The phrase "approve a program" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of giving official consent or validation to a specific program or initiative.
Example: "The committee will meet next week to approve a program aimed at improving community health."
Alternatives: "authorize a program" or "sanction a program".
The State Court of Appeals upheld the authority of the Public Service Commission to approve a program for low-income consumers.
Ms. Newburger said she could not predict whether North Hempstead voters would approve a program similar to the one adopted by Huntington voters.
Although months ago, Mr. Fox expressed the dream of an "open border" between the United States and Mexico, he has since suggested that Washington approve a program to gradually legalize the status of Mexican migrants, allowing them to live better in the United States.
But perhaps the most important message the unanimous decision sends is a simple one: Congress could not have intended to approve a program whose true scope almost no one outside the National Security Agency fully comprehended — that is, until Edward Snowden leaked its details to the world.
During her tenure, Bethune also pushed national executives to approve a program of consumer education for blacks, and a foundation for black crippled children, and planned for studies for black workers' education councils.
Anticipating these problems, the authority approved a program in 2007 to rent vacant apartments and hold them for displaced tenants.
National Football League owners, meeting in Baltimore, approved a program yesterday that refines and expands the current league policy on player conduct.
And with much fanfare NATO approved a program to redress the imbalance and improve the alliance's ability to mount multinational operations, a program it calls the Defense Capabilities Initiative.
Last year, the Board of Regents, which oversees state education policy, approved a program that would allow schools of education to offer intensive training for new teachers who had changed careers.
Natania Blumenkehl (NYT) TRENTON: ELECTRICITY BY WEB The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved a program allowing consumers to sign up for electricity and gas services over the Internet.
