Sentences with phrase «stimulus money»

When scientists talk about federal stimulus money for research, many focus on the approaching «cliff,» when funding will run out after 2 years.

How significant was the amount of stimulus money for energy?

Almost 70 percent of school districts said they used stimulus money to save or create education jobs, according to a new report.

That rise reflects the recent burst of stimulus money directed toward research and development in fields related to energy.

Specifically, schools receiving stimulus money will have to improve teacher effectiveness while also only hiring highly qualified educators.

Between fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 2013, the agency would get some $ 1.2 billion more for science, including stimulus money.

How will you be able to sustain the programs you've invested stimulus money in?

In fiscal 2010, schools actually received more in state aid, helped by an additional $ 1 billion in federal stimulus money.

When federal stimulus money runs out in the first quarter of next year, Bredesen doesn't want to be one of the states that «think Uncle Sam will somehow step in and fix it all up,» he said.

By Sean Ryan The president of a sewer construction company near Milwaukee wants the city to spend more federal stimulus money on sewer construction.

«It's outrageous that Palin wants to turn down Alaskans» fair share of federal stimulus money for education, public safety, unemployment services and health programs,» said State Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins.

In 2009, billions of dollars in stimulus money from the US and Europe were appropriated to help fund the vision.

Connecticut had a half a billion dollars of federal education stimulus money flowing in — yet Hartford High was laying off teachers?

Peter Schubert, North American design director for RMJM Architects on spending stimulus money, in Engineering News and Record: We need to ensure that the money spent goes to creative, sustainable buildings that will stand the test of time and will

A case in point is Sam Dillon's New York Times piece, «Schools Aided by Stimulus Money Still Facing Cuts,» which appeared on Labor Day.

So why, with over half a billion dollars in federal education stimulus money flowing to Connecticut — money intended to promote reform and protect jobs — is Hartford Public High School laying off teachers?

With stimulus money drying up, for schools this could be the worst budget season in years, particularly when combined with the possible 2 percent property tax cap that passed the state senate earlier this week and is awaiting vote in the assembly.

These new tests are funded by $ 330 million in stimulus money through the federal Race to the Top competition and are intended to measure critical thinking, particularly the critical skills emphasized by the Common Core State Standards, the set of educational standards most states have agreed to adopt.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and because of the influx of stimulus money into standardizing medical records for access by any health care facility or insurance biller, medical assistants are expected to be amongst the fastest growing positions.

The funding is from two federal sources, including $ 1.75 million under the No Child Left Behind act and the remaining $ 3.45 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as stimulus money.

Supporters say momentum is building because without such legislation, Kentucky could lose out on up to $ 200 million in federal stimulus money aimed at education reform and innovation.

Is anybody concerned that accepting stimulus money also means accepting more FEDERAL control over LOCAL schools?

To finance Race to the Top, the US Department of Education took discretionary stimulus money that could be used as conditional grants, and then turned a portion of that money into a competitive grant program.

With the Obama administration's mandate for health care companies to demonstrate meaningful use of EMRs to qualify for stimulus money under the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act, health care companies now have a greater incentive to adopt EMR technology.

Mr. Duncan recently put states on notice that they risk their shot at millions of dollars in federal stimulus money if they are not open to public charter schools.

«Still others won stimulus money just weeks after settling major pollution cases.»

And those that lag behind, through their acceptance of State Fiscal Stabilization Fund stimulus money, have committed to do so.

In Hoboken, New Jersey, the Hoboken School District made the news this summer for throwing away a school - wide set of laptops purchased with stimulus money because the technology ultimately wasn't working for the community.

For now, there's still $ 17 billion in stimulus money left to send out the door, and $ 2.2 billion in niche handouts, of the sort the Conservatives have been using to micromanage the electorate for the past four years.

This government stimulus money could be that push.

The feds have had similar doubts for years, considering an ongoing Treasury investigation into allegations the company inflated solar panel installation costs to pocket stimulus money.

By Paul Snyder A state lawmaker wants an unknown amount of leftover stimulus money for unspecified road projects in northern Wisconsin.

This time, we'll see a huge, absolute drop in funding after the massive one - time «bolus» of stimulus money passes through.

With $ 610 million in economic stimulus money added to his budget, Patrick Gallagher is preparing the nation's standards and measures agency for prime time

Suresh — who would be the first Indian American to direct the NSF — would take over just as a $ 3 - billion infusion of economic stimulus money given to the agency early last year begins to run out.

With little stimulus money expected to be left for construction after states make up for recession - driven budget cuts, districts are scrambling for some $ 24 billion or more in zero - or low - interest bonds under the $ 787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Specifically, 46 percent of Americans support the use of stimulus money earmarked for education to retain teachers slated to be laid off, and 81 percent of Americans favor making kindergarten compulsory.

And while the impetus for having a so - called board exam system in which students must achieve some core competencies, instead of seat time in a classroom, has some laudatory elements to it, the larger gorilla in the room is that it will take an enormous amount of one - time stimulus money just to get this initiative off the ground in these handful of states.

Responding to news of stimulus money tabbed for Golden Gate National Parks, KTVU visits Dias Ridge in the Marin Headlands??? site of future trail and habitat work.

Obama is sending stimulus money?

Yet in the last federal budget, Harper allocated virtually all «green» stimulus money towards CSS - giving virtually nothing, to wind, solar or other green technologies such as modernizing the grid or promoting energy conservation.

But with enough stimulus money, the long - term payback of lower energy bills and lower crime would outweigh that cost.

Yup — we absolutely need to price carbon to make keep up this growth (there won't be stimulus money forever, and coal is still so effing cheap...).