Sentences with phrase «said federal grant money»

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A Maryland town hall attendee who works for Secular Coalition for America asked Obama about statements he made as a candidate in 2008 when he said, «If you get a federal grant, you can't use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help, and you can't discriminate against them - or against the people you hire - on the basis of their religion.»

Rejman said the Park District won $ 3.1 million in federal grant money earmarked for projects that benefit short - stay boaters.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said she's not worried, despite the fact U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned cities earlier this week they could lose federal grant money for failing to cooperate with immigration authorities.

Tenney says the $ 15 million gondola planned for the New York State Fair is an unnecessary waste of taxpayers» money, and she'll oppose granting the federal approval needed for the project.

The library paid for the upgrades with $ 8.7 million in grant money from Onondaga County, New York State, the federal government and several private grants, Mitchell said.

The Justice Department says it won't give cities some law enforcement grant money unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and alert them when someone facing deportation will be released from local custody.

Trump's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will propose giving each state a fixed amount of federal money in the form of a block grant to provide health care to low - income people on Medicaid, Conway said.

Suffolk Police Commissioner nominee Geraldine Hart said she wants to work closely with authorities in El Salvador to help fight the deadly MS - 13 gang's activities in the county and plans to use her knowledge of federal programs to push for more grant money.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the administration will «strip federal grant money from sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants» and will «figure out how we can defund those streams, look at those funding streams and figure out how they can be cut off.»

«We're going to strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants,» he said.

SURA uses federal money from its Community Development Block Grant to buy insurance for its employees, a cost of about $ 50,000, said DelVecchio.

White House officials said the administration was still working through how much funding would be cut, but spokesperson Sean Spicer said the administration would «strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants.»

«The federal government is throwing money at police departments to do body cameras... But you can't get a «grant - writing for dummies» book and expect to get $ 5 million,» he said.

«We're going to strip federal grant money for the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants,» White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during a press briefing Wednesday.

But the rules governing Brazilian federal universities make it difficult to pay a lab manager with grant money, Copelli says.

According to a G.A.O. report, which was done at the request of Representative William H. Natcher of Kentucky, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education, two - thirds of rural districts that receive federal drug - free school grants say the money covers more than half of their total drug - education program.

Charter school supporters say money flowing to the state from federal charter school grants would offset much of the total.

Teachers Union Refuses to Sign Off on LAUSD Plan for Race to the Top Grant The Los Angeles teachers union has refused to sign off on Los Angeles Unified's bid for a prestigious Race to the Top grant, costing the district a shot at winning $ 40 million in federal money, sources said SatuGrant The Los Angeles teachers union has refused to sign off on Los Angeles Unified's bid for a prestigious Race to the Top grant, costing the district a shot at winning $ 40 million in federal money, sources said Satugrant, costing the district a shot at winning $ 40 million in federal money, sources said Saturday.

Deasy could submit an application anyway, but said federal rules for the money required a written commitment to the terms of the grant by the local teachers union.

While Claypool said the cuts to school budgets would amount to $ 100 million, CPS later issued materials saying it would cut $ 75 million from school budgets this year, and that those cuts would be mitigated by the availability of $ 41 million in federal grant money.

HISD receives no state or federal money to support the Apollo 20 program specifically, Baker says, instead relying on Texas Education Agency grants and support from the community.

Some of the state's lowest performing schools — including several in Pueblo City Schools (D60)-- are in worse shape today than before they received more than $ 60 million in federal grant money to improve achievement, a report from a Denver education reform advocacy group said.

The report released in December by A + Denver said nearly a third of schools awarded School Improvement Grants during the first three years of the program are performing worse than prior to receiving the federal money.

«The money should follow the child,» said Sen. Chad Barefoot, talking about one provision of a House bill he presented to Senate Finance members on Monday afternoon that previously dealt with school playgrounds — but was gutted and jammed with language that would change the way charter schools receive money by allowing them to receive millions more in sales taxes, property taxes, grant funds and federal appropriations, and more.

He said the national policy moment that resulted in teacher evaluation laws and regulations stems from both the financial crisis and Race to the Top, a federal competition for grant money in exchange for the pursuit of specific education reforms.

Over the past 12 months, Bennett said he's met with interested parties «across the state» and explored ways his office might use federal grants to offer some of the start - up money any charter school developer will need.

By signing this certification statement, you are saying that you are not in default on a federal student loan and do not owe money on a federal student grant and that you will use federal student loans only for educational purposes.

While NYCDOT and the MTA said that this year they would roll out improvements to local bus service on 34th Street and Fifth / Madison Avenues in Manhattan, Jamaica, and downtown Brooklyn, they warned that planned BRT routes in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island could not go forward without the $ 354 million in federal grant money the city would receive if congestion pricing legislation is passed by April 7.

«While we understand that the federal government is making cuts across departments as part of the debt - reduction plan, our agency largely depends on grants and contribution monies to stay open,» she says.