(District of Columbia)
A new federal block grant aimed at helping schools provide a «well - rounded education» can be used in a wide variety ways — from nutrition and health care, to music and foreign language instruction, according to new guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education.
Not exact matches
What's more,
New York also stands to lose a big chunk of its
federal Medicaid funding if Congress ever manages to get a deal on repeal and replacement of Obamacare, with the most recent proposal — Cassidy - Graham — calling for
block granting those funds, in a move that would hurt
New York more than any other state, Cuomo said.
Advocates for Low - Income
New Yorkers held a press conference today at the Legislative Office Building to urge Governor Pataki to stop playing politics with over $ 1 billion in
federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
block grant funds.
Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from
federal aid — excluding Community Development
Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in Jan
Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of
federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in Jan
grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of
federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for
New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.
Without a significant
new investment in New York State's Child Care Block Grant, New York State will not be able to meet federal health and safety requirements and maintain the current number of child care subsidi
new investment in
New York State's Child Care Block Grant, New York State will not be able to meet federal health and safety requirements and maintain the current number of child care subsidi
New York State's Child Care
Block Grant,
New York State will not be able to meet federal health and safety requirements and maintain the current number of child care subsidi
New York State will not be able to meet
federal health and safety requirements and maintain the current number of child care subsidies.
A Brooklyn
federal judge
granted New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's motion for a preliminary injunction to
block President Donald Trump's rescission of a program that protects Dreamers — the second time a
federal judge has
blocked Trump's repeal of the program.
The organizations receive a combined $ 400,000 of
federal aid distributed through
New York state and Onondaga County's Office for Aging from a
federal community development
block grant.
A coalition of Republicans and a handful of breakaway Democrats have
blocked votes on an abortion rights provision that would codify into state law the
federal rights
granted to
New York women under the landmark Roe v Wade decision.
Under the umbrella of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) the group coordinated a major effort in 2010 to urge the
New York State legislature to lift a charter school cap that had been a stumbling
block in the state's first bid to win a
federal Race to the Top (RttT)
grant.
Specifically, members of the National Association of Administrators of State and
Federal Education Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into
new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of President...
Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a
federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the
new federal education
block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.
The blow to states - rights principles from national standards could be softened with pledges to
block -
grant federal education spending and encourage competition through charter schools or school vouchers, along the lines described in the contribution from Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli in this issue (see «A
New New Federalism,» p. 48).
To entice a presidential signature of the legislation — which would create tax breaks for parents» public and private education expenses — House and Senate negotiators have included a
new reading program in it and deleted language that would have
blocked plans for
new national tests and transformed most
federal education funding into
block grants.
If approved by the voters, Referendum 55 would
block any
new charter schools from starting up this year and prevent the state from collecting
federal grant money earmarked for such schools.
You may have heard SSAEG described in more political terms as a
new $ 1.6 billion ESSA program that consolidates about 50 different
federal funding programs into one state
block grant.
The
new federal Child Care Development Fund
block grant will pay for 3,800 more child - care voucher slots.
In 2014, the Child Care Development
Block Grant (CCDBG) was reauthorized with
new federal guidelines and regulations to promote family economic self - sufficiency by improving the affordability of child care, and by enhancing the overall quality of early learning programs in order to foster healthy child development and school success.
• Supporting our
Federal Child Care System: The President has proposed
new investments to expand access and quality in the Child Care and Development
Block Grant.