Sentences with phrase «by federal officials under»

Designed by the State Office of Education, it's been approved by federal officials under a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements.

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The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

While in Syracuse yesterday, Cuomo defended his economic development efforts, which are under fire from critics and under investigation by state and federal officials.

For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.

Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

The de Blasio administration is under pressure to make substantial changes at Rikers: The United States attorney's office, when releasing the inquiry's findings, gave the city 49 days to come up with a plan to reduce violence or face intervention by federal officials.

A Cuomo administration budget official said the proposed payroll tax also could be used to raise more revenue by seizing some of the tax cuts promised to corporations and the wealthy under the federal tax law, as a way to shore up state finances.

While former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate leader Dean Skelos were convicted in federal corruption cases, any correspondence they may have had with those seeking official favors in exchange for gifts and payments weren't obtainable by the press or average citizens under current FOIL rules.

Under the Monetisation Policy introduced by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2005, official houses occupied by federal civil servants were sold to them by the government to reduce the cost of governance.

California officials have long been under fire for their injection well practices, a waste disposal program that the state runs according to federal law and under a sort of license — called «primacy» — given to it by the EPA.

The chunk of the federal budget that includes most of the U.S. government's spending on basic science would shrink by 10.5 % in 2018 under a plan outlined today by President Donald Trump and administration officials.

While NASA's $ 200 million funding reduction pales in comparison to cuts that would face some federal agencies under the proposed budget (which has to be reviewed and approved by Congress before becoming official), it would make significant changes to how those dollars are spent.

Federal officials have asked states that received awards under the Reading Excellence Act to submit performance reports by the end of this month detailing the progress made in local districts and schools in improving reading achievement.

In an initial review of how the department administered funds under the emergency federal aid approved by Congress, the inspectors found that department officials visited affected areas and reviewed all available data to verify whether a particular school district was entitled to the federal money, the report says.

Months after the Winerip columns appeared, after the federal law had been trashed by editorial writers, teachers, and parents, city education officials released transfer tallies showing that kids looking for better schools under NCLB had gotten a bad rap.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

In a local education stakeholder discussion on state assessment plans, Sen. Jon Tester (D - MT) was «hopeful federal officials will continue to have a local dialog as required by his amendment» under ESSA.

A group of California districts seeking relief from federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind Act have proposed implementing its new system for school improvement this fall, assuming its updated application is approved by July, officials said Tuesday.

Under a new federal formula, Utah's high school graduation rate is significantly lower than it has been as calculated by state officials in recent years, according to data released Tuesday.

(Ohio) A Toledo high school that partners with regional industry to help train students for employment was visited this week by two of President Barack Obama's senior cabinet officials to highlight the type of successful job - training programs envisioned under new federal law.

(a) Insert «1» after (a)» in subsection (a) and add at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: (2) No person acting under color of law shall --(A) in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedures applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same county, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote;

Just when leaders in the U.S. Senate admitted to abandoning their plan of issuing a federal climate bill by the end of this year, top Chinese officials were discussing how to launch carbon trading programs under their country's next Five - Year Plan (2011 - 15).

The Federal Court agreed, holding that the official had, by limiting his decision in advance and in a manner not consistent with the legislative purpose, unlawfully fettered the broad discretion granted to him under the statute.

Acts under «color of any law» include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority, but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under «color of any law,» the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his / her official duties.

The commenter recommended stating that law enforcement officials may independently gather medical information, that such information would not be covered by these rules, and that it would continue to be covered under applicable state and federal access laws.

It's caught the eye of lawmakers across the world — Zuckerberg has been summoned by Parliament in the UK and asked to testify in Congress by multiple senators; Facebook is now under an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission about its mishandling of Cambridge Analytica data; and across the world, company executives are getting skewered by governments in nations like the UK and, worse, Singapore, where officials suggest the company has lost their trust.

Uber [UBER.UL] suspended its self - driving car operations, and the crash remains under investigation by federal safety officials.