Sentences with phrase «approved plan»

The state approved its plan and submitted it to the federal government in September.

In the University of California's first major admissions - policy decision since its board of regents voted in 1995 to end race - based admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students in every graduating high school class in the state.

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education last week approved a plan to implement a new version of the state's controversial teacher - evaluation system by the 1994 - 95 academic year.

The Kansas City school board narrowly approved the plan to close 29 out of 61 schools Wednesday night at a meeting packed with angry parents.

While states received points (40 out of 500) for «adopting a common set of high quality standards,» strictly speaking there were only two eligibility requirements (i.e., what a state had to do in order to be eligible to apply and receive funds): (1) an approved plan for distributing funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and (2) no legal or regulatory barriers to linking student - level data and individual teachers.

The state board of education approved the plan on a 7 - to - 3 vote after a «fairly lively discussion» by board members, said State Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick.

A New York State judge has approved a plan by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island to retain control of and reopen a school it closed last year, rejecting an attempt by a group of parents, alumni, and teachers to take it over.

That law, passed in 2001, required that every state have a federally approved plan under which every child would be proficient in math and reading by 2014 — in other words, by right about now.

In March 2004, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep salary structure with a new salary schedule that rewards teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce results.

Anti-OPSB sentiment was running so high that the legislature quickly approved the plan by an overwhelming majority.

Russia needed to secure a foothold in the east as well as securing the vast expanses of Siberia, so in 1891 Tsar Alexander III approved a plan for a trans - continental line linking Moscow and St Petersburg with Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, as this was the only year - round ice - free port in Russia.

In a 6 - 0 vote, board members approved a plan to transfer responsibility for overseeing student - evaluation and - placement decisions from the central board of education to subdistrict superintendents and school principals.

Lawmakers approved a plan last year by Gov. Edwin W. Edwards to give employees the bonuses of about 4 percent or 5 percent of their annual salaries.

The North Carolina State Board of Education has approved a plan to evaluate teachers and principals to be used in all of the state's 143 school districts beginning this year.

The Charlotte - Mecklenburg, N.C., school board has approved a plan to end the district's forced - busing program, but only after making modifications to address the concerns of black board members and community activists.

A recently approved plan to spend $ 100 million over the next five years to make preschool more widely available to youngsters in Los Angeles County is being touted as a national model.

The University of Hawaii on Thursday approved a plan to sublease land at the summit of Mauna Kea for construction of the world's largest optical telescope.

Water regulators said they approved a plan by some of the state's most senior water rights holders to voluntarily cut back water use by 25 % in exchange for assurances they would not face further cuts

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a plan that would shift $ 1.6 billion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to NASA for the space agency to build and manage four weather satellite programs.

The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) yesterday approved a plan to overhaul the agency's grant process, effective 1 January.

Texas voters 5 years ago approved a plan to fund CPRIT at $ 3 billion over 10 years, following a model similar to California's stem cell research agency.

People's Daily says the Communist Party's Central Committee and the State Council have approved the plan's broad outlines.

For example, said Major, the European Council met in Essen last December and approved a plan of action both to improve cooperation between member states, and to develop programmes of assistance to non-EU countries from which the material may be coming.

In December 2010, with the support of Brazil's then - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the ESO Council approved a plan, known as the Accession Agreement, in which the country pledged to pay $ 270 million over 10 years for full member status.

The Legislature unanimously approved a plan to create the Opioid Response Hotline, committed funding for hazardous lead abatement, and passed a budget balancing amendment package that invests in Erie County while sending millions back to fund balance that the County Executive wanted to spend on various items.

The City Planning Commission approved the plan by a vote of 11 - 0 in September.

«In the case of the Library, those interim reactions were not the same kind of «approval» as the board gave to the Annex design at its meeting on November 20, 2013, when it «approved the plan.

The transportation committee unanimously approved the plan Tuesday, and the decision will now go before the full board on Nov. 6.

State Assemblyman Sean Ryan is calling for a full operational review of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, which recently approved a plan to cut one quarter of its bus routes in Erie and Niagara Counties.

The state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved the plan last spring.

In this letter, he was joined by the county executives who had approved the plan, including Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, as well as New York Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature approved a plan in the state budget to encourage local governments and schools to merge and share services over the next few years, in an attempt to lower property taxes.

MAYVILLE - By a vote of 18 - 0, the Chautauqua County Legislature has unanimously approved a plan to ban the sale of personal care products containing plastic microbeads.

David Paterson approved a plan that calls for prisoners to be counted in their home districts.

The Buffalo Board of Education approved a plan Monday that will only accommodate a fraction of the students seeking a transfer.

The state in 2013 approved a plan to hike the then - $ 7.25 - per - hour minimum wage in three phases to $ 9 an hour.

The Army ultimately approved a plan to shrink from a war - time high of 562,000 soldiers to 490,000 as part of a post-war retraction.

A panel of judges overseeing the congressional lines approved the plan drawn up by the magistrate judge, Roanne Mann, with little changes.

Community Board 3 unanimously approved the plan — which includes a 50 - 50 split between market - rate and affordable housing for the approximately 1,000 units to be built on the site — after spending the last two - and - a-half years crafting a final plan.

In Columbia County, the Board of Supervisors last week approved a plan that includes sharing IT services, real property and human resources personnel, and establishes a countywide purchasing agreement for procuring office supplies.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature approved a plan in the state budget to encourage local governments and schools to merge and share services over the next few years in an attempt to lower property taxes.

Following months of hearings and negotiations, after funding for a number of Council priorities was added to the mayor's final proposal, and amid concerns of a widely expected economic slowdown and potentially insufficient savings, the Council approved a plan that increases city spending by about $ 3.6 billion over last year's adopted budget.

The Legislature approved the plan July 30 by a vote of 12 - 3, with two abstentions.

Conversion of a landmark church at North Street and Linwood Avenue in Buffalo to affordable housing for seniors moved closer Tuesday, as the Common Council approved the plan and sent it to Albany and Washington for final approvals.

The Plattsburgh City Council approved a plan that will allow for the Plattsburgh City School District to share services and explore cost - saving measures with the City of Plattsburgh.

Earlier this month, Cuomo's administration approved a plan to gradually raise the wage to $ 15 — but only for workers at large fast - food chain restaurants.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan from two Republican Wisconsin state lawmakers that allows companies to pay to delay compliance with strict phosphorous pollution standards.

PLATTSBURGH — City officials last week approved a plan to share services with the Plattsburgh City School District (PCSD).

The town of DeWitt has approved a plan to use federal sharpshooters to hunt and kill deer in targeted areas.

During the lazy, hazy days of last summer, the Cuomo Administration approved a plan to hike New Yorkers» electric utility bills by billions of dollars.