Sentences with phrase «withhold federal education dollars»

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The Obama Administration has said it will withhold discretionary federal education dollars from states that block the creation and growth of charter schools.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

At that time, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal funding during a dispute over which tests to give students and which measurements to use.

After Montana State Superintendent Denise Juneau informed U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan of her decision in April, Duncan initially — and forcefully — responded by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in federal Title I funding from the state.

California placed a year - long moratorium on the use of Common Core exams to make «accountability» decisions, a modest step that drew threats from Duncan to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education aid.

According to memos sent to superintendents, but not yet released to the public, Malloy and Wyman's Education Department will be withholding what are called Title 1 Federal Funds — those are the dollars that come through a fifty year - old federal program that provides states with extra money to help poor children succeed in Federal Funds — those are the dollars that come through a fifty year - old federal program that provides states with extra money to help poor children succeed in federal program that provides states with extra money to help poor children succeed in school.