Sentences with phrase «new federal program»

Learn how to take advantage of new federal programs to lower interest rates or modify mortgages with a loan modification.

Members of Congress looked last year to the recommendations of a widely circulated report, «Rising Above the Gathering Storm,» for inspiration when they approved legislation that authorized a host of new federal programs in mathematics and science education.

Practically all he proposed during the campaign was a whopping new federal program to promote school choice.

And the biggest new federal program in ESSA is the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant program being sold as «providing greater flexibility to enhance support for students and schools.»

He didn't want to add new federal programs to the bill, but Murray and President Barack Obama had been clear the issue was paramount.

The number of single - parent families escalated immediately after the publication of the Moynihan Report, during the very years that government institutionalized a host of new federal programs, which, for all their good intentions and beneficial effects, discouraged marriage among those of low income.

Opportunity Zones is a new federal program that provides tax incentives for investments in new businesses and commercial projects in low - income communities.

Under the new federal program, the option of receiving a hot lunch will be open to all pupils, including those who are receiving a free brown bag lunch.

Recently, Lopez took advantage of a new federal program called the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), which gives banks incentive to modify the terms of loans in order to make them more affordable for homeowners like Lopez.

It is part of a new federal program funding breakfast and lunch for every student is that district regardless of family income.

Oblivious to the growing opposition to this approach in Congress, Jennings uses the final section of the book to propose a new federal program, the United for Students Act, which is essentially Race to the Top on steroids.

But I was reminded, once again, that many federal policymakers often just assume that a new federal program, reporting requirement, or funding stream will automatically and seamlessly be implemented with fidelity once passed off to states.

Despite ALEC's rallying cry against the federal government's «interference» and «overreach» in public education (and in almost all other areas), one of the efforts to expand vouchers will ironically come from — wait for it — a new federal program.

A new federal program would further entangle Washington in local school policy and private education.

In addition to Gonzaga's LRAP, we strongly encourage low - income graduates concerned about loan repayment to review and consider enrolling in new federal programs that could substantially reduce their monthly loan payments.

Flamingo is the first work of art commissioned by the General Services Administration (GSA) under the new federal program wherein 0.5 percent of the budget for new construction goes toward commissioning art.

Durham Connects family featured in New York Times Upshot story about a new federal program designed to evaluate promising programs quickly and cost - effectively.

Finally, the Times slammed those who caution that the new federal programs to make homeownership more accessible to cash - strapped borrowers could cause another financial crisis, insisting that «the programs incorporate the proven elements of success, including clear lending standards, fixed - rate loans with private mortgage insurance and counseling for borrowers to ensure that they understand their obligations.»