Sentences with phrase «reform options»

And it put in place new requirements for teachers as well as a host of reform options for schools that weren't holding up their ends of the bargain.

This is an extreme statement that ignores the range of reform options that exist.

A recently released study commissioned by NAR titled, «Impact of Tax Reform Options on Owner - Occupied Housing,» estimated taxes would rise on average by $ 815 each year for homeowners with adjusted gross incomes between $ 50,000 and $ 200,000.

What those who are butting heads over DB vs. DC pensions may not realize is that there are other pension reform options besides the traditional DB and DC plans that can go some way toward addressing the concerns of both groups, and also alleviate the problems we identify with regard to mobility and retirement rules.

In this brief, the Urban Institute evaluates several reform options for state and local pension systems:

«The Government supports this recommendation as a long term reform option, further to its response to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure inquiry report.

[96] He voted against all the House of Lords reform options except a fully appointed House of Lords.

The Lib Dems have said in the past that it's a «small step in the right direction» - but it's a long way from their preferred reform option.

(The fierce and often successful pushbacks against Common Core, realistic teacher evaluations and data - driven accountability within traditional districts have left charters as the best reform option.)

Of the three models, ESBMM schools have the least potent reform options, according to Bonkovsky.

The law, formally called the Parent Empowerment Act of 2010, enables a majority of parents at a low - performing school to force a major overhaul through a petition campaign, with reform options ranging from replacing the principal and half the staff to converting the traditional public school into a charter.

Ravitch, whose scholarship once upon a time landed her on the prestigious Koret Task Force, a group that focuses on education reform options has now, for reasons known only to her, done a 180 practically overnight and become a shill for the teachers unions.

Dear Editor: There is good reason why the parent trigger — a plan to allow a simple majority of parents at a failing public school to trigger reform options — is sweeping the nation.

Federal, provincial and territorial finance ministers have been debating CPP reform options since 2009 but repeatedly fell short of the required support to move ahead.

Read the latest from RFF experts on developing adaptation strategies for coastal ecosystems and agriculture, household demand for flood insurance and NFIP reform options, possibilities for state and regional carbon pricing policies, and more.

Which reform options (restatement, simplification or substantial reform of contract law) would be preferable?

A group of researchers, led by Professor Eileen Baldry from the University of New South Wales, has charted reform options to address what is described as the «predictable and preventable path» of Indigenous Australians with cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system.

«We stand ready to work in partnership with government to develop appropriate and effective reform options» said Shane Duffy.

However, the Commission believes that these reforms should be addressed through an independent inquiry on possible law reform options.

The National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR) engaged PwC to review the impacts of an illustrative comprehensive tax reform option that would lower and consolidate marginal tax rates to three rates with a top rate of 33 percent, double the standard deduction, eliminate all itemized deductions other than charitable contributions and mortgage interest, eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax, and cap the...

Legislative leaders, speaking after a budget conference committee meeting, say the real issue is achieving savings for state taxpayers and property taxpayers, as well as security for workers, and they say they are discussing a number of pension reform options.

The act allows at least 51 percent of all parents whose children attend a failing California school to petition the local school board to undertake one of several reform options.

One possible reform option, a «family fix,» would allow dependent exemptions under the AMT.

People must know what is unfolding inside schools to evaluate the efficacy of reform options.»

This reform option would cost $ 356.1 billion over 10 years and would reduce the number of AMT taxpayers to about 500,000.

Let's begin by examining the two reform options.

Harper voted against all the reform options in the last parliament when Jack Straw made a late attempt in the final years of the Labour government to burnish its reformist credentials.

Peterson's team did not explore any of these reform options.

At King, where some 70 percent of the students are English learners mostly from Spanish - speaking households, she struggles to communicate with non-English-speaking parents to try to explain to them the complexities of the reform options, such as what it means to reopen the school as a charter campus.

However, between the poles of the system as it currently stands and appointment is a range of reform options that would reflect the fundamental principles of law that the legal profession should uphold, including respect for minority rights and respect for democratic principles.

As Anthea Roberts has written, it makes sense for states to think about generating a suite of reform options: designing a procedure for fixed - term appointments does not exclude or replace reforming arbitral appointments.

But the fact that no new system of this type has been adopted for several decades casts considerable doubt on the viability of this reform option.

In order for a referendum to succeed, it is critical that the reform options are sound and that they resonate with the wider Australian community.

Any reform option must address this concern.

The combined tax savings for those who claim the mortgage interest deduction (MID) and real estate tax deduction would fall from over $ 1.3 trillion for fiscal years 2018 - 2027 under the current law to just $ 232 billion under the comprehensive tax reform option, a drop of 82 percent.

The National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR) engaged PwC to review the impacts of an illustrative comprehensive tax reform option that would lower and consolidate marginal tax rates to three rates with a top rate of 33 percent, double the standard deduction, eliminate all itemized deductions other than charitable contributions and mortgage interest, eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax, and cap the tax rate on pass - through business income at 25 percent.

Home prices nationwide in the short run would fall by 10.2 percent as a result of the comprehensive tax reform option.