Articles about "Funding"

The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new grant opportunity this week that would utilize funding provided under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to expand mental health supports in school...

Congress passed a third short-term spending bill on Thursday for fiscal year (FY) 2024, extending funding at current levels to early March.  Funding for certain federal agencies was set to expire Friday night without additional action by Co...

Appropriations Delays Mean Title I Increases Still Up in the Air

Julia Martin, Esquire

 

Back in the summer of 2021, States and districts were excited by the prospect of broad increases to education funding – including to Title I of the ...

For Immediate Release:

February 17, 2021 

Contact:

Jane Meyer (Klobuchar), 202-430-7973

Molly Morrissey (Smith), 202-224-9857

 

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith Press to
Fully Fund Special Education and High-Needs Schools

Senator...

We are still collecting responses for the 2020 Census. Please remind your members, coworkers, friends and family that they can still respond online, by phone, or on the paper questionnaire received in the mail.  As we delve into summer, I w...

Dear Colleagues,

 

On May 11, 2020, the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a $3 million grant competition to support school districts that build equitable, student-centered funding (SCF) systems under a pilot program author...

Dear colleagues,

 

Please see the letter and attached waiver template that was shared with chief state school officers earlier today.

 

Best,

Patrick

Patrick Rooney
Director, School Support and Accountability

 

From: Honeysett, A...

The Trump Administration released its more detailed proposal for the fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget on Tuesday – a supplement to the President’s “skinny” budget issued in March.  Funding for K-12 and higher education would face significant cu...

Connection to the Internet has become a major focus of most education reform ideas and policies. The assessments being planned by the two major consortia (PARCC and SmarterBalance) for the Common Core State Standards encourage on-line conne...