Sentences with phrase «charter law says»

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«If Apple thinks the lawsuit is a waste of resources it could simply end the matter by complying with existing law and filing a new proxy that unbundles the proposed changes to the charter so that shareholders can express their views on each matter separately,» a Greenlight spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.

The commission contends the companies are violating a state law that says any nongovernment entity providing passenger transportation services must obtain a charter party carrier license.

When a corporate charter is alleged to contain a restriction on the fundamental electoral rights of stockholders under default provisions of law ---- such as the right of a majority of the shares to elect new directors or enact a charter amendment — it has been said that the restriction must be «clear and unambiguous» to be enforceable.

A sexual offense, the charter says, is not «necessarily to be equated with the definitions of sexual abuse or other crimes in civil law.»

De Blasio is defending the privately - funded non-profit organizations tied to his administration after a government watchdog group, Common Cause New York, demanded an investigation, saying he js making a mockery of the city's campaign finance laws and may be running afoul of the City Charter.

Talking to Politics.co.uk last week, Cash said the Tories» attempt to blame Labour was unfair because David Cameron's then - shadow Cabinet had failed to back his campaign to explicitly state the charter of fundamental rights would not apply to UK law at the time.

Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday that he selected members of a Charter Revision Commission examining city campaign finance laws based on merit — not whether they donated money to his...

Opponents say the bill radically expands the scope of British surveillance laws, and essentially acts as a snoopers - charter - lite.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislatulaw department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the LegislatuLaw indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislatulaw, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

Critiquing the state's arcane election laws, Stringer said instant runoffs are a «progressive leap» that would allow elections to be decided quickly and efficiently, and he said the mayor's Charter Revision Commission affords the city a prime opportunity to pursue the policy.

On the prekindergarten issue, Success argues that the city's demand that it sign the contract violates state law, which it says gives a charter school's authorizer, not the city, oversight of its prekindergarten programs.

The proposed law would amend the Erie County Charter to require that goods purchased by the county that cost more than $ 10,000 be manufactured in the U.S. and all contracts for services for more than $ 10,000 are made with entities in the U.S. Morton said he has not given up on the issue and continues to pursue a compromise.

Now that all charters have the right under state law to co-locate rent - free, the mayor's ability to help the charters he favors and manage the networks he doesn't is restricted, Cantor says.

The new laws prevent de Blasio from charging rent to charters as he had said he would, require the city to find space for charters in D.O.E. buildings or to fund those schools up to $ 40 million for space in private buildings, and implement other safeguards for charters after an intensive charter lobbying effort in Albany.

New City, NY — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County's bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter.

PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY New City, NY — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County's bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter.

Asked how unions could take advantage of gaps in the law while criticizing others for exploiting LLC loophole, Korn said, «Twelve hedge fund billionaires gave more than 187,500 teachers in the 2014 elections,» referring to charter school supporters that gave heavily to an outside group backing Senate Republicans.

After the legislature voted raises for themselves and the county executive, Bob Antonacci, the county comptroller, made it known that he believed the county charter and county laws say that raises can only happen during the budget process or through a local referendum.

The Ministry of Justice has dismissed Mr Justice Mostyn's comments outright, saying his analysis «does not reflect the government's position» because it is inconsistent with both the charter and established case law.

Mahoney says the county would do even more if it was allowed by the county charter or state law, but some agencies like Veteran's Services are required to have their own department.

«We have a clear process in place to pay all charter schools in New York City as State Law mandates and we are meeting all necessary protocols,» said DOE spokesperson Devora Kaye.

That's why we put forward with six names, Local Law 12 - 2, which obviously worked because we got the other side of the aisle voting for it, too,» said Mills, who maintains the Charter Revision contains other positive changes, including a stronger Ethics Board, and full pay for County employees in the military who get called up for active duty.

Jumaane D. Williams, a councilman from Brooklyn, said he was in favor of altering the term - limit law, but acknowledged that the topic could overwhelm the charter review process.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

The DOE said it has attempted to fully comply with complex state law on the issue and has provided space or rental assistance to eligible charter applicants.

Although the charter sector ultimately gained an advocate in Governor Andrew Cuomo and successfully lobbied for a sweeping pro-charter law passed during the last legislative session, Moskowitz said she refers to this spring as «the dark period.»

Mr. Amper said the county's move was illegal because the program, created in 1987 to safeguard drinking water by purchasing land and preventing development, can only be altered or repealed through the adoption of a Charter law that's subject to a mandatory referendum.

But besides issuing a veto, Miner rejected the law because she said the city clerk failed to deliver it to her «promptly» as required by the city charter.

The city said that the contract was necessary to ensure consistent quality across prekindergarten programs, while Success said that the contract violated state law, which it argued gave a charter school's authorizer the sole right to oversee the school's operations.

Jennifer Story, national deputy chair for CFS, said under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they are questioning whether the law is fair or if it discriminates against students.

After six years of intense effort, when Bersin proposed under the No Child Left Behind law that charter school organizers be asked to make proposals for some of the worst - performing schools, a school board member called him a «Gauleiter,» which she «(inaccurately) said were «Jews who worked for the Nazis [to shepherd] their own people into the trains» to the concentration camps.»

Officials at the Center for Economics and Law Charter School, a finance immersion school for 9th and 10th graders, voluntarily closed their school Oct. 28 after learning that its fire - alarm and sprinkler systems were not working, said Barbara Grant, a spokeswoman for the 214,000 - student district.

They say the group may have violated a number of state charter school laws.

While proposing a number of possible strategies, Smith says «there should be no further delay in creating state laws and regulations that level the playing field between charters and other public schools.

The high court upheld the state school board's ultimate authority to overrule a local district's rejection of a charter application, saying the provision in the state's charter law did not violate the state constitution.

Charter leaders say they supported the proposition on the assumption that school districts would treat their students equitably, as stated in the law.

«Basically, the problems with a network strategy are distance, the differing charter laws in each state, different political environments, and different theories of action [for running a school],» Rosenstock says today.

Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.charter public schools.»

Certainly, if a child study team agreed that the best place to meet the services listed in the student's individualized education plan was, say, KIPP or Princeton Charter School, then the student would, I suppose, enroll in the lottery (both schools» demand for seats outpaces availability) or, perhaps, the state could pass a law allowing special treatment.

State charter - school laws, likewise, could set aside a certain proportion of charter - school funds — say, 25 percent — for schools that are diverse by design, using a weighted lottery to ensure that school choice promotes socioeconomic diversity.

The superintendent of the local school district, which oversees the charter school, at first said he was «100 percent confident» the application was permissible under state law.

In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration recently cancelled a charter school's pre-k program, saying state law prohibits charter schools from offering pre-k and the school was only allowed to offer pre-k due to an «oversight in the chartering process during the previous administration.»

The state's charter law does not say explicitly whether district - operated charters can exist, he explained.

But contrary to what some have said in defense of DeVos, the law's passage was not a sign of her lack of influence or of her support for charter accountability.

Those in denial about this failure cling to provisions in the state law that say charter schools will maintain their operational autonomy even after the school board takeover.

The root of the problem, he said, is a state law that requires school districts to pay a charter school tuition rate per pupil based on a district's costs.

If the matter is placed on the ballot, the new charter school law would be suspended until after the general election, said Mount Vernon School District Superintendent Mack Armstrong.

State law essentially says that a child who attends a charter school is allowed to receive only 68 % of the funding given to a child who attends a city school — even if those two kids are best friends and live right next door to each other, or even if those kids are brother and sister.

Charter schools, small, independent schools run with public money, were voted into law by the state Legislature in April, and the law says that people may begin to apply for charters Thursday.

Steve Sundquist, who served on the Seattle School Board from 2007 to 2011, including one year as president and two years as vice president, said Wednesday that the new charter - school law and the State Board of Education have set an ambitious agenda for the group.