Sentences with phrase «bipartisan education legislation»

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Rep. Ann Wagner, R - Mo., who sponsored the Retail Investor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation passed in the House that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission, not DOL, to take the lead on crafting a fiduciary rule, said Wednesday that she was «working closely with House leadership and members of the Education and Workforce Committee on using the Congressional Review Act to stop [DOL's] ill - advised rule.»

At 10:30 a.m., Rep. Carolyn Maloney announces the introduction of new bipartisan Holocaust education legislation, The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights, 58 E. 79th St., Manhattan.

JP Updates article on BP Adams and Council Member Treyger introducing bipartisan legislation to help new parents save for their children's college education.

At Monday's meeting of the state Board of Regents, Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and her staff reiterated a point they have advanced over the past week — that bipartisan repeal legislation recently approved by the Democratic - controlled state Assembly could have the unintended result of generating more tests.

Lenny Alcivar, a Stefanik campaign spokesman, said, «Congresswoman Stefanik has fought for affordability and accessibility for higher education throughout her first term, and is proud to be the lead sponsor of bipartisan legislation supporting year - round Pell grant funding.

«National Democrats have abandoned Mike Derrick because he opposes bipartisan education reforms, admits failing to read vital military legislation and has reportedly — and repeatedly — violated military ethics rules,» Alcivar said, referring to a report last week by the Washington Free Beacon that Derrick reportedly violated Pentagon rules by including pictures of himself in uniform in campaign materials without a mandatory disclaimer.

A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on strugglingEducation Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on strugglingeducation legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

But there's a glimmer of hope for bipartisan agreement in the U.S. Senate on legislation affecting programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and federal efforts to improve science and math education.

The axiom that federal funding for research enjoys bipartisan support will be sorely tested next year as the U.S. Congress tries to reauthorize major legislation governing federal policies on research and science education.

Senators Gardner and Peters were recognized for their bipartisan work on the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA), legislation that reauthorizes activities at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), STEM education programs, and seeks to reduce the administrative burden associated with federal grants.

If that's all they really care about, the best way to hold their jobs was to simply work closely with the president, fashioning budgetary compromises, designing bipartisan education reform legislation, and getting other governmental business in hand.

Maine has decided to convert its technical colleges into community colleges through enactment of fast - track, bipartisan legislation that state leaders hope will nudge more students into higher education.

Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

Last year, the House and Senate education committees passed legislation to update the law, but the bills — approved with bipartisan support in the Senate but by only Republicans in the House — clashed in terms of the federal role in education.

«State chiefs are working to provide an equitable education to all students in their schools, and CCSSO urges Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to protect participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to create a safe and supportive school environment for every student,» said Carissa Miller, interim executive director of CCSSO.

The Senate Education Committee approved comprehensive legislation to rewrite the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on Thursday after months of bipartisan negotiation and mounting pressure from educators and the Obama administration to fix troublesome aspects of the law.

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2015)-- As Congress once again prepares to tackle a rewrite of the nation's elementary and secondary education law, a group of bipartisan lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to reverse the neglect of high - ability and high - potential learners.

The long - awaited controversial revamping of the federal education law gained steam in Washington this week, as the House narrowly passed a revision of No Child Left Behind, while the Senate pressed forward with its own bipartisan legislation.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Karen Cheeks [email protected] 240-233-4110 NCTAF Commends the Congressional Bipartisan Agreement to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dec. 10, 2015 — Today, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) announced its support of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the legislation that reauthorizes the Elementary and...

Even nuts - and - bolts legislation on traditionally bipartisan topics like education is mired in gridlock.

Senate Education Chairman Tom Harkin (D - IA) said he's not going to move the Senate's Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) legislation to the Senate floor until the House passes a bipartisan ESEA bill.

In January 2015, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) began considering bipartisan legislation to reauthorize ESEA.

In 2001, when George W. Bush's signature «No Child Left Behind» (NCLB) education legislation was passed (with the support of Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy), «disruption,» «markets,» «accountability,» «no excuses,» and «choice» were an established part of the bipartisan vocabulary of school reform.

House Education and Workforce Committee Passes Bill Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent PredatorsLast week, with broad bipartisan support, the House of Representatives passed legislation designed to help keep children safe from sexual predators and other violent adults in their schools.

This bipartisan legislation reflects the concerted effort among our school districts, communities, business and industry, and institutions of higher education to ensure that our students are prepared to succeed in the modern workforce.

Legislation pushing improvements for early education programs, especially pre-K, has seen bipartisan support throughout the U.S. Maryland, New York, South Carolina, Michigan, Alabama and Texas have all recently increased funding for these programs.

(from the New York Times) Confusion over actual college costs and concerns over mounting student loans have inspired bipartisan legislation — three bills, in fact — aimed at making the cost of higher education more clear to students before they apply to a school, before they select a school and...

My sense is that a better approach is to recognize, from the start, the reality that shifting energy norms, even as coal remains a core energy source, will be a process unfolding over decades, and making sure that legislation, while pushing standards for cutting energy waste and pollution, also focuses on support in all the arenas that matter to building a sustained energy quest — including education to create the intellectual capacity for such an undertaking and sustained and increased direct support for basic inquiry in science and technology — an area where there's been bipartisan disinterest in federal investment for decades.

Bipartisan legislation that would strengthen the backbone of Washington state's early education system, professional training for child care providers, and open a new chapter in the state's push to create a high - quality system of child care and preschool now readies for the second half of the legislative session.