Sentences with phrase «by lawmakers last»

The online school, called «N.C. Virtual Academy,» is one of two virtual charters (the other, N.C. Connections Academy, is backed by education behemoth Pearson) to participate in a four - year pilot program enacted by lawmakers last year.

Complicating matters for public school finance directors and special education providers is a new voucher program enacted by lawmakers last year that, beginning this fall, will funnel money out of public coffers into private educational settings.

The agency tasked with implementing the state's K - 12 public school laws and policies is coping with a 10 percent funding cut handed down by lawmakers last week by eliminating more than 50 jobs, many of which are devoted to helping struggling schools.

The agency tasked with implementing the state's K - 12 public school laws and policies is coping with a 10 percent funding cut handed down by lawmakers last week by eliminating more than 50 jobs, many of which are devoted...

The school, called «N.C. Virtual Academy,» will be one of two virtual charters (the other backed by education behemoth Pearson) to participate in a four - year pilot program enacted by lawmakers last year.

The budget approved by lawmakers last week includes an extra billion dollars this year for education.

The leasing of set - top boxes has been a financial boon for cable companies, according to a report issued by lawmakers last year.

Not exact matches

The timeline of claims made in an unsubstantiated dossier presented by top US intelligence officials to President Donald Trump and senior lawmakers last month has increased scrutiny of events that unfolded in the final months of the Trump campaign.

Last November, British lawmakers called for a tax on sugary drinks as a means of tackling childhood obesity but the idea was ruled out by the government which said it was not the right course of action.

NextGen Climate, which has a well - funded super PAC dedicated to electing lawmakers dedicated to halting climate change, launched a «text - banking» voter - turnout program late last year that attempted to motivate potential voters to show up to vote by sending personalized texts from actual organizers encouraging recipients to respond and start a dialogue.

U.S. and South Korean wartime operational plans, including a plan to wipe out the North Korean leadership, were stolen by North Korean hackers last year, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.

LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE TRYING TO SAVE THE HOUSE CHAPLAIN»S JOB After he was asked to resign by Paul Ryan last month.

Over the last few months, merchant lobbying groups have stormed Capitol Hill requesting two things: that lawmakers sink federal tax reform by opposing border adjustability and that they support federal price controls on debit interchange fees.

Lawmakers voted down a motion to consider the ban during a session that opened with a prayer for the 17 people killed by a former student last Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Zuckerberg was asked by US lawmakers last week what kind of regulation he would and wouldn't like to see laid upon Internet companies — and he made a point of arguing for privacy carve outs to avoid falling behind, of all things, competitors in China.

The tariffs he just signed are a more lenient version of the ones he proposed last week — a sign that forceful criticism by scores of Republican lawmakers and threats of a trade war from the US's trading partners persuaded the president to try to soften the blow on imports.

That was the message delivered to the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Wednesday by three lawmakers and members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus (CBC), a bipartisan group launched last year in a bid to support the technology and its interests on Capitol Hill.

In Illinois, lawmakers passed a bill last week that would require gun dealers to be licensed by the state, but it was not clear whether the Republican governor would sign it into law.

The disclosures come on the heels of last week's proposals by Republican lawmakers to provide several new tax benefits for multinational companies, including cutting the federal corporate income tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent.

Last fall, Facebook told lawmakers it would tighten its ad policies after disclosing that more than 3,000 ads were bought by 470 fake accounts and pages run by the Internet Research Agency, a shadowy organization in St. Petersburg, Russia.

I'm confused by the reference to the «Food and Drug Administration» in the second entry (it's the Department of Agriculture that oversees child nutrition), but the intent of these lawmakers is clear: destroy all of the tremendous progress we've made over the last six years in improving our children's school food environment, and apparently also the food served in federally funded daycare centers.

About 95 percent of schools are reportedly meeting the standards, but GOP lawmakers backed by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) said the provisions have led to an increase in food waste and a dramatic decline in student participation over the last three years.

The governor also reiterated his vow last week made during the campaign season that he would veto legislative boundaries drawn by lawmakers during the redistriciting process.

Sponsored by Ovie Omo - Agege (Labour Party, Delta State), the Senate Bill 329 which has already been gazetted and introduced to the lawmakers was referred to the committee on constitution review chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu last December.

But the wage debate opened fissures within the conference that were first exposed last year, Dean Skelos stepped down as majority leader and was replaced by a fellow Long Island lawmaker, John Flanagan.

Lawmakers last year agreed to linking Common Core - based testing to the results of teacher performance evaluations, a measure that was sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and linked to a boost in school aid.

A bill passed by Florida lawmakers empowering some personnel in public schools to carry firearms to guard against attacks like last month's massacre near Miami could expose these employees to potentially costly civil lawsuits, legal experts said.

Ultimately, Cuomo agreed to have those changes remain in the finished project, which was passed by lawmakers late last week.

We're disappointed that state lawmakers, though slapped across the face by major scandals, left the Capitol last month without doing -LSB-...]

These revelations were uncovered by the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as part of a broad investigation into the spending of campaign funds by state lawmakers that was shut down when Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly disbanded the Commission last month.

Silver announced last night that he would introduce a resolution to begin the process of expelling the sleazy Brooklyn lawmaker in the wake of a scathing report by a state ethics committee that found Lopez sexually harassed women in his office and violated the state's Public Officers Law.

The $ 153.1 billion spending plan was finalized by lawmakers and Cuomo last month, a week after the April 1 deadline.

The campaign of Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has for the last several weeks blasted his Democratic opponent George Latimer over $ 48,000 in unpaid property taxes on a Rye home owned by the lawmaker's wife.

Cox changed his tune, however, when it was pointed out — Gormley by the DN's Glenn Blain — that the last lawmaker to be slapped with corruption charges was, in fact, a Republican: Former Sen. Vincent Leibell.

The mayor is hardly the first Democrat this year to criticize Cuomo, who has been knocked by state lawmakers and city council members for the better part of the year following his re-election last November.

Silver on Sunday released a list of measures the Assembly — which is dominated by Democratic lawmakers — have passed in the last several years, but have failed to gain traction in the Republican - led Senate.

We're disappointed that state lawmakers, though slapped across the face by major scandals, left the Capitol last month without doing anything to strengthen ethics and campaign finance laws.

Cuomo's schedule, released last night, included a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, at which he was to be joined by three Republican lawmakers from New York — Reps. Bob Turner, Michael Grimm and Pete King, on whom the governor is leaning quite heavily as he pushes for the $ 42 billion worth of federal disaster aid he's seeking after Sandy.

The debate there was preceded by Albany lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo essentially kicking the abatement's renewal over to real estate and labor last year.

He says it's the only way that counties can live within the 2 % property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and lawmakers last year.

The man who wants to open a new spa in the College Point Corporate Park got the backing of state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) last week, and the lawmaker questioned why the proposal was ever denied by both Community Board 7 and the borough president in the first place.

The lawmakers, who had last week described comments by the minister as calculated mischief, has now ordered him to appear before them to defend his reaction to the budget.

Elia's selection comes at a crucial time for education policy in New York: State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of tenure.

A bill introduced last session by GOP lawmakers would have defied advocates of transparency and expressly exempted issue ads from regulation.

He mentioned by name U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who scored convictions of legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos last year, as he advocated for ethical fixes that include stripping pensions of any lawmakers convicted of a crime.

Many in the media and public have followed the stumblings and bumblings of county lawmakers in the last half decade, but the white paper presents a bird's eye view that might not be easily attained by those in the midst of the situation.

Zuckerberg was grilled by lawmakers in Congress last week about how the company protects personal data after reports revealed that political marketing firm Cambridge Analytica collected the information of 87 million users without their consent.

The Regents, which are elected by a joint session of the State Legislature, approved a slate of regulatory and policy changes last week that are meant to address teachers», parents» and lawmakers» concern about the rocky rollout of the more difficult curriculum guidelines.

Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday braced for challenging tax and health care matters posed by last month's federal tax overhaul, as they gathered for their annual 90 - day legislative session.

Some lawmakers were very frustrated by what they believe was Cuomo's efforts to prevent a pay raise from being approved late last year.