Sentences with phrase «massive federal aid»

The 590 - page bill is an effort to renew the Higher Education Act, through which massive federal aid — currently around $ 136 billion — flows to students.

GOP pols from states slammed by Superstorm Sandy say they'll back a massive federal aid package for victims of Hurricane Harvey — even though Republican lawmakers from Texas fought against...

He heard government leaders talk about balancing the budget by cutting back on the food stamp program, even while they rescued a struggling aircraft corporation with massive federal aid.

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Cuomo says it would blow a massive whole in the state budget unless it was chased by additional federal aid.

Much will be learned from these experiences in the years ahead, but for the time being one immediate takeaway merits repeating: Local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs.

Finding that «local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs,» Smarick urges policymakers to heed the lessons learned from that experience and to focus on reducing the gulf between reforms promised and reforms delivered when it comes to the Department of Education's $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

Programs serving the nation's economically disadvantaged students and those with disabilities are receiving massive funding boosts through the federal stimulus package — $ 13 billion for Title I aid and $ 11.3 billion for special education — but how school districts choose to use the money may set them up for problems when it dries up.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan would have $ 5 billion under the stimulus bill to back new approaches to improve schools, a fund that could prod states to raise standards and reward top teachers as the Obama administration presides over a massive infusion of federal education aid.

The Office of Federal Student Aid runs the federal government's massive $ 1 trillion student lending operation, disburses Pell grants and regulates colleges and univerFederal Student Aid runs the federal government's massive $ 1 trillion student lending operation, disburses Pell grants and regulates colleges and univerfederal government's massive $ 1 trillion student lending operation, disburses Pell grants and regulates colleges and universities.