Important details would still need to be worked out (e.g., the role of the education secretary in
approving state plans, the consequences for a state's failure to improve results).
If the legislature can
not approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a five - member commission must draw the lines.
The
newly approved state budget includes a minimum wage increase that is the result of several compromises.
They want the comptroller to be able to review and
approve all state contracts and to limit campaign contributions by any company or person seeking a state contract.
And if they fail to perform their basic function which is
approving a state spending plan on time, they can forget about that raise they were counting on.
Treatment centers would still have to
use approved state criteria before admitting someone.
It would allow states to create their own assessment and accountability systems and provide less authority for the U.S. Department of Education
in approving state plans.
In a little over a month, voters in most school districts go to the polls to decide yes or know on that district's spending plan and five of them in Erie County have less state aid to work with in the
recently approved state budget In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state...
The center grew out of conversations he had last fall with Wolk, he explained, and the timetable
for approving a state budget — not the deadly shootings — determined when the vote took place.
A state siting board is scheduled to seek casino applications in March, four months after
voters approved a state constitutional amendment to allow Las Vegas - style casinos beyond Indian land.
Through his annual awards to regional economic development councils, Cuomo has also
approved state grants of about $ 4 million to COR to demolish the former Kennedy Square housing project in Syracuse and about $ 4 million to COR to redevelop the former Mercy Hospital site in Watertown.
Wisconsin lawmakers have moved to curb rising local property taxes
by approving a state budget plan that imposes five years of cost controls on public school spending.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York state will provide up to $ 30 million to communities that lose property tax revenue because an electric generating plant closes if the state
Legislature approves a state budget bill printed Wednesday.
Cuomo has seized on a recently
approved state law that gives the Public Service Commission more regulatory oversight of the merger and is pushing the companies to develop plans that would expand rural Internet service.
The liberal Daily Kos blog this morning posted a short item pointing out that the federal court asserted in a filing that it was still very much involved in
approving the state Assembly and Senate lines.
Helgerson, who has served in the position for nearly eight years, is expected to leave in April, after
Albany approves the state budget.
The state is appealing the audit's ruling, arguing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services approved the state's claiming methodology.
The Obama Administration
today approved the State of New Hampshire for a waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB), in exchange for state - developed plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told an audience at the Brookings Institution Wednesday that she wouldn't
necessarily approve every state's plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act right off the bat.
In turn, Heastie praised Cuomo's push to get liberal policies enacted, even jokingly suggesting
Cuomo approved the state's increase in the minimum wage in order to beat California by taking advantage of the 3 - hour time difference.
It's worth noting that Republicans in the state Senate balked
at approving the state - based health exchange after some lawmakers questioned whether they want to give the OK to a key feature of Obamacare.
McGroarty and Robbins raise concern that DeVos» comments
on approving state plans as «a good and important role for the federal government,» really means the «new sheriff looks a whole lot like the old sheriff.»
In addition to chronic absenteeism, Illinois and several
other approved state plans use «9th grade on track,» an indicator to determine the academic requirements for ninth graders to graduate on time.
While declining to address the Bay State's request specifically, Verma outlined what she considers key issues for
approving state requests.
For example,
CMS approved state roles in SHOPs and individual exchanges on the condition that they ultimately complete key activities for exchange establishment.
Hence, in later Greek thought, apathy, which included the absence of love in all these senses, was a
much approved state of mind.
Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt (No.15 - 274) involves a Fifth Circuit
decision approving a state law that virtually eliminated abortions in Texas.
The state Division of Budget in a financial update released this morning raised the possibility of suing the federal government over the claim, arguing that CMS had
already approved the state's claiming methodology.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today
approved State Land classifications recommended by the Adirondack Park Agency for State Lands inside the Adirondack Park.
«Such «backdoor borrowing» circumvents the State Constitution's requirement that State debt be approved by voters, and public authority debt is subject to fewer controls regarding issuance, structure and retirement than voter -
approved State General Obligation bonds.»
As part of the enabling
legislation approved the state Legislature earlier this year, the Hotel Trades Council previously signed five labor peace agreements with the operators who are considering applying for upstate casino licenses.
The Saratoga Casino and Raceway is planning to apply for a full - size casino license after voters
approved a state ballot measure in November.
The Connecticut House of Representatives voted to
approve a state employee labor concession deal that's expected to save the state $ 1.5 billion over the next two years.