Sentences with phrase «proposed federal funding cuts»

A group of concerned charter school leaders from across the country submitted a letter to the editor expressing concern about the proposed federal funding cuts likely to hurt students» prospe...

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De Blasio described it as «troubling» to witness the St. Petersburg subway explosion only weeks after Trump proposed a $ 667 million cut to the FEMA, which includes federal funding for the NYPD's counter-terrorism efforts.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed an $ 84.86 billion executive budget that includes funding for the beginnings of a pre-K expansion, legal services for undocumented immigrants and more even as the city grapples with the potential of federal budget cuts from Trump.

According to Sisto, the cuts Cuomo has proposed add up to approximately $ 15 billion over the next two years after you factor in the commensurate loss of federal funds.

PLATTSBURGH — With millions of dollars in federal arts funding on the chopping block, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) appeared at the Strand Center Gallery in downtown Plattsburgh on Friday to rail against President Trump's proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a sharp rebuke to the White House on Friday for what he called an «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday is hammering away again at the effort on the federal level to replace the Affordable Care Act, slamming the bill in the U.S. Senate for proposed funding cuts to heroin and opioid treatment programs.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed the White House for its «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

If enacted, the state would deposit the tax revenue in a proposed health care shortfall fund that would offset losses to New York from cuts in federal health care funding to the state.

The governor, who has feuded with de Blasio since 2015, also proposed cutting $ 11 million in state aid to the city's health department, arguing that the city is more readily able to access federal funds compared to the state's county governments.

The proposed federal regulation would also cut funding for schools with Common Core participation rates under 95 percent, according to Killian.

The city is also at risk of losing some of the roughly $ 7 billion in direct federal aid it may receive — the Trump administration and Republican Congress» priorities mostly do not match de Blasio's, and there have already been both threats to withhold funding and proposed cuts to the city.

The proposed cuts include $ 269.78 billion from energy programs, including $ 158.7 billion of fossil fuel subsidies; $ 167.09 billion of agricultural subsidies, including $ 89.82 billion of federal crop insurance disaster aid; $ 212.02 billion of transportation subsidies, including $ 125.80 billion of general revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund; $ 101.8 billion of federal flood, crop and nuclear insurance subsidies; and $ 24.99 billion from wasteful or environmental damaging public lands and water projects.

Promoting the power and consequence of science «is more important than ever right now,» particularly as critics question the role of evidence - based science in policymaking and as Congress considers significant proposed cuts to federal funding for scientific research that drives innovation, said Tobin Smith, vice president of policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.»

While NASA's $ 200 million funding reduction pales in comparison to cuts that would face some federal agencies under the proposed budget (which has to be reviewed and approved by Congress before becoming official), it would make significant changes to how those dollars are spent.

But the funds proposed to offset cuts in state funding would mean that, for the first time, the federal government would be directly covering the cost of basic school operations.

The proposed spending reductions represent the deepest cuts to federal juvenile justice funding in more than a decade.

Public - television stations would need to reduce their service, or in some cases, shut down completely, if the level of federal funding to public broadcasting is cut by the amount recently proposed, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The current federal administration has proposed a 13 % overall cut in federal school funding.

By insisting charter schools are public schools, charter advocates are distancing themselves from Trump's proposed cuts to federal funding for public schools.

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.

Outside of education, many cuts proposed in President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget — including stripping funding for Medicaid, school breakfast and lunch programs, and short - term federal income assistance for low - income families — would slash much - needed services or leave states holding the bag.

The Trump Administration has proposed a 13 percent cut in federal education funding.

Then, days ahead of commencement, President Donald Trump proposed cutting off federal funding for African American - majority institutions — an existential threat to schools already struggling to make ends meet.

However, we remain disappointed to see such deep cuts proposed to key federal education programs, such as the elimination of Title II funding.

Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid funding threaten to eliminate more than $ 140 million in federal reimbursements to PA school districts, charter schools, vocational schools, and pre-school early intervention programs.

Finally, the WASB urged Congress to prioritize funding for IDEA (special education) and Title I (assistance to districts and schools serving with low - income children) and restore cuts to federal Impact Aid proposed in the President's recommended budget.

Both chambers of Congress have passed spending blueprints to guide the federal government's spending for FY 2016 and beyond — and both chambers propose severe cuts to education funding.

But what is so interesting about this issue is that the Connecticut Post and the Democratic legislators who are being so articulate and outspoken in their opposition to the proposed federal cut to low income fuel assistance were silent when, back in May, Governor Malloy announced that his Plan B budget would eliminate funding for Connecticut's Operation Fuel heating assistance program.

In addition, to the dispute over accepting Federal funding for the Low Income Pool (LIP), other factors that could threaten education funding are $ 690 million in proposed tax cuts and an underestimated enrollment of an additional 10,000 students in Florida public schools.

In addition, a proposed bill in Congress would penalize states that fail to enact such a ban with a 25 percent cut in federal highway funding.

«By reversing proposed cuts to community legal centre funding, the Federal Government is making an important, practical commitment to human rights,» Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow said.

In his proposed federal budget, President George W. Bush seeks cuts across most programs, including housing assistance, while increasing funds for security.