Sentences with phrase «withhold federal education funding»

That interference comes from federal government threats to withhold federal education funding from states who fail to get in step.

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Federal officials had the power to sanction schools with high opt our rates by withholding funding, and the state's education commissioner said a few days ago that she was talking to officials and would not rule out the sanctions compete.

State education commissioner MaryEllen Elia warned that while there would be no penalties this year for districts with large opt - out movements, such as the withholding of federal funding, districts could be sanctioned if the movement continues.

Federal officials had the power to sanction schools with high opt out rates by withholding funding, and the state's education commissioner said a few days ago that she was talking to officials and would not rule out the sanctions compete.

A team of conservative legal scholars last week filed a complaint charging that two Southern California school districts fail to offer students school choice as required under federal law and asked the U.S. Department of Education to withhold the districts» federal funds.

She wonders if the Department of Education will withhold federal funding if these states apply for waivers but offer much less in the way of conforming principles than Secretary Duncan would like.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan previously threatened to withhold some federal funding if the state passed Assembly Bill 484.

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.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan initially opposed the plan and threatened to withhold up to $ 1.5 billion in federal funds from the state but he has since backed away.

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 all, Brown knows full well that any attempt to withhold federal funding will be challenged by Golden State's influential congressional delegation (including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein); the former state attorney general is also likely betting that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year on the Affordable Healthcare Act, which effectively makes it impossible for the federal government to withhold subsidies from states for not implementing new regulations, can also be applied to what the administration can do on the education policy front.

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.

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.