(Sec. 5106) Directs DOT to establish a motor carrier safety assistance program formula working group to analyze requirements and factors for a new motor carrier safety assistance
program allocation formula based on specified factors.
Not exact matches
That language is a bit confusing, because Title I is a
formula grant
program where districts receive fixed
allocations based on the number of poor students they serve, as well as the overall funding levels in the state.
Under the
formula, the base student
allocation is multiplied by a weighted student enrollment, which includes adjustments for different grade levels, English - language learners, special education students, and those in vocational education
programs.
And the campus - based
allocation is based on a
formula that has changed little since 1979 (and is also used for the federal work - study
program).
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.
Under the worst - case scenario, it will direct funds away from public school systems, either through a new
formula that advantages states that establish voucher
programs or by draining students and their accompanying per - pupil
allocation away from public schools.
Most federal education funding
formulas allow states to set aside, or reserve, a small portion ranging from 1 percent to 5 percent of state
allocations to implement
programs and support districts.13 Even though 95 percent to 99 percent of funding flows to school districts, these set - asides are a significant source of SEAs» revenue.
-- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators is recommending changes to the Federal Work - Study
program that include revising the campus - based aid
allocation formula and expanding the definition of the community service requirement: http://politico.pro/28Wpt5Z.
In January 2014, the Minimum Foundation
Program Task Force, consisting of education stakeholders from around the state, approved a recommendation to add $ 7.5 million to the MFP
formula through a Supplemental Course
Allocation (SCA).
Had the
program been implemented as a fixed - price sale of allowances at the original price expectation level — with revenue allocated according the same
formula that was adopted for allowance
allocation — the
program would have been no less politically viable and the regulatory incentive might have motivated widespread deployment of the best available control technologies, resulting in up to 20,000 fewer premature deaths annually.