Sentences with phrase «how federal education dollars»

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), state education agencies are required to submit a plan detailing the implementation of the law and how federal education dollars will be spent.

But the most significant long - term change is that the new law devolves responsibility for how federal education dollars are used to the states.

The plan details the implementation of the ESSA in Kentucky and how federal education dollars will be spent.

Not exact matches

A proposal unveiled by the Clinton Administration last week would consolidate 23 separate vocational - education programs into a single grant, giving states greater flexibility over how to use the federal dollars.

«I can tell you this — if you gave the American people a choice today between using federal dollars to renovate and build new public schools or using public tax dollars to pay for private school vouchers, there would be no question how the American people would vote,» asserted U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley in a speech made when the report was released.

And note how far this proposal is from the «let states do whatever they want with their federal dollars» approach of House education committee chairman John Kline.

Yes, it's true that North Carolina ranks high in terms of how much the state funds public education versus other source, including federal and local dollars — although U.S. Census data says we're 9th.

Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource (2017) The U.S. Department of Education has cited substantive flaws in California's plan detailing how it will improve low - performing schools and use billions of dollars of federal... Read More

Under Alexander's legislation, states could opt to allocate the newly - consolidated funds to low - income parents, giving them much more say over how their child's share of federal education dollars are spent.

«State education chiefs recognize we can always improve on how state and federal funds are spent, but cutting these funds to zero wouldn't allow for an opportunity to improve how we spend those dollars and would turn our back on the commitments we have made to teachers and students.

Just as importantly, the waiver gambit reaffirms the role of states in structuring education without holding them accountable for how they spend federal dollars (or for providing them with high - quality teaching, curricula, and school options); this includes the administration's move through the waiver process to bless implementation of Plessy v. Ferguson - like proficiency targets that allow districts and other school operators to effectively ignore poor and minority students.

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.

Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is in the middle of finalizing regulations to implement the law, including a hotly contested rule that would govern how districts allocate billions of federal dollars meant to educate poor children.