Sentences with phrase «u.s. federal standards»

All units have a lesson / quiz format to constantly check for comprehension, a complete grading sheet, answer key, parent verification letters to document compliance with U.S. federal standards and airy, third - grade reading level pages

The ASTM standards will form the backbone of mandatory U.S. federal standards when they're put in place within a few years.

This Italian - designed car seat conforms to all U.S. federal standards and fits babies three to 35 pounds or up to 32 inches tall.

Rear - facing this car seat fits infants 14 to 50 pounds and in front - facing mode it accommodates children 22 to 65 pounds; it's manufactured in Canada, conforms to all U.S. federal standards and is approved for use on airplanes.

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Separately, the Federal Communications Commission in 2013 asked for comments on whether U.S. standards need to be updated to protect people from mobile - phone radiation, and it hasn't acted.

The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

The recent Basel III pact, an international accord under which central banks across the world — including the U.S. Federal Reserve — agreed to regulatory standards, requires banks to increase their equity funding to at least 7 % of their «risk - weighted» assets by 2019.

On Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit in a San Diego federal court alleging that Qualcomm is charging too much for «standard essential» patents and is withholding nearly $ 1 billion in royalty cap «rebates» in retaliation for Apple's cooperation with anti-trust investigators in the U.S., South Korea and elsewhere.

In the middle of a showdown over the federal debt ceiling, Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time, from AAA to AA + with a negative outlook.

The Standard & Poor's U.S. - Issued High Yield Bond Index is down only 1.73 percent in the fourth quarter, as expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike rose.

It also conforms to all federal regulations and U.S. pharmacopeia standards as well as all EPA standards.

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was created in 2011 to reinforce the U.S. food safety standards by shifting the focus of federal regulators on preventing contamination instead of just reacting to the problem after it has already happened.

If the DAIRY PRIDE agenda sounds familiar, you may recall similar federal standard waiving done by Unilever in 2014, the parent company to best - selling mayonnaise brand, Hellmann's (Best Foods in the western U.S.).

When the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in 2010, it meant an overhaul of school nutrition standards (the requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs funded by the federal government).

Would - be swimmers will still get advisories up and down the lakefront letting them know if bacteria levels exceed federal water quality standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the federal organic label.

Only 650 schools nationwide have achieved the U.S. Department of Agriculture gold - standard designation, which exceeds basic, and cheaper, federal school lunch nutrition standards.

It's rare for a car seat to make it to mass market in the U.S. if it doesn't meet the federal standards.

Hoffman drew from the most recent survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which showed that 94 percent of school meals don't meet federal nutritional standards.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved a new federal mandatory standard intended to improve the safety of infant sling carriers and prevent deaths and injuries to young children.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has approved new mandatory federal safety standards for infant bouncers aimed at reducing the number of injuries and fatalities associated with product misuse.

As of now, regulations regarding nutrition and physical activity practices in child - care settings are limited and vary widely among and within U.S. states (the regulation of formal child - care settings primarily occurs at the state level though Head Start programs, which are subject to federal performance standards).

The new standards, which go into effect July 1, mark the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture program will directly dictate nutrition for any food sold in schools during the school day — not just the traditional lunches and breakfasts long subsidized through the federal school lunch program.

(All new cribs sold in the U.S. must meet federal safety requirements, which means that whether you pay $ 100 at Ikea or $ 1,000 at a boutique, you'll get a crib that conforms to standards.)

The DockATot ® has been rigorously tested and is fully compliant with both federal law and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed standards, setting a new standard for baby lounger design and comfort.

Graco phased out the use of flame retardant fabrics within its strollers years ago, but the company still uses flame retardant fabrics within its car seats to maintain the flammability safety standards required by U.S. federal law.

Mandatory U.S. federal safety standards for bedside sleepers went into effect in 2014.

While newer, mandatory federal safety standards have reduced the need for so many recalls of products such as cribs, strollers, high chairs, and clothing, there are still many baby and child products that, for various reasons, need to be recalled each year in the U.S..

In the U.S., there are no mandatory federal safety standards for high chairs yet.

O'Brien and her colleagues met Friday with representatives of the U.S. Department of Education in talks about incorporating standards in the federal levels for emotional learning programs.

Citing disagreements on the law that have emerged in different federal appeals courts, Silver claims that at trial, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni applied the wrong standards to money laundering, bribery and extortion charges.

New York, California and three other U.S. states said they sued the federal government for delaying the rollout of higher «gas - guzzler» penalties for automakers whose vehicles fail to meet minimum fuel - economy standards.

In a decision released Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that competitive cheerleading does not yet meet the standards of a varsity sport under Title IX, the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athletics.

Scott - Childress's resolution also takes a shot at U.S. Rep. John Faso's vote in favor of federal concealed carry «reciprocity» legislation that would allow gun owners from states with lax gun laws to legally carry firearms in states like New York with much tougher standards for issuing concealed carry permits.

The efficiency tweaks are part of an effort by automakers to comply with federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rules that now require that the U.S. car fleet meet fuel economy standards of 35 miles per gallon (15 kilometers per liter) by 2016.

Among the highly publicized events was a series of spectacular and potentially lethal slip - ups involving such gold - standard federal research establishments as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration, and a hearing looking into those agencies» safety shortcomings by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today strengthened the federal public health standard for nitrogen dioxide pollution, a limit that has been in place for nearly four decades

But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-- empowered by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 (and amended in 1986 and 1996) to set national safety standards — has urged communities since 1996 to cut back on chlorine, which produces harmful by - products when added to water, including trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, known cancer - causing agents.

(Update, 9:26 pm Statement from New Iberia:» Nothing in the videos alter the fact that the New Iberia Research Center is in compliance with all federal standards and guidelines regarding the care and use of animals, as determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control.»)

«The latter included China's stock market collapse and its global repercussions and effects on commodity prices; the Aug. 11 devaluation of the renminbi; the downgrade of Brazilian debt to junk status by Standard and Poor's on Sept. 9; and the major uncertainties surrounding the possible increase of the U.S. Federal Reserve funds rate.

The researchers also compared the results to federal safety guidelines for seafood consumption and found that the average levels of contaminants were at or below the health standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

While U.S. EPA recently announced carbon reduction policies that will affect the coal industry and the Obama administration has issued new rules in 2012 to sharply raise fuel economy standards for automakers, among other steps, the federal government has yet to enact serious legislation to combat climate change's impact on infrastructure.

«Air quality in the U.S. has benefitted from more protective federal standards in response to evidence from health studies, and there are likely further benefits to be gained by standards even lower than those now recommended by the ATS,» said ATS President Marc Moss, MD, who is Roger S. Mitchell Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

With colleagues from the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence, a federal research center at the University of California campus here, Tharp has identified five standards that he says mark effective instruction in classrooms with high concentrations of students from backgrounds outside the U.S. cultural mainstream.

The state of Arizona and some of its school districts face a budgetary tangle because of an unprecedented U.S. Education Department decision that the state's funding - equalization plan fails to meet standards set under the federal impact - aid program.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in David D. v. Dartmouth School Committee also allows state education officials to be challenged in federal court on the basis of state standard and law.

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

Camera of U.S. News reports that Bushaw isn't ruling out a move that would draw NAEP closer to the new Common Core standards, though he cautions that the federal assessment needs to maintain distance from other academic guidelines.

Sen. David Vitter will attach language to an upcoming spending bill in the U.S. Congress that would prohibit the federal government from discriminating against states who don't adopt the Common Core academic standards.

Three federal laws explicitly prohibit the U.S. government from directing, supervising or controlling any nationalized standards, testing or curriculum.