{"id":9105,"date":"2014-09-23T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=9105"},"modified":"2014-09-23T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T12:21:52","slug":"v-department-ed-gets-745384-federal-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=9105","title":{"rendered":"V.I. Department of Ed. Gets $745,384 in Federal Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/dozens-vi-teachers-moving-u-s-retirees-filling-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\">sluggish start<\/a><\/span> to the new school year, the Virgin Islands Department of Education has received a windfall of\u00a0$745,384 in U.S. Department of Education funds to help improve student behavior and their learning conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by\u00a0Delegate to Congress Donna M. 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Its goal is to provide competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs)\u00a0to develop, improve, or increase support systems and technical assistance to schools that offer\u00a0an &#8220;evidence-based, multi-tiered framework&#8221; for transforming &#8220;behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and Justice will implement\u00a0coordinated programs in line\u00a0with the initiative and the FY 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a sluggish start to the new school year, the Virgin Islands Department of Education has received a windfall of\u00a0$745,384 in U.S. Department of Education funds to help improve student behavior and their learning conditions. In a statement released by\u00a0Delegate to Congress Donna M. 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