Sentences with phrase «of eligible children»

In order for school districts to be eligible for funding, they need to meet a threshold of eligible children in their district.

We all work together to create an integrated, and coordinated early intervention system which meets the developmental needs of eligible children and their families.

In the past, funding has limited enrollment to less than half of all eligible children nationwide.

In other words, the program will cut taxes on any individual or business that pays for the independent schooling of an eligible child.

Eligible expenses must be directly related to the adoption of an eligible child.

The individual school option provides equitable services funding to a private school based on enrollment of eligible children.

Alternative education programs are developed to meet the specific needs of each eligible child to provide a free, appropriate public education.

It currently serves more than one million children below the poverty line, just under half of all eligible children, and it receives almost $ 8 billion in annual funding.

You may be able to exclude from your income amounts paid or expenses incurred by your employer for qualified adoption expenses in connection with your adoption of an eligible child.

Assist in recruitment, selection and enrollment of eligible children, that includes providing an explanation of income eligibility, program services, parent participation, and informed consent.

Just 16 percent of eligible children in Illinois participate in the federal Summer Food Service Program, which provides daily meals at community centers and other organizations, including those served by the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Cook County and Northern Illinois Food Bank in surrounding counties.

As a result of the federal Preschool Development Grant (PDG), Virginia has been successful in increasing the number of eligible children served in high - quality preschool programs.

The report goes on to note that Barnsley had had the third lowest proportion of eligible children getting five or more C grades in 2012, and attainment had declined further to make it the lowest attaining authority in 2013.

The result is that Head Start has served only about 40 percent of eligible children who live right above the poverty line, he added.

In 2015 — 16, only one - third of eligible children under age 5 were served by one of the state's ECE programs, leaving an estimated 650,000 children in or near poverty without access to affordable care.

With 93 percent of eligible children participating, adding HUSKY A's high utilization rate to the programs and categories currently captured by direct certification provides capacity to more accurately measure low - income student percentages, while not decreasing the overall low - income student count in the state's highest - need districts.

Head Start grantees, particularly those in communities served by state pre-kindergarten programs, should assess the needs of eligible children from birth to age 5 and consider converting Head Start funds to serve more infants and toddlers.

The council is also looking into the feasibility of providing meals during school holidays for those from low - income families, as well as auto - enrolment so that parents of eligible children do not have to actively claim the free meals and grants.

One reviewer emphasized that Mississippi's lack of mandatory kindergarten «could be a hindrance» to sustaining «the educational and developmental gains of Eligible Children.»

Colton has been on the waitlist for the local Head Start program, which only has enough funding to serve 6 percent of eligible children nationally.

The distressing reality is that Head Start has never been able to serve more than a fraction of eligible children.

Children can only be matched to a family once their dossier is registered with the Ministry, so we encourage prospective adoptive parents to act quickly if they wish to adopt a child from that list of eligible children.

The Child Care and Development Fund reaches about one - quarter of eligible children, and as of last February, 19 states have waiting lists or frozen intake.

Existing investments number just four — Head Start; CCDBG, both the mandatory and discretionary programs; and IDEA Part B — and current funding is insufficient to reach a majority of eligible children.

Attendance in Glasgow varies from year to year: in 2011, 90.2 % of eligible children attended a funded preschool place in the year prior to starting school, whereas in 2012, 82.5 % attended.

The total amount of a Basic Grant allocated to a state, [8] referred to in the legislation as a State Education Agency, or SEA, is determined by multiplying the total number of eligible children in each of the state's Local Education Associations by a dollar amount that is 40 percent of the state per - pupil expenditure (SPPE), provided that this amount falls between 32 percent and 48 percent of the national average SPPE.

Just 11 percent of eligible children received school breakfast, making Sussex last in the state on this measure of child nutrition.

Direct certification, a process in which state or local welfare agencies notify schools of eligible children, has been shown to reduce mistakes and bring more kids into the program.

Prior to sequestration, Head Start served only half of all eligible children.

Parents of eligible children who would like to take up the offer of a free place should be encouraged to contact their local authority's Family Information Service for information about eligibility and the process for securing a place.

A new report says that last year around 80,000 eligible children did not take up their free place at an early years setting, equating to one third of all eligible children in England.

84 % of eligible children participating in Parents as Teachers received a developmental and health screening.

Access is particularly limited for infants and toddlers, with only 16 % of eligible children from birth to age 3 served.

More Warren children received a healthy meal at the start of their school day, with 27 percent of eligible children receiving breakfast in 2011 - 12, up from 24 percent the previous year, moving the county from 11th to ninth place on this indicator.

I aggregate the FY2015 district allocations under Title I Part A up to the state level, then divide state totals by the number of eligible children in each state.

With this vision, Maryland implemented an Extended Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Option, giving parents of eligible children the choice to remain on an IFSP after age three.

Currently, 56 percent of eligible children in this country, about 4 million, are enrolled in preschools.

Chief executive of the Pre-School Alliance Neil Leitch said: «Parents of eligible children, who might have preferred to place their child with a local childminder or at a local PVI group setting, may feel under pressure to instead opt for a school - based nursery to have a better chance of securing a place at that same school later on.

Such accounts are in use in at least five states and generally send parents of eligible children — typically students with disabilities or low - income students or those attending schools that don't meet state education standards — several thousand dollars from the state to pay educational expenses, including tuition, textbooks and tutoring.

In general, under the subsidies, parents of eligible children — typically students with disabilities, low - income students or those attending schools that don't meet state education standards — receive several thousand dollars from taxpayers to pay educational expenses.

The main federal investment in early education is through the Head Start program, but Head Start services reach less than half of eligible children.

In general, parents of eligible children — typically students with disabilities or low - income students or those attending schools that don't meet state education standards — receive several thousand dollars from the state to pay educational expenses.