Sentences with phrase «receive federal grants»

For example, public school systems receive federal grants to help pay the «indirect» bills for school meals, meaning costs not directly associated with the food and its preparation.

The DLM Consortium is one of two multistate consortia to receive federal grants to create a next - generation alternate assessment linked to Common Core State Standards and similar state standards in math and English language arts for the 1 percent population.

As part of a marked shift of authority away from the federal government, the Every Student Succeeds Acts of 2015 (ESSA) contains a greater emphasis on monitoring by subrecipients, a term that includes school districts that receive federal grants through state agencies.

Jindal names the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in the suit, which argues that states are forced to cede their «sovereign authority over education policy to the federal government» to receive federal grants and police waivers linked to adoption of the standards.

The first three states have been chosen to receive federal grants for President Bush's Reading First initiative, the Department of Education says.

So let's recap: according to some, scientists who receive money from oil and chemical companies are perfectly qualified to provide the EPA with independent science advice, while those who receive federal grants are not.

«So let's recap: according to some, scientists who receive money from oil and chemical companies are perfectly qualified to provide the EPA with independent science advice, while those who receive federal grants are not,» he wrote.

«The bias is just so extreme» Others seriously questioned whether the world's community of climate scientists is caught in a cyclone of self - promotion, driven by the pressure to validate past findings and to receive federal grants.

According to an executive action Trump signed Wednesday, cities that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement agents «are not eligible to receive federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.»

A paragraph in the executive order specifies that jurisdictions that don't comply, shall be deemed «not eligible to receive federal grants... except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes.»

Attorneys for Chicago asked a federal judge for a nationwide halt to Trump administration requirements that cities enforce tough immigration laws in order to receive some federal grants, staking out a leadership role for the nation's third largest city in the fight over so - called sanctuary cities.

Whatever happens with this bill, students at religious colleges will continue to receive federal grants and loans.

Early into his tenure, Trump signed an executive order that sought to block municipalities that failed to cooperate with U.S. immigration authorities from receiving federal grant funding.

The winner, Columbus OH, received federal grants to continue developing IoT solutions to upgrade infrastructure.

Two Men's Social Service Centers in California received federal grants which permitted augmentation of their professional staffs and expansion of their rehabilitation programs.

Stefanik has also punched back against the EPA's move to remove scientists from advisory boards and committees receiving federal grants for studies.

Spokesperson Heather Woolwine points out that GenPhar research projects were never under the university's control and that Dong is not currently receiving federal grants for work at the university.

Mary Butz had already established a very good program — so good that it received a federal grant through the School Leadership Program.

Both the testing consortia that received federal grants included commitments in their proposals that they would develop national curriculum materials.

The program increased the percentage who received a federal grant by 33 percent for high school seniors with positive effects also for older adults.

The third special report, Changing the School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan.

«We believe it is both premature and inappropriate for the Department of Education to require states to adopt a set of «common core» (i.e., «national») standards as a condition to be eligible to apply for and receive this federal grant.

Henry noted that it's likely the state, along with Vanderbilt, the RAND Corporation and UNC will receive a federal grant from the Institute for Education Sciences that would allow that consortium to continue evaluating the TALAS school turnaround model for the next five years.

In 1965, Oregon received a federal grant to expand the program under the first Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which allocates federal funding to schools for categories ranging from teacher education to supplementing local schools serving low - income students to innovative school programs.

Twenty - eight schools in Michigan received federal grant money from the Recovery Act of 2009.

Leaders from Central Decatur and the Saydel school district, which also received a federal grant to implement the TAP system, were consulted by state policymakers and superintendents for advice on building the teacher - leadership infrastructure.

At the beginning of the partnership, DCPS had just received a federal grant through the Teacher Incentive Fund to increase opportunities for teacher leadership, building on the district's previous work on teacher evaluation and compensation.

State Charter Association Congratulates Charter Schools For Sharing Best Practices, Receiving Federal Grants to Foster Collaboration Eight New York charter schools to receive grants to share best practices with district schools

The agency also did not respond to a request for the contracts that it offers scientists receiving federal grants.

A Minneapolis nonprofit has received a federal grant to study potential synergies between distributed solar and electric vehicle charging stations.

July 8, 2016 — «Today, Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary Teresa Osborne announced that the department has received a federal grant to enhance and strengthen Pennsylvania's senior legal service delivery systems.

The FAFSA helps determine whether your child receives Federal grants, student loans, work - study and even private scholarships.

The city of Austin received a federal grant for the bicycle traffic signals two years ago, and the signals will be installed on major routes where protected bike lane infrastructure already exists, the Austin Transportation Department announced.

In southeast Kansas, the MIECHV partners include the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which receives the federal grant funds and manages the program, and local partners Early Head Start, Healthy Families America and Parents as Teachers.

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The Broads are also longtime supporters of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is one of three museums that received a $ 450,000 federal grant to explore a new business model that has already allowed the Dallas Museum of Art to go mostly free.

Federal law regarding Temporary Protected Status does not specify a recipient's behavior as criteria for extending the program and immigration experts say those who receive it are heavily screened before they are granted the protected status.

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 (the SEC).

PERTH - based junior Lynas Gold NL has received a research and development grant of $ 1.1 million from the Federal Government's Industry Research and Development Board, through AusIndustry.

If you accidentally received more federal aid or grants than you were supposed to get, you may become ineligible for future loans.

As was documented by The American Prospect in April, the Trump Organization has repeatedly benefited from federal funding; for example, Trump owns part of a low - income housing development in Brooklyn that has received numerous grants from HUD (and that the president once called «one of the best investments I ever made»).

The FAFSA is what schools and states use to determine the aid you receive, including federal grants and loans.

The 2016 Plan has been designed to permit the administrator to grant certain awards in its discretion that qualify as performance - based for purposes of satisfying the conditions of Section 162 (m), thereby permitting us to receive a federal income tax deduction in connection with such awards.

The 401 (k) plan on balance weakened Federal incentives for profit sharing and encouraged employees to buy stock in their companies with their wages, which gave them greater individual risk exposure than when they received grants of stock.17

Communications company Tombigbee has received a $ 3 million federal grant to expand broadband internet access across rural northwest Alabama.

Having recently received a $ 250,000 federal grant and made its first investment in a female - founded Austin business, True Wealth Ventures is one venture capital fund that's ready to lift the under - funded sector of women - led companies in Austin and across the nation.

Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal, state, or local governments.»

Federal funds are also granted to state public health programs ($ 66,000,000 in the fiscal year 1969) Community mental health receives a minimum of 15 percent of each state's allotment, and 70 percent of the grant is available to support services in communities for which both public and private nonprofit groups may apply.

Many religious organizations, such as World Vision, World Relief, and Catholic Charities partner with the federal government, but often receive grants, not contracts, so are not affected by the order, said Stanley Carlson - Thies, director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance.

«This federal grant builds upon the support received from CDFA and the American Farmland Trust, and will help continue the momentum of the program to increase participation and show constant improvement.

The Park District's superintendent of parks and planning, Ken Kutska, said he received a letter Dec. 20 from the Illinois Department of Transportation, confirming the district has been awarded a $ 1.88 million federal grant for the project.