Sentences with phrase «adequate stated rate»

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The complaint states that in promulgating the final revisions to PTE 84 - 24, which make the exemption available to «fixed rate annuities,» as defined by DOL, but not to one class of fixed annuities — specifically, «fixed indexed annuities» — the Department «acted without providing adequate notice and an opportunity for comment, reflecting arbitrary and capricious conduct in excess of its statutory authority and in clear violation of its obligations to make necessary findings under applicable law.»

This appalling rate of food insecurity shows that our Federal and state governments are in breach of their obligations to ensure that all Australians, and especially the most disadvantaged, enjoy the fundamental human right to adequate and culturally appropriate food, guaranteed by Article 10 of the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The conclusions adopted by the Council on nutrition and physical activity (1) invited Member States to promote and support adequate breastfeeding and welcomed the Member States» agreement on an EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014 - 2020, which includes a series of actions aimed at increasing breastfeeding rates in the Union.

While we continue to see low breastfeeding rates in the United States when compared to most other parts of the world, the research on the benefits of breast milk is rock - solid — there is simply no adequate substitute for breast milk when it comes to protecting the health of your baby.

TUH is located in North Philadelphia, an area that has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the United States with many babies born into poverty and to young mothers who do not have adequate resources to care for a newborn.

«In Akwa Ibom, state law provides for N200m annual pay to ex-governors, deputies; pension for life at a rate equivalent to the salary of the incumbent governor / deputy governor respectively; a new official car and utility - vehicle every four years; one personal aide and provision of adequate security; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5m per month and N2.5 m for the deputy governor.

Adding to a system that includes ELA and Math tests from 3rd to 8th grade, the New York State Report Card and AYP ratings (Adequate Yearly Progress), New York State is incorporating the new Annual Professional Performance Review or «APPR» which measures teacher performance based, in part, on standardized state tState Report Card and AYP ratings (Adequate Yearly Progress), New York State is incorporating the new Annual Professional Performance Review or «APPR» which measures teacher performance based, in part, on standardized state tState is incorporating the new Annual Professional Performance Review or «APPR» which measures teacher performance based, in part, on standardized state tstate tests.

Dr. Howard Kaufman, associate director of clinical science and chief surgical officer at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, recently told Woodbridge Patch that the state's rising rate of melanoma can be attributed to lengthy sun exposure and lack of adequate safeguards at the Jersey Shore.

NCLB requires annual testing of students in reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 (and at least once in grades 10 through 12) and that states rate schools, both as a whole and for key subgroups, with regard to whether they are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward their state's proficiency goals.

Take a look at how states are carrying out federal requirements for calculating and reporting graduation rates under the No Child Left Behind Act and determining whether schools have made adequate progress.

Under the law, Adequate Year Progress, or AYP, required states to increase the number of students rated proficient on state tests each year, with the goal of reaching 100 percent proficiency by 2014.

The state dropout rate hovers around 30 percent, and some state schools are struggling to meet the adequate yearly progress mandated by the federal «No Child Left Behind» act.

In place of using student test scores, the state Department of Education wants federal officials to permit California districts to use high school graduation rates and the participation rates of students in this spring's 11th — grade Smarter Balanced tests as measures of Adequate Yearly Progress in high schools.

In 2011, we were rated Academically Unacceptable by the state's accountability system and missed Adequate Yearly Progress in reading and math.

The No Child Left Behind Act requires states to use four - year graduation rates as part of measuring each high school's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and provides guidelines for how to calculate the rates.

As Congress begins preparing for debate over the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, state schools chief Tom Torlakson has joined the chorus of voices calling for the replacement of Adequate Yearly Progress with a new growth system - one that not only measures student academic progress but also health and wellness, and school dropout rates.

Performance on each school - quality indicator is rated at one of three levels: Level One (meets or exceeds the state standard for the indicator or making adequate improvement), Level Two (near the standard or making sufficient progress) or Level Three (below the standard).