Reid Announces Nearly $4 Million School Improvement Grant for Nevada

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ^ | March 13, 2014 | U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

[mdittmar]

Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Education approved a grant package through the Department’s School Improvement Grant (SIG) Program worth $3,725,820 for low performing schools in Nevada.

“This is terrific news for Nevada and our public schools,” said Senator Reid. “This money is vital for our children as we continue to see budget shortfalls throughout school districts across Nevada. This funding will go a long way to ensure more Nevada students have high quality teachers, to help improve instruction, and to help lift up many low-performing schools.”

INFORMATION ON THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S SIG PROGRAM

School Improvement Grants (SIG), authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Title I or ESEA), are grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) that SEAs use to make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools.

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[mdittmar]

Another $4 Million of our tax money down a union rat hole.

[Red Badger]

Another $4 Million of our tax money down a union rat hole to be funneled to Reid’s campaign...................

[skinkinthegrass]

so, what's his "cut"? as mush as he can steal.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Exactly. And some poor fools will thank him as if he took the $4 million out of his own pocket for the grant. Its so wrong.

[austinaero]

Pork! Pork! Pork! Reid delivers.

[jeffc]

Isn't the "shortfall" Nevada's problem? And my wife works for a school system - low-performing schools LOSE $$, not get more.

I wonder where this money will really end up.......

[Berlin_Freeper]

‘Ghost of Christmas Future’

[17th Miss Regt]

In boasting about getting the SIGs for Nevada, Senator Reid was seen strutting across the floor of the Senate shouting “SIG Hail! SIG Hail!”.

[TigersEye]

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[alloysteel]

Are there $4 million worth of schools in all of Nevada?

[Pontiac]

This funding will go a long way to ensure more Nevada students have high POOR quality teachers, to help improve degrade instruction, and to help lift up prevent improvement in many low-performing schools.”

There fixed it. You get more of what you reward. It is basic human nature.

Giving more money to poor performing schools is rewarding their failure.

[mdittmar]

You know Nevada better than I do,where did the billions of our tax dollars harry took for "Green Energy Jobs" go?

Nevada's unemployment rate is 9 percent.

[albie]

He’s the king of pork so they already have everything. A free pony for every student!!

[MrB]

His cut is that he bribes his constituents into re-electing him.

Something about a subsidized gun range comes to mind as well.

[stars & stripes forever]

I wonder where this money will really end up.......

DNC coffers

[Recompennation]

Rewarding mediocrity at best. More like it paying for the sustenance and continuance of what has not and will not work. Community development block grants are the same. Rewards for sorry doings.

[BfloGuy]

School Improvement Act my skinny white butt. Teacher Enrichment Act is more like it.