Sentences with phrase «state waiver request»

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He has boasted that state waiver requests «capture» tens of thousands more students by using lower thresholds for the number of students who count toward accountability.

To date, the department has approved 34 state waiver requests and rejected requests from California and Iowa.

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During the recession, when unemployment was high and job - training programs were scarce, states were able to request waivers for these work requirements, and many governors did just that.

It's AMC's policy if you are less than six MONTHS postpartum to request a waiver from your physician stating you are cleared to exercise prior to beginning our exercise program.

The request from the waiver comes after state officials at the Department of Health in August and, more recently, last week sent letters to Holder and his top deputy asking for permission to import medical marijuana strains to New York.

Both Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Nirav Shah, as part of the governor's annual budget address, noted that New York's waiver request was submitted 18 months ago, while pointing out that other states with similarly sized applications had theirs approved in shorter time periods.

«At the October State Civil Service Commission meeting, the Commission acted upon the 211 waiver request for Mr. Krumpter and determined that the village's request for approval through January 23, 2018 was warranted, since there is no existing eligible list to fill this position,» Paolucci said in an email.

Krumpter, who is currently ranked a captain and expected to become village police chief by early next year, received approval from the state Civil Service Commission at its October meeting for what is known as the Section 211 waiver, which was requested by the village through a formal application submitted on Aug. 21, commission spokesman Jian Paolucci said.

Under the bill, introduced late last week, the top 20 percent of the state's highest performing school districts would be allowed to submit their current evaluation plans along with a request for a waiver to the Department of Education.

A gun registration would no longer be made public without a request for a waiver and a database with information on licenses would be housed with the Division of Criminal Justice Services, not the State Police.

The state Joint Commission on Public Ethics by a 6 - 5 vote denied a request by the New York Civil Liberties Union for waiver that would have allowed it to keep the names of its donors secret.

In a letter to Congressmembers Lowey, Engel and Maloney, and Senators Schumer and Gillbrand, Latimer wrote: «It has recently been brought to my attention that the United States Department of Education denied the request of the New York State Education Department to provide a waiver which would allow our schools to better meet the needs of children with disabilities and those who are English Language Learners.»

Tenney, R - New Hartford, and other members of Central New York's congressional delegation will likely be asked to support the state's request for a federal waiver allowing the gondola to cross over Interstate 690 at the fairgrounds.

Still, the city sent a letter to the state Thursday requesting that Walcott be granted a waiver so that he can formally take the job because he lacks the requisite credentials, a spokeswoman said.

The comments come the day after a state - appointed panel shocked observers by advising State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take thestate - appointed panel shocked observers by advising State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take theState Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take the job.

The county also will proceed with a request for a state waiver so that Barry can legally collect $ 236,000 annually in county salary and a New York city police pension, the spokesman said.

«I, as a New York City police officer, request that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito refrain from attending my funeral services in the event that I am killed in the line of duty,» the waiver states.

President Barack Obama recently enacted changes that allow states to request waivers for some of the legal requirements of NCLB, including the 2014 deadline, stating that the strictures of the law were hampering academic progress in some schools.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appeared before the Senate on Wednesday to defend his budget request and was given a hard time by Senator Lamar Alexander over his decision to revoke Washington state's NCLB waiver.

But let's be honest: America's bluer states aren't likely to go this far anytime soon — states like Illinois, whose ESEA waiver request is languishing because of the teacher - evaluation issue.

Both were part of the state's waiver request, and now both have been put aside via state law.

Passed in 2008, it invited proposals for creating innovation schools, which could request waivers to district policies, state statutes, and union contracts — including tenure for new teachers — if 60 percent of the teachers voted for the Innovation Plan.

Yet the Department's waiver policy says that, in order to receive waivers, states «must submit a request that addresses each of the following four principles, consistent with the definitions and timelines described later in this document, to increase the quality of instruction for students and improve student academic achievement in the State and its [districts].»

The licensing of superintendents involves similar requirements (see sidebar on p. 17), though states are more likely to issue waivers if a school board requests one.

Schools may submit requests for waivers from state rules and regulations, accompanied by a rationale for why such waivers are needed.

On January 2, 2014, Commissioner King announced that the United States Department of Education (USDE) had approved New York State's request for a waiver from Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provisions that currently require students who take Regents exams in mathematics when they are enrolled in seventh or eighth grade to also take the State mathematics assessment for that grade.

Each state will have the opportunity to submit a waiver request that outlines how they would tackle the following challenges:

As with NCLB, a state may request a waiver from the Secretary of Education for specific statutory or regulatory provisions under the ESSA.

A recent Education Week analysis of waiver requests from thirty - four states found that only eight states — Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Oregon — set the same target for all students.

Indeed, Schwarzenegger's last year in office - 2010 - the state board considered 1,243 waiver requests, granting 87 percent of them.

If hope has long since faded that the largely non-compliant waiver request would be accepted, state officials are instead moving quietly to do what they can to soften the impacts NCLB sanctions will have on a growing number of communities.

School districts choosing to create their own evaluations must submit a waiver request to the state.

«We figured a lot of school districts would be requesting waivers from the State Board of Education this year, and Stockton Unified School District is an expert in the process,» says Dayton.

The LEAs filing for this waiver request missed the regulatory deadline for one or more State Testing Apportionment Information Reports for the 2015 — 16 school year.

(Calif.) School districts requested less than 300 waivers last year from state education requirements, continuing a four - year trend, according to a new report from the California Department of Education.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

State officials have aligned the remake of their letter grade system with Indiana's request for a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which the state filed in November — about the same time the proposal first came before the State Board of EducaState officials have aligned the remake of their letter grade system with Indiana's request for a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which the state filed in November — about the same time the proposal first came before the State Board of Educastate filed in November — about the same time the proposal first came before the State Board of EducaState Board of Education.

In Washington State, districts will only have to aim at making sure that 60 percent of black middle schoolers are proficient in reading, according to its No Child waiver request.

This past September the New York State Board of Regents requested a waiver from the requirements of the Every Child Succeeds Act (ESSA).

And in practice, the administration has granted out waivers without either paying attention to what is happening inside the states to which waivers have been granted, handing out waivers to states without requiring them to put the reforms being promised in place, and letting states gain waivers in spite of the concerns of those reviewing the requests.

States would have an opportunity to request a waiver of the minimum threshold from the secretary of education if they could show that their districts had sufficient funding to meet the needs of all students.

Last week, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Huppenthal, received the news that Arizona's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver extension request had been provisionally granted with a «high - risk» label (i.e., in danger of being revoked).

Once fully built, the consortium seeks to request of the state department of education to apply for a federal waiver to enable the consortium to adopt the MCIEA model and be exempt from state testing except in «dipstick» grades.

To date, two states (New Hampshire and New York) have submitted plans to the U.S. Dept. of Education that included waiver requests, and Florida «wrote its accountability plan in such a way that critics say it skirts the law.»

In 2009 - 10, the pilot was replaced with a more expansive waiver opportunity that allows states to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education to approve identified districts or schools as SES providers.

States still developing their No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver applications can also request a one - year extension of their student achievement targets, according to a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday to chief state school officers.

AB 2555 by Assemblywoman Wilmer Carter, D - Rialto, increases the time period districts must meet in advance of the summer months for submitting the waiver request to the California State Board of Education.

A majority of states have requested and received waivers.

It's a process invoked by school districts across New Jersey only a few times each year, a request for a waiver from state regulations that gets into the minutia of school operations.