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Federal Waiver for LAUSD
Q: Have any other states obtained
a federal waiver for the requirement that students take just one test statewide?
She also pledged support for getting
a federal waiver for English language learners and special education students that would exempt them from the exams.
«It's relying on H+H to achieve expense reductions that it's not been able to do previously, on MetroPlus reimbursements and on
federal waivers for Medicaid money, which are highly uncertain.»
Not exact matches
The Department of Education has seen the surge in
waiver applications because its Office
for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the
federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.
The School Nutrition Association (SNA) has asked Congress to approve
waiver requests
for schools that are struggling to comply with
federal nutrition regulations aimed at improving children's health.
Meier authored a law requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to apply
for a
Federal Medicaid
waiver to create a pilot program to offer less costly, more appropriate care to Medicaid patients in need of long - term care.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer told reporters in central New York today acknowledged the state government's need
for a $ 10 billion
federal Medicaid
waiver, saying «we're doing everything we can» to get the application approved.
«The same helicopters the
Federal Government had months back, partly funded and had granted approvals and
waivers for the purchase and importation into the country.»
They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments
for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a
federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math
for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and
federal testing.
Governor Cuomo's aides announced they are asking the
federal government
for a Medicaid
waiver that they say will help make the state a «national model»
for health care.
De Blasio spoke with state lawmakers
for several hours and is due to meet with Cuomo later in the day
for a news conference to push the
federal government to grant a Medicaid
waiver that the governor's administration says his vital to save several Brooklyn - based hospitals.
The Cuomo administration has sent two letters to the Justice Department, asking
federal officials
for a
waiver in order to import out - of - state marijuana
for seriously ill children.
«To be clear, should the
waiver application be denied, the State does not dispute that, at least
for federal elections, the 2012 primary must be held at least 80 days before the 2012 general election.
State Medicaid director Jason Helgerson is back in Puerto Rico trying to put the finishing touches on an application
for a Medicaid
waiver the island can send the
federal government.
And although the original NCLB
waiver doesn't expire until August, a state Education Department official said
federal education officials have given states guidance essentially saying they won't be held accountable
for parts of the law that are sunsetting.
In March, the NYS Education Department requested a
waiver from the
federal law, allowing
for developmentally appropriate testing standards
for child with serious disabilities, and a second year of prep time
for English Language Learners
for children just starting to learn English.
He returned to state government the following year after he was rehired by the Health Department to oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in
federal aid from a recently approved Medicaid
waiver, millions of dollars of which went to the health care organizations that were rumored to be clients of the politically well - connected firm he'd recently worked
for.
ALBANY — Former deputy secretary of health Jim Introne is returning to the state Department of Health to help oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in
federal money from a recently approved Medicaid
waiver, possibly to health care organizations who are clients of the politically well - connected firm he recently worked
for.
Nelson, along with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and 10 other Democratic members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to CMS Director Seema Verma urging her to reject a proposed amendment to a state Medicaid «
waiver» that would exempt Florida from a
federal requirement that gives people up to 90 days following a health problem to apply
for Medicaid coverage.
The report now becomes part of the House record, and although it issued no binding recommendations, Maloney said «it doesn't help» New York's effort to receive a $ 10 billion
waiver from the
federal government's Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Federal prosecutors said Halloran helped arrange bribes to buy a
waiver for state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Queens), so that Smith could run as a Republican despite being a Democrat.
The
federal Medicaid
waiver provides critical funds
for health care.
«Of course there's risks,» Fuleihan said, acknowledging that the city would have to work with
federal and state authorities
for reimbursements
for health care costs and possible Medicaid
waivers.
Asked how long the state could continue to fund those institutions pending the
waiver, de Blasio responded, «I would say February is a really good month
for the
federal government to resolve this problem.»
Tenney, R - New Hartford, and other members of Central New York's congressional delegation will likely be asked to support the state's request
for a
federal waiver allowing the gondola to cross over Interstate 690 at the fairgrounds.
Federal money from a Medicaid waiver: After they enacted a number of changes designed to bend the long - term cost curve of the state - federal Medicaid program, New York officials applied for a federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next five
Federal money from a Medicaid
waiver: After they enacted a number of changes designed to bend the long - term cost curve of the state -
federal Medicaid program, New York officials applied for a federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next five
federal Medicaid program, New York officials applied
for a
federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next five
federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next five years.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday called
for Washington to approve a $ 10 billion Medicaid
waiver to help save struggling Brooklyn hospitals, even as
federal officials said that's not how the money should be spent.
Cuomo's budget assumes the
federal government will approve a $ 10 billion Medicaid
waiver, and that state operating spending will hold to less than two percent a year, which helps balance his plans
for a local property tax freeze and
for $ 100 million in funding during this coming year, to begin expanding pre-K programs statewide.
Until early this year, he also consulted
for the Greater New York Health Association, a trade group
for hospitals, and the S.E.I.U. 1199, the health workers» union, advising them on an effort to obtain a
federal waiver that would bring more Medicaid money to New York State.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's aides announced Monday they are asking the
federal government
for a Medicaid
waiver that they say will help make the state a «national model»
for health care.
Passed four decades ago, the Clean Air Act gave Calif. a «
waiver» to petition the
federal government
for permission to impose its own benchmarks, but the Bush administration had denied the request.
EPA Administrator Johnson denied California's request to a
waiver to
federal standards in order to implement its carbon dioxide pollution standard
for vehicles.
The Department of Education's decision to link
federal funding to the Core in its Race to the Top program, its NCLB
waiver effort, and its «ESEA blueprint,» and the provision of $ 350 million in
federal funds
for Core - related tests, all alienated anti-Washington conservatives who would have remained neutral if the question had merely concerned states collaborating to set standards in math and English language arts.
The online program needed the
waiver, the first of its kind, so its students would be eligible to apply
for federal Pell Grants: that's because CFA doesn't use credit hours, or even traditional college «courses.»
For one thing, in getting a
waiver from the
federal No Child Left Behind Act, Indiana (like other states) promised the Obama administration it would adopt standards that met
federal criteria; align curricula and teaching; select, pilot, and administer new tests aligned to the standards; and integrate the standards into both school - and teacher - accountability systems.
She wonders if the Department of Education will withhold
federal funding if these states apply
for waivers but offer much less in the way of conforming principles than Secretary Duncan would like.
The interesting — and paradoxical — upshot here is that the greatest hope
for the continuation of an active
federal government in K — 12 schooling is highly able and highly responsible states: if states handle their ESEA
waivers well, then there will be no need
for ED to slap wrists and therefore no additional fuel
for those claiming
federal overreach.
While no one knew it
for sure at the time, there would be no
federal Race to the Top funding, nor even, as it turned out, a
federal waiver from No Child Left Behind that would free up existing
federal dollars
for new programs in Chicago.
Caught in the maelstrom, the Obama administration was unable to defend against a bipartisan move on Capitol Hill to end
waivers altogether by enacting,
for the first time since 2002, a new
federal education law, ESSA.
It was not difficult
for opponents to cast Common Core as a
federal initiative, given 1) the Obama administration's use of RttT incentives (and later,
waivers to NCLB requirements) to encourage states to adopt the standards and 2) the administration's funding of the consortia.
California must either lower its standards
for proficiency or negotiate a
federal waiver.
Instead, he recommended new state interventions in 98 districts that were failing to meet the standards of the
federal No Child Left Behind law;
waivers from state rules and regulations
for high - performing districts; and an improved data system to guide state and local decisionmaking in the future.
Representatives of nine California districts did not head home from Washington on Friday, after two and a half days of intense discussions with
federal officials, with the
waiver from the No Child Left Behind law that they had been hoping
for.
Duncan on Tuesday announced that schools that do the field test
for the new Common Core assessment next spring can get a one - year
waiver from also giving current state standardized tests required by
federal law.
(b) The department shall study potential changes to the Medical Assistance state plan and to
waivers of
federal law relating to medical assistance obtained from the
federal department of health and human services
for all of the following purposes:
As
for ESEA flexibility
waivers, a condition of receiving a
federal waiver from No Child Left Behind was that states have in place «college - and career - ready standards.»
The
federal Department of Education specified
for the first time Tuesday what states would have to do to receive a
waiver from giving state standardized tests next spring in the one - year transition to implementing the Common Core standards.