Sentences with phrase «of federal education dollars»

To receive the full complement of federal education dollars, states must provide students with ample school choice.

APLUS would allow states to opt out and spend their share of federal education dollars on any lawful education purpose they believe would best benefit students.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.

With the largest single pool of federal education dollars in history flowing to states and school districts, education - related companies have been looking to gain a share of the cash, marketing themselves as uniquely equipped to help with improvement efforts.

States now have more control over the direction and appropriation of federal education dollars.

H.R. 1891, otherwise known as «The State and Local Funding Flexibility Act,» is designed to allow states and local school districts maximum flexibility in their use of federal education dollars.

Central Falls, R.I., where an entire high school teaching staff was recently fired, is the latest example of a growing trend: no - nonsense superintendents attempting to improve their schools by firing teachers perceived to be incompetent to secure a bigger share of federal education dollars.

Any state willing to forego its share of federal education dollars is free to do so — and to exempt itself from all the rules and constraints that accompany those dollars.

Under Alexander's legislation, states could opt to allocate the newly - consolidated funds to low - income parents, giving them much more say over how their child's share of federal education dollars are spent.