Sentences with phrase «authority schools exceeded»

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The law, known as the Gun - Free School Zones Act, was struck down last fall by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which said that Congress exceeded its authority under the commerce clause of the Constitution when it made gun possession near public or private schools a federal offense.

The department amended its regulations in the wake of a 1983 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in National Soft Drink Association v. Block that the department exceeded its rulemaking authority when it issued orders on the «time and place» in which junk food could be sold on school grounds.

Officials in the 4,700 - student Oak Creek - Franklin Joint School District claim that the state schools chief exceeded his authority.

On Oct. 5, Ms. Neeley had sent a guidance letter to school boards allowing them to grant their district superintendents the authority to ask the state for permission to exceed the class - size cap of 22 students per teacher in grades K - 4.

Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it amended the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to cover states and their political subdivisions, such as cities and school districts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week.

According to the lawsuit, the secretary - designate exceeded her authority in instituting the rule because the language conflicts with the New Mexico's School Personnel Act.

Governor Hogan's original executive order — which the attorney general's office said he may not have had the authority to issue in the first place — established such limits, creating an unbroken summer break for Maryland public schools from June 15 to Labor Day, but also allowing the State Board of Education (to which the Governor appointed me and — so far — eight other members) to issue waivers to districts that present «compelling justification» for exceeding those limits.

According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept. of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal funding.»

In the petition filed in Travis County District Court, TCTA argues the commissioner exceeded his authority by dictating specific criteria that local school districts must use in developing their own appraisal systems.

Concerns have been raised about the State Board of Education exceeding its authority as it attempts to implement standards in Michigan schools that were created by a private, national organization, the National Governor's Association.

(6) incur temporary debt in anticipation of receipt of funds; provided that a Horace Mann school shall obtain the approval of the local school committee and appropriate local appropriating authorities and officials relative to any proposed lien or encumbrance upon public school property or relative to any financial obligation for which the local school district shall become legally obligated; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the terms of repayment of any charter school's debt shall not exceed the duration of the school's charter without the approval of the board;

This bill would have eliminated the State Board of Education authority to adopt and prescribe certain K - 12 educational functions by requiring each district board and each charter school governing body to, among other provisions, adopt academic standards that meet or exceed the standards adopted by the SBE during or after the 1998 - 1999 school year.

Approved with conditions request by Los Angeles Unified School District, under the authority of California Education Code Section 56101 and California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 3100, to waive Education Code Section 56362 (c) allowing the caseload of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students by no more than four students (32 maximum).

Malone agreed that some of the signatures were not valid, but on the critical issues of recissions, the judge ruled that the school board had exceeded its authority.

Parents of elementary school students lose their challenge to respondent school board's redistricting decision contending the board exceeded its authority, acted arbitrarily and abused its discretion in adopting new school attendance zones; the Loudoun County Circuit Court dismisses the parents»...