Sentences with phrase «legislative agenda calls»

ASCD's legislative agenda calls on Congress to support systemic approaches to the career development of educators, including their preparation, induction, mentoring, coaching, ongoing professional development, and evaluation.

The 2018 Legislative Agenda calls on ASCD's 115,000 members, and all educational professionals, to become more engaged with leaders at every level to better inform policies that support a whole child education for every student.

The 2018 Legislative Agenda calls on ASCD's 115,000 members, and all educational professionals to become more engaged with leaders at every level to better - inform policies that support a whole child education for every student.

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The President issued a new call on Congress to pass an ambitious legislative agenda to help small businesses, but some wonder whether it's just hot air.

At noon, Gay and transgender rights advocates including Empire State Pride Agenda members and city and community officials call for state lawmakers to pass GENDA during the current legislative session, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), called the governor's position «news to the speaker because the task of setting pay scales was given to the commission so that they can consider the issue devoid of any other legislative agendas.»

Issues over women's rights and reproductive health are at the forefront of this political campaign season in state legislative races as Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes a statewide call for the passage of the 10 - point women's agenda and with it Republican opposition to a plank aimed at strengthening abortion rights.

Also at 11 a.m., Rep. Adriano Espaillat holds a community event called «Standing Together, United As One,» where he will present his legislative agenda for the 115th Congress, 3940 Broadway, Manhattan.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

Democrats applauded his calls for a legislative agenda focused on «Connecticut fairness» while Republicans chided the lame - duck governor for not addressing the state's fiscal woes in what is traditionally a budget address.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration sent the state's top education officials a letter Thursday warning that he plans to use his influence over the budget to pursue an aggressive legislative agenda to fix what he calls an underperforming school system hobbled by bureaucracy.

Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on marriage equality:

Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on ma... Read

Executive Director Charles Foster Johnson believes that what he calls the «school choice vouchers» legislative agenda is bad for Texas and contrary to what he sees as the common good.

ASCD's 2012 Legislative Agenda, which outlines the association's public policy priorities for the year, calls for whole child — based education reforms.

The Brown Act calls for all meetings of local legislative bodies be open to the public and for their agendas and meeting materials to be publicly posted in advance, among other requirements aimed at complete openness to the public.

Many legislative leaders and observers have predicted the bill will pass in some form this year, and Gov. Chris Christie has repeatedly called tenure reform a core priority of his education agenda, even offering general praise of Ruiz's bill.

Through the ALEC Task Force, K12 has actually had an equal vote with state legislators on so - called «model» bills to divert taxpayer funds away from traditional public schools toward the objectives of ALEC's private sector funders, to help their bottom - lines and / or legislative agenda.

ASCD's 2015 Legislative Agenda (PDF) calls on the federal government to reauthorize education policies in a way that addresses and supports the needs of today's students and educators, bolstering the development of the whole child at every level of the education system.

This standardized testing pushback is not new — released in January, ASCD's 2015 Legislative Agenda (PDF) calls on policymakers to reduce the reliance on standardized testing — and it continues to grow as states administer new tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

Their 2015 - 2017 legislative agenda (see right hand column on their web page at the following link) calls for «Fundamentally reform MPS governance and empower the MPS Superintendent to make reforms within the district.»