Sentences with phrase «of federal funding for school»

Most schools and districts are unlikely to feel immediate effects of a shutdown because the advanced funding nature of federal education spending means that states and districts have already received much of their federal funding for the school year.

(And btw, I am not a big fan of Federal funding for school food programs.

In just 6 weeks, New York will be among a dozen of states applying for a second round of federal funding for schools.

The notion that the federal government should serve as a fiscal flywheel for schools would have come as a major surprise to lawmakers even during the 1960s» high point of federal funding for schools.

Not exact matches

A graduate of Georgetown University (B.S., mathematics) and Harvard Business School (MBA), Erdoes is a board member of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the U.S. - China Business Council and serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's investor advisory committee on financial markets.

The good news is that financial aid through federal and school grants is more widely available than ever, making it possible for many students in need of college funds to attend a postsecondary school.

In its early years, a number of her students in the program were teenagers who had come to the country, unauthorized, at a young age and finished high school, but then could not obtain citizenship or receive any state or federal funds for college.

Critics like University of Victoria professors Rob Gillezeau and Jeffrey Ansloos point, for example, to the Parliamentary Budget Officer's analysis that shows the federal government may not have allocated enough money to fulfill the Liberals» key 2015 election promise to eliminate the gap between federal spending on First Nations students and kids attending provincially funded schools.

Tracing the interest of the bishops of the Catholic Church in obtaining federal monies for parochial schools, the magazine recalled that the church leaders had sought to obtain funding and avoid the «impending danger of a judicial establishment of secularism from public life.»

The obvious benefit of this approach will be increased funds available for nongovernmental schools, funds subsidized by a tax credit rather than dispersed in federal grants.

Federal funding of up to $ 500,000 exists for such a center through the Affordable Care Act, which allocates money to school - based health centers to be safety net providers.

While there is a role for State / Federal involvement in local school food service, it is IMHO limited to [1] providing funding, especially to lower - income schools, to allow all schools to meet a minimum standard (NOT based on the needs of agri - business!

It is presenting these meals under the supervision of the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal funding in exchange for meeting certain requirements.

And speaking of farm - to - school, the USDA just announced the availability of new federal funds for the 2015 Farm - to - School Grant prschool, the USDA just announced the availability of new federal funds for the 2015 Farm - to - School Grant prSchool Grant program.

When the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in 2010, it meant an overhaul of school nutrition standards (the requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs funded by the federal government).

By placing some parameters on school food budgets as part of reauthorization legislation, Congress could generate funds for the meals programs and ensure that federal funds are spent on the purposes that it intends.

According to the survey, a whopping «75 percent of school leaders encourage an increase in federal funding for school districts to comply with the new standards,» while 15 % fewer of those surveyed support the «flexibility» (SNA's favorite buzzword for: «gutting of regulations») which the SNA is now doggedly pursuing on Capitol Hill via its high - powered lobbyists.

The loss of federal funds has stung city school officials, who started the program with the idea that they would get federal money to help pay for the free meals, which are being served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at various elementary schools during the strike.

I get it that JO has brought more attention to the school food issue, but it is so often the wrong kind of attention, the kind that seeks to blame those lowest on the food chain — the cafeteria ladies, the local schools, the local nutrition director — for problems which are coming from the top — the criminally low Federal funding that forces schools to rely on cheap processed food; the thicket of government regulation which must be followed no matter how senseless, and hoops which must be jumped through to get the pitifully low reimbursement; the lack of ongoing Federal funds to pay for equipment repair or kitchen renovation, forcing schools to rely on preprocessed food instead of scratch cooking, unless they can pass the hat locally to pay for a central kitchen to cook fresh meals.

The 2004 reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act required every school receiving federal funds for food service programs to adopt a wellness policy by the beginning of the 2006 - 2007 school year.

The number of students who qualify for a free or discounted meal based on income levels also matters because schools and entire school systems may qualify for grants and other federal funding based on the reported level of need among students.

«We have looked long and hard at the question of what it will do to our federal funding writ large for school food, and we are not convinced at this point that it won't, unfortunately, have the negative impact of reducing our federal funding substantially.»

Violations of Section II (public schools and private schools receiving federal funds) of the ADA are overseen by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

So far 47 states and the District of Columbia have sought federal funds for character education programs in schools.

When asked how schools paid for the ovens, Carithers noted that in addition to using the funds from the sale of the fryers, the grants appeared to be an effective catalyst to motivate many schools to find creative funding methods from local, state, and federal sources.

Of particular note was Vilsack's announcement of an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choiceOf particular note was Vilsack's announcement of an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choiceof an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choiceof the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choices.

This funding can come in the form of a state reimbursement for free and reduced price meals paid on top of the Federal reimbursement; for example, the state of California is supposed to give schools an extra.219 for every meal served to a qualifying low income child (in fact, due to the ongoing budget crisis in California, that reimbursement has not always been paid for every qualifying meal in recent years.)

Controversial federal legislation to limit funding for subsidized school lunches and change some of the program's nutritional standards passed a House committee on a 20 - 14 vote May 18, and the proposal is being hammered by critics who believe it would endanger the health of American school children.

Nabozny, with the help of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state of Wisconsin who failed to a spate of stop brutal anti-gay bullying at his school of which he was the target.

Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new state budget, including about $ 1 billion in additional funding for public schools, a work - around for some higher - income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal tax deduction limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the state.

After leaving the City Council, Zellnor became chair of his Neighborhood Advisory Board where, through community organizing, he helped secure nearly $ 400,000 in federal funding for job training, after school programming, and tenant protection.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning that the state might not be able to add more money for schools this year because of uncertainties in Washington over federal funding.

Assemblyman says Congress must «referee» to stop Secretary of Education from cutting federal school funding to punish NY for massive student opt - outs of grades 3 - 8 tests

Schools around central and northern New York will soon be able to apply for federal funds to cover school safety and mental health training expenses - part of the recently passed $ 1.3 trillion spending plan passed by Congress.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

Overall, the report points to the third of New York's all - funds budgeting coming from the federal government as well as the billions sent to local governments, schools and for transportation spending.

The Obama administration's proposal would have provided federal funding covering three - quarters of the average costs of community colleges, with states footing the remaining 25 percent, allowing for two free years of school for students who attend at least half - time and maintain a 2.5 GPA.

Honestly, when you put a charter school promoter in charge of $ 4 billion in federal funds, what else would you expect other than advocacy for privatization?

The Department of Education's proposal to amend ESSA would label most Westchester public schools as «in need of improvement» and would cut federal funding for any school where 5 percent of students or more opt out of Common Core testing.

A new bill introduced in Congress this week would provide federal funding for the removal of PCBs, a dangerous construction material, from the city's public schools.

Key issues ASUU demands the federal government to address includes: Non Payment of Salaries; Non Payment of Earned Academic Allowances; Non release of operational License of NUPEMCO; Non Implementation of the provisions of the 2014 Pension Reform Act with respect to Retired Professors; Removal of the University Staff School from government funding; funds for the revitalization of Public Universities amongst others.

The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

The UFT has issued a memo warning of a potential loss of millions of dollars in federal funds for more than 1,200 New York City public schools if Trump's administration adopts a voucher system for schools.

They also said the governor is proposing a $ 1 billion increase in aid to public schools and assumes the level of health care funding from the federal government will remain flat for the next fiscal year.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is warning that New York might not be able to add more money for schools this year because of uncertainties in Washington over federal funding.

In spite of fiscal threats from the federal government, state lawmakers passed a new budget on March 31 that includes nearly $ 900 million in additional funding for schools statewide.

In the interim, the federal government has set up an advisory board of business and education leaders — including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Stan Litow, an IBM executive and former deputy chancellor of New York City schools — assigned to look at current community college funding programs and formulate the best strategies for the national program.

In spite of fiscal threats from the federal government, state lawmakers passed a new budget on March 31 that includes $ 1 billion in additional funding for schools statewide.

Only about half of the funding for public schools in the United States comes from the federal and state budget.

He opposes asking for more federal funding in order to provide free lunches to all public school students, regardless of family income.