Sentences with phrase «recent legislative efforts»

Recent legislative efforts include working to repeal pound seizure where publicly funded shelters and pounds are required to provide unclaimed dogs and cats for experimental and educational purposes.

This may be why he all but ignores evidence, such as recent legislative efforts to guarantee parental religious liberty through parochial school aid or school choice proposals, that strengthens his thesis.

Among these layers are a variety of tax rules, which encourage religions to reshape themselves so as to be eligible for tax benefits, and the recent legislative efforts, certainly constitutional but perhaps of dubious value to religion, to allow religious groups to share in the rather substantial largesse of the programmatic side of the welfare state.

A more recent legislative effort, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, relied chiefly on block grants backed up by a detailed set of mandates and goals for teacher quality, curriculum, and student performance.

Notwithstanding the recent legislative effort to repeal s13, I have no difficulty concluding that the objective of the enactment [«the suppression of hate speech and the promotion of equality] continues to be substantial and pressing.»

Not exact matches

The 2016 proxy season was widely expected to build on the notable improvements and encouraging trends prompted by Japan's recent legislative and regulatory efforts to strengthen its corporate governance practice.

But it is also referenced in a recent Arizona legislative effort to prohibit abortions after twenty weeks, which includes the language, ««Gestational age» means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman.»

Once the state's political leaders got past the congratulatory «atta - boys» and backslapping on their most recent effort to reform Albany, the public was left to dig through the details of the legislative agreement.

Those efforts emerge as a priority in the 2010 legislative season, even as many cash - strapped states face the prospect of tough spending decisions — including school budget cuts — on top of the midyear cuts they enacted in recent months.

According to a recent email from new Executive Director Betty Anderson, the organization plans to focus this year's legislative efforts on maintaining the Common Core State Standards.

The state's most recent effort to regulate the industry came in the last legislative session, when Representative Mike Villarreal, Democrat of San Antonio, offered a bill that would require potential teachers to spend at least 15 of the mandated 30 hours of practice teaching in classrooms.

In her recent column, state Rep. Chris Taylor argues that the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, and presumably other voucher proponents are «all about tearing down our public - school infrastructure so corporate privatization efforts can move in and make a buck.»

Cheatham also said that Gov. Scott Walker's recent call to repeal the Common Core State Standards in Wisconsin, and Republican legislators» efforts to do the same during the last legislative session, are unhelpful distractions for the district, which has emphasized implementation of the standards.

A number of recent state legislative efforts highlight the importance of course rigor in preparing students for college and beyond.1 In addition, the State Board of Education has approved a preliminary college and career readiness indicator, which leans heavily on student participation and performance in rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and college courses.2

Recent federal legislative efforts have attempted to support and promote the growth and expansion of high - quality CMOs.

As chairman of the Nova Scotia Task Force on Cyberbullying, MacKay produced a report in 2012, subtitled «There's No App for That,» which has been cited by the Supreme Court and underpins recent anti-bullying legislative efforts.

The years - long legislative efforts to compel New Hampshire judges to issue specific jury nullification instructions continues now with the threat of impeachment added should the trial judges obey a recent state supreme court opinion on the subject.

Maryland Renters Insurance can be confusing, especially with the recent state legislative effort to change the way some landlords are listed on the policies held by their residents.

A lawmaker in Tennessee has filed a new bill that recognizes blockchain signatures as legal electronic records, marking the latest legislative effort to do so in recent weeks.

Dr. Redlener's talk will be followed by a panel discussion focusing on recent opportunities and threats to providing high - quality health care to young children living in poverty and will address policy recommendations and legislative advocacy efforts that can be taken to help ensure the healthy development of young children in poverty.

There have been suggestions in recent years that the whole notion of meaningful citizen participation in lawmaking has fallen out of fashion — that no matter how hard you try, or how sincere your efforts, the legislative outcome is predetermined by forces beyond your control.

Private property rights — In recent years, as efforts to protect the environment have escalated, legislative and regulatory restrictions on the use of private property have become more stringent.

Among other contents: a snapshot of NAR's legislative efforts in Washington, D.C., and a rundown of recent victories such as the $ 8,000 first - time buyer tax credit and the bill that permanently bans banking conglomerates from entering the real estate business.