Sentences with phrase «scholarship provides for the children»

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Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE: VAC) is pleased to announce its donation to Step Up For Students, its third in three years, to help provide scholarships so low - income children can find the best school for their learning neeFor Students, its third in three years, to help provide scholarships so low - income children can find the best school for their learning neefor their learning needs.

Was on the board of the Thorn Tree Project and the Samburu Scholarship Fund, which provide educational opportunities for nomadic children in northern Kenya.

In 1951 the nation's scholarship program was opened up to qualifying students who wanted to attend private secondary schools; the government also began providing for children attending all elementary schools a minimal supplementary aid in a form similar to the tuition voucher plans presently under discussion in several American states.

The William Guy Spriggs Charitable Trust has provided scholarships for underprivileged children and funding for poverty organizations, food banks and homeless shelters.

In the past, Stein Family Wines has donated to educational organizations and helped provide scholarships for the students of Napa Valley so the children of vineyard workers may have opportunities their parents did not.

When one of her sons died at 32, she and her family established a foundation to provide college scholarships for the children of other single parents.

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.

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.

Nepali provides their craftswomen with above - market compensation, access to healthcare, and full scholarships for their children to attend school.

Not only will the program continue for another five years, but the budget also calls for an expansion of funding and increases for scholarship amounts for students, both of which provide even more families with access to options for their children's education.

We examine the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) scholarship program, which provides private school tuition scholarships to children from low - income families (defined as those making less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, which is the same eligibility requirement as for a free or reduced - price lunch).

Activists will also focus their energies on tax - relief programs for third parties that provide scholarships for poor children to attend religious and private schools.

For the poorest children, the schools provide scholarships or subsidized places: 7 percent of children paid no tuition and 11 percent paid reduced fees.

Give Pell Grants to Kids Congress should enact Pell Grants for kids and provide a $ 500 scholarship to each of the 25 million low - and middle - income children in America.

For instance, if Congress had allocated two - thirds of all new federal spending (non-disability related) on K - 12 education since 1992 to this program, $ 10 billion would have been available for scholarships this year - enough to provide full $ 500 scholarships to all middle - and low - income children in kindergarten through the 8th graFor instance, if Congress had allocated two - thirds of all new federal spending (non-disability related) on K - 12 education since 1992 to this program, $ 10 billion would have been available for scholarships this year - enough to provide full $ 500 scholarships to all middle - and low - income children in kindergarten through the 8th grafor scholarships this year - enough to provide full $ 500 scholarships to all middle - and low - income children in kindergarten through the 8th grade.

The proposal — a bill that would provide tax credits for donations to scholarship funds that help children pay tuition at private schools — is similar to programs that are growing in popularity in other states.

NASA officials said last week that the agency had received calls from hundreds of people offering to donate money for a new shuttle orbiter, to help provide for the children of the astronauts, or to contribute to scholarship funds set up in their honor.

It's providing scholarships to children and families at a very young age and actively mentoring students in middle school, high school, and through college, focusing on what it will take for them to succeed.

The Corporate School Tuition Organization Tax Credit provides scholarships for low and lower - middle - income children to attend private schools.

Florida The John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program provides private school vouchers to assist children with special needs in Florida.

South Carolina Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children program, enacted in 2013, provides scholarships to students with special needs.

Indiana The Corporate and Individual Scholarship Tax Credit Program provides scholarships for low and lower - middle income children to attend private schools.

Iowa The Individual School Tuition Organization Tax Credit provides scholarships for low and lower - middle income children to attend private schools.

Oklahoma The Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program provides private school vouchers to assist children with special needs in Oklahoma.

Arizona Lexie's Law provides scholarships for foster children and children with special needs to attend private schools.

Kansas The newly formed tax credit - funded scholarship program provides scholarships to children who qualify for reduced price lunch and attend a failing school.

Rhode Island The Rhode Island Corporate Scholarship Tax Credit provides scholarships for low and lower - middle income children to attend private schools.

The Individual School Tuition Organization Tax Credit provides scholarships for children to attend private schools.

Georgia The Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program is a special needs voucher that provides scholarships for children to attend private school.

Louisiana The Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence provides private school vouchers to assist low - income children in failing schools in New Orleans.

Florida provides a tax credit on corporate income taxes and insurance premium taxes for donations to scholarship - funding organizations (SFOs), nonprofits that provide scholarships for low - income students and children in foster care and offer funds for transportation to public schools outside a child's district.

A majority of Americans support school choice, including the idea of providing tax - funded scholarships for poor parents to send their children to public, private, or parochial schools, according to a poll released last week.

The new law would allow companies to claim an income - tax credit for contributions made to organizations that provide educational scholarships and tuition grants to children from low - income families.

«Since this program saves taxpayers money and the legislature will need to appropriate more funding to return these students to the local public schools, which will lead to increase costs to the local district; the legislature should instead provide the funding for the scholarship program to allow parents to choose schools they believe will best educate their children,» Duplessis added.

We believe an education tax credit that would inspire charitable giving to state non-profits who provide scholarships to eligible children is the best way to immediately expand opportunity for children in need of more and better educational options.

The Patriot - News reported that [Corbett] «aims to see Pennsylvania join the growing list of states that offer taxpayer - funded vouchers to parents to send their children to a school of their choice... The governor also wants to expand the state's tax credits program that provides for business - funded private school scholarships.»

Activities include participation in adopt - a-school programs, financing mini-grants, sponsoring scholarships, providing training for employees to help them help their children learn, donating equipment or materials, serving on school committees, sponsoring field trips, providing tutoring and mentoring, and participating in a joint Chamber of Commerce and schools initiative.

AFC believes a federal tax credit to inspire charitable giving by corporations and individuals to state non-profits who provide scholarships for eligible children to attend a school of their parents» choice would have the greatest impact for children in need.

Louisiana Federation for Children President Ann Duplessis says Superintendent White's proposal provides a viable solution for hundreds of families whose scholarship awards were not honored after Governor John Bel Edwards chose not to fully fund the Louisiana Scholarshscholarship awards were not honored after Governor John Bel Edwards chose not to fully fund the Louisiana ScholarshipScholarship Program.

Voucher: In the school choice context, a program that provides tuition funding to a family that allows them to choose a private school for their children — a publicly funded scholarship for K - 12 students.

This legislation (HB 394) would create a pilot program providing parents of students with special needs the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with funds to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

«OSP is providing scholarship payments of $ 7,500 per year to pay tuition for OSP scholarship children to attend [voucher] schools while the families of non-OSP students pay no tuition.»

Under the OSA, businesses receive tax credits worth 85 percent of their contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations, which provide scholarships for low - and middle - income children to pay tuition at private schools or out - of - district public schools or to cover eligible homeschooling expenses.

Scholarship organizations would have the prerogative to take different approaches to helping families provide a quality education for their children, such as setting standards for educational products or services beyond the letter of the law.

Mr. Cuccinelli also wants parents to be able to remove their children from failing schools, and last year supported legislation to provide tax - credit scholarships to private schools for low - income students.

The stated intent of last year's trip was to educate North Carolina lawmakers about Florida's tax credit scholarship program, which encourages companies to donate scholarship money for low - income children to attend private schools by providing matching state tax dollars.

In the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's latest research, The Achievement Checkup, I examined the long - term academic outcomes of one of the programs attempting to help low - income families beat the odds — The Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore (CSFB), an organization that provides need - based K - 8 scholarships to low - income families.

«Parents are choosing the Louisiana Scholarship Program because it works and it provides access to a high - quality education in a safe and secure learning environment,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

«We still have a long way to go, but the improvements we are seeing over time in the scholarship program provides strong evidence that empowering low - income and working - class parents to choose the best education for their children is paying huge benefits in Louisiana.»