Sentences with phrase «education committee today»

The House Education Committee today approved a bill for improving early childhood education in Kentucky.

The bill to Repeal and Replace Common Core SB415 (Sen. Harri Anne Smith) passed the Senate Education Committee today with a 4 - 1 vote.

Lord Nash, parliamentary under secretary of state for schools, appeared in front of the House of Commons education committee today to talk about regional schools commissioners.

A bill presented to the House Education Committee today strengthens the standards for Florida's charter schools.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Members of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission Education Committee today voted to support a proposal by Commission member Erika Donalds to change language in the Florida Constitution that will authorize the Legislature to enact general laws providing alternative processes to authorize the establishment of charter schools.

RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI - The Equal Opportunity For All Students Act, HB 943, has passed the House Education Committee today and will now head to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration.

We need you to contact members of the House Education Committee TODAY to urge them to vote NO on HB688.

CEA President Sheila Cohen and Executive Director Mark Waxenberg testified before the legislature's Education Committee today.

-- The Senate Education Committee today approved SB 645, a bill sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) that calls for the increase of accountability criteria for charter schools at the time of their renewal.

Press Release: Equal Opportunity For All Students Act Clears House Committee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 18, 2016 RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — The Equal Opportunity For All Students Act, HB 943, has passed the House Education Committee today and will now head to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration.

The undiluted union wish - list — including forced unionization of charter teachers — is contained in a bill sponsored by Harlem Sen. Bill Perkins, which comes before the Senate's Education Committee today.

Nolan's bill passed the Education Committee today and is being fast tracked for passage in the Assembly despite the fact that it currently has no chance of becoming law.

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Earlier today we sent the following e-mail to Councilmember Grosso, the Chair of the Committee on Education, and to all DC City Councilmembers.

The Chancellor traveled to Albany today to address the Assembly Education Committee and meet with lawmakers, including Senators Flanagan and Golden, on key education policy and local schooEducation Committee and meet with lawmakers, including Senators Flanagan and Golden, on key education policy and local schooeducation policy and local school issues.

NEW YORK, NY (10/29/2013)(readMedia)-- Today, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. testified at a New York State Senate Education Committee hearing illustrating the need to support Common Core standards, innovative learning models and access to early learning opportunities that will help prepare New York students to meet workforce needs.

But Assemby Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Deborah Glick told me today that she believes something else is also at play here: Homophobia.

Commenting on the report published today by the Education Select Committee into PSHE and SRE in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT recognises that the Select Committee is trying to address a difficult and contentious issue.

Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, chair of the Higher Education Committee, released a statement today expressing disappointment in the 10 percent cuts to SUNY and CUNY included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2011 - 2012 budget, calling them «short - sighted» and on track to overburden future generations with debt.

Albany, New York — StudentsFirstNY, a statewide education reform advocacy organization, today was joined by public school parents and advocates in testifying before a New York State Joint Committee on Education in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo's Opportuniteducation reform advocacy organization, today was joined by public school parents and advocates in testifying before a New York State Joint Committee on Education in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo's OpportunitEducation in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo's Opportunity Agenda.

«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack of robust financial data, means that the Welsh Liberal Democrats can not support the Education Bill as it currently stands.

Minister will be under renewed pressure today to scrap school testing for 11 - year - olds following a damning select committee report on the subject which found the tests undermined education standards and harmed children.

DeVos, a Michigan billionaire and conservative philanthropist, goes before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today.

It was the Republican Senate — spearheaded by Senator Marty Golden — who took the bill and quickly passed it through the Senate Education Committee to get it to the Senate Floor, today Monday, February 6, 2012 in order to give all 62 Senators the opportunity to vote yes or no.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz today announced she is inviting talented Queens high school seniors who are interested in pursuing post-secondary education to apply for the African American Heritage Scholarships that will be awarded early next year by the Borough President's African American Heritage Committee.

Also joining today's announcement were South Hollis Community Library Manager Kacper Jarecki, Queens Community Board 12 District Manager Yvonne Reddick and Education Committee Chairperson Joan Flowers, and members of the Friends of South Hollis Library.

Roughly 70 people were at today's rally, including Council members — among them Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm, chairman of the Council's Education Committee — labor leaders, clergy, business and civic leaders and advocates.

I particularly want to acknowledge the chairs of these four distinguished committees — Senator Catharine Young, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Assemblyman Denny Farrell, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, as well as Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan and Senator Carl Marcellino, chairs of the Assembly and Senate Education Committees — and all the members who have joined us hcommittees — Senator Catharine Young, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Assemblyman Denny Farrell, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, as well as Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan and Senator Carl Marcellino, chairs of the Assembly and Senate Education Committees — and all the members who have joined us hCommittees — and all the members who have joined us here today.

«I have been very miserable today,» says Abbas Al - Hussaini, an Iraqi engineer at the University of Westminster, U.K. who is secretary - general of the Iraq Higher Education Organizing Committee, a group trying to help rebuild science and educationEducation Organizing Committee, a group trying to help rebuild science and educationeducation in Iraq.

BETHESDA, MD — The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) opposes H.R. 1313, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, introduced on March 2 and scheduled for markup by the House Education and the Workforce Committee today.

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Banfield sounded an alarm that should resonate for teachers, administrators, and curriculum committees today as they consider their civic education duties.

The report released today by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee includes financial statements of that consultant, Edward J. Kame'enui, and his counterparts at the U.S. Department of Education's regional technical - assistance centers, as well as the details of some contracts between the consultants and commercial publishers.

Neil Carmichael, chair of the Committee, said: «Multi-academy trusts play a substantial role in today's education system but with relatively little scrutiny.

Today's committee report states: «Unjustifiably high salaries use public money that could be better spent on improving children's education and supporting frontline teaching staff, and do not represent value for money.

Reflecting bipartisan consternation over the rising price of a college education and other postsecondary issues, the House education committee voted unanimously today to send its version of a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act to the fueducation and other postsecondary issues, the House education committee voted unanimously today to send its version of a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act to the fueducation committee voted unanimously today to send its version of a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act to the fuEducation Act to the full House.

Today, Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos will appear in front of the Senate education committee for her first confirmationEducation nominee Betsy DeVos will appear in front of the Senate education committee for her first confirmationeducation committee for her first confirmation hearing.

Professor Thomas Hehir testified today before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor hearing on expanding access to quality charter schools.

The topic of the full committee hearing is Ensuring Access to Higher Education: Simplifying Federal Student Aid for Today's College Student.

She also serves on numerous boards, including the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education; Colorado Lawyers Committee; BEST (Building Excellent Schools Today); and Great Education Colorado.

Washington, D.C. — Today, 38 organizations — representing a broad cross-section of civil rights, business, disability, and education organizations — publicly released a letter sent yesterday to House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline «firmly opposing» a proposal to rewrite Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Aceducation organizations — publicly released a letter sent yesterday to House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline «firmly opposing» a proposal to rewrite Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline «firmly opposing» a proposal to rewrite Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation Act (ESEA).

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the country.

Buchanan is the new chair of the Assembly Education Committee, and, as she made clear in a lengthy interview with EdSource Today (see transcript), she's skeptical of Brown's weighted student formula, which he plans to reintroduce... read more

First, I'd like to thank the Assembly and Senate Education Committees and especially Assemblywoman Lampitt for inviting me here today to participate in this panel.

Harkin and Enzi's bill passed through the Senate Health, Labor, Education, & Pensions Committee one week ago today, garnering three Republican votes.

Today, POLITICO cited a release from the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee Democrats that claimed Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship Program

The education secretary today released responses to the Education Select Committee's report from February, which recommended the Department for Education (DfE) «develop a workplan for introducing age - appropriate PSHE and sex education as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schooleducation secretary today released responses to the Education Select Committee's report from February, which recommended the Department for Education (DfE) «develop a workplan for introducing age - appropriate PSHE and sex education as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schoolEducation Select Committee's report from February, which recommended the Department for Education (DfE) «develop a workplan for introducing age - appropriate PSHE and sex education as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schoolEducation (DfE) «develop a workplan for introducing age - appropriate PSHE and sex education as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schooleducation as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schools».

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) negotiated rulemaking committee completed its third and final session today coming to consensus on the assessment (testing) issues but failing to reach agreement on supplement, not supplant (ESSA provisions requiring that federal Title I funds be used in addition to state and local education investments and not as a substitute for such).

Republican Sen. Scott Schneider of Indianapolis tells The Associated Press that he expects the Senate Education Committee to vote today on a proposal to suspend implementation of the national standards while the State Board of Education holds new hearings on what should be included in Indiana standards.

Education committee chair, Neil Carmichael, a letter to the department published today, said the department «must do more to demonstrate its commitment to

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions voted today to confirm Betsy DeVos» nomination for Secretary of Education.