Sentences with phrase «from federal incentives»

They have taken over record keeping in most clinics, hospitals and private practices, with encouragement from federal incentives.

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«The incentive is there from the federal government to provide this program,» Doherty said.

Unfortunately there is an incentive not to return the children to their families: Thanks to the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act when a child, even a healthy baby, is adopted out of foster care, there is $ 4000 or $ 6000 bonus to be made from the federal government.

Mr. Giardina supports seeking a state and federal loan to obtain money to replace failing septics versus a current incentive program through which property owners who update their septics are provided with rebates paid for from the town's preservation fund.

Incentives included sales and property tax breaks from the Lockport Industrial Development Agency, an allocation of discounted hydropower and a federal grant.

Your voting in favor of a motion to H.R. 5719 and voting in favor of House Amendment 294 (the Tancredo Amendment) which would deny tax incentive and federal funds, respectively, from being distributed to sanctuary cities; 3.

The federal government in which the constitution bestows control of solid minerals is either too remote from the locations of the minerals or lacks the incentives to focus on them as long as it gets its rents from oil!

In 2010, when New York, like other states, was recovering from recession, it won nearly $ 700 million in education incentives from the federal «Race to the Top» program.

His legacy will be inexorably linked to the state's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program, or DSRIP, an $ 8 billion Medicaid waiver from the federal government that seeks to both reduce avoidable hospitalizations by 25 percent and provide health systems across the state with the resources they need to transition to value - based care.

Question topics included financial incentives given by the City to Altronix (which hosted the Mayor for a visit just before the press conference), whether the mayor has concerns about offering such incentives, whether his jobs task force will work with local communities, whether his affordable housing plan conflicts with his plan to enable more manufacturing in the city, what a base livable minimum wage is, whether the mayor is concerned about the possibility that Republicans may control the U.S. Senate next year, whether NY State has done enough to assist NYC in obtaining hazard mitigation money from the federal government, the Mayor's views on items sold at the September 11th Museum gift shop and what the first «tangible» product of the task force will be.

A $ 7,500 federal tax credit and a constellation of state and local incentives, from rebates to access to carpool lanes to free parking, already lower the cost of purchasing one of the clean cars.

There are other ways to try to create incentives for greater support of science by industry, by philanthropy; and those ought to be pursued too because I think the record shows that we simply can't depend entirely on the Federal government — especially in view of the kind of fluctuations that result from either depressions in the national treasury; that result from reductions and tax revenues; or the expenditures sometimes unexpected like Katrina; or unfortunate expenditures like the ones we are spending now in Iraq.

For example, the researchers found many instances where the comprehensive plans included tax incentive policies to stimulate economic development in hazardous areas even though the local hazard mitigation plans identified the same areas as experiencing severe repetitive losses from hazard events and qualifying for federal funds for buyouts.

If you need more motivation, the federal government is offering a 30 percent rebate on the purchase of geothermal heat pumps through 2016, with additional incentives available from states and utilities.

Federal and state incentives at both the institutional and student level for higher on - time graduation rates are needed, as is longitudinal data that would allow institutional graduation rates to include part - time students and those who graduate from institutions other than the one in which they initially enrolled.

However, those that are on the margin of receiving federal Title I aid have the largest incentive to retain students from low - income families.

And President Obama has announced that the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, a competitive grant program to support pay for performance plans, will increase five-fold, from $ 97 million to $ 483 million.

Similarly, anyone in a state with a state - level scholarship tax credit would need to back out any benefit they receive from their state tax code to make sure that the combination of federal and state tax incentives does not exceed the value of the donation.

Similarly, Maine will identify the successful teacher recruitment and retention strategies that emerged from its federal Teacher Incentive Fund districts.

In fact, a recent federal study found that states» «passing scores» have been drifting downward under pressure from NCLB — since each state can set its own standards for «passing,» and each has an incentive to lower the standard so that it «passes» as many schools as possible.

A key early test will come from Wisconsin, where Milwaukee's mayor and the state's governor have said the prospect of a federal aid windfall should provide a major incentive for approval of legislation allowing a mayoral takeover of the city's public schools.

Federal education officials have begun announcing a new round of grants from the Teacher Incentive Fund.

It goes something like this: Step away from federal heavy - handedness around states» accountability and teacher credentialing systems; keep plenty of transparency of results in place, especially test scores disaggregated by racial and other subgroups; offer incentives for embracing promising reforms instead of mandates; and give school districts a lot more flexibility to move their federal dollars around as they see fit.

The federal government's continuing responsibility must be to find ways to reduce inequities between states in achievement and well - being — not only by financial compensation, but also by creating incentives and establishing a moral imperative for states to learn from and assist each other.

PICCS was originally launched in 2007 with a grant from the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) to bring together 10 New York City - based public charter schools to create a performance - based compensation system.

Subject to proviso in the General Appropriations Act, the Commissioner of Education may use funds appropriated by the Legislature and funds from federal grants and other sources to provide incentives for teacher recruitment and preparation programs.

The new law, for instance, specifically prohibits the U.S. Department of Education or any other federal agency for that matter from providing any incentive supporting a specific set of standards.

The Federal Government's continuing responsibility must be to find ways to reduce inequities between states in achievement and wellbeing — not only by financial compensation, but also by creating incentives and establishing a moral imperative for states to learn from and assist each other.

While the Common Core State Standards might survive in some form without annual standardized testing, the testing consortia, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC), began their work with the support of federal grants almost as soon as the standards were being adopted thanks to financial support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and federal incentives from the Race to the Top grant program.

In addition to ESEA waiver requirements that districts incorporate evaluation data into personnel decisions (though compensation isn't specified), the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), a federal grant program that has allocated over $ 2 billion since its inception, began supporting state and district efforts to implement performance - based compensation in 2006.79 Grantees from across the country have included Miami - Dade County Public Schools, Mississippi, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Public Schools (see Case Study: Lessons From Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT Systfrom across the country have included Miami - Dade County Public Schools, Mississippi, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Public Schools (see Case Study: Lessons From Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT SystFrom Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT System).

There is no federal funding stream for induction programs, but funds from the Every Student Succeeds Act Title II, Part A and the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants program can be used for this purpose.89

The architects of NCLB sought to transform the federal education dollar from a school entitlement into an incentive to prod schools towards better performance.

Prices range from $ 21,510 (after federal tax incentives) for the Leaf S up to $ 29,290 (also, after federal incentives) for the Leaf SL.

Starting at $ 37,495 with destination and freight charges and excluding tax, title, license, dealer fees and any available federal or state tax incentives, the Chevrolet Bolt EV's 266 lb - ft of torque and 200 hp (150 kW) help propel the Bolt EV from 0 - 60 mph in 6.5 seconds.

In the cost department, the Honda Accord Plug - In Hybrid has the advantage of a $ 3,626 federal incentive, and that helps reduce the bottom - line starting point for this entry on the list of electric cars from $ 39,780 to just more than $ 36,150.

On the pricing front, customers benefit from a $ 2,500 federal incentive that reduces their net outlay to $ 29,500 but greatly increases their cars» content levels.

According to a company statement, this is priced before existing state and federal EV incentives which can range from $ 7,500 to $ 15,000 depending on the buyers state (i.e..

An incentive that allows taxpayers to subtract from the amount owed to the state or federal government.

The lenders are adopting a code of conduct that bans a variety of marketing practices, such as using logos or seals that look like federal emblems, providing incentives to induce students to borrow from the lender (e.g., gift cards, iPods, prizes and sweepstakes), providing false rebate checks, paying students referral fees to encourage friends to borrow, advertising interest rates and discounts that few borrowers will realize (including using such rates and loan terms in repayment examples and examples illustrating loan costs), misrepresenting the advantages of private loans over federal loans.

Combined with the federal incentive, that cuts the price of a Honda Civic Hybrid from $ 26,250 to $ 21,250 — which means the hybrid actually costs a P.E.I. resident a couple of thousand less than the nonhybrid Civic EX-L model.

A group of analysts from the Brookings Institution studied the federal tax incentive and concluded:

Incentives should include exemption of microbusinesses (under 20 employees, and under $ 2 million annual revenue) from the more onerous reporting, environmental liability, minority quotas, employee liabilities, OSHA hassles, and taxation (including patent «maintenance fees»), imposed by the federal government.

Because the plan shifts the financial burden from the federal government onto states and localities, relying on incentives to spur private investment, major projects will struggle to find funding... «With the proposal they made, it's hard to see how you could build Gateway,» Sen. Chuck Schumer said on Sunday.

The country's car culture is actually a car policy, and it comes from higher above: since Brazil has surpassed France as the fifth auto - maker in the world, the federal government offers great incentives to make cars accessible (when sales dropped in April, a new package of measures was quickly launched to boost the industry.)

«(4) Promotion of the availability of, and encouragement of the adoption of, SmartWay certified or verified technologies and strategies, and publication of the availability of financial incentives, such as assistance from loan programs and other Federal and State incentives.

-- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Federal Power Act, a State legislature or regulatory authority may set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a State - approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily sells electric energy.

Federal incentives have been withdrawn from renewables industries before, but never with so many state - level renewable energy standards in place.

IER (5/20/13) reports: «Besides receiving federal subsidies and other financial incentives, the wind industry is getting special treatment from the Obama Administration: wind farms are allowed to kill protected bird species.

To counter criticism of the business community from college campuses, business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce should support scholars who will defend the free enterprise system, develop speakers and support speakers» bureaus that will counter the liberal rhetoric coming from college campuses, subject textbooks to ideological review, insist on equal time for speakers exposing the views of the business community for speakers on campuses, insist that college faculties be balanced by those who will defend the free enterprise system, request that graduate schools of business include courses that support the free enterprise system, encourage local chambers of commerce to provide the views of the business community in high schools, establish staff who work with the media to communicate to the general public the views of the business community, monitor and criticize television programs that unfairly criticize the free enterprise system and where appropriate file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission, monitor radio and other media and pressure them to cover the views of defenders of the free enterprise system, support scholars who support the free enterprise system to publish in scholarly journals, establish incentives for scholars to publish defenses of free enterprise in books, papers, and pamphlets, spend more money on advertising that expressly supports the free market system.

With the average cost of a 10kW small - scale wind turbine on a 100 - foot tower in the range of $ 45,000 to $ 60,000 (before state and federal incentives), pouring through the pages of Power from the Wind make this book a wise first investment.