Sentences with phrase «standard committee include»

Members of the Breed Standard Committee include: Norma Moffat, Chair Louise Pearce E...

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We discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers matters that independent registered public accounting firms must discuss with audit committees under generally accepted auditing standards and standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»), including, among other things, matters related to the conduct of the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements and the matters required to be discussed by PCAOB AU 380 (Communications with Audit Cocommittees under generally accepted auditing standards and standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»), including, among other things, matters related to the conduct of the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements and the matters required to be discussed by PCAOB AU 380 (Communications with Audit CommitteesCommittees).

This included a discussion of the independent registered public accounting firm's judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of AMD's accounting principles and such other matters that generally accepted auditing standards require to be discussed with the Audit and Finance Committee.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, the firm's judgments as to the acceptability and quality of FedEx's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)(the «PCAOB»), including those matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees.

The committee recommended in those same meetings that banks apply tighter standards to mortgage lending, including stressing homeowners» ability to repay debt if interest rates rose by 3 percentage p

In addition, the HR and Compensation Committee may delegate any of its duties and responsibilities, including the administration of equity incentive or employee benefit plans, to one or more of its members, to one or more other directors, or to one or more other persons, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable laws or listing standards.

Companies to be included in the S&P are selected by the S&P 500 Index Committee, which consists of a group of analysts employed by Standard & Poor's.

Expect it to set the course for the committee, however, as most outlets (including SB Nation) will use the AP's rankings as the standard until the committee takes over in late October.

Most outlets (including SB Nation) will use the AP's rankings as the standard until the committee takes over in November, though.

The Committee directs the Secretary to issue minimum national standards to address the ongoing issue of shaming school children for unpaid school lunch fees, including standards that protect children from public embarrassment; that require all communications about unpaid school lunch fees be directed at the parent or guardian, not the child; and that schools take additional steps to determine if families falling behind in their school lunch fees are in fact eligible for free or reduced - price school meals.

The senators, all members of the committee, introduced the Youth Sports Concussion Act earlier this year to help ensure that safety standards for sports equipment, including football helmets, are based on the latest science and curb false advertising claims made by manufacturers to increase protective sports gear sales.

Last week, as part of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization, the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill that does include some changes — but also keeps most of the healthy standards in place.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

Amongst others, the Committee is tasked with making recommendations to ensure that we put the era of contaminated and off - spec products behind us, by tackling issues such as: the integrity of the pipeline infrastructure; improving pipeline operations and maintenance; continuous training and skills upgrade of pipeline operators; and implementing improved Standard Operating Procedures, including the controlled evacuation and disposal of products under the direct supervision of NPA.

John Mann, the Labour MP who lodged the original complaint about Miller, has been highly critical after the standards committee, which includes 10 MPs and three non-voting lay members, recommended that Miller should repay # 5,800 in expenses.

MPs agreed in 2010 that lay members be included on the standards committee and it was agreed in principle they be given a vote.

New regulations approved by the SUNY Charter Schools Committee at its meeting Oct. 11, 2017 would remove or reduce most of these standards, including fewer hours of instruction in teaching skills, only a week of practice instruction and only one certification exam, among other lighter standards.

At 12:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Social Services will meet to discuss a number of amendments to social services law - including an act in relation to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services worker.

Ann Clwyd has received valuable evidence about standards of care from many Welsh patients, including some from my own constituency, and it is right that she be invited in front of the committee to share these findings.

Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

This coordination includes the apportioning of specific requests for nanotechnology standards through ASTM's existing committee base, as well as the maintenance of appropriate global liaison relationships with activities (internal and external) related to this subject area.

The Scientific Review Committee (SRC) ensures that all cancer clinical trials conducted under the auspices of the Vanderbilt - Ingram Cancer Center meet peer - reviewed standards of scientific design, including appropriate scientific rationale, specific aims, study endpoints, biostatistical analysis, and adequate ability to accrue patients.

YA registers yoga schools based on criteria from a standards committee and a curriculum that might include everything from anatomy, sequencing, breath work (pranayama), meditation, Sanskrit, and more.

In Canada, the naturopathic medical profession's infrastructure includes accredited educational institutions, professional licensing, national standards of practice, participation in many federal health committee initiatives, and a commitment to state - of - the - art scientific research.

Even the Center for Civic Education, a 40 - year - old nonprofit organization whose National Advisory Committee reads like a Who's Who of democratic values and traditions (including a dozen current and former members of Congress and a couple of Supreme Court justices), does not explain in its curriculum standards that civil disobedience is rooted in fundamental principles as opposed to personal preferences.

Greening said in a letter to the education committee chair, Neil Carmichael, that she was «determined to continue to raise standards» and would include the new «strong pass» as an accountability measure for schools.

A new competition organising committee has been formed, including representatives from commerce, educational bodies and standards setting organisations, to oversee the management and administration of all elements of the competition.

Some examples include portfolio reviews, research projects, peer review committees, and standards - based evaluations, etc..

Dr. Valencia has served on national, state, and local assessment committees to improve assessment systems and policies including the Common Core Standards Advisory Panel on Literacy, National Assessment of Educational Progress subcommittees, and IRA / NCTE standards and assessment committees.

Republican Sen. Scott Schneider of Indianapolis tells The Associated Press that he expects the Senate Education Committee to vote today on a proposal to suspend implementation of the national standards while the State Board of Education holds new hearings on what should be included in Indiana standards.

The Local Wellness Committee will update or modify this LWP based on the results of HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's annual self - assessment, the USDA triennial administrative review, and on other variables, including if / when HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's health priorities change; the community's health needs change; the wellness goals are met; new health science arises, new technology emerges; and new federal or state guidance / standards are issued.

A member of the national American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Program and Policy Council, she has served on AFT committees studying and recommending policy on various topics, including high school reform, teacher evaluation, and Common Core state standards.

The CTA and some key Democrats, including Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, also argued that districts could make four or five years standard for probation to save money through lower salaries for probationary teachers.

Committees developing the new standard included New York State educators, teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) / Multilingual Learners (MLLs), parents, curriculum specialists, school administrators, experts in cognitive research, and many more.

Leadership activities include building administration, teacher committees, district policy - making including school boards, state administration including grant administration, professional standards, building assessments, program reviews, and formal assessments of student learning.

For the first time, the report includes how Florida's state - approved teacher preparation programs measure up according to key performance standards that were developed by a statewide committee of educators, approved by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Governor Scott in 2013.

If voters approve the measure to repeal Common Core, the state would also be required to establish a committee with the power to veto any new standards and would direct the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education to «release all of the test items, including questions, constructed responses and essays, for each grade and every subject.»

In early 2014, the Agency asked the TXCC to convene a steering committee of principals, administrators, and higher education faculty to provide input into the creation of an evaluative rubric correlated with the principal standards and incorporating weighted components, including student learning outcomes.

Nancy also serves on various ELPA21 committees, including the Administration, Accessibility, and Accommodations Task Management Team and the EL Expert Committee for Standard Setting.

She has served on state and national advisory committees and boards for standards development, including the English as a New Language Advisory Panel of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and the Texas Reading Academies.

A joint steering committee, which includes union representation, administrators, faculty and community members, governs the school, which receives the standard district per - pupil allotment, but has flexibility in how it spends the money.

However, only a small group of programs specifically include support for e-learning content standards such as SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) or AICC (CBT)(Aviation Industry CBT Committee).

Companies to be included in the S&P are selected by the S&P 500 Index Committee, which consists of a group of analysts employed by Standard & Poor's.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

Hilarie has served on and chaired many LRCA committees including Health, Judges» Education, Breed Standard, etc. and has mentored many new members and breeders.

The committee reported that Lucas County Animal Control lacks standard procedures for its daily operations — including protocols for euthanasia and the use of tranquilizer darts to subdue dogs.

The Humane Society of the United States applauds members of the Oregon Senate Consumer Protection Committee for passing legislation that strengthens penalties for animal abuse, including a provision that provides basic care standards for dogs at mass dog producing facilities known as puppy mills.

Drafted by industry leaders on the small animal care committee, the standards tackle a wide range of issues, including facility maintenance, biosecurity and shipping sizes.

On Thursday, the Senate committee approved the revised standards in full, including the supporting content, on a 6 to 3 vote that drew support from both parties.

A years - long battle over whether Idaho would require its science teachers to teach about global warming was resolved Thursday when the State Senate education committee voted to adopt standards that included sections on human - caused climate change.