Sentences with phrase «change in state law»

To this end, advocates have begun to press for changes in state laws to provide parents some degree of control over classroom placement.

Despite the recent change in state law, marijuana remains a controlled substance at the federal level.

The district has eliminated nearly 150 teaching positions since 2014 and has used new changes in state law that allows districts to remove class size caps at low - income schools.

Significant changes in state law governing debt relief services are already underway.

It is likely to require a fundamental change in state law.

Only then would local districts have the incentive to both lobby states for changes in state laws and to negotiate tough contracts with teacher unions.

Some of the recommendations — such as creating the public - private partnership and changing the rating system for the Department of Children and Families» YoungStar system — will require changes in state law.

Citing two earlier cases that forced changes in state laws regarding students» rights to quality education through money spent and time of instruction provided, as well as evidence in Vergara, he said the plaintiffs «have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Challenged Statutes impose a real and appreciable impact on students» fundamental to quality of education and that they impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.»

After changes in state law in the late 80's allowed more small breweries, there was a dramatic increase in brewpubs (brewery - restaurant hybrids that brew the beer they serve on site) and later microbreweries.

By restricting our analysis to changes in unionization that were associated with changes in state laws, we can be confident that we are identifying the effect on pay compression of unionization alone.

«We need relief from unfunded State mandates, as well as changes in State law that would allow us to save money, particularly where we can find ways to save money that would not cost the State a dime.»

As a result of changes in state laws enacted since 1789, the people have the right to vote for presidential electors in 100 % of the states, there are no property requirements for voting in any state, and the state - by - state winner - take - all method is used by 48 of the 50 states.

«There are many changes in state law that will be coming up in the next few years, and I wouldn't want to be without lobbying power» in Springfield, she said.

• Advocating changes in state law that allow rapid transformation of districts and schools and partnerships between willing districts and charter providers.

Many inundated property owners will have to pay out of pocket or write the damages off as losses, and some proposed changes in state laws will make it harder for policy - holders to file claims.

At 9 a.m., NYC Council members, parents and public education advocates criticize recent changes in state laws concerning funding, resources and space allocated to charter schools by the city, before a 10 a.m. hearing of members of City Council's Committee on Education at City Hall; steps, Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers St., Manhattan.

Schneiderman says leveling the playing field for consumers will take action on many fronts, including changes in state law.

The proposals listed on the back of the ballot could lead to sweeping changes in state laws through a New York constitutional convention, take away the pensions of public officials convicted of felonies, and make it easier to do road and utility work in the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve.

On this week's Press Pass with WBFO's Mark Scott, Spree editor Elizabeth Licata says a recent change in state law paved the way for local distillers to begin making spirits.

The legislation was among 133 bills Gov. Andrew Cuomo had to act on by midnight Monday, a 10 - day bill consideration exercise that included a host of minor to medium changes in state law.

Last year, Cuomo and de Blasio won a long - sought change in state law that caps rent at 30 percent of income for people with AIDS who receive housing assistance.

With one notable exception (spurring long overdue changes in some state laws), the implementation of this mammoth statute has confirmed several humbling, hoary lessons of federal policymaking, including the limited ability of Uncle Sam to drive education reform.

Although the obstacles to causal inference are steep, education researchers should focus on quasi-experimental approaches relying on sibling comparisons, changes in state laws over time, or policy quirks — such as policy implementation timelines that vary across municipalities — that facilitate research opportunities.

In response to declining enrollment and budget cuts, the district has eliminated approximately 140 teaching positions since the 2014 - 15 school year and embraced changes in state law that provide an option to remove caps on class size at low - income schools.

The Blueprint for Change reports update changes in state laws, rules and regulations governing the teaching profession that have occurred in the last year, including key policy areas such as teacher preparation, evaluation, tenure, dismissal and alternative certification.

Baton Rouge, La. (Jan. 7, 2015)-- The Louisiana Federation for Children, a state affiliate of the American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, today welcomed the Louisiana Department of Education's announcement of an increase in the number of students enrolling in Course Choice due to a $ 7.5 million enhancement to the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) and a corresponding change in state law.

Based on inside information HSUS received from a former consultant of Laymon's, it appears that Laymon created this «rescue» to entice dog - lovers into buying dogs from her facility that she might not otherwise be able to sell, and to circumvent anticipated changes in state laws regulating dog breeders.

And in the case of DNA evidence, technology has done what the Constitution and the due process clause never could: lead to systemic changes in state laws to allow convicted defendants to reopen closed criminal cases and seek access to DNA evidence for testing through procedures that did not exist at the time of trial.

While it was once nearly impossible to buy a life policy as an HIV positive or AIDS patient, new medical technology and changes in state laws targeting discrimination have made it possible to get HIV life insurance.

Speaking to a downtown meeting of California newspaper publishers, the mayor said he would lobby for changes in state law that would alter the rules for evaluating teachers and for granting tenure to teachers.

«We need relief from unfunded state mandates, as well as changes in state law that would allow us to save money, particularly where we can find ways to save money that would not cost the state a dime.

And with recent changes in state law, it becomes possible over the next several years to double the number of charter school seats in Boston from the current 5,200.

The Norman, Oklahoma firm, United Tissue Network, converted to nonprofit status in 2012 to comply with a change in state law.

Olnick said FPL would like to see a change in state laws and local ordinances to adopt and enforce «Right Tree, Right Place,» to ensure trees aren't planted too close to lines and equipment and allow FPL access to remove those trees.

It took a change in state law for the Bensenville Park District to replace its antiquated swimming pool with an innovative type of water park in 1985.

Connecticut comptroller Kevin Lembo is projecting the state's surplus has increased for the current fiscal year, and he's calling on the legislature to make a change in state law to allow more of that money to be saved for harder times.

In part, the commission's case remains intact due to a change in state law six years ago that allows ethics charges against state employees for up to a year after they leave their government job.

Wooden said a change in state law would address structural problems in the office.

In addition to thousands of uncounted absentee and provisional ballots, Correa could benefit from a change in state law.

All four commissioners of the state Board of Elections now say the city can change election night voting procedures without a change in state law.

The resolution requesting a change in state law passed unanimously, while the vote condemning the Journal News was opposed only by Chairwoman Harriet Cornell.

But the construction portion of the project, estimated to be 90 percent of the $ 12 million cost, is contingent on a change in state law to allow municipalities to use special «design - build» contracts, in which the design and construction phases are awarded to one company, rather than in separate bids as is typical in large public works projects.

But he acknowledged that a change in state law is necessary to allow the city to have access to tools and resources to which the state has access.

To that end, he's looking for a change in state law that would allow the city, like the state, to award contracts to MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified bid.

Correa still has a small chance, thanks to a change in state law, which he authored.

DiNapoli also notes that a change in state law two years ago makes it more difficult for his office to audit some of the projects that have sprung out of the governor's economic development plans.

The proposal requires a change in state law.

From NY Daily News: State Assemblyman David I. Weprin on Sunday called for a change in state law that bars adoptees from seeing to their birth records.

Even if the Cuomo administration wanted to seek such a waiver, which seems unlikely, it would need a change in state laws that long predate Obamacare.