Sentences with phrase «awaited federal waiver»

The U.S. Department of Education today approved a long - awaited federal waiver that allows LA Unified and seven other California districts to replace No Child Left Behind accountability rules with their own school improvement system.

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For weeks, administration officials have been meeting with car companies as well as green groups and representatives from California — which is awaiting word on whether it will receive a federal waiver to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles — to try to broker a deal on the issue.