Sentences with phrase «education bill which»

U.S. Senators held discussions last Thursday regarding simplifying the federal student loan process.The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held meetings last Thursday to continue discussing potential changes to the education bill which were first brought up towards the end of the year.

Responses will inform the drafting of the Education Bill which will be introduced to Parliament during the current parliamentary year.

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But they appear to further undermine the Government's new Education Bill which will pave the way for more failing schools to become academies.

President Clinton has threatened to veto an education bill which does not include national testing, one aspect of his education program.

In 1906 the newly elected Liberal government proposed an Education Bill which sought a dramatic reform of English schooling.

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The Omani - based company leads many different initiatives in a variety of sectors, ranging from higher education to solar energy to core testing for oil and gas, and even trying to build a «smart city» which may enable citizens to pay utility bills automatically, amongst other things.

[Washington]-- Today, House Republicans unveiled their tax bill, which contains various policy proposals that will impact young people's economic security, including higher education.

The Bill, which was passed by 268 votes to 177 and now goes to the House of Lords, is strongly supported by the Catholic Education Service (CES), which last week hailed an amendment to the Bill that it said it had secured after «extensive lobbying».

This all comes on the heels of what was evidently a dispiriting meeting with Illinois governor Bruce Rauner, which Chance initiated in hopes that he'd be able to get some weight behind a bill that would funnel money into public education.

Moreover, the even - handedness of the GI Bill enabled West's father and many of his peers to buy a home, get a college education and obtain health insurance — all of which gave economic mobility to African - Americans even under segregation.

On Tuesday morning Ed Balls gave an interview to BBC Radio 4's Today programme in which he again insisted that the amendment [i.e. that negotiated by the Catholic Education Service] did not «water down» the Bill.

If that seems a little hysterical, consider The Catholic Herald's account of an interview given by Ed Balls on the Today programme, a few hours before the House of Commons passed, by 268 votes to 177, its Sex Education Bill (against which, Catholics should note, the Tories voted):

The Senate Agriculture Committee and House Education and Workforce Committee are hoping to attach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) to the pending omnibus spending bill, negotiations over which are likely to be extended (via a pending continuing resolution) at least until December 16th, if not later.

Just one day before the scheduled markup of the House Education and the Workforce Committee «s «Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016» (an Orwellian name if there ever was one, given how the bill would gut child nutrition), Congressman Todd Rokita (IN - R), chair of the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, introduced a substitute amendment which, among other things, proposes a three - state block grant pilot for school breakfasts and lunches.

Regular TLT readers know all about the (misguided) Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill passed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee, a bill which would roll back key school food reforms and put economically disadvantaged kids at risk.

SNA said it supports the Senate agreement on school nutrition standards, and opposes the House bill, H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016, which would restrict school eligibility for CEP and institute a block grant pilot that would cut funds for school meal programs.

The company, which has received praise from the likes of Forbes, bills itself as «a healthy vending company whose mission is to eradicate childhood obesity through education and healthy eating».

Tomorrow, the House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup of its school food bill, the process through which committee members debate and amend draft legislation.

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

The former broadcaster once described as «the thinking man's crumpet» said that although the debate appeared «silly» she deplored the name Of - Stud for the new regulator which will replace the Higher Education Council for England and the Office for Fair Access when the bill becomes law.

In the end, all 31 Republicans in the conference backed the measure, which was tucked into a larger budget bill that included a boost in funding for education.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

Democratic Assemblywoman Pat Fahy of Albany today said in an interview that her colleagues were «all over the map» on the bill, which Cuomo has rebranded as the Parental Choice in Education Act.

These statements come from a Minister who in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

First in his original budget, and then in the 30 - day amendments released last Friday, Cuomo placed controversial ethics and education reforms in appropriations bills, over which the Legislature is afforded very little power under the state Constitution.

The Legislature last session passed two bills, one which would allow certain capital project expenditures for Boards of Cooperative Education Services, and the other, PILOT agreements, to be exempt from the tax cap calculation.

The House's version of the tax reform bill passed last week, and the Senate's version — which notably lacks those education cuts — passed Saturday.

«But perhaps one of the most disturbing elements of the Bill is the provision which appears to be a direct attack on the fundamental right of parents to have a say in the type of education they want for their child.

Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would have granted de Blasio three years, but only if Democrats agree to an education tax credit, which enables public school children to attend private schools.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

Education minister Bill Rammell expressed his «delight» at the figures, which he claimed proved the opposition to tuition fees was misguided.

In NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's State of the City speech this week, which ran to over 8,000 words, a mere 214 of them were devoted to education.

Cuomo this month re-named the bill the Parental Choice in Education Act, which also includes tax credit provisions for teachers who purchase school supplies.

«There are still too many situations reported by students, parents and advocates in which students are harassed or threatened in school, often by the people who are supposed to protect them,» said Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, who heads the Council's Education Committee and sponsored the bill.

Other Democrats took shots at the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter schools between upstate and New York City, and offered up $ 250 million for private schools in prior - year reimbursements.

Under the bill, which passed the chamber 40 - 18, eight of the 17 - member education policymaking board would be chosen by the governor, three by the Senate majority leader, and three by the Assembly speaker.

Cuomo's new bill, which he calls the Parental Choice in Education Act, includes $ 70 million in credits for parents who pay private school tuition.

asked Noah Gotbaum, a member of Community Education Council 3, which passed a resolution this month supporting the bill and has come out against the high - rise project.

The bills were approved this week in the state Senate education committee, which Mr. Flanagan chairs.

Nadine Dorries, a Tory backbencher who is starting to gain a reputation for adopting Christian positions on moral issues, introduced the ten minute rule bill, which would «require schools to provide certain additional sex education to girls aged between 13 and 16» and «to provide that such education must include information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity».

«Parents are now facing, with the Education and Adoption Bill, the removal of their fundamental entitlement to have a say in the type of school in which their child is educated.

Peralta, clad in his signature DREAM Act T - shirt, which he sports over his chamber - dress - code - appopriate shirt and tie, told me during a CapTon interview last night that he and his fellow Latino lawmakers in both the Senate and Assembly are in discussions to reject the education bill, even though they are well aware their «no» votes will be merely symbolic.

The Professional Staff Congress, which represents 27,000 CUNY faculty and professional staff, has announced its endorsement of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for re-election, citing his «strong support» of public higher education.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will close 14 New York City schools at the end of this academic year, nine of which are in the Renewal program for struggling schools, the Department of Education announced.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's reelection bid got a boost from the city's teacher's union, the UFT, which praised the mayor for his support of public education.

The Assembly bill, which was defended during floor debate by its lead sponsors, Rockland County Democrats Ellen Jaffee and Kenneth Zebrowski, would require state education officials to appoint a monitor who would have broad authority over district leaders» decisions for five years.

It turned out to be convenient for Cuomo that the Education Department released the data — which showed that the vast majority of teachers were high performing under the system — the day before the «safety net» bill was sent to Cuomo's desk.

The draft bill would also amend the state's education law, requiring that any school in which more than 25 percent of students live on campus must set aside a minimum of 50 beds — or 10 percent of total beds, whichever is less — for substance abuse free living.