Sentences with phrase «funding at the state level»

Early childhood education advocates say they are going to do a major push for pre-k funding at the state level when Indiana lawmakers return in January.

Early childhood education advocates say they are going to do a major push for pre-k funding at the state level when Indiana lawmakers return in...

«This makes no sense - the Governor insists that mental health providers share info with government officials - but cuts mental health funding at the state level while empowering his commissioner to close facilities at his sole discretion,» said Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard.

She has served on her local school board in Cumberland, Rhode Island, advocated for fair school funding at the state level, and worked on campaigns of candidates she considers to be champions for kids and true supporters of great schools.

Burr's amendment would have removed a measure allowing states to keep as much as 10 percent of Title I funding at the state level, but it was denied by the committee in a 13 - 9 vote.

Committee members stripped both the language authorizing merit pay and about $ 10.5 million to fund it at the state level.

And it's worth noting that North Carolina spends more on public school funding at the state level than do most other states because we have a different public school spending structure here.

She has served on her local school board in Cumberland, RI, advocated for fair school funding at the state level, and worke...

In Illinois, evidence - based home visitation is funded at the state level both through the Illinois State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services.

Not exact matches

One of the major problems with Australian politics at both the state and federal level is taxpayer funding of election campaigns.

«I think in Mexico we should move towards regulating it at state level,» he said in an interview late on Wednesday, calling it «illogical» to divert funds from fighting kidnapping, rape and murder to arrest people using marijuana.

In fact, the P3 approach does nothing to solve the fundamental infrastructure funding challenge faced by governments at the local, state, and federal levels.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Senator Cory Booker introduced a new bill on Tuesday that would legalize marijuana at the federal level while encouraging individual states to change their marijuana laws, or else be deprived of federal funds.

At the local and state level, demanding funding for repairs and improvement to outdated transit infrastructure will greatly reduce the noise caused by trains, cars, and trucks.

The budget also proposes block granting Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at pre-ACA levels along with a state option of per - capita cap funding.

In short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector funds.

All fund yields are subject to taxes at the local, state, or federal level, and in some cases, a combination of all these.

The income from taxable bond funds is generally taxed at the federal and state level at ordinary income tax rates in the year it was earned.

According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston Collage, US public pension funds at the state and local level are also underfunded by an average of 67.9 %.

Just some examples of the financial system in an awkward state of unease: Velocity of money has been muted, pension funds have been impaired by burdensome discount rates, insurance companies haven't been able to write business at reasonable levels and savers have been penalized.

Speculations and hedge funds bought the rand at levels ranging from 8.740 to 8.79 while local stops are being triggered at 8.6850 rand per United States dollar.

At the federal level, the Department of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.

«If Financial Fair Play does not fulfil its role at a European level, the state must be able to step in and take the decisions to check and verify where the funding for these sorts of things came from.»

As states prepare to implement ESSA in the upcoming school year, many — like Kentucky — have been gathering feedback from stakeholders and creating state accountability plans, and school districts are beginning to identify priorities for funding at the school level.

Home visiting initiatives at the state level should seek to coordinate across all home visiting programs being implemented within the state (whether federally funded or not), while also embedding home visiting within a broader state early childhood system.

At the level of the Joint Action Fund, Immediately, we got a copy of the statement credited to the Minister of State on Petroleum; we have already issued a statement to the effect that the JAF National will be meeting today by 2:30 pm at our office in Ilupeju, LagoAt the level of the Joint Action Fund, Immediately, we got a copy of the statement credited to the Minister of State on Petroleum; we have already issued a statement to the effect that the JAF National will be meeting today by 2:30 pm at our office in Ilupeju, Lagoat our office in Ilupeju, Lagos.

Deeply cut the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), whose dollars go toward protecting our drinking water, open space and recycling; Close state parks and campgrounds and slash staffing levels at our environmental enforcement agencies; and Steal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Fund, which was set up to invest in our clean - energy economy, not serve as a piggy bank for politicians.»

The Blackstone Group, a hedge fund that is among opponents of closing the carried interest loophole at the state level, is home — once again — to ex-top Cuomo administration aide Bill Mulrow, who is chairing the governor's 2018 campaign.

We recruit, train and fund pro-choice Democratic women candidates across New York at the state and local level.

Similarly, though New York City's contributions to the MTA are at historic lows, it won't do much good for the city to restore transit funding to its rightful levels if that just results in an equivalent MTA revenue sweep by the state.

Brette McSweeney is the president of Eleanor's Legacy, the only statewide organization in New York focused on recruiting, training, and funding pro-choice Democratic women candidates at the state and local level.

The event will draw attention to the expiring Federal Transportation Bill (End of 2014) and stimulate discussion of alternative funding means at the state and local levels.

«We are extremely encouraged by the new revenue streams secured for the MTA in the state budget,» said MTA spokesman Jon Weinstein in a statement, «and we will continue to work with our partners in government at all levels to help fund public transit.»

Why is taxpayer money being used to fund a private 501 (c)(4) organization, NYAGV, which engages in political advocacy and lobbying at the state and local level?

Mr. Bellone's original budget had not called for dipping into the sewer stabilization fund at all, but rather closing the budget gap in the $ 2.7 billion budget through borrowing from the New York State Dormitory Authority, a path that would have required legislation approved at the state lState Dormitory Authority, a path that would have required legislation approved at the state lstate level.

I am all about being proactive and fixing this infrastructure now rather than later and we certainly can't do it without funding and help from our state and federal governments at a local level.

But despite this, a third of all state - funded schools are faith schools, rising to 40 % at the primary level.

But Cuomo, in his veto message, said the state has been funding its public college systems at an «unparalleled» level.

Cuomo has long insisted the state has been funding schools at record levels after initially seeking to scale back spending hikes in order to close yawning budget gaps he inherited during the first year of his first term.

Lives will be saved with $ 16 million in state funding for Western New York to fight the heroin and opioid crisis, officials predicted Thursday afternoon, hours after leaders of towns, villages and cities from across Erie County convened in Williamsville to talk about how to react to the crisis at the local level.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.

He says at the current lower level of state funding, the school district faces a $ 10 million budget gap.

On the local level our goal is to keep them alive and connect them with resources — at the state level my goal would be to support that local initiative while working on long - term fixes including in - patient service funding, policy pertaining to the amount and flow of opioids while supporting law enforcement in their fight to keep it from trafficking and sales in our communities.»

The institute has received praise — and billions of dollars in state funding — from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has referred to Mr. Kaloyeros as a visionary in the field of nanotechnology, engineering at the molecular level, which the governor has heralded as an economic engine in the state.

Sadly, it contains no changes to the current over-testing of our children and doesn't address the Gap Elimination Adjustment (state funds owed to our schools), nor does it address the fact that special needs children are being tested at their grade level rather than their developmental level.

The governor's budget proposal funds education at the highest level in state history.

The Conservation Fund focuses on educating New Yorkers about environmental issues and the environmental decision making processes at the local, regional, state and federal government levels.

Education analysts at both the state and local levels asserted Wednesday that more than $ 2 billion in added funding will be needed in 2016 - 17 just to allow the state's 700 - plus school districts to continue offering student services at current levels.

State lawmakers could begin final budget negotiations are early as this afternoon, and the latest deal reportedly funds Visit Florida at $ 25 million, a more than $ 50 million cut from the current level.