Sentences with phrase «approve waiver requests»

The School Nutrition Association (SNA) has asked Congress to approve waiver requests for schools that are struggling to comply with federal nutrition regulations aimed at improving children's health.

The House Appropriations Committee approved the waiver request on a party - line vote.

Michigan, for example, expects its districts and schools to only ensure that 44 percent of all elementary students (and a mere 36 percent of high school students) were proficient in math by 2012 - 2013, according to its approved waiver request.

SBE Allows Higher Student / Teacher Ratio for Online Charter Schools California's State Board of Education approved waiver requests this month increasing the pupil - to - teacher ratio for independent study students at several online charter schools.

Not exact matches

Yesterday the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2015 spending bill with controversial language, drafted by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - AL), which would allow struggling schools to request a 12 - month waiver from complying with healthier school food standards.

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.

Larry Schwartz, secretary to Cuomo, said Sebelius» letter was politely worded but it doesn't say what the governor and New Yorkers have been requesting for 18 months — that the waiver is approved.

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.

Twenty six districts requested waivers from this requirement and all were approved with conditions.

Additionally, policy experts «note that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved two plans — Connecticut and Tennessee — that are out of compliance with federal law but were submitted without waiver requests.»

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.

Add in embarrassments such as approving Virginia's waiver request — which allowed the Old Dominion to define expectations and levels of proficiency down for poor and minority kids in a way that evokes Plessy v. Ferguson — and nothing good can be said about how the Obama administration has handled the waiver gambit so far.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan approved Maine and Pennsylvania's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver requests just in time for the start of the new school year.

The Utah State Office of Education (USOE) proposes to request two amendments to the State's approved ESEA flexibility waiver request.

For a full listing of the waivers granted to Utah please see Utah's approved flexibility request at http://schools.utah.gov/data/Educational-Data/Accountability-School-Performance/Utah-ESEA-Flexibility-Request.aspx

In August of 2014 the Utah State Board of Education approved the request that was recently granted for a one year extension of the flexibility waiver.

The State Board of Education annually adopts an approved textbook list, however, districts may request a waiver to use a book not included on the state approved list.

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

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has sent conflicting signals about whether he would approve a district waiver request.

A-F school grading systems were one of the more common kinds of rating systems approved as part of states» waiver requests.

The United States Department of Education has approved New York States ESEA waiver request for the 2012 - 13 school year.

In all, SBE members approved 35 of 39 waiver requests, including those on class size but also others ranging from community day school locations to removal of a school from the open enrollment list for being low achieving.»

One waiver, this one from the Covina - Valley Unified School District to remove Manzanita Elementary School from the Open Enrollment list of «low - achieving schools,» was approved on the condition that the district still honor any transfer requests pursuant to California's Open Enrollment Act.

Debt ratio waivers must be requested and documented by the approved lender, otherwise the loan file will be denied.

The base could seek a waiver, allowed when requested by the base commander and approved by Marine Corps brass in Washington.