Sentences with phrase «contentious education bill»

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The bill would overhaul a key component of a contentious education reform bill that was pushed through by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, much to the consternation of the New York State United Teachers.

Legislation to add a year to the two - year probationary period for California teachers passed the Assembly Education Committee, its first test, on Wednesday after contentious exchanges between the bill's author, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D - San Diego, and committee Chairman Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach.

But the bill also hands the union a victory on two contentious issues, which is why Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy joined nonprofit advocacy groups EdVoice, Education Trust - West, Children Now, and StudentsFirst in opposing AB 5.

Van Schoales, executive director of the Education Reform Now, called the bill's politics the most contentious he's seen in the state.

The Republican - controlled House Education Committee has proposed a series of bills to rewrite the most burdensome parts of NCLB, but only one of its three bills to date has received bipartisan support and none of them have tackled the contentious issues of accountability or teacher effectiveness.

Congressional insiders report that the portion of the bill addressing education funding is the most contentious because it also includes funding for the new health care law; some suggest bipartisan consensus on this part of the bill won't be reached, requiring yet another temporary spending measure while negotiations continue.

A sweeping and contentious education measure may be on its way to court, but a Democratic Senator wants to double down on what he sees as good provisions in the bill.