Sentences with phrase «million in federal funds»

The program is a five - year effort with $ 120 million in federal funds and $ 30 million in state funds behind it.

California Early Head Start and other child care programs for infants and young children will receive a piece of the $ 500 million in federal funds designated for states» early education programs, plus some of the $ 330 million that private corporations and foundations have pledged to expand early learning nationwide.

And if Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan passes, a significant portion of the promised $ 354 million in federal funds will go towards launching new BRT lines.

Internal documents were leaked to Williams that confirmed the Pentagon was defying Congressional directives and holding up more than $ 300 million in federal funds for safe weapons disposal.

His GMU CV lists ~ 16 million in federal funds in five years, If we back those years (2004 - 08) out and go forward, he's probably good for about 100m (that's 1/10 of a billion) in 2006 dollars over his career.

The Orlando plant is notable bc it rec'd $ 235 million in federal funds, which it must now return.

This money is needed to match for $ 550 million in federal funds that would create substantial upgrades to flood control in the city.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

The project is central to the $ 4.6 billion Alameda Corridor East Trade Corridor Improvement Plan in Southern California, which is using $ 125 million in federal funds, to connect the nation's rail network to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

In addition to the TIFIA credit assistance, the project is utilizing $ 335 million in GARVEE bonds, $ 272 million in toll revenue bonds, $ 41 million Bond Anticipation Notes (premium), $ 276 million in federal funds and $ 76 million in state road funds.

In addition to the TIFIA loan, the project has utilized $ 232 million in federal funds in conjunction with $ 88 million in state and local funds.

The $ 208.4 million Phase 2 project will be funded with a $ 49.7 million HPTE capital payment, $ 8.2 million in State of Colorado funds, $ 2.6 million in federal funds, $ 14.8 million from local sources, $ 20 million in PABs, $ 20.6 million in private equity, $ 20.6 million in subordinated debt, $ 8.6 million in pay - as - you - go toll revenues and $ 3.4 million from other sources.

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is one of the two consortia that were given $ 360 million in federal funds to design the new Common Core standardized tests.

It was also rich in symbolism because Chicago public schools were once run by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a huge cheerleader for both the Common Core and the new exams, developed with $ 370 million in federal funds.

Even as a federal judge considers ordering the state to immediately restore funding to mental health programs serving special education students, the California Department of Education announced Friday allocation of $ 76 million in federal funds to restart services.

The estimated loss of $ 50 million in federal funds to school districts will disproportionately impact Pennsylvania's poorest districts, as these federal programs target disadvantaged and special education students.

The districts, which include Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, will also have more freedom to decide how to spend about $ 150 million in federal funds meant to help low - income and low - performing students.

The portability amendment would have slowed states to allocate Title I funds to districts based on the number of poor students who attend, but the White House criticized the idea saying that 25 percent of school districts with high concentrations of poverty, above 25 percent, would lose as much as $ 700 million in federal funds while low - poverty districts would gain as much as $ 470 million.

Failing to comply with federal requirements could imperil $ 123 million in federal funds the state receives for programs that assist children experiencing homelessness, live in poverty or whose parents are migrant farmworkers, among other initiatives.

Now California schools will lose $ 262 million in federal funds because of sequestration cuts, state schools chief Tom Torlakson told congressional leaders in a letter last month.

OTOH the lobbying done by the unions to block the «Race to the Top» funding and failure to come up with a credible application for $ 300 million in Federal funds leaves me with no choice but to say «no» to any proposed tax increases for those poor, picked on teachers.

The state spends about $ 4.6 million a year plus $ 1.3 million in federal funds to pay for the current tests in grades 3 - 8 and 10.

Indiana will receive $ 59.9 million in federal funds to expand charter schools over the next five years.

One of the most prominent charter school networks in the county is Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy in New York City and they have received $ 37 million in federal funds since 2010 including $ 13.4 million this year.

Gear Up has allocated $ 10 million in federal funds to the organization over several years.

Over 30,000 people have signed a petition calling on the U.S. Department of Education to open a civil rights investigation into Success Academy Charter Schools, which have received $ 37 million in federal funds since 2010.

The Rochester City School District is spending more than $ 5 million in federal funds to provide free tutoring for low - income students.

Complaints about the $ 350 million in federal funds for SBAC and PARCC are dismissed as bellyaching about a dollop of critical federal seed money.

«Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction took the first step Thursday toward withholding up to $ 175 million in federal funds from Milwaukee Public Schools because of the district's failure to meet yearly academic progress targets required under law.»

The loss of these states certainly undermines efforts at generating comparable state results and brings into question the expenditure of $ 350 million in federal funds for common tests.

It should have been a no - brainer for the city to pick up more than $ 200 million in federal funds over six years for something it should have been doing all along.

A Department of Education audit of the Center for State Scholars, an Austin, Texas - based program designed to encourage high school students to take rigorous classes, shows that program administrators did not properly account for $ 1.09 million in federal funds and may not have the capability to handle the program in the future.

The Arlington, Va. - based standards board, created in 1987, has received more than $ 100 million in federal funds to develop and run a system of assessments for recognizing accomplished teachers.

The Department of Education's decision to link federal funding to the Core in its Race to the Top program, its NCLB waiver effort, and its «ESEA blueprint,» and the provision of $ 350 million in federal funds for Core - related tests, all alienated anti-Washington conservatives who would have remained neutral if the question had merely concerned states collaborating to set standards in math and English language arts.

The action was part of several being considered by the legislature as it tried to improve the state's chances of receiving $ 700 million in federal funds under the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition (RttT).

Horne, a classically trained pianist and founder of the Phoenix Baroque Ensemble, hasn't yet achieved his objective, but he has made progress: He pushed through higher standards for arts education, appointed an arts specialist in the state Department of Education, and steered $ 4 million in federal funds under NCLB to support arts integration in schools throughout the state.

PEER's complaint framed Monnett's suspension as a Kafkaesque nightmare in which Monnett, who until his suspension was managing $ 50 million in federal funds for scientific research at BOEMRE, was placed on administrative leave by the regional director without being told the reason.

This will make New York eligible for an extra $ 688 million in federal funds.

The passage of the bill came a week after the Council requested $ 10 million in federal funds to expand a program to provide the city's 30,000 autistic children with GPS trackers.

The city says it has no choice — since Governor Cuomo has decided to divert $ 25 million in federal funds from senior services to child welfare programs.

In total, Stony Point is set to receive $ 3 million in federal funds provided through the state for repairing damages from Hurricanes Sandy and Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

The Miami Herald has reported that Meek sought federal funds to help the planned project, in 2004 successfully obtaining a $ 72,750 federal earmark and in April 2006 requesting another $ 4 million in federal funds that ultimately was not approved.

Congressman Eliot Engel announced last week, that $ 20 million in federal funds were awarded to New York State for emergency repairs of roads damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

PLATTSBURGH — A federally - funded program that provides services to high school students from low - income families has received nearly $ 1 million in federal funds.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

From the East Side to South Buffalo, and in Black Rock, Buffalo spent just under $ 4.3 million in federal funds rehabilitating 10 houses that were then put up for sale in the past three years, a Buffalo News analysis found.

Debbie Buckley oversaw more than $ 28 million in federal funds intended for low - income students in Buffalo.

Press Release from Eliot Engel's Office Congressman Eliot Engel announced last week, that $ 20 million in federal funds were awarded to New York State for emergency repairs of roads damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

On Tuesday, it was announced that $ 2 million in federal funds for Hurricane Sandy relief would kick off the design phase of the project.