Sentences with phrase «important federal education programs»

Sadly, this proposal eliminates several important Federal education programs.

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Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and UFT President Michael Mulgrew on July 15 announced an important agreement that will help secure up to $ 65 million over the next two years in federal School Improvement Grants, a U.S. Department of Education program that provides funding to help transform our nation's struggling schools.

As federal, state, and local budgets potentially respond to Endrew F. and state and local pressures, it is important to remember that these increased supports for general education require funding — so transferring spending out of the general program to specific services clearly identifiable as benefiting solely students with disabilities could backfire.

While eliminating applications raises questions for important aspects of the largest federal K - 12 education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or accountability measures.

Implementation of CEP by LEAs and schools has important implications for the largest federal K - 12 education program — Education for the Disadvantaged under Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Aceducation program — Education for the Disadvantaged under Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation for the Disadvantaged under Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation Act (ESEA).

Policies that promote school integration by race and class took a significant hit last week when the U.S. Department of Education announced that it was killing a small but important federal program to support local diversity efforts.

The omnibus bill also includes funding increases for other federal education programs important to principals, as well as additional resources for training to address school violence and for improving mental health services in schools.

While good in theory, SES had many implementation problems, 12 including low participation rates and lack of quality control.13 In some districts, there were scandals involving providers overcharging districts, hiring tutors with criminal records, or violating federal regulations.14 In all districts, SES siphoned off Title I funds, leaving less for other important Title I programs.15 The tutoring program was eventually phased out as the Department of Education began implementing «ESEA Flexibility,» 16 also known as waivers, and it was scrapped all together under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).17

Eliminating programs that support physical education, arts education, school counselors, school leadership, and the Teaching American History program indicates that these important activities that promote healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged students are no longer a federal priority.

These changes mark an important step toward Planned Parenthood's goal of eliminating federal funding of dangerous abstinence - only programs and expanding access to comprehensive, medically accurate sex education.