Sentences with phrase «federal mandates include»

Federal mandates include disclosures for lead paint disclosure for any home built prior to 1978.

Not exact matches

(A handful of states, including Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota, mandate even less than the federal minimum wage, which was established as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and contained exemptions for some poorer states.)

Yet, a proposed multi-agency rule, including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, FDIC, National Credit Union Administration, SEC and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, would mandate that risk management personnel be involved in the development of banks» compensation plans.

For purposes of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, as well as Executive Order 12875, the final rule extending the applicability date does not include any federal mandate that we expect would result in such expenditures by State, local, or tribal governments, or the private sector.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

This includes regular press conferences following Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings by the Fed chair; the publishing of growth and inflation forecasts of FOMC participants; and a concerted attempt to lay out the guideposts that the FOMC will look at to assess progress toward our mandate.

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

As of today, the Green family, the evangelical Christian owners of Hobby Lobby Creative Centers and Mardel Christian Bookstores, potentially owes the federal government $ 21.3 million in fines for defying the HHS mandate that requires all companies to provide insurance coverage for all FDA - approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion - inducing drugs, including «the morning after pill» and «the week after pill.»

«Under the new Federal mandate, each school will be required to adopt a Wellness Policy that includes:

Launched in September 2013, through a three - year cooperative agreement with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), the Home Visiting CoIIN works to achieve breakthrough improvements in select process and outcome measures, including benchmark areas legislatively mandated for the Federal Home Visiting program, while reducing or maintaining program costs.

The parade of horribles said to follow ineluctably from upholding the individual mandate includes the federal government's ability to compel us to purchase and consume broccoli, buy General Motors vehicles, and exercise three times a week.

Some reforms underway at Rikers, including a new use of force policy, were mandated as a result of a federal lawsuit, Nunez v. New York City.

The Roman Catholic Church is using the two weeks running up to the Fourth of July for prayer and advocacy as it continues it's fight against the federal Health and Human Services Department mandate that would force some Catholic institutions to provide health insurance coverage that includes contraception.

Romney has long known that the health - care legislation he signed in Massachusetts — like Obama's federal health - care overhaul, it includes an individual mandate — could be his Achilles» heel in pursuit of the Republican nomination.

Recent federal laws including the Affordable Care Act have introduced nationwide coverage mandates, including «parity» mandates requiring that coverage of mental health care be equal to coverage of general health care.

That is because California has often set standards more stringent than the federal government's — for example its decades - long efforts to rein in pollution from automobile exhaust, including being the first state to mandate catalytic converters in 1975.

CORD is pleased that the mandate for the new federal National Pharmacare Advisory Council includes assessment of international models and establishment of expert reference groups.

The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009 mandates the establishment of an «information exchange» to «make information on ocean acidification developed through or utilized by the interagency ocean acidification program accessible through electronic means, including information which would be useful to policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidification.»

According to Education Week, the NEA released a list of its priorities for improving the law, including support for the teaching profession, sustained federal funding for mandates, and promotion of innovation and best practices.

Sophie: I think every school receiving federal funds should be mandated to have a mission statement that includes antibullying clauses, and every student should have to sign a form to stop bullying when they see it or know of it happening.

A story in the March 31, 2004, issue of Education Week about efforts to meet the test - participation mandate in the federal No Child Left Behind Act included an incorrect statistic («Schools Seek Participation on Test Days»).

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.

As I've argued before, the federal requirement that is driving the over-testing concern isn't the mandate that states test students annually in grades 3 — 8; it's the mandate (dreamed up by Arne Duncan as a condition of ESEA waivers) that states develop teacher - evaluation systems that include student achievement as a significant factor.

Others include the 1975 civil rights law mandating public education for special needs children, the bilingual education act of 1968, and the original civil rights education law, which passed in 1965 as part of President Johnson's war on poverty and mandated federal funding to states, equal access for all children, and higher standards.

In 1998, the U.S. Congress mandated a new question on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to prevent applicants with prior drug - related convictions (whether felony or misdemeanor) from receiving federal financial aid, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and work -Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to prevent applicants with prior drug - related convictions (whether felony or misdemeanor) from receiving federal financial aid, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and work -federal financial aid, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and work - study.

The provision would have mandated teacher evaluations that included measures of student performance from the federal level.

This resource includes federal policy analysis and reports on major actions of Congress and federal agencies, as well as implementation guidance that can save your district time and money in complying with mandates.

NSBA not only commends the Subcommittee for passing a bill that supports disadvantaged students and special education, but also for including a new general provision on local governance, stating that the Federal government can not mandate or incentivize in any way the adoption of any specific standards or assessments, including Common Core.

Laws exist at both federal and state levels that include mandates for educators, but many school administrators are not aware of recent changes that may impact them.

After the vote, Smith said that we must ask the new Congress to stop federal funds for CCSSI and any mandate to adopt CCSSI in the Elementary and Secondary Act next year including Alabama Congressmen and Congressman John Kline (R - MN) who will chair the House Education Committee.

I should clarify districts may get some money for the state but it never covers all the unfunded state and federal mandates and to pull off all the test prep, testing, software, hardware, etc... there will be cuts and it is never at the top... always the front line workers, including paraprofessional, secretaries, aides, etc..

There were a few other notable pieces of legislation that passed including Sen. Greg Reed's Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act and Sen. Gerald Dial's SB477 to protect Alabama citizens from power grabs under the UN's Agenda 21 Initiative.

But officials said Tuesday that even if the state does win a federal grant of up to $ 700 million, there's unlikely to be any effort to mandate any of the more controversial aspects of the latest California Race to the Top application - including incentive pay for teachers and principals.

The following article presents data from the latest available (2014) federal collection mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act, which includes 1,497 providers of «traditional» programs based in institutions of higher education (IHEs), 472 providers of IHE - based alternative programs, and 201 providers of non-IHE-based alternative programs.

Independent charters are not included in the California Office of Reform Education (CORE)'s statistics, because CORE's system was developed as part of a waiver its districts received from the federal government relieving them of some of the mandates of the No Child Left Behind law.

In response to the increased testing mandates of NCLB, RTTT and other federal grant programs, some states and districts now require standardized tests for every subject, including art, music, journalism and physical education.

Obama's rollback comes in the form of a waiver package: States that seek relief from NCLB's provisions — including the 100 percent proficiency requirement in reading and math by 2014, increasingly harsh sanctions against schools deemed as «failing» or the strictly dictated use of federal education money — will have to adapt certain administration - mandated reforms.

At a time when education is acknowledged as a priority for America's success and competitiveness, NSBA believes that it is imperative that federal policy — including implementation of the child nutrition reauthorization — assures that educational systems are supported, not undermined by unfunded mandates or under - resourced requirements.

NSBA supports high academic standards, including Common Core standards, that are voluntarily adopted by states with local school board input and free from federal direction, federal mandates, funding conditions or coercion.

The union leadership sees this and gets all jizzy, thinking about how to steer some of that dough to their own pockets: «The four corporations that dominate the U.S. standardized testing market spend millions of dollars lobbying state and federal officials — as well as sometimes hiring them — to persuade them to favor policies that include mandated student assessments, helping to fuel a nearly $ 2 billion annual testing business, a new analysis shows.

The provision states that the Federal government can not mandate or incentivize in any way the adoption of any specific standards or assessments, including Common Core.

The demographic shift has created a sizable challenge for the small district: how to shift instructional practices aimed at a largely well - off Anglo population to practices that can help all its students, including English - language learners, succeed at the high levels demanded by rigorous new state and federal mandates.

TIFIA Program For all TIFIA projects, including the capitalization of a rural projects fund in a SIB (with the exception noted below), the DOT must make a determination that Federal credit assistance would satisfy the following statutory mandates:

P.L.114 - 190 includes 14 mandates related to safe UAS integration; however, neither the FY17 President's budget nor the likely FY17 funding outcome for FAA and other Federal agencies provides additional resources to execute the new requirements.

Opportunities for engagement include collaboration through the NextGen Advisory Committee, which has resulted in industry commitments and dedication to working together and holding each other accountable; through the Equip 2020 Working Group to identify and resolve barriers to meet the January 1, 2020 FAA mandate for airlines and general aviation to equip with GPS, otherwise known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS - B); and community outreach to make the collaborative process of airspace redesign more transparent to airports, local, state and federal governments, community organizations, and the general public.

To carry out its safety mandate, FMCSA partners with stakeholders — including federal, state, and local enforcement agencies; the motor carrier industry; safety groups — on efforts to reduce crashes involving motor carriers.

To carry out its safety mandate, FMCSA partners with stakeholders, including Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies; the motor carrier industry; safety groups; commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers; and organized labor on efforts to reduce crashes involving CMVs.

Every Fit includes a center stack LCD and, a backup camera is standard, well in advance of the 2018 federal mandate.

By federal mandate, you're entitled to a free annual credit report that includes all the information gathered by the three main credit bureaus.

Proponents of the RPS plans say that the mandated restrictions will reduce harmful emissions and spur job growth, by stimulating investment in green technologies.Motivated by a desire to reduce carbon emissions, and in the absence of federal action to do so, 29 states (and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) have required utility companies to deliver specified minimum amounts of electricity from «renewable» sources, including wind and solar power.