Sentences with phrase «providing tuition assistance»

EdChoice Kentucky is a coalition focused on educating Kentucky on scholarship tax credit programs, which allow individuals or businesses to receive a tax credit from state taxes when they contribute to qualified non-profit organizations providing tuition assistance for low - and middle - income families and families with developmentally disabled children.

The researchers found that six key policies had been implemented by all five states: adopting academic standards for teaching students about the history and culture of America's indigenous peoples, involving Native Americans on advisory boards, promoting Native American languages through teacher certification, allowing students to learn their native language as part of their education program, and providing tuition assistance for college - bound Native American students.

Low - income and middle - class students would benefit directly from up to $ 150 million in annual charitable contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations providing tuition assistance.

At stake this year for control of the Senate: Strengthening abortion rights, changes to campaign finance laws and providing tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Kaminsky also backs the DREAM Act, aimed at providing tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants and their children.

When it comes to the DREAM Act, a long - sought measure aimed at providing tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, most New Yorkers oppose it: 45 percent to 52 percent.

Republicans in the State Senate don't plan on budging when it comes to raising the age of criminal responsibility and providing tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants for college.

Your generosity suports our outstanding programs and facilites and provides tuition assistance to more than 30 percent of our families.

The investment tax credit was linked in the state budget talks to the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants.

The money comes after the DREAM Act, a measure that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, failed to make it into the final budget agreement, according to lawmakers.

Not surprisingly, DeFrancisco insisted Senate Republicans remain opposed to the DREAM Act, a measure that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, saying he would be «shocked» if the provision was included in a final deal.

In its endorsement, Make The Road Action Executive Director Javier Valdés cited the push for «driver's licenses for all» as well as the backing of the state - level version of the Dream Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children.

But the bill, which would provide tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants, has a significant roadblock with Republicans in the state Senate.

Cuomo this year is tying the education tax credit to the DREAM Act, a measure that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo this year linked in his budget proposal the tax credit to the passage of the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The Democratic - led Assembly today is expected to approve the DREAM Act, a measure that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The measure includes language in support of raising the age of criminal responsibility, support for the extension of tax rates on millionaires that expire at the end of the year and the backing of the DREAM Act, a measure that provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo has said he will continue to push both the tax credit and the DREAM Act this session, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Another bill, designed to provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, also faces similarly tough odds in the Senate.

It's a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants seeking financial aid to attend college.

After she was picked to replace Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy on the ticket, Hochul said she backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gun control law — the SAFE Act — as well as the Dream Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Diaz today knocked Cuomo for lacking clarity on whether he supports the Dream Act (Cuomo says he does), which would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

But the budget likely won't include proposals to end cash bail for some offenses, provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants or other issues important to progressives that Cuomo proposed in his initial bills.

The budget also includes an Education Tax Credit which would provide a large credit for donations to schools and the Dream Act which would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children.

Moya, in a statement Thursday morning, supports both measures (He is the main sponsor of the Dream Act in the Assembly, which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants).

The compromise would have yoked the Dream Act — which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — to the tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarships as well as public school programs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement urged the Republican - controlled state Senate on Monday to take up a state - level version of the Dream Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children.

And the WFP endorses the Dream Act, which provides tuition assistance for undocumented workers and has been embraced by Cuomo.

A number of New York City legislators are hopeful Cuomo will make good on a campaign promise and help pass The DREAM Act to provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who meet existing guidelines.

But while Cuomo has worked well with Senate Republicans on a variety of issues, he's signaled in recent weeks he would push for limits on the income lawmakers can earn outside of the Legislature as well as the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The vote comes the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to back both the tax credit legislation as well as the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Issues like the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants, and ethics reform such as the constitutional amendment the governor first proposed in December for term limits and limiting outside income for state officials, lack the «political will,» he said.

The Assembly also re-approved their support for the DREAM Act, a measure that provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The DREAM Act, generally supported by Democratic lawmakers, would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Similarly, New Yorkers are split on the DREAM Act, which would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Tkaczyk is also criticized for supporting the Dream Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, with a flier saying she «voted to use your tax dollars to give illegal immigrants free college tuition.»

Astorino in Albany on Tuesday said he supported a version of the Dream Fund, which would solicit private donations to provide tuition assistance to the children of undocumented workers.

That bill would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants and GOP candidates and incumbents have used the issue as a cudgel in battleground election campaigns for the Senate.

Skelos, who met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and IDC Leader Jeff Klein for about an hour this afternoon, reiterated the Senate GOP's opposition to the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

(He noted that he was not comfortable paraphrasing the mayor's remarks, but after Republicans won control over the State Senate, the mayor told reporters he will still try to achieve his left - leaning goals, such as increasing the minimum wage in New York City above the state level and passing the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance for immigrant children.)

The budget deal did not include the Dream Act, which would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, and failed in a curiously timed floor vote while budget negotiations were still ongoing.

Nick is it a bill that would provide tuition assistance or would it make tuition assistance (student loans) available to dreamers?

Amid the backdrop of a pitched battle over immigration on the national level, Assembly Democrats on Monday once again pushed for the passage of the Dream Act, a state - level bill that provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The Dream Act would provide tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, a bill that was voted down by the state Senate last week.

At the same time, the Assembly is once again pushing for the passage of the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

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The legislation would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, a group commonly referred to as dreamers.

The Act, which was first announced at a news conference on Monday prior to the legislative session, was passed in conjunction with the Assembly's fifth passage of the New York DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants attending higher education institutions.

Third, it provides tuition assistance to low - income families through nonprofit scholarship organizations (SGOs) that are funded by private tax - creditable donations — better than any other system of third - party education aid.

The plan vastly expands school choice opportunities in PA by creating an Opportunity Scholarship Program, which would provide tuition assistance for eligible students to attend a public or non-public school of their choice.