Sentences with phrase «facing federal mandates»

Facing federal mandates to identify corrective actions for failing schools, DC Public Schools partnered with Insight to develop a comprehensive school review process.

The top investigator at the New York Correction Department resigned on Friday under pressure from city leaders who are facing a federal mandate to regain control of the Rikers Island jail complex, where widespread brutality and corruption by guards routinely go unpunished.

Not exact matches

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Sotomayor said the two groups were exempted from the mandates until at least Friday, when the federal government faces a deadline to file a legal response in the case.

As I noted in Civil Eats, it seems unlikely that the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act will become law in the face of a Democratic Senate and an administration which regards the HHFKA as one of Michelle Obama's signature achievements as First Lady.

«Some of the biggest frustrations that I face as principal range from a shortage of quality teachers and under - funded federal and state mandates to aging facilities,» said principal Roy Sprinkle of the Bay Haven School in Sarasota, Florida.

On top of the daily challenges of education, which include standards - based reform, pressing state and federal mandates, and high stakes accountability, the Meridian educators were facing a year of unfamiliarity in leadership considering a newly - hired superintendent and an administration that is approximately one - third new.

Whoever wins the 2012 presidential election will set the federal education mandate for states, districts and schools, but the true test will be whether America can successfully close the domestic and international achievement gaps facing U.S. students.

That left House leadership facing new criticism from the right because the GOP bill omits school vouchers, radical reductions to federal mandates and other right - wing proposals.

One can not take shortcuts when it comes to safety training and federal mandates, and face - to - face training just won't cut it when you have employees scattered all over the country, or world for that matter.

The report acknowledges the dilemma facing educators who must meet federal and state mandates while striving to maintain a broad, long - term vision of education excellence.

Faced with potentially losing federal funding after publicly challenging No Child Left Behind's student performance mandates, Montana's education chief Denise Juneau is now in discussions with the Department of Education in search of compromise, she told The Huffington Post Friday.

The California Board of Education is facing some tough choices — and heavy lobbying from parent groups and student advocates — as it works its way toward approving a new school accountability system that meets federal mandates and the vision of Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature in passing the Local Control Funding Formula.

Combined with the sting of the struggling economy, the new Liberal government is already facing increasing pressure to meet its election vows to cap annual deficits at $ 10 billion over the next two years and to balance the federal books in the fourth year of its mandate.

Data protection and security for attorneys With stricter federal and state government - enforced regulations, including Sarbanes - Oxley and the Gramm - Leach Bliley Act, law firms today face an unprecedented amount of regulatory scrutiny — and steep repercussions if found in violation of one of these mandates.