Sentences with phrase «current policy proposals»

A book on the dependence in reform legislation on specified research models could have been helpful; unfortunately, the hostility among the contributors to both current scientific research and current policy proposals prevents this from being that book.

This total - effect measure is one example of the kind of «value - added» approach taken in current policy proposals.

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Instead of reinventing the wheel, the Liberals are suggesting bring back a policy from the 1990s, one that avoided the unintended consequences of the current government proposal where firms receive benefits by firing workers.

«Even if the current minimum wage increase proposals don't affect your company, it sets a bad precedent,» Merrill Matthews a resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas wrote in a recent article for NCMM.

Because we know that equality for women requires fathers to play an equal part in childrearing — indeed one of the key policy outcomes desired by many governments including in the UK (and central to the government's current proposals) is increased take - up of parenting leave and pay by fathers.

However, under the current budget proposal nearly forty percent is still dedicated to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Clegg's tax proposal, which calls for a «time - limited contribution» from the richest in society beyond the party's current policy for a mansion tax on properties worth more than # 2m, came in an interview following his return to Britain after a two - week family holiday in Spain.

Chief among those proposals were establishment of a Mayor's Office of HIV / AIDS Policy, funding of shelter beds for homeless youth to eliminate the current waiting list that averages 350 per night at such facilities, and capital spending for senior housing that would serve the needs of LGBT New Yorkers.

It also endorses NSF's current policies for reviewing grant proposals and — in sharp contrast to a House bill — emphasizes the importance of the social sciences as part of a balanced research portfolio.

We welcome the mobilization of relevant institutions, networks and initiatives, to provide a synthesis of the current situation and proposals for actionable research, to assess and monitor disaster risks, to engage in communication efforts of such risk, to develop overall capacity in dealing with risk and to provide science advice to both policy makers and elected officials in order to develop resilience.

The following proposals suggest how teacher compensation can be aligned with current education policy while retaining the spirit of the single salary schedule — namely, that individuals with the same qualifications should earn the same salary.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

Before attending meetings in the Capitol, participants trained with CCSA staff, reviewed current policy and budget proposals and learned how to connect their personal stories to priority charter school issues.

In June 2015, E4E - New York members and current classroom teachers from across the city released, Climate Change, a policy proposal with recommendations for ensuring safe and welcoming school communities.

Teachers need not endorse any particular viewpoint or policy proposal in the current debate over the availability of firearms to help students explore the power of young people to galvanize public opinion and political support behind issues they care about.

Dylan Baerlein, who graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas last year, asked the commissioners to file a proposal to override a current state law that prohibits local governments from creating their own gun control policies or face a fine.

Malloy said the education proposals Foley made Wednesday as part of a larger urban agenda show that the Greenwich businessman has no grasp of current education policies and resources, nor does he appreciate how devastating it would be to urban school systems to begin denying funds to schools that need more resources.

I Guess the Bush Administration Doesn't Think Highly of Pickens» or Gore's Proposals The fact that this proposal is announced just days after Al Gore calls for all U.S. electricity be generated renewably within 10 years, and two weeks after T. Boone Pickens unveiled his plan to radically increase U.S. wind power and use natural gas to offset petroleum in transportation, shows how mired in business - as - usual thinking regarding energy and environmental policy the current administration is.

The new body should be based on a system to ensure that members can offer a wide range of ideas and information from viewpoints unfettered by influence from the forces promoting the current policy so that timely and reasonable policy proposals can be made.

«Comment on «Impact of Current Climate Proposals» by Bjorn Lomborg» (PDF), Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 244.

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to

The Supervisory Board also approved the proposal to deviate from the company's current dividend policy by aiming to pay out a fixed dividend of $ 0.50 per share for the 2014 and 2015 financial years.

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to a $ 5 grid access charge.

One recent review of the available estimates put the costs of a very strong climate policy — substantially more aggressive than contemplated in current legislative proposals — at between 1 and 3 percent of gross world product.

In an article entitled Live broadcasts urged for courtroom decisions, the daily writes that Ray Wyant, a former journalist and the current chief provincial court judge «is planning on meeting with every provincial court judge in the near future to discuss his proposal further and will likely table a policy that will give each judge the discretion to allow audio and possibly videotaping of court cases».

if there is a case for changing the current Fair Deal policy and if so what pension requirements should be proposals for future policy; and

Each group will review current research, identify gaps in knowledge and understanding, and develop specific research proposals that would contribute to improved law, policy, and legal proceedings.

It was held by the Westminster Legal Policy Forum and was essentially in two parts: consideration of proposals for more regulation and the state of innovation allowed by the current regulatory regime.

Comment: One commenter objected to our proposal to allow covered entities to make uses or disclosures not permitted by their current notice if a compelling reason exists to make the use or disclosure and the entity documents the reasons and changes its policies within 30 days of the use or disclosure.

However, details of all current (existing) policies were given on the proposal.

Evan Liddiard, Senior Policy Representative for Federal Taxation at NAR, gives an update on current tax reform proposals and their implications.