Sentences with phrase «receiving opportunity scholarship»

Schools receiving Opportunity Scholarship funds discriminate against students on the basis of religion and sexual identity.

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WBENC is proud to offer the Dorothy B. Brothers Scholarship to its Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) as an opportunity to receive up to $ 11,000 in tuition to attend some of the best executive education programs in the country.

The mission of the league is to have fun playing and to give many San Diego County girls the opportunity to receive scholarships for summer basketball camps.

TricorBraun was the winner in the distributor category, and it was given the opportunity to select the school to receive the Future Leaders scholarship funds.

Frey received the award for her efforts in creating educational opportunities in the Bronx and Westchester by providing much needed scholarships for dozens of children each year.

Lawyers for each side sparred over the role of religion in many of the private schools that receive vouchers under Florida's Opportunity Scholarships program.

The lower scores they receive from incomplete assignments and exams will lower their grades, and the opportunities they might have had to apply for high - value scholarships and awards will also decline.

That same year 19,852 students eligible for special education took advantage of the opportunity to use a voucher to attend private schools, and 21,493 students received scholarships averaging $ 3,750 from a tax credit program that opened private schooling to students from low - income families.

Digital portfolios allow them to expand their horizons and provide them with more opportunities to receive constructive criticism, college scholarships, and job offers.

The awarding of scholarships by lottery created a rare opportunity in educational research: a field experiment in which students were assigned randomly to both public and private schools, thus allowing me to test the effects of receiving a voucher and, more generally, to compare the performance of public and private schools.

Their students then become eligible to receive vouchers, called opportunity scholarships, which they can use at another public school or at a private school.

We know from the previous OSP evaluation (2010) that 91 percent of children who used their opportunity scholarships graduated from high school, 21 percent higher than those who were offered, but did not receive a scholarship.

To qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, students must either receive benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or have a family earning no more than 185 percent of the federal poverty level when they enter the program ($ 43,568 for a family of four in 2013 — 2014).

The Institute for Justice crafted language for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program that specified that children, not schools, received scholarship proceeds and thus schools were not to be considered recipients of fedScholarship Program that specified that children, not schools, received scholarship proceeds and thus schools were not to be considered recipients of fedscholarship proceeds and thus schools were not to be considered recipients of federal funds.

Its partners receive access to a suite of resources for participating students, including: the Educators Rising standards, which provide a framework for the program; online resources with sample lesson plans for students; scholarship opportunities for students who wish to pursue teaching; specialized certifications, called microcredentials; and opportunities for students to grow their networks at Educators Rising conferences and other events.6

That's because there is nothing in the school voucher law or associated regulations that would prevent a school receiving funds from the Opportunity Scholarship Program from employing someone who has been convicted of a felony.

Texas — Texas» school voucher bill, the «Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program,» died before it even reached the Senate floor, thanks in no small part to the clear lack of support it received from state House members.

The school is the biggest recipient of all those participating in the state's new Opportunity Scholarship Program, having already received 43 school vouchers totaling more than $ 90,000 dollars in public funds.

26 Accountability Measures In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

Florida's Gardiner Scholarship Program allows students with special needs an opportunity to receive an education savings account (ESA) funded by the state and administered by an approved scholarship funding orScholarship Program allows students with special needs an opportunity to receive an education savings account (ESA) funded by the state and administered by an approved scholarship funding orscholarship funding organization.

Since 2014, Trinity Christian has received more than $ 1.2 million in taxpayer funds through the Opportunity Scholarships Program, which provides low - income families money to attend private schools.

Education Scholarship Accounts: HB 33 would expand the eligibility for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

Education Scholarship Accounts: The eligibility for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs program has been expanded to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

SUMMARY The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

«The Scholarship Program has given my children the opportunity to receive an excellent education from a great school,» said Kelly.

Allison, whose organization has received millions from large corporate donors to push the implementation of school vouchers in North Carolina, sees the Opportunity Scholarships program as a salvation for students who are not doing well in the traditional public school system.

The Equal Opportunity For Students With Special Needs program, first passed in 2015, allows students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to receive a scholarship that can be used by parents on a variety of education expenses, including tuition and fees, textbooks, therapy, etc..

If that's not enough, the document — inked by a rural Lee County private school, which is eligible to receive public funds under the state's controversial Opportunity Scholarship Program — goes on to make this declaration:

An employee of the state's largest Opportunity Scholarship recipient embezzled $ 400,000, yet he remains gainfully employed by the school, and the school continues to receive tax - payer subsidies.

Scott is also seeking to boost the number of students receiving aid under the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, a federally - funded voucher program for low - income students in Washington.

The American Federation for Children Young Alumni Network is an effort to recruit young adults who received vouchers or opportunity scholarships, tax credit scholarships, education savings accounts, or attended public charter schools, or participated in online and blended learning programs at any time during grades K - 12.

Students who have completed the program may also have the opportunity to receive scholarships to outstanding high schools where they will be extremely successful and prepared to go on to college.

Enacted in 1997 and the nation's longest running scholarship tax credit program, the Individual Scholarship Tax Credit Program provides all Arizona taxpayers the opportunity to contribute directly to a School Tuition Organization (STO) and receive a dollar - for - dollar tax credit against their Arizona state taxscholarship tax credit program, the Individual Scholarship Tax Credit Program provides all Arizona taxpayers the opportunity to contribute directly to a School Tuition Organization (STO) and receive a dollar - for - dollar tax credit against their Arizona state taxScholarship Tax Credit Program provides all Arizona taxpayers the opportunity to contribute directly to a School Tuition Organization (STO) and receive a dollar - for - dollar tax credit against their Arizona state tax liability.

Senior year for me will be interesting because I will be applying to different competitive colleges, receiving many opportunities for scholarship programs, and going on many more college visits.

The State of Arizona gives the parents of a child with a disability who is transferring from an Arizona public school the opportunity to receive an Empowerment Scholarship Account («ESA») to help pay private school tuition for their child.

Nonetheless, Star Christian has received more than $ 75,000 in state funds since 2014 through the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarships program, created by the legislature in 2013.

The Scholarship Fund for Inner - City Children provides children in need with the opportunity to receive a high quality, values - based education in a nurturing and safe environment.

Trinity Christian School in Fayetteville has received $ 958,440 in Opportunity Scholarship funds (also known as school vouchers) since 2014.

Fayetteville Christian School ranks third in the state in the amount of taxpayer - funded school vouchers, formally known as «Opportunity Scholarships,» that the school has received for the 2016 - 17 academic school year — $ 249,708 as of late December 2016.

The maximum opportunity scholarship would be capped at $ 8,500 for students without disabilities and $ 15,000 for students with disabilities, or the actual tuition and fees of the receiving school, whichever is less.

Students who take the WorkKeys ® on the WorkKeys ® state test day may be eligible to receive a CRC on top of qualifying for a Hathaway Provisional Opportunity Scholarship.

The SEAA is required by law to ensure that private schools that receive funds from Opportunity Scholarships comply with the following:

We also know from the previous OSP evaluation (2010) that 91 percent of children who used their opportunity scholarships graduated from high school, 21 percent higher than those who were offered, but did not receive a scholarship.

While there are many opportunities to receive grants, scholarships, and relatively affordable loans to finance a college education, there are also a number of loan forgiveness programs that can help to erase debt after you've graduated.

Students received the opportunity to meet the donors of their scholarship and thank them for their continued support.

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During the fifth edition of the Flash GAMM conference in Kiev, Ukraine fifteen indie game developers were selected by the Casual Games Association (CGA) to receive an Innovation Scholarship, including a free airplane tickets and full conference passes to the Casual Connect Europe conference and the opportunity to show their games in Hamburg.

The indie games that were picked to receive the scholarship are: — Goal Defense — Snail Bob — Jelly Cannon — Pheus and Mor — Acorn Story — Transformer — Dino Trek — Dream Symphony — Red Ball 4 — The Prince Edward — Lazerman — Intrusion 2 — On The Flat Of A Dream — Hordes and Lords — Zombotron 2 Besides a free accommodation and a conference pass to Casual Connect Europe, the teams are given the opportunity to showcase their games at the Innovation Showcase, an «art - gallery» style exhibition in which twelve games are displayed that are considered innovative.

The Junior Scholars Colloquium provides approximately eight junior faculty members (as defined in the submission criteria below) with the opportunity to present competitively selected, unpublished papers and receive comments from more senior faculty members to help improve their scholarship.

66 For example, on June 22, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education released the results of a congressionally funded study revealing that, when compared with a control group, students who attended private schools (through the Opportunity Scholarship Program) in D.C. were 21 % more likely to receive a high school diploma.