Sentences with phrase «as a pilot program»

The grocery store has begun selling imperfect or ugly produce as a pilot program in 10 of its 134 locations.

This began as a pilot program with a few select properties, but has since been expanded.

If approved, the plan would be continued as a pilot program for one year.

This is the second year of the program, with last year serving as the pilot program.

Many of those practices were introduced as pilot programs or changes in curriculum that were attempted for a year or two and then discarded for the next newest idea.

Yes, the bill is described as a pilot program.

The budget would create a public matching system for the public financing of the state's comptroller race as a pilot program in the public protection, general government portion of the budget.

The goal is to use the 16 cameras as a pilot program to increase the likelihood of a larger federal grant for cameras later this year or early next year.

In most cases, the changes are made locally, and often as pilot programs.

Four school district superintendents formed a coalition of schools that allow them greater flexibility from legislative actions as a pilot program.

Maybe as a pilot program, it would have some value..

The program has traditionally enjoyed broad support since its creation as a pilot program in 1992.

That's because the complex teacher evaluation process remains, so far, as a pilot program in about a dozen school districts.

The BTLN began as a pilot program of the Public School Forum in Wake County in 2015 and later expanded to Union and Mecklenburg Counties.

Launched as a pilot program in Flint, Mich., the duplex structures aim to drive economic growth and revitalize beleaguered communities.

Rep. Brian Higgins, a Buffalo Democrat, announced that the House had approved the Veteran's Access to Child Care Act, which makes permanent a program that started as a pilot program at the Buffalo VA in 2011 and that has since spread to VA facilities nationwide.

In 2008, the Strategic Data Project (SDP)-- a project within the Harvard Graduate School of Education — based Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University — began as a pilot program with two partners and big dreams to create a network of data strategists working in schools, agencies, and nonprofits across the country.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the budget «on balance» a good spending plan for New York, but expressed dissatisfaction with both compromises on charter school protections for New York City as well as a pilot program for public financing.

A new play therapy course, designed by Sondra Smith - Adcock and her colleagues from the Department of Counselor Education at the College of Education at the University of Florida, was used as a pilot program in a recent study.

Elk Grove Unified implemented Math 1 in the 9th grade last year as a pilot program.

Instead, House legislators signaled they intend to spend big on initiatives such as a pilot program for so - called «advanced teaching roles» and a «modernization» of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) business system.

The Canada - US PPH is currently running as a pilot program until 2011.

It certainly would address a number of the concerns if it was an opt out or a geographically based student body — at least as a pilot program so that there could be a fair assessment and discussion about the qualitative differences between the two school models.

A handful of private dock-less companies have been permitted to deploy small fleets as a pilot program.

The TransLoc and Uber integration will debut as a pilot program in mid-February in Memphis, Tennessee, and Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina.

«As the pilot program gets underway, the Coalition looks forward to continuing to work with Congress, the FAA, and all stakeholders to advance long - term FAA reauthorization legislation that will help ensure that the United States fully embraces the immense economic potential and consumer benefits of UAS [drones] technology in the near - term,» the group said in a statement.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014 backed a public financing system for the comptroller's race that year, intended as a pilot program of sorts.

One silver lining is the Senate Republicans» willingness to vote for public funding for one state office as a pilot program.

John E. Hand Bald Mountain Park in Yorktown will continue to be opened as a pilot program with limited hunter access only.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli supports the use of his seat as a pilot program of sorts for public financing, but he and good government advocates had hoped for something more and different.

More immediately, however, the significant flaws in Part H, subpart D, Title II of S. 6355 - D / A.8555 - D (related to the public matching system for comptroller) show that it is not adequate even as a pilot program, let alone a sufficient response to corruption in Albany.

Mr. de Blasio and the council framed the allocation as a pilot program that could, in theory, be expanded further.

«It should really be viewed as a pilot program that we are going to expand.»

Last year, the department established its Radiology Consultation Clinic as a pilot program geared towards providing additional information directly to patients in one - on - one meetings.

When asked in the spring of 2003, just as the pilot program was ending, to rate whether setting measurable objectives for bonuses of up to $ 1,500 had an impact on «cooperation among teachers,» 53.2 percent of the participating teachers said the impact was positive; only 2 percent said the impact was negative.

I was thrilled that HGSE introduced Instructional Leadership as a pilot program.

In 2014, while still and undergraduate at Dartmouth College, he launched the first AYLE as a pilot program with the goal of giving students like him the social - emotional skills and support they need to navigate their own educations and make strong contributions to their communities.

More recently, he has led the development of a first - in - the - nation next generation educational accountability model, called «Performance Assessment of Competency Education,» or PACE, approved as a pilot program with four NH districts in March, 2015.

Bryan authored a much - discussed draft of legislation last year that would have funneled five of the state's lowest - performing elementary schools into the state - controlled achievement districts as a pilot program, although the notion did not gain any significant traction during the General Assembly's long budget debates last summer.

A provision snuck into the budget in the 2014 session ordered the State Board of Education to approve two virtual charter schools as pilot programs.

Lawrence Nelson is one of the first teachers to teach the Transition position when it started as a pilot program through Duval County Public Schools and Project SOS.

Tony Loiacono told us about the Dodge Neon SST, PT Cruiser SST, and Dodge Caravan SST, developed as a pilot program with Chrysler and Sam's Club (we confirmed its existence).

Disney is now jumping on the bandwagon and allowing pets at 4 of their resort properties as a pilot program.

In 2007 the Visual Artists Network (VAN) was created as a pilot program of NPN and was formally launched with the selection of 17 VAN Partners, leading contemporary arts organizations from across the United States.

Farmers would only be able to grow industrial hemp as a pilot program in four counties — Imperial, Kings, Mendocino and Yolo.

This could start as a pilot program similar to Duke Energy's pilot in North Carolina.