Sentences with phrase «aid reforms in»

Legal Aid reforms in the single family court have further implications for family lawyers and their clients.

An empirical study by Alonso Bucarey of MIT uses enrollment changes observed after earlier financial aid reforms in Chile to predict that gratuidad will reduce enrollment among low - income students and push those who do enroll into lower quality institutions.

Legal aid reform in Canada is one of the issue that the Canadian Bar Association has been advocating for a number of years; see their website on «Legal Aid in Canada» and, in particular, their resolutions and Litigation Strategy.

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Oil - importing countries were also set to see a continuation in the growth recovery in 2018, the IMF said, aided by «gains from ongoing reforms, improved domestic confidence in some countries, and a steady upswing in external demand.»

The EU keeps pushing for political reform in Kiev and is promising an 11 billion euro aid program to keep the nation afloat.

«Our «rational exuberance» rests on a combination of above - trend US and global economic growth, low albeit slowly rising interest rates, and profit growth aided by corporate tax reform likely to be adopted by early next year,» Kostin said in a report for clients.

If parliament gives its nod, Greek voters will be asked to rule on two complex draft documents that detail a proposal by the country's creditors to unlock aid of as much as 15.5 billion euros for Greece in return for sales - tax increases and pension reforms.

European leaders in Brussels reached a third bailout deal for Greece on Monday morning, after a final round of more than 17 hours of talks on the thorny subject of reforms and more financial aid for the near - bankrupt country.

European leaders in Brussels reportedly reached a third bailout deal for Greece on Monday morning, after more than 17 hours of talks on the thorny subject of reforms and more financial aid for the near - bankrupt country.

She attributes the failure of these reforms to poor local capacities, to the resistance of African interest groups, and to donors» lack of savvy and backbone in negotiating aid - for - reform deals.

Drawing on the large numbers of studies undertaken by people in the aid world and by independent researchers (few of these studies are cited in Lancaster's volume), he points out that the structural reforms have largely failed and the situation continues to deteriorate.

As Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus for aid.

The aid for agrarian reform must be available in the form of grants, loans and technical advice.

She has 3 children and is the founder of the Redefine Positive Project, an initiative that is working to reform HIV / AIDS education in public schools across the nation.

Aid should be made available in ways that encourage the recipient countries to make reforms which will guarantee that the masses of the poor are actually helped.

Lifting the wretched of the earth out of their misery will require a combination of thoroughgoing economic and political reforms in the poor countries and substantial aid from the developed countries.

The increase could translate into an increase in political support for food aid, even with the insistence on needed reforms.

Antislavery, Progressive - era reforms, the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam movement, the movement to aid Soviet Jews — all depended, in significant part, on religious activism within the public square.

and they think arsenal's the best place to aid him (benzema) in prison reforms and rehab!

The reforms would also create financial savings, notably a cut in the costs of Legal Aid to those contesting cases in the family courts.

He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

The Governor prioritized education spending in his budget proposal, including growth that is twice what would be allowed under the cap.9 To truly prioritize education the State should reform the Foundation Aid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending aid to the wealthiest districAid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending aid to the wealthiest districaid to the wealthiest districts.

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, and campaign finance reform.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a five - pronged package in January that included these reforms as part of his 2018 State of the State agenda, and the organizations were led to believe they would be part of the state's finalized budget after months of discussions with elected officials, a spokesman for the Legal Aid Society said.

Key reforms include fostering more effective charter schools, merit pay for teachers, more aid to parochial schools and the elimination of stultifying laws such as «Last in first out» for teacher layoffs.

As a member of the Legal Aid Society's junior board of directors and recent recipient of their Outstanding Advocacy in Defense of the Accused award, Zellnor cares deeply for the reform of our criminal justice system.

In order to help sustain his regime, in 2000, President Mugabe embarked upon a «fast track» programme of land reforms, in contravention of international agreements, and caused the UK to withdraw its aiIn order to help sustain his regime, in 2000, President Mugabe embarked upon a «fast track» programme of land reforms, in contravention of international agreements, and caused the UK to withdraw its aiin 2000, President Mugabe embarked upon a «fast track» programme of land reforms, in contravention of international agreements, and caused the UK to withdraw its aiin contravention of international agreements, and caused the UK to withdraw its aid.

The high court has ruled Grayling's legal aid reforms to be illegal, in a devastating blow for the justice secretary

Members of both the Senate Republican and Assembly Democratic conferences have said in recent weeks that they opposed making a state aid increase contingent on the enactment of Cuomo's education reform proposals.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

«As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts to reform the state school aid formula so districts do not have to endure billions in cuts any given year and can operate within the confines of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.

Similar to her bid in 2016, Killian — who served on the Rye City Council between 2012 and 2017 — will run on a platform of reform and bucking an Albany establishment through term limits and a redistribution of school aid.

He said the $ 15 minimum wage would be one of the thorniest in the state budget negotiations, along with ethics reform and inequities in state aid for upstate and downstate.

HARTFORD — On the heels of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed adjustments to the state budget — including potential cuts in state aid for municipalities — Democratic legislative leaders and mayors from throughout the state gathered at the Capitol Friday to praise one aspect of the budget that Malloy said won't change — property tax reform.

The $ 77.7 billion spending plan, up 3.6 percent from last year, also includes a spate of new social programs that would aid homeless New Yorkers, spur prison reforms and expand literacy programs in public schools.

Governor Andrew Cuomo pushed for the education measures to be included in the state budget and tied those reforms to a boost in school aid.

Miner anticipates a significant cut in state aid this year, but said Albany can make up for it with reforms.

The conference, and the new report, is to aid local authorities in developing their local child poverty strategies to meet the need generated by social security cuts and reforms, and to look at the opportunities they have to make progress on poverty prevention and reduction.

Typically, schools use the governor's budget proposal as a working point for crafting budgets, but this year Cuomo has proposed tying $ 1.1 billion in school aid increases to his education reforms, including teacher evaluations.

It warns that many victims of domestic abuse are failing to meet the restrictive criteria set up by the Legal Aid Agency, under reforms originally brought in by Ken Clarke and now carried through by Chris Grayling.

And rank - and - file lawmakers were less - than - bullish on reaching a packaged deal like what was included in the budget, when they were forced to swallow a bitter pill on education reform in order to receive a boost in school aid.

We do know, however, that due to opposition in both houses, education spending in the budget is no longer linked to the reforms, and lawmakers expect to have a district - by - district breakdown of school aid — also known in Albany as «school runs» — in the coming days.

It's yet another nail in the coffin for Chris Grayling's misguided, destructive and shambolic legal aid reforms.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Thursday weighed in on the education funding discussions in the state budget, saying in a statement school aid should not be «held hostage» in the ongoing effort instill education reforms.

The result of Rockefeller Drug Law reform has been «not as good as the defense had hoped and not as terrible as the prosecutors had feared,» said attorney William Gibney of the Legal Aid Society in New York.

Democratic lawmakers expressed disapproval for the education reform measures included in the spending plan, which boosts school aid by $ 1.3 billion over last year.

The Ministry of Justice's top five priorities included reform of sentencing, a «revolution» in rehabilitation, courts and legal aid, reform of the prison estate, and restoration of civil liberties.

Remember last year, when Cuomo was in full - on war mode against the teachers unions, and trying to force education reform down the Legislature's throat by inserting it into his budget language and tying his proposals to a boost in school aid?

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, as well as campaign finance reform.