Sentences with phrase «as a mandated increase»

Unfortunately, a large percentage of these take the form of emergency or unexpected expenditure, such as a mandated increase in intake.

Not exact matches

The March 2011 Budget implies no increase in rates in 2015 whereas PBO assumes an increase of 10 cents as mandated under current legislation when the employment insurance account is in deficit.

However, as the market has grown in terms of both buyers and sellers, private companies have mandated an increasing number of restrictions with each handling secondary share sales differently.

Rules of origin, which determine the national source of each product, are additional issues, and especially affect the auto sector as the US attempts to mandate increased American - made content.

In addition to calling for state laws mandating the use of helmets in alpine activities, the study also recommends such prevention strategies as securing and padding soccer goal posts, as well as enhanced education for coaches, trainers, parents, and the athletes themselves to promote increased reporting and proper management of sport - related concussion.

Months before the Florida High School Athletic Association voted in late September to mandate soft headgear for girls lacrosse for the 2015 season, Stenersen told MomsTEAM that he believed it would be «highly irresponsible» for high school associations and youth leagues to focus solely on requiring increased protective equipment if it meant ignoring what Stenersen viewed as «the most critical component to a safer, more enjoyable lacrosse experience: requiring nationally - standardized, sport - specific training for coaches and officials as a fundamental qualification to assure that the boys» and girls» lacrosse is being taught (and the rules are being enforced) correctly.»

The State reimbursement is supposed to offset the state meal mandate as well as the increased cost to food service due to enhanced nutrition standards in California.

Firstly that they see this as an opportunity to increase their majority at the expense of Labour and UKIP both of which are now in rather awkward positions and secondly that the current leadership has inherited a bit of an awkward position themselves in that they are committed to a process which is both diplomatically and politically potentially very difficult and dangerous and if it all goes horribly wrong they are really out on a limb so if they get a fresh mandate they can at least blame the voters.

The state several years ago began covering yearly Medicaid increases for the city and counties as a mandate relief measure.

The governor proposed several initiatives that brought his platform further left towards liberal issues that de Blasio has been championing — such as increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, mandating 12 weeks of paid family leave and offering up $ 20 billion over the next five years to address homelessness by providing 20,000 more supportive housing beds and 100,000 units of affordable housing.

The cap's being so relatively low this time around will likely increase calls for both relief from mandated services imposed by the state as well as increased calls for local government assistance, which have not been hiked since Gov. Andrew Cuomo has taken office.

Among the items on the agenda: dividing up money to boost Tourism; calling on the state to fund its mandated pay increase for the District Attorney — as many other counties including Cortland are doing.

Kellogg said that for her and her running mates, the big challenges facing Hurley are, «Making a change in our local government, protecting the quality of life that we have in Hurley as development pressures move up the Thruway, protecting our water and the beautiful scenic qualities of our town, and maintaining our low tax rates as NYS mandates additional responsibilities to the localities without providing funding (at the same time that they cap our annual budget increases) and as we get additional pressures from New York City to reduce their tax contributions for the reservoir property.»

He renewed calls on the electorate to renew his mandate at the 2016 polls to enable him make Ghana competitive especially in the aviation industry as means of increasing the economic base of the Ghana Airports Company.

Fariña also proposed that overall funding for the budget be increased to $ 12.8 billion from $ 12.0 billion, with $ 4.4 billion slated for capacity projects, $ 4.9 billion for capital investment including building upgrades and renovations, and $ 3.5 billion for mandated programs such as building code compliance regualtions.

Thiele said Long Island school districts would face the increases in their LIPA bills even as they labor under the state - mandated 2 percent tax cap.

The 2013 budget also continues several austerity measures, including freezes in pay increases for county employees as Niagara County's government continues to chart a conservative budgeting course during a period of declining state aid and increases in unfunded state mandates.

The SAMSHA grant, totaling $ 971,736 over a three - year period, will also support personnel, training and other needs related to the development of a peer mentor initiative to help military veterans enrolled in the County's drug treatment court programs re-adjust to civilian life and get back on track, as well as efforts to increase participation rates in court - mandated treatment programs among justice - involved veterans.

WHEREAS, the legislation fails to offer any meaningful solution to gun violence and places increased burdens where they do not belong, on the back of law - abiding citizens and as unfunded mandates for county governments; and

The developer's agreement to increase the share to 27 percent from the original 20 percent is a marked improvement that will help us better meet critical needs as well as the Mayor's mandate for such housing for lower and middle - income New Yorkers in the area.

Increasing threat of terrorist attacks, the proliferation of narcotics, Chemical Weapons Convention treaty verification, and humanitarian de-mining efforts have mandated that equal importance be placed on the analysis time, as well as the quality of the analytical data.

After passage of the legislation and the USDA mandates it put in place 2012, the study found that students put more fruits and vegetables on their trays, as required, but consumed fewer of them and increased waste by approximately 35 percent.

The Obama administration seems to agree, granting $ 786 million in 2009 for biofuels research and setting up the Biofuels Interagency Working Group to study how best to meet the renewable fuel standard mandated by Congress that will require increasing the amount of renewable fuels, such as ethanol, to 36 billion gallons by 2022.

«These findings underscore the need for increased awareness for HCV testing among healthcare providers and baby boomers and other innovative strategies such as state - mandated HCV testing.»

As a result one long - standing criticism of renewable energy may no longer apply, namely that mandating increased use of renewable energy for electricity generation will be more costly in the long run than sticking with fossil fuel energy.

In states such as Ohio, that number will only increase as new laws mandate LEED ratings for all public K - 12 schools.

Starting in the 1980s, states increased the number of courses required for high school graduation, and began mandating students take additional courses in core academic areas such as math, science, social studies and foreign language.

Martin's mandate from the School Governors is to drive costs down and printing costs were a large target as they had been spiralling each year with increased use.

37 Thanks in part to multiple court orders and strong federal enforcement, school districts began to implement racial integration policies.38 From the 1960s through the 1980s, there was a general growth in school district integration as an increasing number of states and districts heeded Brown's mandate and created bussing policies and magnet schools that joined black and white students across neighborhood boundaries.

NSBA believes increasing the federal share of funding for education, in particular the IDEA mandate from 1975, as well as funding to address the requirements from Title I and the No Child Left Behind Act.

There are many reasons that districts consider contracted transportation, but more often than not the reasons fall into one of the following categories: an aging fleet and limited resources; costs increasing faster than funding; overextended resources and scheduling difficulties; changes challenging the system such as redistricting, addition of inter-district schools and parental choice; or administrative headaches such as dealing with parents, employee absenteeism, drug and alcohol testing, and mandated paperwork.

For many years, unfunded mandates coupled with legislation including Act 388 have placed increased financial burdens on county governments and school districts throughout our state, putting county governments at odds with local school districts as to which entity is most entitled to state and locally generated revenues.

So, both have mandated that employers (such as school districts) steadily increase their contributions each year, to 19.5 % for STRS and 28.2 % for PERS by 2021.

In the present context of schools» heightened accountability for instruction and student outcomes, non-school sanctioned activities result in less instructional time, conflict with important instructional activities, and may diminish the school's ability to increase student achievement as required by federal and state mandates.

A major newspaper expose demonstrating the U.S. school testing industry's inability to competently design and administer the current level of required state exams should persuade Congress to drop a plan to greatly increase mandated testing now being debated as part of an «education reform» bill, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

As part of Oregon's waiver from the No Child Left Behind mandates, more schools will receive additional support from the state this year to help increase student...

Data shows that these state - based innovations emphasizing school choice have led to increased success for New Hampshire public schools as compared to the state under national mandates.

The Spencer Foundation awarded RFA a planning grant to examine eighth grade students» school experiences and achievement as they encountered higher level mathematics courses, increased course requirements, and a newly mandated independent learning project.

«Rather than try to impose a one - size - fits - all mandate on these public schools of choice, policymakers should be finding ways to help charters flourish and increase choices for parents as part of a comprehensive approach to giving every child a great public school,» Grace said.

This figure represents a 250 % funding increase over last year's inadequate level of $ 400 million and should allow the program to operate as a formula grant program, as Congress mandated in the law.

«As mandated costs continue to rise dramatically, districts are forced to place an increasing burden on local taxpayers, while still continuing contemplate additional cuts,» said Jay Himes, executive director of PASBO.

New mandates such as the Common Core and teacher evaluations further increase the cost of education.

In a multistate multi-district study of district responses to increasing state - mandated reforms, Fuhrman, Clune and Elmore (1988) found that more proactive districts leveraged the new state policies to their advantage as they promoted district - level agendas for change, with a net increase rather than a reduction in district reform policies, often exceeding expectations established by the states (Firestone, 1989; Fuhrman and Elmore, 1990).

Specifically, the new rule would: increase compensation for passengers involuntarily bumped from flights; allow passengers to make and cancel reservations within 24 hours without penalty; require full and prominently displayed disclosure of baggage fees as well as refunds and expense reimbursement when bags are not delivered on time; require fair price advertising; prohibit price increases after a ticket is purchased; and mandate timely notice of flight status changes.

As the government mandates higher mileage, consumers are demanding even better performance with increased mileage.

As the Toronto Star article aptly pointed out some tenants are getting slapped with rental increases that are three times greater than the 2.5 % annual rent increase that's provincially mandated.

In addition, HB 515 establishes a holding period for both stray animals and those surrendered by their families, it gives the person surrendering the animal the ability to change their mind and reclaim the animal, it bifurcates the holding period to incentivize adoptions and rescue transfers, it allows «shelters» to transfer animals to rescue groups right away to free up cage and kennel space thus reducing costs while increasing lifesaving, it mandates prompt and necessary care and environmental enrichment, and for those who are irremediably suffering, rigorously defined, it puts in place a mechanism to end their lives in as kind and compassionate a manner as possible and one that meets the dictionary definition for «euthanasia.»

As a result of a provision similar to CAPA mandating that shelters must transfer animals they are planning to kill to other non-profits which want to save them, the number of animals transferred to rescue groups rather than killed in California went from 12,526 to 58,939 — a 370 % increase, all at no cost to taxpayers.

But the bill as introduced and as it passed the House of Representatives did double the size of the cages and space for each dog, banned stacking of cages, required outdoor exercise, mandated a program of veterinary care, increased inspection requirements, and imposed specific requirements for temperature, ventilation, lighting, solid flooring, sanitation, fire protection, and waste disposal. A complete summary of the original bill's provisions is at the end of this article.

If we're going to address climate change, it's going to start with solutions experts agree on (efficiency, low - GHG sources such as nuclear, carbon capture and storage, wind, geothermal, cellulosic biofuels, and eventually solar), and processes that experts agree on (increasing the cost of GHG emissions, funding more R&D, mandates sometimes).