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Students earn scholarships, venture capital grants

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May 15, 2012

Young business students from the Topeka and Lawrence area were awarded $7,000 in scholarships and $3,550 in venture capital grants by the Youth Entrepreneurs program last week, the organization announced. At the Youth Entrepreneurs Dreams to Dividends regional events, more than $130,000 was awarded to high school students in Kansas and Missouri. Youth Entrepreneurs...
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Cincinnati State to offer grants

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May 12, 2012

E-mail this page Print this page Larger type Smaller type By Michael D. Pittman, Staff Writer 11:46 PM Friday, May 11, 2012 Cincinnati State is aggressively targeting local students to attend its Middletown campus during its inaugural year, which starts in the fall. The school, in partnership with downtown campus developer Higher Education Partners,...
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Local Upward Bound programs win funding

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May 10, 2012

Print this Article Email this Article Disadvantaged high school students or those whose parents didn’t go to college will benefit from local Upward Bound programs again funded by the federal government. Over five years, the programs at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bristol Community College are in line to receive $1.8 million and...
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MCF announces grant recipients – Morton Times

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May 7, 2012

The Morton Community Foundation hosted the Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event at Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center April 26.  The event was used as the platform for announcing its annual grant recipients.  Announcements were made of recipients of another $36,316 in grants. On Monday night the Foundation announced six recipients of another...
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State budget surplus justifies revisiting funding for schools

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May 7, 2012
State budget surplus justifies revisiting funding for schools

When Gov. John Kasich and the Republican controlled General Assembly adopted the state’s $55 billion biennium budget, they justified the deep cuts in funding for school districts and local governments by contending that they had to deal with an $8 billion deficit in the spending plan. Indeed, Kasich had used the $8 billion figure...
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Credit agency watching school reserve funds

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May 6, 2012

Parents, teachers and education lobbying groups aren’t the only ones watching as the legislative debate over K-12 school funding drags deep into this year’s session. Credit rating agencies also have an eye out. Sarah Smaardyk, an analyst for Standard Poors in Dallas, said her company has tracked Kansas school districts as they have been...
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Valley business grants Teachers’ Wishes in Youngstown

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May 2, 2012

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown Schools have found a way to save money while still helping teachers enhance the educational experience for their students. It was like Christmas in April as Superintendent Dr. Connie Hathorn helped load a school van with 18 boxes filled with school supplies donated by Turning Technologies and its employees. It’s...
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Three local athletes sign college grants

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April 25, 2012

Three of Savannah’s top athletes in their respective sports signed letters of intent to continue on in college Tuesday. Will Austin, a star on Savannah Christian’s football and baseball teams, signed to play baseball at Valdosta State. Across town, Jenkins’ sharp-shooting guard Camille Dash, the school’s all-time leading scorer, signed her letter of intent...
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$10000 in grants to be presented Thursday by Sussex Youth Philanthropy Board

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April 25, 2012
$10000 in grants to be presented Thursday by Sussex Youth Philanthropy Board

Grants will be handed out Thursday by the Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation.  The awards ceremony will be held at the Sussex Pines Country Club in Georgetown – and a total of $10,000 in grants will be awarded to programs that promote strong family life and improve personal health.  The awards...
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Dems propose school/local government plan for frack tax, rainy day money

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April 18, 2012

By MARC KOVAC Dix Capital Bureau COLUMBUS — Democrats in the Ohio House are asking the Republicans who control the chamber and Gov. John Kasich to consider diverting state surplus funds and part of the proceeds of a proposed fracking tax to local governments and school districts. Backers say their “Kids and Communities First...
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