rich donors tend to be more supportive of market - oriented reforms, such as charter schools and merit pay for teachers, but are less supportive of paying more taxes for early childhood education and federal spending to improve schools.

So, for example, Mary Louise, right now there is one federal regulator for national banks and another for federally chartered thrifts.

Districts, of course, can also seek operating levies from local taxpayers to boost revenues beyond what the state affords them, while charters depend entirely on state and federal per - pupil allocations and whatever they can raise from philanthropy (see Figure 1 for current spending estimates).

Between the relatively robust federal Charter School Program, the new ability to use Title I set - aside funds for critical course access, and fast - moving innovations in personalized learning, both states and districts have powerful tools for school improvement.

Only 41 percent of school districts and 60 percent of eligible charter schools signed on for changes needed to participate in the Obama administration's Race to the Top contest in which states can win extra federal funding to ease the impact of steep budget cuts.

For students with milder learning or behavioral challenges, the standard academic programs that many charter schools offer may help to reduce the need for special services and thus the number of students classified under federal and state special education rulFor students with milder learning or behavioral challenges, the standard academic programs that many charter schools offer may help to reduce the need for special services and thus the number of students classified under federal and state special education rulfor special services and thus the number of students classified under federal and state special education rules.

The vast majority of EP alumni work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education policy and advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.

The federal tax credit proposal is one of several ideas under review by the White House to fulfill Donald Trump's campaign promise to promote the expansion of charter schools and vouchers that would allow families of low income to use public money for private school tuition, sources tell POLITICO.

Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage over assessments, charter schools, vouchers, class - size reduction, and many other strategies for school reform.

Under the umbrella of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) the group coordinated a major effort in 2010 to urge the New York State legislature to lift a charter school cap that had been a stumbling block in the state's first bid to win a federal Race to the Top (RttT) grant.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

But Wednesday morning, the U.S. Department of Education took an executive action that I support strongly, issuing new guidance for the Public Charter Schools Program that will allow charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.

While states can and should continue to create facilities options for their charter schools, a new federal tax incentive has the potential to lighten that load for hundreds, even thousands, of charter schools across the country.

WASHINGTON — President Clinton was poised late last week to unveil a long - awaited legislative package that would create a federally chartered corporation to oversee a national service program, replace the existing student - loan program with a system of direct loans made with federal capital, and call for extensive use of a loan repayment plan that would base payments on a borrower's income.