Sentences with phrase «of stimulus money»

The fiscal fallout from the recession has forced many districts to use part of the stimulus money for short - term budget fixes, such as filling in funding gaps and avoiding layoffs.

Most of the stimulus money and energy efficiency block grants for buildings are slated for the public building sector.

How significant was the amount of stimulus money for energy?

That rise reflects the recent burst of stimulus money directed toward research and development in fields related to energy.

But Dorfman is concerned the program isn't a high enough priority and won't be established fast enough for women - owned firms to receive their share of the stimulus money.

He has announced an effort to promote biofuels, pledging $ 786.5 million dollars of stimulus money to research and development.

Specifically, 46 percent of Americans support the use of stimulus money earmarked for education to retain teachers slated to be laid off, and 81 percent of Americans favor making kindergarten compulsory.

Pointing out that plenty of stimulus money will be distributed at the discretion of the president, he added, «And guess who will be making that decision?

On BronxTalk this week, Bettina Damiani of Good Jobs NY talked in detail about the use of stimulus monies on a new parking garage at St. Barnabas hospital, the Kingsbridge Armory vote in the city council, and other important subjects.

This time, we'll see a huge, absolute drop in funding after the massive one - time «bolus» of stimulus money passes through.

«We're very, very appreciative of the stimulus monies,» says Richard B. Marchase, president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and vice president for research at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

The lure of stimulus money, plus a separate five - year, $ 5 billion investment in high - speed rail beginning as part of the administration's suggested fiscal year 2010 budget, has led to 45 applications from 24 states for a total of $ 50 billion in long - term, high - speed rail corridor projects, and another 214 requests from 24 states for a total of $ 7 billion for the smaller, «shovel - ready» work.

Biomedical researchers are seriously worried about a possible plunge in their chances of winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health after its $ 10 billion in 2 years of stimulus money runs out in 2011.

NCI did this, he says, by using much of its stimulus money for 4 - year grants, paying for the first 2 years with stimulus funds and «pledging» to find money for the third and fourth years.

Following up on L's question, do you expect the large infusion of stimulus money for turning around low - performing schools to pay off in profound improvements in student learning?

There's one pot of stimulus money we haven't talked about yet that pertains specifically to districts — the Investing in Innovation, or i3, grants.

Critics of the district management argue that the administration should have cut costs in order to conserve resources and prepare for the predictable end of the stimulus money, even when, relatively speaking, funding was flush.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Association.

A report from the London School of Economics» Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment says that climate change mitigation should be an essential part of stimulus money, and may need as much as $ 400 billion of extra public spending on «green» energy and development projects worldwide over the next year.

The last of the stimulus monies are being spent and the much talked about day of reckoning — the inevitable cliff — is here.

Since education policy supposedly lies with the states in this country (unless you are accepting bribes in the form of stimulus money from the federal Department of Education), governors hold a great deal of power when it comes to education policy and budgets.

Moreover, the fund has taken on added importance because in many states, the bulk of the stimulus money is being used to fill increasingly larger budget holes, and not for the innovations Obama wants.

The easy flow of stimulus money has created a potentially overvalued real estate and housing bubble in China.

Responding to news of stimulus money tabbed for Golden Gate National Parks, KTVU visits Dias Ridge in the Marin Headlands??? site of future trail and habitat work.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and because of the influx of stimulus money into standardizing medical records for access by any health care facility or insurance biller, medical assistants are expected to be amongst the fastest growing positions.

Also, as far as I know, most of the stimulus money went to projects built with union labor; it could have created more jobs had non-union companies been eligible to bid on those projects, but Culver's union friends were adamantly opposed.

Here's why: even after receiving a share of the stimulus money, Hartford Public Schools faces a $ 21 million deficit, because Connecticut's governor, M. Jodi Rell, proposes to drop state education spending by the same amount Connecticut gets from Washington.

Most of the stimulus money for infrastructure is being doled out in the form of grants, he said, and the administration is looking for ways to calibrate efficient building mortgages with private companies.

I think we have somewhat of an obligation to avail ourselves of the stimulus money, make it known to our customers, and go out there and promote it aggressively as possible.

NSF, however, seems to be considering investing some of its stimulus money in longer - term projects.

Granted some of the stimulus money is going to fix bridges before they collapse like the one in Minneapolis, which is probably a good idea, but there are plenty of road projects being put forward that no longer make sense.