Sentences with phrase «of federal grant»

The fact is, several sources of federal grant money for community - based wellness, including family planning, prevention and testing, have been drastically reduced or eliminated altogether.

State and local agencies that procure cell - site simulators, often with the help of federal grant money, have generally been required to sign non-disclosure agreements with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislation.

Part of the process Congress should undertake is to establish conditions to use of federal grant monies.

On the other hand, it is strongly beginning to appear as though Shukla may find himself under indictment for reasons pertaining only to his use (or alleged misuse) of federal grant money.

The city schools system is planning to use up to one - tenth of its $ 256 million share of the federal grant money for as many as 16 new standardized exams to cover science, math, social studies and English in the 3rd through 12th grades.

Proudest Moments: Dr. McPhail is proud of a federal grant for more than $ 1 million that allowed Nazareth College to host the ELL Consortium for 5 years and to begin the bilingual extension program.

Central Decatur is in its last year of the federal grant, but the teacher - leadership work will continue with state funding, Coffelt says.

With the help of a federal grant of about $ 450,000, Pope made sure all students in 1st through 5th grade took instrumental music and a daily movement or dance class.

The adoption of these standards by a majority of states has been incentivized by $ 4billion of federal grant money (Race to the Top), for which Alabama applied and was turned down.

In a letter addressed to Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and the teachers union president Michael Mulgrew that was delivered last week, teachers petitioned the two sides to reach an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system that would fulfill the requirements of the federal grant and allow the state to restore their financing.

Concept Schools is also under federal investigation over its use of federal grant funds.

Interim Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker indicated that Kansas had several shortcomings in the eyes of the federal grant reviewers.

Developed by the Arizona Charter Schools Association and Center for Student Achievement with the support of a federal grant, the Quality Standards Evaluation Tool is a set of guidelines used by school leaders and teachers to increase student achievement and strengthen school sustainability.

At the federal level, former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. prioritized school diversity through a number of federal grant programs, including the Investing in Innovation Fund, or I3, Magnet School Assistance Program, and Charter School Program grant competitions.11 Additionally, in December 2016, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities grant competition, which will use funds from the 2016 fiscal year to support school districts in increasing socioeconomic diversity in their schools.12

What's driving the recent efforts is frustration with longstanding school failure, not the lure of federal grant money that helped push the first three districts into being.

In March 2013, the governing states of Smarter Balanced endorsed a sustainability plan that included instructions for the Smarter Balanced executive director to enter into negotiations with the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA to serve as a partner and host for the Smarter Balanced Consortium after the completion of the federal grant in September 2014.

But many of the federal grant programs that get funnelled through the Department of Education, including Title I for low - income students and the Individuals with Disabilities with Education Act, now face Congressional budget cuts.

While federal assistance has an ameliorating effect on the difference in school budgets between wealthy and poor districts, the District Court rejected an argument made by the State in that court that it should consider the effect of the federal grant in assessing the discrimination claim.

Like any federal grantee, Smarter Balanced must operate within the requirements of its federal grant; however, there is a great deal of latitude built into the grant for state decision - making.

«It is important not to allow the lure of federal grant dollars to define our state's mission and programs,» Pence wrote in the Indianapolis Star after he killed the application.

Fourth - grader Omar Ponce de Leon, 9, plays at Greenlee Elementary, the recipient of federal grant money to help it turn around.

At the conclusion of the federal grant, Smarter Balanced will transition to being an operational assessment system supported by its member states.

But in the real world of politics and policy, they are rational actors, calculating the costs and benefits of federal grant laws.

The authors analyzed two key policy issues — the level of federal grant funding and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)-- and examined the impact of various levels of support on health center capacity.

Han has also been ordered to repay $ 7.2 million of federal grant funds to the National Institutes of Health.

The Trump administration in the form of Attorney General Jeff Sessions once again warned so - called sanctuary cities face the loss of federal grant funds if they do not cooperate.

RSVP is funded through $ 73,891 of federal grant dollars for the April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 fiscal year.

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 January.

New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have announced the state's receipt of federal grant money to fight homelessness.

Craig Malin, a village administrative assistant, said Wednesday that getting the Park District's approval is a required part of the federal grant application because the path beginning near Buffalo Grove would cross Sullivan Woods, a 43 - acre parcel owned by the park district.

When I was invited to a Mennonite college to speak on peace and simple living (neither of which is Caesar's favorite topic), I had to sign a formal, legal contract — because my honorarium was to come out of federal grant money.

«The combined value of federal grants and contracts for research and related activities at Vanderbilt University, including the Medical Center, totaled $ 424 million in fiscal year 2009.»

I hope it doesn't come back to bite them in the wallet in the form of fewer students and loss of Federal grants.

Moreover, many schools are taking advantage of federal grants and other financing strategies to upgrade kitchen equipment, making it easier to prepare more nutritious and delicious meals.

The clean water funds are a mixture of federal grants and repaid clean water loans, and state officials have contested EPA's authority over the funds.

I thank Congressman Brian Higgins for his great leadership on this issue by securing a number of federal grants to address lead poisoning, though I ask him and the rest of our Congressional and Senate delegation to do all they can to provide more federal funding to help us in our task.

At institutions with a small volume of federal grants, the POC and AOR may be the same person.

A combination of federal grants and private support fund most of the technology enhancements to the Observatory.

The current limited oversight largely stems from controls and reporting requirements imposed on the recipients of federal grants, Church said.

This person is well versed in the ins and outs of federal grants for at - risk or low income students.The

-- from The influence of federal grants: public assistance in Massachusetts (Harvard University Press, 1970)

Two of her many books, The Influence of Federal Grants and The Politics of Deregulation, received the National Academy of Public Administration's Brownlow Award.

States» applications to secure one of the federal grants will be scored on the basis of more than 30 selection criteria, involving such education improvement priorities as school turnaround, teacher and principal effectiveness, and encouragement of high - quality charter schools.

Oregon is one of five states chosen in the latest round of federal grants to aid charter schools, which are public schools that are free to break the mold and offer distinctive programs under a contract, or charter, with their local school board.

note: Michelle Rhee was on the board of directors of Kevin's privatized High School charter — during the time when there were financial illegalities & misappropriations ($ 400,000) of federal grants and also a pattern of outlandish sexual misconduct perpetrated by school director Kevin Johnson involving students (minor teens) & subordinate (Americorps) school staff.

Principal Sonya Swafford says the magnet program, particularly the health portion, which is backed by a patchwork of federal grants, has brought the school a sense of purpose and community.

High - performing charter schools in the Recovery School District — such as Sophie B. Wright, Lafayette Academy and several KIPP campuses in Uptown — are concerned that the Orleans Parish School Board will take an administrative fee out of their federal grants if they return to the district, amid broader issues of trust and autonomy, reports Jessica Williams of The Lens.

While the Common Core State Standards might survive in some form without annual standardized testing, the testing consortia, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC), began their work with the support of federal grants almost as soon as the standards were being adopted thanks to financial support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and federal incentives from the Race to the Top grant program.

In addition, RIDE manages a number of federal grants and programs that provide funds to school districts for such programs as aid for schools with high poverty concentrations, the education of students with disabilities, and school breakfast and lunch programs.