state aid
noun
: public monies appropriated by a state government for the partial support or improvement of a public local institution
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Declines in per-pupil state aid have resulted in districts relying more heavily on local property tax levies to support budgets.
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
That state aid is scheduled to end after the 2017-18 school year.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Money, money, money: Georgia is sitting on $16.5 billion — that's with a big ole b — in rainy day and reserve funding, some of which could fund a state aid program for Hurricane Helene victims.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Most of the new scholarship recipients were already enrolled and qualified for state aid only when income restrictions were lifted, Superintendent Rod Jackson said.
—Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2025
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
That state aid is scheduled to end after the 2017-18 school year.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Money, money, money: Georgia is sitting on $16.5 billion — that's with a big ole b — in rainy day and reserve funding, some of which could fund a state aid program for Hurricane Helene victims.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Most of the new scholarship recipients were already enrolled and qualified for state aid only when income restrictions were lifted, Superintendent Rod Jackson said.
—Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2025
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20aid. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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