Sentences with phrase «in federal education aid»

This year, the General Assembly lifted a cap that limited charter school growth, a move that enhanced the state's Race to the Top application to win up to $ 75 million in federal education aid.

California placed a year - long moratorium on the use of Common Core exams to make «accountability» decisions, a modest step that drew threats from Duncan to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education aid.

In his presentation, Bloomberg blamed shortfalls in expected state education dollars and a reduction in federal education aid for the layoffs.

The Legislature will not return to Albany this week despite Gov. Paterson's call for lawmakers to come up with a plan for allocating $ 600 million in federal education aid passed by Congress last week.

The Legislature will not return to Albany this week despite Gov. David Paterson's call for lawmakers to come up with a plan for allocating $ 600 million in federal education aid passed by Congress last week.

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Shall it be current issues in education, like federal aid to schools, education of the gifted, and so on?

In an essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education — my industry's trade journal — Penn's Peter Conn argues that the regional accrediting agencies, which hold the keys to federal student aid, should under no circumstances give religious colleges and universities their imprimatur.

However, Prop 42 will go into effect at a time when federal financial aid for education is drying up; there will be fewer dollars for deserving, underprivileged youngsters who have excelled in the classroom, much less for academically marginal athletes.

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

Stung by the expiration of federal aid intended to help states balance budgets as they seek to recover from the recession that began in 2008, the final budget is also expected to include another cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth in the rate of spending on education and health care, although special education is one of the few areas in which significant investments appear imminent.

Farley, a partner at the equity firm Mistral Capital, launched her effort with a video that borrowed an argument recently deployed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New York State pays roughly more in federal taxes ($ 40 billion in 2016, she noted) than it gets back in federal aid — money, Farley said, that could be used to rebuild state infrastructure and boost education, among other things.

There's also a dispute between Sampson and Silver on how to fund what is now expected to be as much as a $ 1 billion shortfall in anticipated federal Medicaid aid, an enormous loss at a time when politically nervous lawmakers are looking to add education funding to the final budget plan.

The New York State Educational Conference Board, a coalition of state education organizations, is calling for a $ 2 billion increase in school aid in the 2018 - 19 state budget, despite a looming deficit and uncertainty over federal spending.

The spending plan closes a $ 4.4 billion shortfall amid risks to federal aid and includes a $ 1 billion increase in state education aid.

«Among other items, the agenda will include a revised version of the Education, Labor and Family Assistance Article VII bill that I was forced to veto earlier this year to prevent an unaffordable increase in school aid, an appropriation bill to authorize distribution of $ 607 million in federal Education Jobs Fund money to school districts, and necessary legislation to reorganize the New York City Off - Track Betting Corporation.»

More than $ 1 billion in federal aid is now available to schools across the country for physical education.

The boycotts could cost Long Island's public schools more than $ 200 million in federal and state financial aid if Washington imposes penalties for low student test - participation rates, key superintendents in Nassau and Suffolk counties said in a January letter to acting U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr..

According to federal statistics, inmates have the highest rate of HIV in New York, compared to any other state, and many of those inmates are co-infected with hepatitis C. To fight that, the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS has a campaign that emphasizes public awareness, education and access to testing and treatment.

The mayor has stuck to the same number of planned layoffs even though the state came through with more than $ 200 million in additional education aid since February and the city has $ 100 million of new federal aid to support medical services in special education.

The breakdown of the evaluation talks in the wee hours of Jan. 17, after the mayor torpedoed a deal agreed to by his own education department and the UFT, cost the city $ 280 million in state and federal funding, threatened a further loss of $ 224 million in state aid next year, and jeopardized $ 700 million in statewide Race to the Top funds.

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Jointly administered by the state departments of education and human services, the GoodStarts program provides $ 7 million in state and federal aid for programs aimed at 3 - and 4 - year - olds that offer educational, social, health, nutritional, and child - care services and highlight parental involvement.

Republicans seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives and significantly bolstered their majorities in the Senate in Tuesday's election, an outcome that will almost certainly mean an end to emergency education aid to states and will heighten pressure for a more limited federal role in K - 12 policy.

The Department of Education has turned up $ 30 million in unspent federal financial aid that it will direct to help colleges and universities in the Gulf Coast region recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Many states need to revamp their policies for including limited - English - proficient students in state tests and accountability systems if they want to continue receiving all of their federal Title I aid, according to the Department of Education.

In its final audit, the OIG concludes that WGU is out of compliance in three areas, the most significant of which it says is that students do not engage in «regular and substantive interaction» with faculty in a majority of WGU's courses — a requirement to receive federal aid as a «distance education» program, as opposed to a «correspondence program,» which is not eligible for federal student aiIn its final audit, the OIG concludes that WGU is out of compliance in three areas, the most significant of which it says is that students do not engage in «regular and substantive interaction» with faculty in a majority of WGU's courses — a requirement to receive federal aid as a «distance education» program, as opposed to a «correspondence program,» which is not eligible for federal student aiin three areas, the most significant of which it says is that students do not engage in «regular and substantive interaction» with faculty in a majority of WGU's courses — a requirement to receive federal aid as a «distance education» program, as opposed to a «correspondence program,» which is not eligible for federal student aiin «regular and substantive interaction» with faculty in a majority of WGU's courses — a requirement to receive federal aid as a «distance education» program, as opposed to a «correspondence program,» which is not eligible for federal student aiin a majority of WGU's courses — a requirement to receive federal aid as a «distance education» program, as opposed to a «correspondence program,» which is not eligible for federal student aid.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, acting in a case that has been closely monitored across the nation, has upheld a federal district judge's order freezing $ 47.5 - million in Education Department funds pending the Reagan Administration's payment of desegregation aid to Chicago's schools.

Even if Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education ignore the audit's recommendations — as they should — and allow WGU to continue to access federal aid, the report is not an innocent exercise in government oversight.

Mr. Honig has «engaged in a pattern of activity» aiding the Quality Education Project, a nonprofit parent - involvement organization rounded by Nancy Honig, a preliminary report by federal auditors charges.

Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to theducation officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to thEducation (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Behind.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

Without missing a beat, the secretary of education also took a moment to reflect on the state of higher education in America and to introduce her revision of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

The state of Arizona faces a severe disruption in its budget, and some of its school districts face the loss of millions of dollars in federal impact aid, because the U.S. Education Department has declared the state's system for equalizing resources among districts inadequate.

The U.S. Department of Education has notified Georgia officials that it plans to withhold $ 783,000 in federal aid because the state has not fully met testing requirements dating back to 1994.

But the impact - aid rules at the center of the dispute could cause similar disruption in other states and plunge the federal government into local controversies over education finance.

According to Robert H. Atwell, president of the American Council on Education, the umbrella organization representing several thousand colleges and universities, the 25 - percent cut in federal financial - aid programs proposed by the President would affect «virtually all...

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) IPEDS combines the surveys conducted by the U. S. Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), to provide information on all postsecondary institutions as well as all technical and vocational schools participating in federal student aid programs or Title IV funding programs (NCES, n.d).

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.dEducation Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.dEducation Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.deducation community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.deducation data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

Federal aid to K — 12 and preschool education jumped from $ 39 billion in 2008 to a high of $ 73 billion in fiscal year 2010 (0.49 percent of GDP).

He also sought their aid in defining both «highly qualified» teachers and «scientifically based» research, two hot - button terms in the reauthorization of the most comprehensive federal law on K - 12 education.

In a spirited hearing on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, 10 representatives of the United States Students Association, many of them low - income or at - risk students, detailed how federal aid had helped them get into college and how it had helped them stay there.

As my colleague Mike McShane and I noted last fall in our book Common Core Meets Education Reform, support for Common Core was always a mile wide and an inch deep (and that «mile wide» was greatly aided by federal inducements that encouraged folks to embrace Common Core no matter how lukewarm their enthusiasm).

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into lasting reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

The Emergency School Aid Act, a $ 149 million federal desegregation program that provided funding to Montclair, was wiped out along with 25 other federal programs when Congress passed a package of education block grants in the summer of 1981.

President George W. Bush pointed out in his memoirs that federal - aid - to - education spending over the decades had not been improving the education of children from less - educated households.

While sounding like Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in emphasizing innovation and parental responsibility, Mr. Clinton also promised to increase federal education funding and to guarantee financial aid to all college Education Lamar Alexander in emphasizing innovation and parental responsibility, Mr. Clinton also promised to increase federal education funding and to guarantee financial aid to all college education funding and to guarantee financial aid to all college students.

The proposals would also eliminate education - related programs that the Reagan Administration has unsuccessfully sought to kill in recent years, including impact - aid «B» payments to districts where parents live or work on federal land — saving $ 100 million — and the Women's Educational Equity and Follow Through...

The department has repeatedly come under fire in the past for proposing deep cuts in federal aid to education.