Sentences with phrase «about state mandates»

«We do not see anything in the law about state mandates for teacher evaluation,» he said.

Meanwhile, contender Bill Nojay, who's an attorney, says he's concerned about state mandates on local governments such as Medicaid.

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By contrast, states such as Connecticut and California mandate that even entry - level workers receive about $ 10 an hour, while cities and, increasingly, states such as Illinois and New York are phasing in a new minimum wage of $ 15 an hour.

Small - business owners offer health benefits for a variety of reasons: they're genuinely concerned about their employees being taken care of, it's mandated in their state or they want to be more competitive to attract top talent (a large majority of employees consider a health plan to be the most important benefit they can be offered, according to a survey by the National Business of Group on Health).

In that same study, small businesses were more enthusiastic about the law than large ones, perhaps because without state - mandated paid leave, they would have a hard time matching the paid - leave benefits of the more generous larger companies.

Join Asia's private banking industry leaders as they discuss and share their views about the state of mandate businesses in Asia, its potential long - term prospect and how it will differ from the European story.

The dispute is about whether the drilling companies are entitled to deduct certain expenses from the royalty payments, but what really caught my attention was the reference to a Pennsylvania state law mandating that a landowner must receive a royalty of at least 12.5 percent of the value of the gas produced on his property.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

In addition, participants at the IOC conference learned about a community - based program the Institute first developed in 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandates.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver does not seem terribly perturbed about the prospect of having three separate primaries — federal, state and presidential — despite the fact that he and his Democratic colleagues have indicated a preference for moving the state contests up to conform with Judge Gary Sharpe's mandated June 26 date for the House and US Senate races.

And three, as state budget negotiations continues, we need to have a more honest dialog about where our property taxes go, and how reform at the state level, whether it's mandate relief or targeted local aid, we can finally actually reduce the property tax burden on New York's homeowners and businesses.»

Molinaro, according to Langworthy, spoke about the problems that Albany has inflicted on local governments and how state mandates are driving up local property taxes.

«After a budget process that included unprecedented anti-employer actions — including a drastic increase to the minimum wage and the most expansive paid family leave mandate in the nation — the employers and the communities we represent are deeply concerned about their ability to operate in a state that is consistently viewed among the worst in the nation to start or grow a business by every objective ranking while effectively competing in a global marketplace,» the groups wrote in the letter.

Before anybody starts yelling about «unfunded mandates,» the state kicks in a substantial portion of the salaries it dictates.

ALBANY — The governor's official Mandate Relief Council received only four requests to roll back state laws that affect localities and recommended action on just one of them, prompting charges that the administration is being unserious about addressing a long - held gripe.

When asked about Cuomo's actions and statutes concerning environmental protection and public health, Bill Samuels, head of good government group Effective NY, believes Cuomo has been late in putting forth state mandates.

As the state shifts toward renewable energy, under a mandate to power half its electrical grid with solar and wind by 2030, nuclear also supplies about 60 percent of its carbon - free power.

Bellone said he hadn't read Croci's bill, but was concerned about «unintended consequences» of increasing the jail population, which could trigger a state mandate to build a $ 300 million jail.

The first proposal, known as the Rockland County Mandate and Taxation Information Act, will inform Rockland County residents about items which are mandated by the state.

If we're concerned about the viability and sustainability of municipalities across New York State, what we need to do is make sure we have economic development policies that work and then make sure that we are not putting mandated costs on municipalities.»

It's unlikely that Hein will exceed the state - mandated two - thirds of one percent, though there will be much moaning about «unfunded state mandates.»

The JPost and Haaretz have carried reports for months about the fact that the coalition agreement between Likud Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi (with the knowledge and consent of Yesh Atid) mandates the passage of the «Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People», e.g. link to jpost.com

«While Cuomo may or may not have an issue mandate, for the moment, as we await his first executive budget, voters certainly support the governor on these issues that he talked about in the State of the State address.»

When Arbetter explained what she was asking about — mandated spending being items like pension and health care costs — Serino said greater Medicaid costs should be assumed by the state from the county level.

«We had a fruitful discussion with the Governor and his team today about how to substantially reduce State mandates in order to help New York City manage the State's $ 2.1 billion cut, down from its November budget plan.»

What was interesting about this is that they boldly state, «Tax Cap Not a Done Deal — Mandate Relief Being Negotiated.»

Follow this link to read more about her efforts to bring mandate relief to Erie County: Supporting New York State Assumption of the Local Share of Medicaid

It goes to nonprofit groups that care for the about 130,000 New Yorkers with autism, brain injuries, Down syndrome and other disabilities, to help them keep pace with the state mandated increases in the state's minimum wage.

Bellows, for his part, spoke about the town's major challenges being the state's still - lowering tax cap, and the fact that there's been no corresponding lowering of expensive state mandates as long promised.

The good news, as Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney put it in her most recent budget presentation, is that state mandates did decrease by about $ 8 million.

Majestic told the board that the overall projected increase in allocations was about $ 146,000, or 7.9 percent: well above the state - mandated tax cap.

He also contended that unfunded state mandates are more to blame for high property taxes than the fact that New York has about 1,600 towns, villages, cities and counties.

Finally, Hein could go point - by - point against Astorino in a debate about how state programs and mandates play out on the local level.

Comptroller Scott Stringer Should Learn about Tolerance from Governor Andrew Cuomo You should know that the equal employment opportunity laws of the State and City of New York mandate than an employer can not discriminate in hiring because of sex, color, race, nationality, religion, sexual preference, etc., etc..

With that extra money I estimated we would have about $ 30 billion a year, with about $ 6 billion we could provide full revenue sharing of 8 percent and it would be about 8 times more aid to municipalities than we get now, and with that you can pay for your state mandates,» said Hawkins.

In the governor's State - of - the - State address, there was no mention of mandate relief, yet several county executives said they were not expecting to hear much about it then, that it would be during the governor's budget address where they would expect some details about coping with unfunded mandates.

The newsroom asked the speaker about the crippling unfunded state mandates that continue to force cuts in spending for local programs and services.

There are serious discussions underway about rebuilding our state's aging infrastructure, mandate relief and safely extracting natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.

A group of Suffolk County school district superintendents have sent a letter to state education commissioner John King urging him to address their concerns about over-testing, the fast pace of mandating Common Core standards inside the classroom and issues with new teacher and principal evaluation programs, according to Friday's Newsday cover story.

It goes to nonprofit groups that care for the about 130,000 New Yorkers with autism, brain injuries, Down syndrome and other disabilities to help them keep pace with the state - mandated increases in the state's minimum wage.

Only about a third of New York state's third through eighth grade students met the new tougher standards from April's round of state mandated English and math tests.

The feeling was that if we talk about doing mandate relief [defraying costs the state dictates to the town, like pension contributions], and people aren't feeling the reality of the recession and economic scarcity, they won't want to talk about changing the way they do business.

«Rob Astorino is a good man, but we need someone who is going to get elected,» Paladino told about 3,000 gun enthusiasts who had traveled to Albany for a rally against the act, which bans assault - style weapons and mandates that owners, under a grandfather clause, must register with the state.

The repealer would, among other things, allow prohibited guns to be bequeathed to family members and set in place stricter rules for the SAFE Law mandate on mental health professions to report concerns about potential dangerous individuals to the state.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Frustrated with the response of a state oversight agency, some New York lawmakers want to mandate that complaints about possible abuse or neglect of disabled or mentally ill people in state care be made first to 911 and local prosecutors.

Recent legislation in several states mandates that women be given information about breast density in order to guide decisions about breast cancer screening.

While the United States does not yet legally mandate the labeling of GMOs, we are committed to transparency about the products we sell on Thrive Market.

Early in the sequel, Katniss — dutifully making a state - mandated propaganda lap around the districts — goes off - script and speaks from the heart about her dead friend Rue, inciting a riot.

Mind you, we are not talking about using TalentLMS itself for compliance training, for which it is an excellent tool, by the way, and whose compliance training capabilities we have covered in previous articles here on eLearningIndustry.com, but about how the TalentLMS platform complies with global and state - mandated standards for software.

The $ 34 per student spent by states on federally and state - mandated tests simply isn't very much in a system that spends about $ 10,000 per student.