Sentences with phrase «free federal subsidy»

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Morneau said nine out of 10 recipients of child benefits would do better under the new program than they were previously; a family of two children earning $ 90,000 per year will get a tax - free bonus of $ 5,650 per year from the federal government, an increase of $ 2,500 per year compared with Harper's child - subsidy regime.

It involved the problem of free public transportation for students attending parochial schools, and it also involved the possibility of parochial students receiving various forms of Federal subsidy for such things as school lunches and textbooks.

In order to get the cash subsidies, the schools have to provide lunches that meet the federal requirements AND provide free or reduced - price lunches to eligible students.

Thanks to federal and state cash subsidies and surplus commodities provided free by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, every high school student in Illinois can purchase a five - component lunch for $ 1.40.

Students who do not qualify for free or reduced price meals because their family income exceeds 185 percent of the poverty line may purchase «paid» meals, which receive a modest federal subsidy that supplements the price their parents pay for such meals (see Table 1).

It could do so by requiring school districts that charge lower prices to increase prices gradually so that, when combined with the federal subsidy provided for such meals, they eventually at least equal the federal reimbursement level for free meals.

If the price charged for paid meals, combined with the federal per - meal subsidy, covered the costs of these meals (or equaled the federal per - meal reimbursement for free meals), more funds could be put toward providing more nutritious meals, providing better compensation and professional support to food service staff, or other improvements that would benefit children.

Another way to assess whether the price charged for a paid meal is sufficient is to compare it (after adding the federal meal subsidy) to the federal reimbursement for free meals.

The incoming Congress has opportunities to: cut federal subsidies for large farms by encouraging a progressive return to sustainable, integrated farming; encourage low - carbon electricity options for generating clean power; implement policies that ensure the Internet remains free and open; and ratify the World Health Organization's recommendations on how to reduce tobacco smoking.

This effect of including federal funds reflects the fact that the bulk of federal education dollars are allocated based largely on the income profile of the communities schools serve, primarily through federal subsidies for free and reduced price meals and under Title I of the ESEA.19 But because subsidies for school lunch programs are the largest source of federal funds flowing to schools, those concerned with equity must determine how expenditures of those non-instructional funds are considered.

The federal government in Australia is therefore in good company in its decision to wind back energy subsidies and inject some free - market realism back into the discussion.

A study by the Beacon Hill Institute, a free - market think - tank associated with Boston's Suffolk University, lists a sharp drop in tourist spending among the economic costs the project would impose; it would not be viable at all without a vast subsidy from state and federal taxpayers, the report argues.

If you feel you can not afford a policy, you may be eligible for a federal subsidy, Medicaid, or another government program that helps you obtain cheap or free office visits and / or prescriptions.