How to Use state aid in a Sentence

state aid

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  • The first family gets the state aid, but not the second.
    — Mark Sherman, ajc, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The state aid will be available until the funding runs out.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Texas sent the first batch of funds, totaling about $1.3 billion, to schools but cut state aid by the same amount.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 28 May 2021
  • Districts that cannot meet the reopening plan would be allowed to opt out of the state aid.
    — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The budget would backfill that lost revenue with state aid.
    — Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • Brown said while the state aid per student has increased over time, the rate has not kept up with inflation.
    — Ben Rodgers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2021
  • More than a month after that visit, state aid does not exist.
    — Franklin Briceño, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2022
  • That represents more than one-quarter of the district’s state aid.
    — Laura Pappano, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Previous rounds of state aid have been sent through state agencies.
    — Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • Monte Paschi previously agreed to cut thousands of jobs to receive state aid in 2017.
    — Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • And that’s despite record state aid delivered in last year’s budget.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 May 2024
  • But neither West nor Phelan specified what kind of proof districts should have to show to get their state aid.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The deadline to apply for federal or state aid is April 2, but experts urge students to aim for March 2.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Teachers at choice schools would have to be licensed and property tax bills would show how much state aid was sent to private schools.
    — Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
  • In response, state aid has been driven down, and Baltimore’s local share of the cost increased, Larsen said.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Look up how much state aid your city or town will get in the state budget that Connecticut lawmakers are voting on this week.
    — Timothy Reck, courant.com, 8 June 2021
  • In the Maine case, parents sued in federal court to be able to use state aid to send their children to Christian schools in Bangor and Waterville.
    — Mark Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2022
  • Palmer worries that more nonprofits could close if philanthropy and state aid don't keep pace.
    — Kelly Smith, Star Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • But now, often with state aid, there is less pressure to make something commercial.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The additional state aid will allow the city to provide each school with their entire budget.
    — Lee Hawkins, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The loss of that funding will hit the district hard, because one of its main remaining sources of revenue is state aid based on enrollment.
    — Ethan Bakuli, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The applications for federal and state aid more futile, and less fair.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Tenants who have claimed but not yet received the state aid are protected from eviction until next June 1.
    — Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The group is asking for an additional $343 in state aid per student to keep up with inflation.
    — Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Without state aid, private colleges are dependent on tuition, room and board to keep their doors open.
    — Freep.com, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Parents sued in federal court to be able to use state aid to send their children to Christian schools in Bangor and Waterville.
    — chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • For nearly two decades, New York state aid for library books has been stalled at $6.25 a student, $3 lower per person than aid for prison libraries.
    — WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • There was no increase in the revenue limit the past two years, which is the maximum amount school districts can bring in through property taxes and state aid.
    — Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • The developers envisioned $100 million or more in federal and state aid as part of the financing.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The school district is facing a possible reduction in state aid to offset previous accounting errors that may have caused the district to be overpaid.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024

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