Not exact matches
Of immediate concern is providing states with a lump sum for Medicaid spending — a
system known as
block grants — as opposed to an open - ended entitlement.
Democrats, who had railed against the impact
of the legislation on a state like New York, which could have seen a gradual reduction in Medicaid spending with a
block grant system, were cautious in their responses.
Katko's rejection
of the replacement bill comes after the White House and Republican Study Committee agreed Friday to changes, including using
block grants to pay for Medicaid, rather than a cap
system.
Washington — The new education
block grants are a «political football» that state departments
of education and local school
systems risk fumbling to state legislators and governors around the country unless they act quickly.
The Republican has pushed for school choice using federal
block grants and for giving private lenders control
of the student loan
system, as well as calculating students» loans based on the kind
of jobs they'll likely be able to get.
The centerpiece
of Brown's plan is the Local Control Funding Formula, which rolls virtually all
of the state's current maze
of spending on schools into a more simplified
block grant system where districts with higher numbers
of English learners and students receiving subsidized meals would be provided additional dollars.
Leaning heavily on recommendations from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst, the Brown administration proposed earlier this month cutting $ 38 million by eliminating or reducing state support for a number
of school mandates, while looking for ways to transform the program into a
block grant system.
One
of those formulas, the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula — the state's main education equalization aid
grant — hasn't been faithfully used in years and has left communities and districts with a
system of unpredictable
block grants.
Along with putting a new Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula into statute and moving away from — beginning in FY 2019 — the practice
of allocating ECS funds to towns via arbitrary
block grants, the ECS formula passed by the General Assembly incorporates several key elements to establishing a fair and equitable school funding
system for Connecticut.
EA Sports has seen its entire line - up take advantage
of the
system that only
grants new copies
of games access to multiplayer, but other titles / genres from the publisher like Bad Company 2 don't completely
block online content.
The first reexamination request was
granted in April and involves a Clear Channel patent for a
system and method
of creating recordings
of live performances, locking musical acts into using Clear Channel technology and
blocking innovations by others.
The passage
of the 1996 PRWORA (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act) transformed the U.S. welfare
system from a federal entitlement program that emphasized cash assistance to poor families, primarily, to a state
block grant that stressed time limits and work.
Multiple state and local agencies administer the continuum
of services and supports that comprise the early learning
system in Illinois, including the Illinois State Board
of Education (Preschool for All and Prevention Initiative, which together comprise the Early Childhood
Block Grant), Department
of Human Services (home visiting, Early Intervention, child care, WIC), Department
of Children and Family Services (child welfare and child care licensing), and Department
of Public Health (family case management, health programs).