Sentences with phrase «education bill only»

We met with the Cabinet Secretary to discuss the Education Bill only a few weeks ago and have been in almost daily contact with Government as part of the spending review without even a hint to suggest this was on their radar.

Education Bill only a few weeks ago and have been in almost daily contact with government as part of the spending review without even a hint to suggest this was on their radar.

«The President is committed to signing a higher - education bill only if it is a material improvement over current law,» Secretary Alexander said in a letter to key lawmakers.

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For now, Facebook said its crowdfunding feature will only be available to raise money for six causes: education expenses, medical bills, medical procedures for pets, public crisis relief, personal emergencies like an accident or fire, and costs related to the death of a loved one.

Matters came to crisis point a year ago when the last government's Children, Schools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum on all schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age of 15.

In January 2009, Rodne introduced a bill that would not only require pre-season concussion education of athletes and parents, but adopt the strictest return - to - play concussion guidelines in the country.

Preventing low birth weight, birth defects and congenital brain damage would not only save huge neonatal hospital bills but extra special education and medical costs later on.

There is only one bill in Congress that provides the flexibility and additional support school nutrition professionals have requested, and it's the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act.»

webcast of the markup of the House Education and the Workforce Committee «s school food bill yesterday (my dedication to TLT readers only goes so far, people) but I've seen summaries of the outcome and it looks like the final bill is about as bad as expected, at least from the perspective of children's health.

In the last Congressional session, industry lobbying succeeded in getting language into the House Education and the Workforce Committee's draft Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill that would have allowed all FFVP schools to serve «all forms» of produce, expressly stating that the program is «no longer limited to only fresh fruits and vegetables.»

Only one lawmaker voted against the massive education, labor and family assistance bill on Friday morning: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who is a member of the Republican conference.

That Flanagan would find himself insisting that he supports education for children highlights the powerful legislator's increasingly lonely political quest to restrict Mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools by giving him only a brief control of mayoral control with heavy conditions.

Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would have granted de Blasio three years, but only if Democrats agree to an education tax credit, which enables public school children to attend private schools.

«The only reason I can think to do this is [is that] when real numbers come out in June and show less - than - positive results, it will be Bill de Blasio's administration's fault and not on Bloomberg's twelve - year legacy running the schools,» charged Miriam Aristy - Farer, President of District 6's Community Education Council (CEC).

A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has close relations with the teachers unions, would say only that the bill will get a hearing by the Assembly Education Committee.

Bloomberg and his Albany office worked feverishly to persuade Cuomo to add language to his budget bills that would allow the Department of Education more flexibility when it comes to layoffs, so that not only new teachers lose their positions.

However, only 25 percent of this legislation made it through the respective state education committees for a vote by a state legislative chamber, and the only states where bills were enacted into law were Louisiana and Tennessee.

«Louisiana is the only state to pass a state education bill based on the Discovery Institute's template,» she says.

But when her bill reached the House Education Committee earlier this year, Democrats argued that it would be a mistake to focus only on women, because minorities and disabled individuals fare just as poorly.

He said the bill as written «would have far - reaching and very damaging impacts, not only on the scientific community but also on Ontario's economy, postsecondary research and education system, and even health care.»

In a bid to bypass the ruling, the Oklahoma House of Representatives last week tacked wording onto an education bill that not only authorizes the committee to add antievolution disclaimers to textbooks but also requires the «one God» statement.

Your education puts you in a position to find a job that not only pays the bills but also provides satisfaction.

Five years ago, Bill and Andrea Kelley walked into McLean Hospital's Family Support and Education Group sad and ashamed, feeling as if they were the only parents whose child was addicted to heroin.

The culprit was indeed a doctor, Dr. Edwin J. Goodman and he hoped to profit from his brainchild as follows, from the preamble to the bill» A bill for an act introducing a new mathematical truth and offered as a contribution to education to be used only by the State of Indiana free of cost by paying any royalties whatever on the same, provided it is accepted and adopted by the official action of the legislature in 1897.»

Gerwig plays Frances, an apprentice for a prestigious dance company and a member in good standing of the transitional class of twentysomethings who toil through pricey college educations and unpaid internships only to come out with massive debts and impossible rent bills.

When his father can no longer cover the bill for Aidan's kids» private school education and their only public school option is a school «on its last legs,» Aidan opts to give home - schooling a shot.

The state passed Course Access legislation in 2011 as part of Senate Bill 65 but only saw 3,208 enrollments in 2013 14 in what it calls the Statewide Online Education Program.

Debate on the measure, which would rewrite the laws governing higher - education and financial - aid programs, lasted only about an hour — a testament to the fact that the Senate bill is less ambitious than its House counterpart and that many committee differences were worked out...

Billed as a free day of professional development for all learners, the virtual event is the largest online education conference in the world and the only one where guests don't have to fork out monies for airline tickets, expensive hotels and taxis, or fight for a front row seat in a packed auditorium to watch a sage on a stage — they simply log on.

Not only have Ofsted backed the transformation, but the college recently received a financial clean bill of health from the Education and Skills Funding Agency, after saving more than # 20 million.

Because the Abe government's attempt to pass the bills that make a mockery of constitutionalism irreparably undermines not only peace but also logic — two key prerequisites for education and scholarship.

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate education committee and more than a dozen House members met in a conference committee Wednesday to begin reconciling two bills — one a Republican - only measure that barely passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, and the other a Senate version that cleared the U.S Senate with big, bipartisan support a few days later.

By a 10 - 2 vote, the Senate education committee approved a bill last week that would not only change the state tests students take, but also erase several years» worth of judgments about school effectiveness that have been made based on the test scores.

Not only did the Congress finish its most pressing education business — reauthorizing several key programs in its final days — but, observers say, it was able to fashion consensus bills that in effect reasserted a federal role in education.

The education bill requires «high qualified teachers» — but measured only by teacher credentials.

Education Week labeled bills dead only if that status could be confirmed.

«If I had to do this all over again, the only thing I would do differently,» said Bill Jordan, «is to get out of stateside public education sooner than I did.»

Sarah Shad Johnson, a parent of children in Charleston County Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.»

Hall said he wasn't involved in the rewrite of the bill, and only saw the amendment to remove the mandatory repeal at Monday morning's Education meeting.

And in a public education world where the unions have typically been able to protect even the lowest - performing teachers, that kind of quality upgrade seemed doable only because the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had offered the city a grant that required the union to cooperate in return for a huge injection of funds into the school system.

Thiesfeldt, the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee and author of the Assembly version of the bill, said the Senate version was «a status quo bill with accountability in name only.»

NSBA not only commends the Subcommittee for passing a bill that supports disadvantaged students and special education, but also for including a new general provision on local governance, stating that the Federal government can not mandate or incentivize in any way the adoption of any specific standards or assessments, including Common Core.

The sex education bill requires teachers in schools that offer sex education to stress abstinence as the only sure way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Kerrie was one of only four teachers appointed by Governor Bill Ritter in 2010 to serve on the Council on Educator Effectiveness, which is charged with making recommendations on implementation of SB 191, Colorado's groundbreaking evaluation law, to the State Board of Education.

Last year, the House and Senate education committees passed legislation to update the law, but the bills — approved with bipartisan support in the Senate but by only Republicans in the House — clashed in terms of the federal role in education.

The bill was privately signed into law last month, making Tennessee the 23rd school choice state, and only the fourth state to have an education savings account (ESA) program for families of those with special needs.

Ruiz, who chairs the Senate education committee, yesterday said she would not comment on any competing proposals, maintaining only that she continues to meet with various stakeholders to come up with a consensus bill.

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The Chair of the Senate Education Committee Carol Liu (D - Glendale)-- the only LA - area lawmaker on the committee — decided not to vote for or against the bill...