Sentences with phrase «debate in state legislatures»

This «opt - out» phenomenon has prompted debate in state legislatures and in Washington, putting states at risk of losing Title I funds.

The process, and persistent charter claims of being short - changed, has spurred court battles, acrimonious policy debates in the state legislature and even suggestions of a massive, class - action lawsuit against traditional public schools.

Several bills that could curb the growth of Louisiana's charter schools are up for debate in the state legislature this week.

* — Alabama has private school choice; a charter bill is currently being debated in the state legislature.

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To what extent governments and ratepayers should support rooftop solar is a matter of debate in several state legislatures and utility commissions.

On Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNN.

Again, the court's errors in such cases are difficult to correct, whereas leaving decisions to various legislatures allows for varying solutions and ongoing debate: states can serve as «laboratories of experiment,» in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis.

Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly - debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20 weeks.

A money shortage, caused by the failure of the state legislature to pass an income tax increase, has set off debate in Woodridge over the sale of 4.5 acres of school property.

In a memo to members of the state Legislature, state Senate President Andy Gardiner and state Speaker Steve Crisafulli said a map will be drawn and made public before the legislature convenes for the two - week session, where state legislators will have the ability to debate and amend it.

Massachusetts State Senate President Therese Murray last week raised the possibility of a debate in the legislature this year on raising the state's minimum State Senate President Therese Murray last week raised the possibility of a debate in the legislature this year on raising the state's minimum state's minimum wage.

The changes to the teacher evaluation system that the New York state legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted received much attention in this year's budget debate.

«I think ultimately we will have to have in this state, sooner or later, a serious conversation and debate about moving to a full - time legislature, from the perspective of banning all outside income,» said the senator.

The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 30 ballots for choosing a method): «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.&rState shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.&rstate legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.»

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Kathleen A. Marchione (R,C - Halfmoon) and Assemblyman Tony Jordan (R,C,I - Jackson) today announced new transparency legislation to protect Mt. McGregor state correctional facility in Wilton and three others that are slated for closure by requiring the state legislature to debate and vote on any prison closure plan submitted by the governor.

If we need the money, we debate the need for it in the state legislature and if we agree that the need is there and worth paying for, we raise the money the right way: either through taxation, through fees or by selling or leasing state assets or by borrowing..

The confrontation came as debate over Airbnb's impact on neighborhoods and the hotel industry has been heating up in the state legislature.

Soon drew on research funded by the foundation in testifying before the Kansas state legislature during a 2010 debate on renewable energy legislation, the group says.

The debate over a school choice bill in the Missouri legislature has opened a bitter rift among some of the state's top black elected officials.

Amidst years of debate in the legislature about how to evaluate and measure the performance of students and schools, the state board of education adopted new, more rigorous education standards in 2010.

As the Rhode Island legislature debated $ 1.5 million in spending for two charter schools, Duncan said June 22 at a charter school conference in Washington: «We are fighting this on a state - by - state battle, that's the battleground.

As that proposal is debated in the legislature, the Mayor of LA should be front and center representing LA's most disadvantaged neighborhoods to make sure that state funds are not only directed to the students that need them the most, but that they are truly used to support those students.

However, we need to have this debate, and we need to have it now — especially in Congress and our state legislatures — before destructive decisions are imposed on us and our children.

The divisions the bills have created within the state — with the utility commission, some lawmakers, clean energy advocates and the executive branch on one side, and Xcel and other members of the legislature on the other — echo wider debates about large nuclear power plants in the U.S., and who should pay for them.

«It is therefore not surprising that state legislatures are stepping in to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not spent in a manner that turns an important and ongoing scientific debate into a propaganda assault on impressionable students,» Taylor said.

During floor debate in the legislature, however, Republican State Sen. Beau McCoy, a candidate for governor, amended the bill to direct scientists to focus only on so - called «cyclical» climate change — a term that has no legitimate scientific meaning.

Often that debate occurs in the legislature, yet in some states it spills over into the courts, with claims that litigation funding contracts are illegal and unenforceable because they violate state regulations on loans.

There has been recent increase in discussion in state legislatures about this very issue, with more states debating the wisdom of enacting such laws.

You can't «debate» laws enacted by the State legislature in accordance with the State constitution that haven't been struck down — they just apply to everyone.

No mention was made of the state legislature, which has been debating a number of school security measures in recent days.