Sentences with phrase «schools receiving federal funds»

At the law's peak, more than 19,000 schools — about two - fifths of schools receiving federal funds and one - fifth of all public schools nationally — were placed on lists of schools «in need of improvement» and subject to consequences built into the law.

Watch that exchange below: An aide to Murray subsequently said this amounted to a commitment that «all students in schools receiving federal funds should be protected under our nation's civil rights laws, including the full range of Title IX and IDEA.»

And after ducking Senator Tim Kaine's (D - Virginia) question about equal accountability for all schools receiving federal funds four times in person, she's said nothing to clarify her position.

Speaking with Kaine, she seemed to not understand IDEA or to believe that private schools receiving federal funds should not have to abide by the law's requirements.

Violations of Section II (public schools and private schools receiving federal funds) of the ADA are overseen by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

«If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving federal funds to different standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.

The 2004 reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act required every school receiving federal funds for food service programs to adopt a wellness policy by the beginning of the 2006 - 2007 school year.

If your child's school receives federal funding, it needs to comply with nutritional standards on the foods it serves for breakfast and lunch, as well as any other food options that might be available (like vending machines or snack food stores).

Sophie: I think every school receiving federal funds should be mandated to have a mission statement that includes antibullying clauses, and every student should have to sign a form to stop bullying when they see it or know of it happening.

You're outta» luck, unless your private school receives federal funding.

Schools receiving federal funding that do not make AYP for two consecutive years are identified as «schools in need of improvement.»

Federal law requires the lowest - performing 5 percent of schools receiving federal funding be identified in the 2018 school year for more intense intervention by the state to help them improve.

Not exact matches

In its early years, a number of her students in the program were teenagers who had come to the country, unauthorized, at a young age and finished high school, but then could not obtain citizenship or receive any state or federal funds for college.

Religious schools should not receive federal funds.

In 2006, the USDA required all school districts receiving federal funding for school meals to create a wellness policy that addressed food - related policies, nutrition education, and physical activity.

School lunches have to follow certain meal pattern requirements to receive federal reimbursement funds.

«Every school district that receives federal funding has been required to have a wellness policy since 2006,» Davis said.

And I know that schools have huge incentives for having more kids on the list to receive the free meals as that allows them more federal funding.

While the federal government mandates schools that receive federal money serve a free lunch to children whose families meet a certain income, the funds don't cover the entire cost of the meal.

Nearly all high - poverty schools that are eligible for community eligibility also are eligible to receive federal funding for afterschool meals.

Many private schools are also covered by Section 504 by virtue of the fact that they receive federal funds.

Private schools, including preschools, are also covered if their schools receives or has received some form of federal funding.

The 504 Plan takes its name from Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a federal law that prohibits schools that receive federal funding from excluding or otherwise discriminating against a student with a «disability» solely on the basis of that disability.6 A «disability» under Section 504 is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAA) as a «physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities.»

One of the most important differences between the ADAAA and Section 504 is that the ADAAA applies to most schools regardless of whether they receive federal funding.

I am attending a fully accredited midwifery school (which receives federal funding), as part of my path towards becoming a CPM.

Byrd mentioned offering classes at some schools after state officials ruled this week that the board could not receive federal funds for serving lunches when no classes were in session.

The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 introduced big changes to school nutrition standards (which govern school lunch and breakfast programs that receive federal government funding).

The measure, which is separate from federal legislation and would apply only to New York state, would allow undocumented students to be eligible for funds from the state's Tuition Assistance Program if they attended high school in New York state or received a general equivalency diploma and have applied to a college or university within the state.

The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

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 Syracuse City School District also received more than $ 1 million in federal funding this year.

PLATTSBURGH — A federally - funded program that provides services to high school students from low - income families has received nearly $ 1 million in federal funds.

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.

Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.

The MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence was originally approved as part of the Federal and State Excellence Initiative in 2007 and received a five - year funding extension in the second round in 2012 — a tremendous boost for the Mainz - based materials scientists and for the sponsorship of young researchers at JGU.

The MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence was approved through the German Federal and State Excellence Initiative in 2007 and received a five - year funding extension in the second round in 2012.

In return, the parent receives a state - funded account that can be put toward multiple but limited uses: private - school tuition, tutoring from certified tutors, individual public - school courses, online programs, community college and university tuition, standardized testing fees, curriculum costs, and saving for future higher - education expenses in a tax - advantaged federal Coverdell Account.

Public and private schools receiving federal technology funds must adopt plans that include the installation of blocking software to protect children from sexually...

For the first time, states receiving federal K - 12 education funding would be required to hold districts and schools accountable for the achievement...

Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools that receive funding from the federal Title I program for disadvantaged students are required to offer supplemental education services if they fail to meet their achievement targets for three or more years.

Although officials from the 4,000 districts nationwide that receive federal impact - aid funds have been outspoken in their opposition to cuts in the program recommended by the Reagan Administration, the Fairfax school board was the first in the country to threaten military families with tuition charges to make up for the lost support.

Schools that receive federal Title I funds to improve learning among disadvantaged children and fail to make AYP for two years in a row are considered in need of improvement and face a range of consequences.

The scarcity of information reflects the fact that private schools, unlike public schools, do not receive additional funding for students with disabilities, and consequently are not required by federal law to follow complex procedures for the identification of those students.

The program, which received $ 217 million in the fiscal 2005 federal budget, provides start - up funding for the independently run public schools.

Many schools receive inadequate funding from municipal, state, and federal governments.

In 1994, Congress passed the Gun - Free Schools Act, which requires that each state receiving federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act must enact a state law that requires all school districts to expel from school for least one year any student found bringing a gun to school.

But Wednesday morning, the U.S. Department of Education took an executive action that I support strongly, issuing new guidance for the Public Charter Schools Program that will allow charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.

In just the past five years, KIPP has received tens of millions of dollars in federal grants to open new schools, in addition to a $ 50 million grant through the Investing in Innovation Fund to develop its school - leader training program.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits schools that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basis of sex.

The NWF has been pushing for schools to receive federal funding for child - nutrition programs that incorporate green principles into their required wellness policies.