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Over the last several years federal initiatives have called on states to improve the nation's lowest performing schools.

Secretary of Commerce Don Evans also announced a $ 103 million two - year federal initiative to accelerate the deployment of new global observation technologies, focused on oceans and atmospheric aerosols and carbon.

Not exact matches

The federal government and private organizations have tried to encourage sharing in recent years through initiatives like the Genomic Data Commons, a «unified data repository» intended to hasten cancer cures by making research public.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

Looking years out at the election calendar, Trudeau's strategists pushed early for federal - provincial initiatives like Canada Pension Plan reform, a health accord and the framework for fighting climate change.

The 2018 federal budget, while not as transformative as last year's, had important new initiatives related to housing and homelessness.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks likely to tighten monetary policy further, as inflation and unemployment move closer to its targets — underlining the strength of the domestic economy — but, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions of an end to the pattern of modest US growth seen in recent years.

«We therefore wish to assure citizens of ECOWAS member - states, including citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that they are welcome to travel to Ghana, and their entry into the country will not be affected by this new policy initiative we intend to introduce later this year,» she said.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will call for increasing the federal gas tax by 25 cents a gallon over the next five years to help pay for rebuilding U.S. roads and bridges as part of its push for a federal infrastructure initiative this year.

But as Mr. Cuomo lays out his agenda this month in a whirlwind of policy announcements, he has avoided any mention of a federal corruption case that rocked his administration last year even as he was touting the economic - development initiative at the heart of the case.

While the GOP - led federal government has thrown Albany off course in the last year, Gyory said Cuomo was wise to pursue parallel initiatives and not make himself a simple foil for the president.

After an earlier veto threat, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill on March 23 that provides $ 70 billion for federal education initiatives — a 6 percent increase over the previous year.

Funded through roughly $ 3.27 million in local, state and federal appropriations, health officials said the initiatives have made a difference over the last 15 years.

Universities, colleges, and their students in Canada were not anticipating much in the way of increased funding for postsecondary education initiatives because much of the talk leading up to this year's federal budget focused on health care..

Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science's Next Wave, Vice President Al Gore unveiled details of an initiative to add $ 366 million to the $ 1.5 billion already in the federal budget this year for information sciences, a 28 % increase.

Speaking here at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes ScienceNOW, Vice President Al Gore unveiled details of an initiative to add $ 366 million to the $ 1.5 billion already in the federal budget this year for information sciences, a 28 % increase.

During the end - game negotiations over the federal budget last year, a new education program was born: the small - schools initiative.

That power has steadily increased over the decades, especially in recent years, as federal initiatives like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top have pushed states to assume more authority over education.

Implemented by then - federal education minister Julia Gillard in 2008, the initiative saw the government allocate $ 2.4 billion over seven years to provide laptops to all high school students in Years 9 &mdashyears to provide laptops to all high school students in Years 9 &mdashYears 9 — 12.

But in the years since A Nation at Risk, the rhetoric of high expectations, accountability, and ensuring that all students - especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds - have an equal opportunity to receive quality education has been accompanied by a series of federal initiatives including Clinton's 1994 re-authorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary School Act, subsequent education «policy summits,» and George H. W. Bush's Goals 2000.

Continuing a 10 - year long tradition, the National Alliance honors individuals at the federal, state and local level who enrich the lives of students by leading the most impactful charter school initiatives and supporting charters as a high - quality public school option.

The total funding related to all of these Schools of Hope initiatives for the 2015 - 16 school year is just over $ 2 million, with about $ 600,000 of it coming from federal grants and most of the rest from United Way.

Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the federal Race to the Top initiative and passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to pass the reforms).

Most states have adopted the Common Core, which have become a polarizing symbol of federal overreach despite starting as a state - led initiative, but Oklahoma repealed those standards earlier this year.

In October, the White House and four federal agencies — Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Justice — launched the cross sector Every Student, Every Day initiative with a goal of reducing chronic absenteeism by 10 percent a year.

Total state and federal funding for school turnaround initiatives, including the achievement centers, is slated to be $ 24 million next year, when their work is set to begin.

That is why we have focused over the years on taking afterschool to scale across the country, including growing statewide afterschool networks from 9 in 2002 to 41 today, and supporting the development and implementation of the federal afterschool grant program known as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative.

For Obama's plan to work, Lisa Guernsey, director of the early education initiative at the New American Foundation, a Washington - based policy group, estimates it would cost states and the federal government roughly $ 8,000 per child, or an additional $ 10 to $ 15 billion each year, to expand pre-school nationwide and for states to raise quality standards.

First under George W. Bush and the No Child Left Behind Act, then under Barack Obama and a long list of intrusive initiatives, the federal government's role in education has metastasized, growing more and more aggressively in recent years.

In recent years community colleges have gained meaningful support — from the federal government and from a good number of philanthropic organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation — to develop important initiatives geared toward helping students earn credentials that have labor - market value.

She managed a Federal Preschool Development Grant and, as part of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, worked on a first time initiative to require child care providers to conduct developmental screening on children aged 6 weeks to 5 years old and to help families access referrals and / or resources as necessary.

In recent years, policymakers and reform advocates have viewed State Education Agencies (SEAs) as the lead organizations for implementing sweeping reforms and initiatives in K — 12 education — everything from Race to the Top grants and federal waivers to teacher - evaluation systems and online schools.

In a similar proposal to last year, the Trump administration said Monday that it wants to spend more federal dollars on a school choice program — which includes private school vouchers — and less on after - school initiatives and teacher training.

In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a «Preschool for All» initiative, pledging $ 75 billion in new federal funding over a period of ten years.

AFC also wishes to thank D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for her steadfast support of the federal three - sector initiative, which authorizes $ 180 million for K - 12 education in the District over three years.»

The Trump - DeVos budget would slash the federal investment in public education programs by a whopping 13.6 percent for the upcoming fiscal year, eliminates at least 22 programs, and cuts $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives overall.

Since joining the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in 2005, she has led the launch of many high - priority, complex programs and initiatives including Federal Spending Transparency, the Department - wide Internal Control Program, and most recently, completing a three - year phased approach to implementing the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act being one of the first cabinet level agencies to submit data files prior to the reporting deadline.

Over the past nine years, sequestration, the federal government shutdown in 2013, the FAA's authorization lapse in 2011, 23 short - term FAA authorization extensions from 2007 to 2012, and three authorization extensions from 2015 to 2017, have created an environment of instability and unpredictability that has undermined the FAA's ability to effectively perform its safety and efficiency mission while managing modernization and key initiatives.

Not later than 1 year after the completion of each research and testing initiative required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to issue a Federal motor vehicle safety standard if the Secretary determines that such a standard meets the requirements and considerations set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 30111 of title 49, United States Code.

Here's a 50 - year view of big initiatives, seen through the lens of federal money for basic research and development.

More from The Guardian: «Sarah Evans, vice-president for communications at the X Prize Foundation, said that the foundation would bring together experts in the aviation and green technology sectors, including representatives from the Federal Aviation Authority's commercial aviation alternative fuel initiative, to hammer out the exact details of the competition, with the aim of announcing final plans in summer next year.

The second key difference is that while the Peace Corps is an agency of the federal government, our vision for Global Citizen Year is to have the flexibility and leverage of a truly cross-sector initiative.

Budget 2016 proposes to double current federal funding to under the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, to $ 504.4 million over two years, starting in 2016 — 17.

As part of this major legislative initiative, the federal government is also proposing a number of changes to the Criminal Code, including creating a new criminal offence with a maximum of 14 years in jail for selling marijuana to a minor.

LSSO will be focusing on a number of things throughout the year by generating discussion around important issues with the federal and provincial government as well as agencies that implement and provide funding for various initiatives, says Robski.

He did not sit back at 70 years old and accept the rigid law - and - order initiatives of the current federal government.

There have been numerous federal initiatives aimed at protecting the privacy of especially sensitive personal information over the past several years — and several decades.

Although soon overturned by a state constitutional amendment adopted by initiative, the opinion presaged the U.S. Supreme Court's decision seven years later under the federal constitution that superseded the initiative.

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