Sentences with phrase «offered federal help»

As congressional leaders negotiated the details of President Bush's education reforms in 2001, Democrats were advocating a continuation of the program that offered federal help for school construction.

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This dissonance is leading to a boom in the cannabis compliance industry, with startups offering to help companies navigate federal laws and regulations.

Federal and provincial governments run programs offering loans and grants to help entrepreneurs too.

Approaching the federal bureaucracy can seem daunting, but the cluster offers half - day workshops helping small businesses learn how to connect with the right government officials and how to pitch themselves most effectively.

The Federal Trade Commission has a worksheet that helps you compare financing offers with different terms.

However, it's a specific type of plan offered by the Department of Education that helps students who can't afford their monthly federal student loan payments under the Standard Repayment Plan.

The White House is declining to offer public support for long - awaited legislation that would give federal judges clearer authority to order technology companies like Apple to help law enforcement crack encrypted data, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

It has put a pause on plans for tests of Equifax's data protection practices and turned down offers from other federal regulators for help in on - site credit bureau exams.

The federal government offers a kind of insurance of its own through a fund called the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, which helps provinces and territories recover from natural disasters.

President Trump has vowed to help bring back the industry by rolling back environmental regulations, offering tax breaks to invest in infrastructure and ending a moratorium on mining on federal land enforced by President Obama.

Federal student loans offer a variety of repayment programs to help borrowers afford the cost of their education long after graduation.

Beyond offering cash for EV charging infrastructure (a welcome gesture but still insufficient), the federal government so far has done little to help Canada achieve the kind of growth in EV uptake now happening in Europe, China and the U.S..

GVBOT's resolution — which was co-sponsored by the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce — offers four recommendations on how the federal government can take further action and help protect and support Canadian businesses.

Private student loans make up a small percentage of the total student loan market, but many more borrowers have moved toward private lenders to help fund their education in the past several years.Private student loans offer some benefits over federal student loans, including the potential for a lower interest rate and extended repayment terms.

The resolution — a partnership with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Whistler Chamber, Prince George Chamber, Calgary Chamber, and BC Chamber of Commerce — offers suggestions on how the federal government can help open up air access to more airlines, which would increase tourism and improve the movement of people and goods across Canada.

«We're calling on the federal government to help attract new airlines to Canadian airports, offer more choices to Canadian consumers and in turn make our Canadian airports more competitive with their rivals in competing jurisdictions.»

If the business offers just a minimum level of health insurance or coverage is deemed unaffordable, it must pay $ 3,000 for every worker who receives a federal tax subsidy to help him or her pay for mandated coverage.

Federal investigators allege that Hou not only knew about the alleged scheme, but also helped coach volunteers in forging signatures to cover up donors» identities and even offered to personally reimburse one $ 500 donation with her own cash, according to court documents.

Though shrinking federal subsidies have severely curtailed the city's ability to offer affordable housing in the past, city officials spoke hopefully about favorable leadership on federal and state levels that might help to restore some of that long - lost funding.

A summary of the call from de Blasio's offices said the president praised the efforts of the first - responders and offered federal assistance in the investigation, while the mayor thanked Trump for the help from homeland security officials.

State and federal officials have offered a flurry of solutions to stave off the bleeding, including U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has introduced legislation that would create a new «price floor» for milk that would help the state's dairy farmers continue operating while milk prices are historically low.

The Federal TRIO programs in the United States offer support and fellowships to high school students with low - income and low - education family histories, helping them pursue a degree and a Ph.D..

Dr. Story Landis, chair of the NIH Stem Cell Task Force, said states like Maryland, which offer their own public funding to researchers, often help get projects off the ground — and scientists then use their early research to apply for additional federal funding.

For students with milder learning or behavioral challenges, the standard academic programs that many charter schools offer may help to reduce the need for special services and thus the number of students classified under federal and state special education rules.

Passed in 1965, it created a clear role for the federal government in K - 12 policy, offering more than $ 1 billion a year in aid under its first statutory section, known as Title I, to districts to help cover the cost of educating disadvantaged students.

The foundation's Teacher Advancement Program, which provides training opportunities to help teachers climb a career ladder toward higher salaries based on their performance, is now in place in 85 schools and is poised for a major expansion, with states and the federal government offering financial support.

Still and all, it was the first such federal report on Betsy DeVos's watch and it surely won't help advance the private - school choice agenda that's important to her and that Trump offered up during his campaign.

As far as solutions to school funding issues, Sciarra offered one suggestion: Call on the federal government to help level the playing field.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which earlier handpicked 15 states to receive up to $ 250,000 each to help prepare applications for federal Race to the Top Fund grants, will now offer aid to the other 35 states, too — if they meet eight education reform criteria.

Left largely unsaid: Expanding federal grants to help schools offer those programs — as Vice President Joe Biden proposed in January — will cost money.

We present results from a randomized field experiment in which low - income individuals receiving tax preparation help were also offered immediate assistance and a streamlined process to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for themselves or their children.

First, federal policymakers should offer funds to help underwrite the cost for states to take the five action steps described above [including» adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts.»]

The ESEA - reauthorization bill released by Senate HELP committee Chairman Tom Harkin this week is advertised as getting «the federal government out of the business of «micromanaging» schools»» and offering states significant «flexibility.»

To affirm NASSP's belief that federal funding of middle level and high school education is necessary to prepare students for postsecondary success, and to offer recommendations for federal policymakers to help improve schools and student achievement.

Kentucky stepped into the national spotlight in 2010 when it became the first state to adopt the standards after the Obama administration offered federal money to help pay the costs.

While offering undergraduate students more Pell aid, the administration is proposing to cut federal work - study funds that help students work their way through college by $ 487 million.

When federal policies like ESSA offer opportunities to advance effective practices, we must support school and district leaders and connect them to resources that can help them bring the practices to life in their schools.

Cuts $ 163 million of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the teacher pipeline, increase educator salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.

«A myriad of federal and state laws exist which, when combined, offer parents greater opportunities to become more actively involved in helping their children pursue the American Dream via education,» she said.

Ronan is hoping that community partners will help the district continue to offer the services now that the extra federal funding has dried up.

She offers a set of concrete reforms to both federal and state education policy to help institutions of higher education support the needs of Career Technical Education (CTE) students.

These projects, competitively funded through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Capital Investment Grant Program (CIG), will create or sustain thousands of good construction - related jobs and help communities expand transportation choices that offer new ladders of opportunity for hard - working families.

In an effort to help families achieve their homeownership dreams, the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines offers individuals the Home $ tart and Home $ tart Plus Programs, which assist by providing down payment and closing cost assistance.

The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation provides an online guide to help you navigate these numbers, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development offers additional information on financing options.

The Federal government will also offer short - term loans to financial institutions for similar daily operational expenses which helps keep credit flowing to consumers.

The federal government is the top lender in the student loan arena that offers a number of loan types, repayment schedules, and terms to help fit your particular situation and financial need.

Students can also apply for federal work study programs which offer part - time on - campus jobs to help pay for school expenses.

CFCU offers low rate debt consolidation loans for federal employees to help them achieve financial freedom.

In addition to federal government help for first time home buyers, many community, city, county and state agencies offer down payment grants and down payment assistance, which have unique qualification requirements regarding income, assets, credit, occupancy and location.

1958: Federal student loans are first offered under the National Defense Education Act to help the United States compete with other countries — namely the Soviet Union.