Sentences with phrase «as chairman of the education committee»

In the Senate, Sen. Gray Tollison (R - Oxford) will remain as Chairman of the Education Committee and Rep. John Moore (R - Brandon) will continue to serve as Chairman of the Education Committee in the House.

Not exact matches

After 25 years in seminary education, Clymer is particularly well equipped to handle his present responsibilities as chairman of the committee which functions as a liaison between the church's Council of Bishops and the denomination's ten seminaries.

«Local authorities have created groups to share best practice, and we're seeing what I hope is an increasing trend to stop treating home education as a problem to be regulated, and instead see it as an opportunity to be facilitated and supported,» said the Conservative MP and former chairman of the education select committee.

«As the former Chairman of the Senate's Education Committee and now the chamber's Majority Leader, I am extremely disappointed the Mayor doesn't believe this hearing is significant enough to attend.»

From 1948 to 1963, Ballard served as Chairman of the Sheffield United Hospital Board, and from 1959 to 1967 he was Chairman of the Sheffield Education Committee.

As the former Chairman of the Education Committee for the last five years, I have a deep understanding and am acutely aware of the importance of a first - class, quality education for our younEducation Committee for the last five years, I have a deep understanding and am acutely aware of the importance of a first - class, quality education for our youneducation for our young people.

He has represented a district that covers parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties since 1995 and just recently took over as Education Committee chairman.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Sen. Patrick Gallivan of Elma received $ 18,000 as vice chairman of the Education Committee, $ 5,500 more than he would have been be paid for chairing the Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction Committee.

Gallivan, of Erie County, pulled down an $ 18,000 stipend as vice chairman of the Education Committee, but bailed on half of its four meetings and was late to the other two.

Marcellino's introduction of these bills could give those in the education reform movement some pause: Flanagan, as education committee chairman, was seen as generally supportive of Common Core - based standards.

Flanagan at the time of the negotiations was heavily involved in the teacher evaluation and charter school aspects in his role as the Senate Education committee chairman.

As vice chairman of the Senate education committee, he's grabbing the $ 18,000 stipend that committee awards.

But members of Community Board 1's Youth and Education Committee have expressed skepticism that using teacher's cars as barricades is wise, and the group's vice chairman said any deterrent that includes a tank full of gasoline should be considered less than ideal.

One recent submission, for instance, shows Gallivan listed as «chairman» of the education committee, even though he's not, according to copies of the documents furnished under the Freedom of Information Law.

He was appointed Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation in February 2011, after previously serving as the chair of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, the Legislative Task Force on People with Disabilities and the Subcommittee on Mitchell - Lama Housing.

After describing Italians as «greasy wops» on Radio Cymru's Dau o» r Bae, Cairns bowed out as Shadow Education Minister and chairman of the National Assembly's finance committee.

According to a statement issued on 3rd October and signed by Prince Adedeji Soyebi, a National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), the Commission could not issue the Notice for Verification on 3rd October as contained in the court - ordered amended Timetable and Schedule of Activities as a result of this development.

But National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prince Solomon Adedeji Soyebi who unveiled the details at the Commission's headquarters Abuja, also cautioned political parties not to see the development as a Notice of Election.

That Rodríguez, a former teacher, delivered his address at a university seemed fitting, given his role as Chairman of the Higher Education Committee and focus on education while on the CityEducation Committee and focus on education while on the Cityeducation while on the City Council.

As part of the process, he and Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) are planning public hearings to grill the mayor and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña about their plans to turn around failing public schools.

Osaze - Uzzi quoted Yakubu as making the fact known at the 15th edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue, where he was represented by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Solomon Soyebi.

Harold «Budd» Schroeder, Chairman Emeritus of the Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE), considers the governor's latest action as another effort to chip away at New Yorkers» gun rights.

When I served as Chairman of the House Education & Workforce Committee, I worked to craft an education bill that reflected the principles of accountability, local control, funding for what works, and expanded parentalEducation & Workforce Committee, I worked to craft an education bill that reflected the principles of accountability, local control, funding for what works, and expanded parentaleducation bill that reflected the principles of accountability, local control, funding for what works, and expanded parental options.

As if to illustrate that point, Representative George Miller (D — CA), who chaired the 30 April hearing and represents the congressional district just north of Berkeley, commented that «as chairman of the [House] Education [and Labor] Committee and chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, I meet all of the time with leaders from the research - university community.&raquAs if to illustrate that point, Representative George Miller (D — CA), who chaired the 30 April hearing and represents the congressional district just north of Berkeley, commented that «as chairman of the [House] Education [and Labor] Committee and chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, I meet all of the time with leaders from the research - university community.&raquas chairman of the [House] Education [and Labor] Committee and chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, I meet all of the time with leaders from the research - university community.»

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Alexander was also a key negotiator in hammering out agreements between the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Cures bill unveiled last Friday.

In addition to being a GSA President, Beadle served society in several leadership roles — for instance, as chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation — and demonstrated a strong commitment to science outreach and education.

Dr. Krauss has been Senior Advisor to the National Cholesterol Education Program and is actively involved in the American Heart Association, having served as Chairman of the Nutrition Committee.

As a result, Senator Neil Abercrombie, chairman of the Senate education committee, and four other lawmakers have introduced a bill that...

Senator Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the committee responsible for education, will almost certainly play a leading role, as he did in the successful bipartisan effort to reauthorize the major K - 12 education law in 2015.

Rep. John R. Kasich, R - Ohio, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, said in a statement that the budget plan would provide more money for GOP priorities such as education and...

Mr. Hawkins, who is chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, also prepared by speaking to like - minded groups of people, such as parents whose children participate in...

Prior to his current position, Rodriguez worked as chief education counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D - MA), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Ceducation counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D - MA), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) CEducation, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

The chairman of the Education Select Committee, Neil Carmichael, who led calls for the subject to be made compulsory, accused ministers of «brushing over» the proposals and providing a «feeble» response, as it has already taken them six months to make it.

Republican John A. Boehner, who served as chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee since January 2001, won the majority leader post on a second - ballot vote of 122 - 109 on Feb. 2.

The Ohio congressman who as chairman of the House education committee helped shepherd the No Child Left Behind Act into law won a surprise election as majority leader last week.

The program was established in 2004 during Boehner's tenure as chairman of the Education & the Workforce Committee, and renewed in 2011 despite the Obama administration's efforts to eliminate it altogether.

, chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, made that evident when he said, as quoted by my colleague Lyndsey Layton:

This divide is unlikely to be bridged any time soon, particularly as two of the four leading congressional players in this realm — Democratic senator Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican congressman John Kline of Minnesota, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate and House education committees — have made clear their dislike of NCLB and all that it stands for.

As the 109th Congress begins this week, the Senate education committee is expected to get a new chairman — Sen. Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming — who observers say will bring to the job a blend of pragmatic conservatism and a keen appreciation for the challenges of rural communities.

Washington — Representative William D. Ford, the Michigan Democrat who will take over as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee in the upcoming 102nd Congress, has announced that he will also head the panel's Postsecondary Education Subcommittee.

And that undercurrent has grown stronger in recent weeks as reports have surfaced that the new chairman of the Senate education committee, Lamar Alexander (R - TN), seems ready to introduce a bill to reauthorize NCLB that would eliminate the annual testing requirement in grades 3 - 8.

Senator Lamar Alexander, the Tennessee Republican who is chairman of the Education Committee, said the bill would usher in a new period of experimentation in schools as communities are released from federal control.

The request, from Rep. George Miller, D - Calif., the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and others, comes as the U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended the contract of a major supplier of meat for school lunches.

When the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Lamar Alexander (R - TN), recently released a draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (otherwise known as the No Child Left Behind Act), reaction was swift.

House Education Committee Chairman Dave Quall, D - Mount Vernon, who supports the charter law, said in the conference that schools gain and lose per - pupil funds every year as student populations fluctuate, and that the effect of larger demographic trends dwarfs the effect of charter school transfers.

As Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in TennesseAs Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in TEducation Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Tennesseas Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Teducation funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Tennessee.

The chairman of the Indiana Senate's Appropriations Committee says state education officials are out of bounds in using a bill he sponsored in 2010 as the legal basis for a controversial statewide reading test, the IREAD - 3.

Politico reports that Sen. Lamar Alexander, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, was «furious» that a top aide to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was «circumventing» ESSA, contending the federal agency was «out of bounds» in challenging state officials on issues such as...

A good system would require private schools wishing to participate in the taxpayer - subsidized program to have a track record of successfully operating a school, said Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, such as requiring schools to be open for at least one or two years before being admitted into the voucher program.