Sentences with phrase «receiving federal dollars»

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say Wednesday whether she would block private schools that discriminate against LGBT students from receiving federal dollars, explaining that she believes states should have the flexibility to design voucher programs and that parents should be able to choose schools that best fit their children's needs.

The announcement, made by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), comes as some states are lifting caps on the number of charter schools, and as major charter - management organizations (CMOs) like KIPP and Rocketship Education are receiving federal dollars to expand their programs.

In a recent House Committee on Appropriations hearing where she defended the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, DeVos refused to say whether K - 12 private schools receiving federal dollars through her voucher scheme would be permitted to discriminate against students.

When asked specifically about this in a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies meeting in May, Education Secretary DeVos refused to guarantee that she would prohibit private schools from receiving federal dollars if they discriminate.35

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say Wednesday whether she would block private schools that discriminate against LGBT students from receiving federal dollars, explaining that she believes states should have the flexibility to design voucher programs and that parents should be able to choose schools that best fit their children's needs.

For decades, Title I of ESEA has included important fiscal requirements to ensure that federal funding is supplemental to state and local education funding and that states and districts do not reduce their own spending in response to receiving federal dollars.

The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition is receiving federal dollars to expand its home weatherization program.

But the order also states that faith - based organizations receiving federal dollars may use their facilities to provide government - backed social services, even if those facilities include religious art, icons, scriptures and other religious symbols.

The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

Schools must follow the HHFKA standards to receive federal dollars for their lunch programs.

504s are a part of U.S. civil - rights law, and if your child's school receives any federal dollars, it's obligated to provide a plan and abide by it.

Manny Rivera: It's probably unpopular for me to say this, but my guess is that 100 percent of those communities that voted to opt out of NCLB and not receive federal dollars have significant numbers of Latino and African - American policymakers.

And to receive federal dollars, districts must give parents the freedom to use this information to select the school of their choice — traditional public, charter, or private.

Unlike public or charter schools, private schools are not required to admit all applicants, nor are they required to observe some federal requirements such as the Americans with Disabilities Act unless they receive federal dollars.

School districts would have to show that they are spending enough on poorer schools before they receive the federal dollars.

In the cases of Arizona, Indiana, and Texas, where legislatures and governors had tried to bar the federally approved provider from participating in state Medicaid, judges ruled that states simply can't do that and expect to receive federal dollars.

But, he said, it should receive no federal dollars.

Not exact matches

The Russian - Canadian real estate developer was caught up in the federal investigation into Trump's ties to Russia after it was discovered that Shnaider received hundreds of millions of dollars by a Russian state - run bank which may have helped pay for building the Trump Tower in Toronto.

The money will be distributed over five years to the superclusters, which are required to match the federal funding they receive, dollar for dollar.

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).

The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dollars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law.

Receiving wages from an employer in a virtual currency is like being paid in dollars: It is taxable to the employee, must be reported by the employer on a Form W - 2 and is subject to federal income tax withholding, according to Wolters Kluwer.

Each of those four banks also have an outsized presence on Wall Street; each of them received taxpayer bailouts during the 2008 crash; each received secret, below - market interest rate loans from the Federal Reserve during the crisis; and three of them (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citibank) are currently holding tens of trillions of dollars in derivatives within the insured banking subsidiary — meaning there would be a forced taxpayer bailout if the derivatives blew up the bank.

«Whether or not an insurance exchange is established by the federal or state government,» Charmaine Yoest, AUL Action president, said, «it receives taxpayer dollars, which should not be used to pay for abortions and life - ending drugs and devices.»

Currently, some $ 500 million federal dollars go to Planned Parenthood annually receives more than $ 500 million annually.

A recent law prohibits federal funds from paying for most abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major abortion provider (3 percent of their services are abortions)-- has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding — legally, much of that can not be used on abortions.

The outlook for corporate profits is likely to receive a boost from the lower Australian dollar, the impact of lower interest rates and a revival in business confidence after the federal election, says UBS strategist David Cassidy.

For example, what if districts with lower property values received more federal reimbursement dollars for school meals than districts with higher property values, with the affluent districts making up the difference via a higher lunch price for paying students?

About 400 of them were to be rehired after CPS received an influx of federal dollars.

But Sandy said the park district has not received «a single dollar «in state or federal grants thus far, nor has it even applied for any.

Former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and his son, Pedro G., were indicted yet again for allegedly bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from their healthcare network, Soundview, which received both federal and state funding.

Before Benedict Donald's tax reform NY State sent $ 48B dollars to the Fed more than we received back in direct Federal benefits.

Nassau district attorney investigators arrested Gerard Terry, a former North Hempstead Town Democratic Party leader, on April 12, 2016, who, public records show, amassed nearly $ 1.4 million in state and federal tax debts while receiving government jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The report found the state receives 84 cents for every dollar it has sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016, a wider gap than three years previously.

Twenty - eight counties have received a major disaster declaration for the mid-March blizzard that blanketed parts of upstate New York, a step toward recouping millions of dollars in costs from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.

New York State received $ 6 billion dollars in federal aid after Superstorm Sandy, and Governor Cuomo invited Vice President Joe Biden to the State Capitol, to show him how he's spending the money.

DiNapoli said the state received 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016.

To raise revenues, Cuomo proposed requiring extending sales tax collections on online sales, imposing a surcharge on certain health insurers who received a windfall from federal tax cuts, tapping hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from lawsuit settlements and raising taxes «e-cigarettes» and taxing opioids (2 cents per milligram prescribed to go to anti-addiction programs).

The town's Democratic committee is looking for a successor to Gerard Terry, who resigned last week as party chairman after Newsday reported he had collected $ 1.4 million in federal and state tax debts while receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in public work.

Specifically, Chele is focused on recapturing the $ 40 billion dollars more that New Yorkers pay in federal taxes each year than the state receives.

«As we have said repeatedly throughout this process, New York is a net donor state, giving far more in tax dollars to the federal government than we receive,» she said.

Trump and Gov. Andrew Cuomo met at Trump Tower, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Cuomo this week rolled out more than 25 million dollars in federal funding for 16 counties, and those that aren't receiving any money are wondering why they were left out.

New York is poised to receive millions of dollars in much - needed school funding, thanks to the passage of a critical $ 26 billion federal jobs bill in Congress on Aug. 10.

The Hawkins - Jones ticket was nominated in Troy NY the day after former local State Senator and Majority Leader Joe Bruno won his federal retrial on public corruption charges despite clear evidence that he receive tens of thousands of dollars monthly for no - show jobs.

He says they'd have to pay $ 294 more dollars in additional federal pay roll taxes, nearly $ 3000 in additional state and federal personal income taxes, and would receive $ 1300 less in earned income tax credits for the working poor.

For example, the state would cut $ 50 million in Medicaid funding from the city unless Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration comes up with a plan in the next five months to receive $ 100 million more in federal Medicaid dollars for preschool and school supportive health services.

The school is eligible to receive millions of dollars in federal money to improve its performance, but Dr. Tisch said its problems ran so deep — students read far below grade level, and there was little instruction taking place — that money alone might not be enough to solve them.

President - elect Donald Trump and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo met at Trump Tower Wednesday morning, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Since New York taxpayers already send over $ 40 billion more in tax dollars to Washington than we receive back in federal benefits and services, we are not being subsidized by any state.»