Sentences with phrase «withhold federal funding»

The state has threatened to withhold federal funding and other money from districts that don't administer the test, a penalty the cash - strapped Chicago district can ill afford.

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.

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

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.

He noted how Meng said during the primary that she would have voted with congressional Democrats to withhold some federal funding to the NYPD because of its controversial surveillance of Muslim communities.

I'd howl, too, if I were B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell: opposed it one day, supported it the next after Harper threatened to withhold federal funding for the 2010 Olympics.

And because individual states could still prohibit marijuana locally, Booker's bill would also incentivize states to change their marijuana laws by withholding federal funding from any states that have enforced laws against the drug in ways that disproportionately affect low - income citizens and people of color.

President Trump has just signed legislation that allows officials in individual states to withhold federal funds from going to Planned Parenthood.

The federal government says the signs are illegal and will withhold federal funds if they are not removed.

The federal government said the signs are illegal and will withhold federal funds if they are not removed.

On Tuesday, a federal judge in California sent a rebuke to President Trump by temporarily blocking his Jan. 25 executive order threatening to withhold some federal funds from cities that refused to cooperate with immigration officials.

Now, a New York assemblyman from the Hudson Valley has written to the governor, opposing the use of state tax dollars to pay for sanctuary cities to litigate against the federal government or to replace withheld federal funding.

But Mark - Viverito added that withholding federal funds from New York City, some of which is earmarked for security and counterterrorism, would only serve to make the city less secure.

A United States federal judge in San Francisco revoked Trump's executive order signed in January to withhold federal funds from cities that disobey Trump's immigration policies.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday expressed her intention to defy President Donald Trump's executive action withholding federal funds from «sanctuary cities» that disobey Trump's immigration policies.

Any attempt to claw back or withhold federal funds would almost certainly meet aggressive legal challenges.

Moreover, the Obama Administration has suggested making federal Title I funding contingent upon adoption of national standards — a move that would provide no new funding for standards and assessment implementation but would effectively mandate their adoption by withholding federal funding for low - income schools.

The Malloy administration is still going to punish school districts in which more than 5 percent of parents opt their children out by withholding federal funds that are intended to pay for extra services that poor children need.

The unbelievable requirement that children must log in, even though it could have devastating consequences for the child, is a direct result of the Malloy administration threat that it will withhold federal funds from any school district whose participation rate falls below 95 percent.

His plan will also withhold federal funds to colleges that don't lower tuition.

And if all of this is not enough to make the case significant, it also may reveal the justices» views on presidential power and immigration that could be relevant to other issues pending in the lower courts, such as President Trump's repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and the challenges to President Trump's threatening to withhold federal funds from cities and states that do not cooperate with immigration officials.

Not exact matches

The federal government, for public safety reasons, will withhold some federal highway funds from states that set their drinking age younger than 21 but Congress has never tried to pass a law setting the drinking age nationally at 21.

The government has arrested thousands of immigrants in the country illegally and threatened to withhold funding from sanctuary jurisdictions, which limit cooperation between local and federal immigration authorities.

Trump has appointed a pro-life Supreme Court justice, banned federal dollars from funding abortion overseas, and signed a law allowing states to withhold funding for abortion providers.

Trump has largely stood by his pro-life campaign promises, appointing conservative justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, signing a law allowing states to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood, and reinstating a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform abortions overseas.

President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday that once again enables states to withhold federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.

A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration's efforts to withhold funding from cities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement — another setback for the president in what is shaping up to be a long season of litigation surrounding the clash between the White House and so - called sanctuary cities.

«No one has a crystal ball, but I think we'll see some, my hope is, we'll see some federal action on this sooner or later, so some of what's being discussed is a dire consequence, having a special session, some of the things we're talking about, probably, hopefully will not come to pass,» DiNapoli said when asked if the mayor should, as the governor maintains, pick up the tab for H+H funding, or, as the mayor insists, the state should pony up the $ 380 million it is currently withholding from the system.

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to withhold funding from «sanctuary cities» that do not cooperate with U.S. immigration officials, saying the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending.

The Minister said «the Federal Government has not withheld any fund due to any whistleblower.

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.

Officials at the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which manages the federal Section 8 program, said as long as the units in the program are in good shape, funds can't be withheld.

«They just want to play this political game, where they get to blame, you know, the federal government, and blame Jeff Sessions, and blame President Trump for withholding funds,» she said.

The sore loser — who finished a distant fourth in the September Democratic mayoral primary after eeking out a mere 7 percent of the vote — and his campaign committee filed the Manhattan federal court suit claiming his civil rights were violated a month earlier when the Board withheld the funds.

Ratcheting up the pressure in a bitter battle between New York City and the state over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholding.

Instead, they withheld federal highway funds and forced him to take the signs down.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has been defiant of President Donald Trump's executive action allowing federal funds to be withheld to so - called «sanctuary cities.»

It was a reminder that the federal government could withhold funding for disadvantaged students from states with less than 95 percent participation on exams.

The term sanctuary became the catch phrase of the day last year, as the federal government sought to withhold funds from municipalities it deemed sanctuaries.

The city is also at risk of losing some of the roughly $ 7 billion in direct federal aid it may receive — the Trump administration and Republican Congress» priorities mostly do not match de Blasio's, and there have already been both threats to withhold funding and proposed cuts to the city.

Neil deMause at Field of Schemes chimes in and notes how activists Joyce Hogi and Karen Argenti say federal funds should be withheld for non-compliance.

Corporation Counsel Zachary Carter, a former U.S. attorney, said there is U.S. Supreme Court precedent that «the federal government can't use the threat of withholding funds to coerce the states to conform with federal government issued policy.»

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.

The federal government has the power to withhold funding for schools.

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.

Some school districts are reporting that 60 to 70 percent of students boycotted statewide English tests, raising questions about whether the federal government could withhold funds from schools with high opt out rates.

The Sessions announcement largely mirrors an Obama administration policy announced in February 2016 to withhold funds from cities that wouldn't cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The federal government has authorized the institute to spend less than half of its planned 220 million reai budget this year, withholding the rest as «contingency funds.»

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.

It remains to be seen whether the federal government will withhold funds from congressional districts that fail to comply with the law.