Sentences with phrase «standards board issued»

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The Audit Committee has also discussed with the independent auditors matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, «Communications with Audit Committees» issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Neiman Marcus, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of July 28, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated September 18, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

However, to the government «s credit, it has adopted new accounting standards as issued by the Public Sector Accounting Board since first being elected in 2006

Our board of directors is authorized, without stockholder approval except as required by the listing standards of NASDAQ, to issue additional shares of our capital stock.

Twitter's independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP («PwC»), is responsible for performing an independent audit of Twitter's consolidated financial statements and of Twitter's internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and to issue a report thereon.

The Audit Committee has also discussed with EY the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, «Communications with Audit Committees» issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»).

Our board of directors is authorized, without stockholder approval except as required by the listing standards of the, to issue additional shares of our capital stock.

In the days before the Kansas School Board's August decision to strip the teaching of evolution from state science standards, the presidents of the Kansas university system issued a statement.

The wider issue highlighted by the scandal is how demand for cheap meat of all kinds is lowering standards across the board, and is being driven by large supermarket chains.

Not dismissing that because it's dumb but if that's the standard for a lot of off field issues then this entire board, I would guess, has off field issues.

The state Board of Regents will issue a report soon, and its expected to include changes to the way the standards are being implemented, but not a delay.

Mayor Bloomberg just released a carefully - worded response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for revising the Board of Regents teacher evaluation standards — an issue that has become something of a sticking point as the mayor is threatening to fire thousands of NYC teachers and pushing for the repeal of the last - in, first - out rule.

Some mainstream Democrats, though, downplayed the political contention of issues like charter schools and the tax credit and even differences in nuanced positions regarding the Common Core standards and how the Board of Regents should be governed, arguing that those are secondary to decisions around school funding.

The Planning Board conducted a review of the project and on September 10 issued a «negative declaration» under State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review, meaning that the Planning Board found that there would be no significant adverse environmental impacts from the project, and issued a «preliminary» site plan approval of the project subject to Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) review of «performance standards.»

The California Air Resources Board has issued Sustainable Oils Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings, a feedstock - only pathway for the production of camelina - based fuels under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

In an order issued 23 January, US District Court Judge Lawrence O'Neill denied a motion filed by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to stay the injunction on the enforcement of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) he had ordered in the earlier decisions of 29 December 2011 while ARB... Read more →

There is no way that the movie wouldn't be improved by simply cutting out all of that secondary content; it would likely trim the movie to an unusual hour length and would require a different ending and probably at least one standard issue best friend as sounding board, but the movie would be a lot closer to tolerable then.

Well, that and the standard - issue (for Baumbach), across - the board great performances, from Kidman at its center, but also a tremendous Jennifer Jason Leigh as Margot's freer - spirited sister Pauline, Jack Black as Pauline's cool - dude but shiftless fiancé, and John Turturro as Margot's embattled husband, along with terrifically lived - in performances from its juvenile leads.

Los Angeles — In a speech to Hispanic school - board members here this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell criticized the nation's school boards for paying too little attention to instructional issues and called on them to take a leadership role in upgrading educational standards.

The Access Board, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, is an independent federal agency that develops minimum guidelines and requirements for standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

While it is silent on the key question of «value added,» the board establishes an important set of precedents, namely that the «profession» - with some advice from thoughtful outsiders - can establish standards for itself and wrestle with some tough issues surrounding performance identification and documentation.

Prominent issues among school board candidates this year are Common Core standards, teacher evaluations and charter schools

Directly at issue was a motion put forth by State Board member Brad Oliver that would allow the staff from Pence's agency, the Center for Education and Career Innovation, to use their budget to bring in experts to advise the panel as it reviews the Common Core academic standards.

«It's good news for our nation's 90,000 local school board members, and an historic step toward reversing years of undue burden under the No Child Left Behind Act and restoring responsibility for school accountability and academic standards back to states and local school districts,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, NSBA, in a press release issued today.

The NAACP National Board of Directors created the Task Force on Quality Education following its October 2016 ratification of a resolution issuing a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools — at least until certain standards of quality and accountability are met.

Critics countered that the law did not ask the board to evaluate the quality of the out - of - state programs, instead requiring it to «issue a standard license to an otherwise qualified teacher candidate under this section who successfully performs throughout a program under this section, successfully completes all required skills, pedagogy and content area examinations,» and either demonstrates proficiency to a site - based evaluation team or completed an alternative certification program in another state.

«The Board of Teaching must issue a standard license to an otherwise qualified teacher candidate under this section who successfully performs throughout a program under this section, successfully completes all required skills, pedagogy and content area examinations,» and either demonstrates proficiency to a site - based evaluation team or completed an alternative certification program in another state.

The issue of literacy goes to the heart of what NASBE and state boards consider their essential work — instituting standards - based reforms that ensure students are well - prepared to meet the demands of employment, advanced training, and civic participation.

Learn how NISL has adapted best practices in military leadership development to help states and districts address the three biggest issues in school leadership in this article for the National School Boards Association publication, The State Education Standard.

Use these points to communicate the key issues about academic standards to other school board members, the press, and your members of Congress:

One of his most important commissioners had stepped up and set a new standard for transparency and ethics and that eliminating even the appearance of a conflict of interest required him to recuse himself on any issue related to an environmental group whose board he has served on.

The new issue of NASBE's award - winning journal, The State Education Standard, showcases a variety of these approaches for state boards of education and state education agencies to consider.

MASB was officially organized in 1949 to advance the quality of public education in our state, promote high standards in providing educational programs, help school board members keep informed about education issues, represent the interests of boards of education, and promote public understanding about school boards and citizen involvement in our schools.

A recent report from the College Board investigates two key issues: grade inflation, in which teachers over time assign increasingly higher grades for a given level of achievement; and grade nonequivalence across schools, in which teachers in different schools apply different grading standards for the same curricular material.

Issues concerning physical accessibility standards on passenger vessels will be addressed at a later time, in conjunction with proposed passenger vessel accessibility guidelines drafted by the United States Access Board.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

The standards shall be consistent with the minimum guidelines and requirements issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in accordance with section 504 of this Act.

Such standards shall be consistent with the minimum guidelines and requirements issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in accordance with section 504 (a) of this Act.

Accessibility standards included in regulations issued under this part shall be consistent with the minimum guidelines issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board under section 504 (a) of this Act.

The Q7 on test was fitted with standard issue 19 - inch wheels and was driven only with two adult passengers on board.

The Glo HD has the standard Wi - Fi on board — as ever, 3G is strictly the realm of the Kindle, which isn't likely to be an issue with most users.

First, I want to applaud the Board for seeking to improve the quality of veterinary medical practice in Pennsylvania by spelling out in detail key issues with respect to practice standards.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, which regulates the use of an «organic» label, is weighing a November 2008 recommendation from its standards board and is expected to issue rules soon.

It would be much more effective if local wardens, humane agents and other local officials were provided with funding to help enforce the current animal cruelty laws and the standards of care issued by the Board for high volume breeders.

With Richard Dorment refusing to let the Warhol Foundation's denial of the Red Self Portrait stand, and the large sums of money hanging upon authentication, artists» authentication boards and catalogues raisonnés being issued without discussion of the standards and methods used are increasingly coming under attack:

More recently, Governor Schwarzenegger issued Executive Orders in 2008 and 2009 that established the Renewable Energy Action Team to develop a plan for renewable development in sensitive desert habitat, accelerated the Renewables Portfolio Standard requirement to 33 percent by 2020, and directed the Air Resources Board to adopt regulations by July 31, 2010, to meet that requirement.

The Climate Change Authority, of which I'm a board member, recently looked into the issue and concluded that, over the lifetime of a vehicle, fuel efficiency standards matching those of the US would save motorists thousands of dollars.

«The Utah State Board of Education greenlit plans Thursday [April 12, 2018] to begin drafting new school science standards, a process likely to touch on divisive issues like climate change and evolution,» according to the Salt Lake Tribune (April 13, 2018).

In an order issued 23 January, US District Court Judge Lawrence O'Neill denied a motion filed by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to stay the injunction on the enforcement of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) he had ordered in the earlier decisions of 29 December 2011 while ARB... Read more →

In a report issued last week, the board listed the probable cause of the crash as the pilot's «failure (to) follow the standard instrument departure as instructed, and his failure to attain a sufficient altitude to maintain clearance from power lines during takeoff in instrument meteorological conditions.»