Sentences with phrase «state financial aid»

In addition, the governor proposes no broad - based increases in state financial aid programs, thus leaving either the student, or the college, short.

The governor and legislature have sought over the past five years to compensate for limits on local property taxation through expansion of state financial aid to schools.

The legislation would allow undocumented students who meet in - state tuition requirements to access state financial aid and scholarships for higher education.

They also have to face a plan to either limit their own tuition hikes or lose the ability of students at their colleges to get certain state financial aid.

Schools that didn't improve would risk losing students and the accompanying state financial aid.

Most state financial aid programs also cover a maximum of just 12 credits per semester.

But they stopped short of explaining that when public school systems convert to charter status they immediately become eligible for additional state financial aid that can be millions of dollars per district.

Office of Student Financial Assistance > State Financial Aid Programs > DCF Foster Child Tuition Waiver and Fee Assistance Program

His statement and the impasse in Albany signaled yet another dead end for the Dream Act, the measure that would allow high school graduates who are undocumented immigrants to apply for state financial aid for college.

«We don't want to wait until next year,» the Manhattan Democrat said of the Dream Act, which would extend state financial aid to students in the country illegally.

Had it passed, New York would have become the fifth state to enact the DREAM Act, which would have allowed state financial aid programs to cover the college kids of undocumented immigrants.

Had it passed, New York would have been only the fifth U.S. state to offer state financial aid to undocumented students.

As it turned out, I did not attain my goals in filing suit; Washington and other states are free to bar theology majors from all forms of state financial aid as a result of the Supreme Court's decision.

But Jane Ryan, a former board member and certified public accountant, said that Massapequa's reserves had helped protect the district against fluctuations in state financial aid.

An important step would be to ensure that state financial aid opportunities, such as the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), are available to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

New York's Dream Act seeks to provide state financial aid to undocumented youth in pursuit of a college degree.

Students, labor leaders, and citizens» groups are calling on the State Senate to pass the New York DREAM Act, which would give undocumented youth access to state financial aid like the Tuition Assistance Program.

Sponsored by Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa of Manhattan, the measure would allow students brought into the country as children to seek state financial aid for higher education, including the Excelsior Scholarship program that makes tuition at state colleges free for low - income and middle - class students.

Maryvale School District officials are asking residents to write letters to state representatives to encourage Cuomo to release figures on the planned state financial aid.

School taxes across Long Island are expected to rise less than 1 percent on average for the 2016 - 17 academic year — the lowest increase in decades — and experts say the figure probably will drop further after lawmakers in Albany decide how much state financial aid to give districts.

Long Island school districts stand to recover more than $ 117 million in lost state financial aid during the coming year, according to the region's education leaders who say the money will help compensate for tighter state property tax limits.

The state Senate narrowly rejected a bill Monday night that would have provided undocumented students with state financial aid to pursue their education.

In the release of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 30 - day amendment to the executive budget on Thursday, Albany found itself without state financial aid.

■ The Dream Act, which would allow undocumented students to obtain state financial aid and scholarships, is a badly needed investment in New York's future.

The boycotts could cost Long Island's public schools more than $ 200 million in federal and state financial aid if Washington imposes penalties for low student test - participation rates, key superintendents in Nassau and Suffolk counties said in a January letter to acting U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr..

Steven Englebright (D - Setauket) at the Capitol in Albany on March 6, 2018, about state financial aid for schools.

There's agreement to expand state financial aid to cover students of families with annual incomes up to $ 125,000.

Presented to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (March 2018): «Redesigning Massachusetts State Financial Aid: Simplifying Process & Maximizing Impact.»

A member of the New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association for eight years, Marjorie worked on diversity and retention committees to help New York City students succeed in postsecondary education.

Because the deduction's cost can change with trends in student borrowing and repayment, among other factors, policymakers should consider the provision's costs and periodically evaluate its merits alongside other programs and proposals with similar goals, such as income - based repayment and federal and state financial aid grants.

College Board Get details on scholarships and explore other financial aid resources, including a listing of state financial aid offices.

When federal and state financial aid options have been exhausted and they're often exhausted before you can cover all of your bases, you should consider private loans as a way to bridge the gap.

Visit the Iowa College Student Aid Commission for more information on state financial aid packages.

Office of Student Financial Assistance > State Financial Aid Programs > Public Service Grant Program

Office of Student Financial Assistance > State Financial Aid Programs > Commonwealth September 11, 2001 Tragedy Tuition Waiver

Texas, New Mexico, California and Minnesota have already passed state level legislation permitting undocumented residents to access state financial aid in those respective states.

Cuomo is also backing the so - called Dream Act that would extend state financial aid to students in the country illegally as part of his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.

Cuomo again is asking lawmakers to pass the Dream Act, to make students who are immigrants without documentation eligible for state financial aid.

Hochul also touted her support for the Dream Act — which would allow state financial aid to undocumented, college - bound students — the 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda, and the SAFE Act.

Four states — California, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington — offer state financial aid to DREAMers.

Koppell had been pushing for a more progressive agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion plank.

ALBANY — Amid the generally festive energy at this weekend's Somos El Futuro conference in Albany, there was another emotion coursing through many of the event's Latino participants: fury over the fate of the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented college students who meet certain criteria access to state financial aid.

While presenting his budget in January, Cuomo called for passage of the DREAM Act, a measure to help reduce the cost of college for undocumented immigrants or their children by permitting their access to state financial aid.

As it was being debated Monday, activists clogged the Capitol's hallways to protest the lack of favored measures including opening up state financial aid to students in the country illegally, the public campaign financing effort and more funding for charter schools.

The New York Dream Act would provide Dreamers like me with access to state financial aid.

Advocates were hoping to see the New York DREAM Act passed along with it, which would make undocumented students eligible for state financial aid.