Sentences with phrase «other federal grant programs»

In response to the increased testing mandates of NCLB, RTTT and other federal grant programs, some states and districts now require standardized tests for every subject, including art, music, journalism and physical education.

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These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (tprograms; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (tPrograms (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (tprograms; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

• Give away contraception, heavily subsidised by Medicaid, Title X grants and other federal and state programs.

Today, federal, state and local governments, land - grant universities and other organizations nationwide are pursuing organic agriculture research and education programs.

The benefit would come on top of other financial assistance already in existence and taken advantage of by hundreds of thousands of students, such as the state's Tuition Assistance Program and federal Pell Grant pProgram and federal Pell Grant programprogram.

If elected, Faso has proposed to establish a competitive grant program at the federal level to fund qualified nonprofits that provide peer - to - peer counseling services to veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other trauma.

The state currently provides more than $ 1 billion for the Tuition Assistance Program, and the federal government provides further assistance through Pell grants that also help students pay for other expenses, like books.

With additional funds requested from the VA Medical Care Program in support of research, and estimated services and grants from other federal and private sources totaling $ 1.4 billion, the combined total estimated VA - performed research and development would exceed $ 1.9 billion (see funding table above).

There seems to be no consensus on the answer, although a range of estimates were presented at a conference called last month * by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.

Turner, a social scientist at City University of New York / Queens College, offered his cautionary story last month at a conference * called by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.

The Patent Office granted 133 patents for artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices between 1861 and 1873; at the same time, the federal government and many states also established programs that distributed artificial arms and legs to veterans free of charge.

-- Grants of allowances or the proceeds of their sale may be provided to support programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.

6 years experience at NASA HQ and NSF managing federal programs that awarded research and education grants to academic and other institutions.

The CTR - IN also facilitates an «Advance to Funding» (ATF) program, which is a mock study section providing specific expertise and written feedback on how to improve NIH and other federal grant applications prior to submission.

In October 2002, the federal Department of Education distributed nearly $ 24 million in grants to Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, and districts in six other states to expand their public school choice programs.

The Senate passed a nearly $ 32 billion spending bill for education and other social programs last week, but Democrats and the Clinton administration were outraged by a provision in the bill that would transform most federal education funding into block grants.

The first proposal would reinstitute provisions of the Emergency School Aid Act (esaa), which the Reagan Administration last year combined with other federal education programs into block grants to the states.

The city announced in June, prior to the appellate ruling, that it was going to «transform» 11 of the district's schools and dramatically overhaul or close 23 others under a $ 300 million federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

Another option is for SEOG and the other campus - based aid programs (federal work study and Perkins loans) to be recast as an emergency aid program that colleges could use to help students with unexpected expenses such as an extra trip home to visit a sick relative, or for «completion grants» to students facing relatively small financial barriers to finish their degrees.

The Emergency School Aid Act, a $ 149 million federal desegregation program that provided funding to Montclair, was wiped out along with 25 other federal programs when Congress passed a package of education block grants in the summer of 1981.

Proposals to move to one grant and one loan have the potential to attract bipartisan support, especially if funds from eliminated programs are kept within the federal aid programs rather than used for other purposes such as deficit reduction.

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

Fifty percent of the programs funding comes from a 21st Century Community Center grant, a federal program administered through the Vermont Department of Education, and the other half comes from the school budget, donations, other grants and community partnerships.

Yesterday, The 74's Carolyn Phenicie covered the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's rejection of efforts by Democrats to restore money for federal teacher training grants and other education programs.

The failure of the federal School Improvement Grant program and countless other «turnaround» initiatives is convincing policymakers that nondistrict alternatives are essential.

A proposed provision that declares that nothing in future education policy would prevent the passage of Parent Trigger laws or other Parent Power efforts would be meaningful if it also proposed a competitive grant program to encourage states to enact such laws; as is, there is nothing in federal law that restricts states from passing Parent Trigger laws or keeps families from using them.

Other federal programs would suffer significant cuts, including grants to states for career and technical education, which would lose $ 166 million, down 15 percent compared to current funding.

Responsibilities also include the coordination of the Governor's Foreign Language Academies, the Virginia Preschool Initiative, VPI + Federal Grant, TeacherDirect and other programs to meet the needs of diverse learners and raise student achievement.

Subject to proviso in the General Appropriations Act, the Commissioner of Education may use funds appropriated by the Legislature and funds from federal grants and other sources to provide incentives for teacher recruitment and preparation programs.

The Rural Education Initiative is designed to address the unique needs of small, rural local education agencies (LEAs) that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and receive formula grant allocations under other programs in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.

Over the past several years, in part due to federal grant programs like Race to the Top and other federal and state policies, states and districts have made extensive efforts to improve or refine their teacher and leader evaluation systems.

These policies included a proposed federal budget that cut millions of dollars for HBCUs and college access programs that help send low - income and first - generation students to HBCUs and other institutions, and $ 3.9 billion from Pell Grants, which a majority of HBCU students rely on to pay for tuition.

The secretary has not yet disclosed what the conditions would be, although, most expect they would reflect mandates that the Obama administration has already tied to grants from other federal programs like Race to the Top.

Again in Fiscal Year 2019, the administration's proposed budget seeks to eliminate funding for the Community Learning Center, the chief federal funding stream for afterschool and summer learning programs, as well as Title II, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program (investments in educator professional development programs), along with 27 other programs.

TEACHER AND SCHOOL INCENTIVE GRANTS Janeece Docal, the former principal of Powell Elementary School in Washington, DC and DC Public Schools» Principal of the Year for 2014, emphasizes the importance of expanding the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants (TSLIG) and other federal programs to focus more on leaders and leadership develoGRANTS Janeece Docal, the former principal of Powell Elementary School in Washington, DC and DC Public Schools» Principal of the Year for 2014, emphasizes the importance of expanding the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants (TSLIG) and other federal programs to focus more on leaders and leadership develoGrants (TSLIG) and other federal programs to focus more on leaders and leadership development.

Fort Wayne Community Schools has addressed school funding challenges with a three - tiered approach 1) adopting district structures and processes that focus spending on activities that support student achievement, 2) participating in lobbying and other activities at the state level to improve funding and strengthen academic programs and 3) obtaining federal grants to help fill resource gaps.

Other sources of funding for preparation and in - service programs include federal, state, or foundation grants; targeted district funds; and reallocations of existing district resources.

During the pilot phase of the National Institute for School Leadership (NISL) Advanced Credentialing System (ACS) Project, these extra responsibilities involve coaching other principals as part of the pilot credentialing program and study conducted by RAND Corporation and funded by a federal Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant by the U.S. Department of Education.

For instance, the program could end up doing more for less needy students than those who need it the most, because low - income applicants may already be covered by Pell grants and other federal aid.

Many other programs are cut back, including the Federal Impact Aid for children who are on federal land or Indian reservations and the School Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improvFederal Impact Aid for children who are on federal land or Indian reservations and the School Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improvfederal land or Indian reservations and the School Improvement Grants which go to local school boards or LEAs for improvements.

Each Federal department and agency which is empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity, by way of grant, loan, or contract other than a contract of insurance or guaranty, is authorized and directed to effectuate the provisions of section 601 with respect to such program or activity by issuing rules, regulations, or orders of general applicability which shall be consistent with achievement of the objectives of the statute authorizing the financial assistance in connection with which the action is taken.

The Secretary shall make and administer a driver focused grant program to assist the States, local governments, entities, and other persons with commercial driver's license systems, programs, training, fraud detection, reporting of violations and other programs required to improve the safety of drivers as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deems critical.

Your lender can also introduce you to federal or state programs that provide specialized mortgages with lower down payments, grants for down payments, or other ways you can save money.

He supports limiting federal influence on education, namely in the spirit of budget cuts, but this includes defunding the Pell Grant program and other higher education programs.

While it is easy to say that savings from the direct lending program went towards the Pell Grant program, other sources often point out that the government was profiting from the federal student loan program, a fact that is often criticized.

In addition to the Pell program, the federal government offers several other types of grants, which don't need to be paid back.

These Government programs included «grants» and loans funded by Congress in the form of Education Bills and establishment of programs like the Perkins Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (now re-named the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program) and a host of other programs including Pell Grants, Parent Loans, etc,grants» and loans funded by Congress in the form of Education Bills and establishment of programs like the Perkins Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (now re-named the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program) and a host of other programs including Pell Grants, Parent Loans, etc,Grants, Parent Loans, etc, etc..

Because the deduction's cost can change with trends in student borrowing and repayment, among other factors, policymakers should consider the provision's costs and periodically evaluate its merits alongside other programs and proposals with similar goals, such as income - based repayment and federal and state financial aid grants.

Other federal aid programs, like Pell Grants and Federal Direct Loans, should continue with minimal impact, as these are part of permanent and multi-year ffederal aid programs, like Pell Grants and Federal Direct Loans, should continue with minimal impact, as these are part of permanent and multi-year fFederal Direct Loans, should continue with minimal impact, as these are part of permanent and multi-year funding.

Many students rely on a combination of federal loans and grants, private loans, other federal programs, and their own funds to pay for school.