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Recent Examples of state aid
In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court gave religious schools access to state aid.
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Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Enrollment is the primary driver of a school district’s budget, with nearly all revenue linked to enrollment, including state aid and local property taxes, according to SPPS.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
The district has been balancing its budget, amid inflation and stagnant state aid, by banking on hundreds of staff positions going unfilled.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
The district is facing an uncertain fiscal future and ballooning deficits without local and state aid.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
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Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Enrollment is the primary driver of a school district’s budget, with nearly all revenue linked to enrollment, including state aid and local property taxes, according to SPPS.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
The district has been balancing its budget, amid inflation and stagnant state aid, by banking on hundreds of staff positions going unfilled.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
The district is facing an uncertain fiscal future and ballooning deficits without local and state aid.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for state aid
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Even after accounting for multiple countries cutting their foreign aid budgets in recent months, new medical advances — from vaccines to nutritional education initiatives — could make inroads toward cutting the child mortality rate in half yet again, Gates wrote in his blog.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Bill Gates recently criticized Musk and the Trump Administration’s cuts to foreign aid programs, telling Forbes that HIV infections and deaths are increasing for the first time in this century as a result.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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There were several bills in the state House and Senate providing financial assistance to charter schools, now referred to as schools of hope.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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Go into its gang-run projects, offer the shot callers something of value, and ask for their assistance making the streets safer for schoolkids and grandmas, their own included.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
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Shrinking resources for assistance LIHEAP, created in 1981, provides funding to states as block grants to help low-income families pay their utility bills.—
Conor Harrison,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
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The effect of turning them to block grants would depend on how the state used the money; Baker notes the irony that state grants would be based on need, but the state would not be under any obligation to give the money to districts where that need exists.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Frequent Shein and Temu shoppers can breathe a small sigh of relief after President Donald Trump rolled back the most stringent policies on Chinese imports, with the new rules effective today.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
14 May 2025
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Afghanistan The Trump administration terminated a form of humanitarian relief for nearly 12,000 Afghan nationals living in the US this week.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/state%20aid. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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