Sentences with phrase «in federal stimulus funding for»

It wasn't so long ago that Florida Governor Rick Scott notoriously denied his state $ 2.4 billion in federal stimulus funding for a high speed rail line that would link Tampa, Orlando, and Miami.

In 2009, Obama allocated $ 467 million in federal stimulus funding for geothermal and solar energy projects.

The termination of almost $ 1 billion in federal stimulus funding for education in Pennsylvania was to be offset by only a very modest replacement by the state.

The $ 30 million in federal stimulus funds for the Brooklyn Bridge will pay for 150 jobs, and the funds also free up precious New York City capital money for other projects, Biden said.

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The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

Sheheen accused Haley of doublespeak, pointing to her record of voting for a provision in the state budget to accept federal stimulus funds, before voting against the budget itself.

Few will recall or even care anymore that the bridge was high on Hein's extensive wish list for federal stimulus funds in early 2009.

Like the grab - bag package the county administration put together for federal stimulus funding in 2009, this application to the state does have broad appeal in addressing consolidation, firematic and education issues.

The following statements were provided in support of Federal stimulus funding for residential and large - scale solar energy projects through LIPA:

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today voiced strong support for a proposal by Senator Charles Schumer to have county governments in New York State receive direct funding from the federal government as part of additional Medicaid funding for New York that will be included in the upcoming federal stimulus package.

The company plans to invest nearly $ 900 million to deploy the smart - meter infrastructure in Ohio and Indiana and apply for federal stimulus funding to cover part of the project cost, said Todd Arnold, Duke's senior vice president for smart grid and customer systems.

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.

Some people blame managers for failing to look ahead and budget carefully, in particular, for failing to plan for the predictable end of federal stimulus funds.

In 2010 and early 2011, district management warned repeatedly that severe cuts would have to be made if the state or the city did not increase support for K — 12 education once the federal stimulus funding ended in 201In 2010 and early 2011, district management warned repeatedly that severe cuts would have to be made if the state or the city did not increase support for K — 12 education once the federal stimulus funding ended in 201in 2011.

For Philadelphia, the end of the stimulus and the state's decision to offset only a small share of the federal cuts meant a 14 percent drop in state and federal education funding between 2011 and 2012.

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.

A group of leading reformers, the Coalition for Student Achievement, published a document in April 2009 that offered ideas for the best use of the federal government's $ 100 billion in stimulus funding.

The Center on Education Policy surveyed districts in the spring and found that 46 percent expect funding decreases of 5 percent or more in the 2011 — 12 school year (the poll asked districts about their «total funds available» for the year, excluding federal stimulus monies).

The poster child for this critique was Colorado's EAGLE - Net, funded in 2010 with $ 100 million in federal stimulus support.

Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «stimulus» package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.

Here are two charts depicting the breadth of the budget cuts among districts and the shrinking of federal stimulus funds that were used to make up for some of the cuts in the last two years.

First, the lieutenant governor made no mention of the Great Recession, which was the worst since the 1930s, nor did he explain the degree to which federal stimulus dollars helped plug in the gaps in state funding for education.

First established as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (otherwise known as the «stimulus» legislation), and now continued as a regular Department program in the fiscal 2012 year, i3 was intended to shift the innovation ecosystem toward greater quantity, rigor and diffusion of innovation, to thread innovation into the way the Department itself works (including the use of a «field scan» mechanism) and to align funding for the «supply» of innovation with the «demand» the U.S. Department of Education had created through other federal programs.

A seventh allotment for janitors, clerical workers, and substitute teachers has also been reduced (by 18.6 %) if you take into account federal stimulus funding that allowed North Carolina to pay these workers from federal funds on a temporary basis in FY 2010 - 11.

The carrot that lawmakers were reaching for was hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding Obama is offering as part of Race to the Top in exchange for improvements in the educational system.

In Texas, most districts that used the federal money for professional development focused on supporting current programs or training teachers to use new technology or instructional materials purchased with other stimulus funds.

Federal support for this project comes from the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, which has resulted in over 4,100 infrastructure projects across the country.

CRISSY FIELD CENTER»S «GREEN» INTERIM MODULARS SHOWCASE SUSTAINABILITY FOR STUDENTS AND PARK VISITORS SAN FRANCISCO, CA: With the infusion of federal stimulus funds through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, one of the Bay Area's largest and most anticipated public works projects — the reconstruction of the Doyle Drive / Presidio Parkway approach to the Golden Gate Bridge, originally scheduled to begin in 2011 — was put on the fast track to break ground in summer 2009.

For me, the current economic climate means that every opportunity, new and old, must be explored and explored again... from the possible opportunities for funding through the Federal Stimulus Package which passed in February to letters updating donors who have supported us in past yeaFor me, the current economic climate means that every opportunity, new and old, must be explored and explored again... from the possible opportunities for funding through the Federal Stimulus Package which passed in February to letters updating donors who have supported us in past yeafor funding through the Federal Stimulus Package which passed in February to letters updating donors who have supported us in past years.

The federal government made a stunning 179,000 «categorical exclusions» that allowed corporations — many with disastrous environmental records — to use stimulus funding to sponsor projects without submitting them to review under the nation's «most basic form of environmental oversight», a new report from the Center for Public Integrity found.Making matters worse, many of these projects were approved under the auspices of being «green» or clean energy projects (many more are transportation - related)-- thus helping to comprise the billions of dollars in funding for green projects that sent progressives» hearts aflutter two years ago.