Sentences with phrase «earlier state policy»

Earlier state policy initiatives were greatly reduced or terminated during the era of state budget cuts.

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The vote will come early because the state constitution says that if legislators want to override a veto, they have to do it immediately after they return to session, but it will also mark a quick opportunity for Democrats to highlight the Republican governor's opposition to a policy they're betting voters will favor.

Earlier this year, the then President of the Asia Development Bank, Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda on a visit to India stated «Asia is expected to contribute more than 50 % of global GDP by 2050, provided the right policies are undertaken.

Early in the 20th century, the British economist John Maynard Keynes changed his position on monetary policy during the Great Depression famously stating,...

On the other side of the ledger, though, in the United States the earlier optimism that the new administration's fiscal policies would spur stronger growth has dissipated.

Before going into the likely outlook of the FOMC meeting in September, let's go through some of the key points from the FOMC policy meeting in July, a preview of the economy from the standpoint of the most recent Beige Book survey and the performance of some of the key economic indicators in the United States in August to early September.

In the wake of America's 1907 financial panic, the Aldrich - Vreeland Act of 1908 created a «National Monetary Commission... to inquire into and report to Congress at the earliest date practicable, what changes are necessary or desirable in the monetary system of the United States or in the laws relating to banking and currency...» [1] The Commission's thirty - five monographs provided an exhaustive study of central banking structures and commercial banking policies, laying the groundwork for what in 1913 became the Federal Reserve Act.

But has there ever been a more wicked policy, with more disastrous social consequences, than the «one - child policy» China began to implement in the early 1980s — a state - decreed population - control measure that resulted in, among other horrors, untold tens of millions of coerced abortions?

The fact that there was considerable harmony between my ethical convictions and the policies of the United States Government during the Second World War and during the early years of the cold war contributed to this» (Bennett, 9 - 10).

Some state departments of education have also begun using kindergarten readiness assessments to help shape state early education policy and programs.

And while it's still too early to know the true effects of the new USDA regulations - other public policies could also play a role - the researchers said some states had already implemented their own lunch requirements that exceeded the federal standards by 2012.

The early - discharge policies are so controversial, the subject has brought new laws in two states and debate on Capitol Hill.

He wisely observes «The United States does not do a particularly good job of reflecting [this] growing scientific understanding of early childhood, and especially early brain development, in its policies towards disadvantaged children.»

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

This webinar and policy brief, created by ZERO TO THREE and Manatt Health, highlight what states can and should be doing to advance infant and early childhood mental health.

State lawmakers are beginning to ask how this new knowledge can (or even if it should) influence policy decisions in early childhood development, spurring a growing interest in programs such as high - quality child care, pre-kindergarten and home visiting.

Each US state has their early child care policies (here's what Massachusetts's looks like) and she should know this.

Back in early 2013, eight Houston high schools were fined a total of $ 73,000 by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the state agency which oversees our child nutrition programs, for junk food fundraising that violated state policy.

Earlier in July, the Village Board adopted a policy advising the state highway department against building Illinois 53 through advanced wetlands in the village.

Supporting Early Educators Competencies - Over the past year, building off the success of the Post-Master's Certificate Program in Early Education Leadership Research, Policy and Leadership, which graduated two cohorts to date, the University of Massachusetts - Boston has created a doctoral degree program in early education, the first of its kind in the sEarly Educators Competencies - Over the past year, building off the success of the Post-Master's Certificate Program in Early Education Leadership Research, Policy and Leadership, which graduated two cohorts to date, the University of Massachusetts - Boston has created a doctoral degree program in early education, the first of its kind in the sEarly Education Leadership Research, Policy and Leadership, which graduated two cohorts to date, the University of Massachusetts - Boston has created a doctoral degree program in early education, the first of its kind in the searly education, the first of its kind in the state.

At 1:15 p.m., the National Institute for Early Education Research releases its annual «State of Preschool Report» for the 2014 - 15 school year, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled to speak, along with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Early Learning Dr Libby Doggett, AFT President Randi Weingarten and others, Sugar Hill Museum Preschool, 898 St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan.

The NLC had earlier criticised Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, over what it described as the harassment, arrest and detention of workers who were protesting the government's policy to hand over public schools to individual in the guise of public, private partnership.

A sequel to his four earlier books on the subject since mid-90s, especially Descent into Chaos (2008), the study underlines the precariousness of the Pakistani state's chances for survival and the urgent need for policy resolutions.

But while the Conservative manifesto explicitly states the policy would be kept until 2020, increasing talk of an early general election calls into question whether it will remain a commitment for as long as many will have expected.

Correction: those figures are for welfare state performance from the early 1970s to the late 1990s from Moller et all (2003), given in Horton (2010), «Whose Middle is it anyway» public policy review.

Earlier today, Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell and Sen. Liz Krueger, both Manhattan Democrats, introduced their highly anticipated bill that wold create an email retention policy for state government and effectively block the 90 - day purge.

Already prior to the financial crisis, since the early / mid - 2000 s, the Commission had attempted to coordinate European aid policies more closely for the sake of reducing fragmentation and enhancing their effectiveness by committing the EU institutions and member states to one common policy.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Lawmakers in New York state passed a $ 168.3 billion state budget in the early hours Saturday that includes surcharges on taxi, Uber and Lyft rides in Manhattan and a new state sexual harassment policy written following the #MeToo movement.

In early December, a different set of 20 states — a Republican group led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette — filed their brief backing Mark Janus, the Illinois state employee challenging the agency - fees policy.

Providing funding in the Executive Budget would prove to New Yorkers, who have waited long enough for simple voting reforms, the Governor is serious about implementing early voting in New York State,» said Ethan Geringer - Sameth, Public Policy and Program Manager for Citizens Union.

Early in his term in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state's former top education officials all championed a policy to use the test results to rate teacher performance.

For example, earlier today, Mr. Lancman held a press conference calling on the U.S. Department of State to change its policies and allow its passports to recognize the country of Israel as a birthplace for citizens born in Jerusalem

Earlier this year, the conference approved a package of education policy changes opposed by the state's teachers unions, but linked to a spike in school aid funding for the new year.

This could include proposed anti-sexual harassment policy changes unveiled earlier this month by the governor during the State of the State.

Like I told you earlier, former President Jonathan, a nice man from my own state, Bayelsa, was not doing well for Nigeria but the fact that he was from my state did not stop me and several enlightened Nigerians from my part of the country from criticising his policies and the way he was running our nation.

By keeping state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State addstate operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State addstate law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State addState of the State addState address.

The legislative session ended with a thud earlier this month, as lawmakers settled on a budget plan that didn't have the dramatic policy changes and spending reductions Paterson was looking for to put the state on a more sound fiscal footing after he leaves office — and presumably politics — at the end of this year.

In early April, with hundreds of New York City's elite gathered at a power breakfast at Cipriani Wall Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo extolled the merits of the state's new sexual harassment policies, calling them a model that would be «binding on every government in the State of New York.&rstate's new sexual harassment policies, calling them a model that would be «binding on every government in the State of New York.&rState of New York.»

We look forward to working with Senator Klein to ensure that New York State makes the investments necessary to ensure high - quality early childhood education for New York's children,» said Gregory Brender, the Co-Director of Policy and Advocacy for United Neighborhood Houses.

Though he's had an at - times difficult relationship with the left of the Democratic base, Cuomo on the convention floor sought to play up areas of commonality on policy, touting the push for the $ 15 minimum wage and 12 weeks of paid family leave — both measures that were approved in New York earlier this year (with, by the way, the Republicans in control of the state Senate).

After legislators earlier proposed a new law to retain state workers» emails and AG Eric Schneiderman announced he's suspending the email purge policy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said it would seek a uniform policy in state agencies and in the Legislature on email retention and FOIL.

When the new state budget for fiscal year 2019 passed early Saturday morning in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo had successfully implemented several of his top policy priorities on issues like workplace sexual harassment, taxes, gun control, and public housing in New York City.

The comments came at the end of what inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot described as a «long day», in which Mr Hoon had earlier said Britain's policy on Iraq had been influenced by London's desire to remain on good terms with the United States.

Earlier in the week officials had defended the policy — which required all packages to be ordered through a handful of state - approved vendors, and which banned goods like used books and fresh fruit and vegetables — as a necessary security measure in the face of increasing prison contraband.

Also at 1:30 p.m., the Senate Democratic Conference will unveil a set of policy initiatives spearheaded by the Senate Democratic Policy Group to help New York families during the critical early childhood period, Room 315, state Capitol, Apolicy initiatives spearheaded by the Senate Democratic Policy Group to help New York families during the critical early childhood period, Room 315, state Capitol, APolicy Group to help New York families during the critical early childhood period, Room 315, state Capitol, Albany.

But in January, the state begins to take in more than it spends as early tax returns are due, said Frank Mauro, a fiscal analyst for the union - backed Fiscal Policy Institute.

Steve Choi, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, a prominent immigrant advocacy group that has hosted a number of actions in response to Trump's immigration policies such as the executive orders targeting people from Muslim - majority countries, said that as a state legislator, Schneiderman was an early supporter of driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

While much is made of the continuity between Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Diana Abbott and others with the legacy projects of the Labour left, and the absurd attempts by self - proclaimed «moderates» to conjure up the ghost of the early 1980s; the far more significant phenomenon is the discontinuity with the establishment consensus about austerity economics, and the development of economic policies by John McDonnell and his team which commit a future Labour government to calibrated state intervention for a capitalist economy that works.