Sentences with phrase «over federal education aid»

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«I'm so excited, I'm bubbling over,» said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand after the US Senate cleared the way for New York to receive some $ 2.6 million worth of federal Medicaid funds and education aid.

The New York State Educational Conference Board, a coalition of state education organizations, is calling for a $ 2 billion increase in school aid in the 2018 - 19 state budget, despite a looming deficit and uncertainty over federal spending.

But the impact - aid rules at the center of the dispute could cause similar disruption in other states and plunge the federal government into local controversies over education finance.

That sector deals with adults and, hence, has been less prone to regulation than K — 12 education, but it has nonetheless become increasingly subject to federal controls, including through accreditation and a Sword of Damocles — separation from student aid — hanging over institutions that, regardless of the mix of students they serve, do not meet federal performance metrics.

President George W. Bush pointed out in his memoirs that federal - aid - to - education spending over the decades had not been improving the education of children from less - educated households.

That's a huge expansion of federal higher education spending; for comparison, the Congressional Budget Office projects that the Pell Grant program, the biggest part of the federal financial aid budget right now, will cost $ 380 billion over the next 10 years.

The Department of Education's responsibilities include gathering data to assess how well certain programs and grants are working, awards Pell grants federal financial aid through loans and provides oversight over state policies to prevent discrimination.

Over the next ten years Trump's budget plan would eliminate more than $ 143 billion in financial aid and federal support for students seeking a college education.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan would have $ 5 billion under the stimulus bill to back new approaches to improve schools, a fund that could prod states to raise standards and reward top teachers as the Obama administration presides over a massive infusion of federal educaEducation Secretary Arne Duncan would have $ 5 billion under the stimulus bill to back new approaches to improve schools, a fund that could prod states to raise standards and reward top teachers as the Obama administration presides over a massive infusion of federal educationeducation aid.

The resolution contemplates more than $ 236 billion in cuts to education programs and reconciliation instructions to cut at least $ 20 billion from federal student financial aid programs such as PSLF over ten years