Sentences with phrase «education committee chair»

«Last year was kind of a unique and challenging year on a lot of different levels including looking at and reviewing the Regents,» said Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican and prominent member of his conference.

As House education committee chair John Kline put it, «We spent about fifty pages in this bill putting very strict prohibitions on what the secretary can and can not do.»

«I think we in conference feel very resolute that we're going to continue to work very hard on our education agenda, which obviously is focused on trying to make sure that schools have the resources they need,» said Assembly education committee chair Cathy Nolan, a Queens Democrat who stood with colleagues Thursday as they announced to reporters that they would continue to support Silver.

Bronx elected officials, Independent Democratic leader Jeff Klein, Assemblymen Marcus Crespo, Mark Gjonaj, and Robert Rodriguez and State Senator Ruben Diaz attended the rally, along with Senate education committee chair John Flanagan and Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

The Board is comprised of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) members, Parent Coordinators, Community Education Councils (CECs) in school Districts 24 - 30, Education Committee Chairs of each Community Board and BP Katz's appointees to the PEP and CECs.

A coalition of students, parents, and teachers, including civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, Michael Meyers, the Director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition, City Council Education Committee Chair Robert Jackson have also sent their own letter to Steiner expressing their outrage.

For the next step of their assignment — making formal recommendations for how to re-write the A-F model — Butts invited three state lawmakers, including House Education Committee Chair Bob Behning, R - Indianapolis, and a representative for state superintendent Glenda Ritz to the Indianapolis high school to hear their proposals.

The bill, sponsored by Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, addresses Republicans» complaints that Democrats, who control the Assembly, have too much control over appointments to the Board of Regents.

«This bill will allow New York State to submit a competitive application for federal Race to the Top funding and increase our chances at receiving up to $ 700 million for our schools,» said Assembly Education Committee Chair Catherine Nolan, according to a statement from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office.

Also on hand were Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Council Education Committee Chair Robert Jackson.

As Capitol Connection previously reported, King was initially set to serve only as acting secretary during the final year of Obama's presidency, but the president is now moving forward with an official nomination, in part due to the support of Senate education committee chair Lamar Alexander (R - TN).

Legislative leaders, as well as Education Committee chairs in the Senate and Assembly, called for a delay in the implementation of the heavily criticized education standards.

City Council Education Committee Chair Mark Treyger called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to negotiate a fair paid parental leave policy for New York City public school educators at a press conference on the steps of City Hall on April 24.

Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Deborah Glick was critical of how TAP money is awarded, calling it «a little bit back ass - wards.»

Introduced by education committee chair Rep. John Kline (R - MN), the Student Success Act (H.R. 5) would significantly reduce the role of the federal government in education by moving spending and accountability decisions to state and local authorities.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, ushered a bill through his chamber during the 2014 session that would change how the Regents are selected, giving the governor and legislative conferences appointment power.

He was flanked by City Council education committee chair Daniel Dromm and Corinne Rello - Anselmi, the Department of Education's deputy chancellor in charge of special education.

The Tory MP's biggest threat came from former education committee chair Graham Stuart.

Senate Education Committee Chair Dennis Kruse, R - Auburn told StateImpact last week the compromise would follow the lead of state superintendent Glenda Ritz, who has called for more discussion of the Common Core.

Graham Stuart, the former education committee chair who led a chorus of unhappy Tory MPs to broach the education secretary, said the decision was sensible and praised Morgan «for working closely with colleagues».

Education committee chair Graham Stuart comments on the Today programme on the IFS» report on education funding:

As a result, House Education Committee chair in Rep. Amanda PRICE (R - Park Twp.)

«I am delighted that the DOE is beginning to accelerate the process to remove these trailers from our city schools,» added State Assembly Education Committee Chair CATHERINE NOLAN in a statement.

The move will surely prove to be controversial, with many Conservatives already speaking out against the plans, including Education Committee chair Neil Carmichael.

Rethinking State Education Finance Toward Greater Productivity Marguerite Roza gave this presentation on November 10, 2011 to members of the National Conference of State Legislatures at «Reallocation of Scarce State Resources: A Seminar for Education Committee Chairs.»

Kentucky State Sen. Ralph Alvarado & State Rep. Bam Carney File Scholarship Tax Credit Legislation House Education Committee Chair presents school choice legislation

The complete application must be post marked or emailed to NHATA Education Committee Chair Liesl Lindley by Wednesday March 15th.

Mr. de Blasio originally called for a permanent expansion of his control over schools, but that was met with resistance from Mr. Cuomo, who called for a three - year extension, and Senate Republicans, who Senate education committee chair Kevin Flanagan said were «agnostic» on the issue.

ALBANY — Senate higher education committee chair Ken LaValle released a report Wednesday detailing legislative recommendations for combating sexual assaults on college campuses, some of which overlap with changes Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed last week for SUNY.

Graduate STEM education committee chair Alan Leshner, the CEO emeritus of AAAS (which publishes Science Careers), emphasized the importance of the effort — which he humorously termed «report number 26» — actually contributing to change.

The Senate Education Committee Chair sought clarification on cases where the Common Core overlaps with the Texas state standards to make sure that teaching similar material doesn't violate the legal prohibition.

AB 575, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and Education Committee Chair Patrick O'Donnell, would have weakened the Stull Act, the state's law requiring teacher evaluations that are critical to ensuring that every child has a quality teacher.

Good afternoon, Chairwoman Young, Chairman Farrell, Education Committee Chairs Marcellino and Nolan.

Assembly Education Committee Chair Joan Buchanan will welcome participants as part of a 30 - minute program.

Of the two bills lawmakers were considering, administrators for Johnson's school expressed support for the option championed by Senate Education Committee Chair Steve Litzow, R - Mercer Island.

House Education Committee Chair Carney says enacting a scholarship tax credit program is a significant priority this legislative session.

Council Education Committee Chair Jannie Blackwell introduced a bill to place a referendum on the May 2018 ballot to amend the City Charter so that, for the first time, Council would have approval power over the Mayor's choices for a 9 - member school board.

Senate Education Committee Chair Dolores Gresham this week began the process of questioning Tennessee's teacher tenure and employment laws.

He is a past member of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) and served as its 2002 National Education Committee Chair.

«Education helps us to do our jobs more thoroughly,» says Adams, who served as Education Committee chair last year.

Indiana House Education Committee Chair Bob Behning, R - Indianapolis, will push a bill in the upcoming session to create a «data backpack,» based on a new Utah law the American Legislative Exchange Council recently highlighted as model legislation.

On April 2, two days after Assembly Education Committee Chair Catherine Nolan (D - Queens) spent over 6 hours defending a state budget bill that doubled - down on the state's reliance on Common Core standardized testing to evaluate teachers and students, quietly introduced a one - house bill (A. 6777) to allow parents to exempt their children from these tests.

The confirmation of John King as secretary of education — which was, in part, due to the support of Senate education committee chair Lamar Alexander (R - TN)-- fell 25 years to the day after Alexander himself was confirmed as secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush.

She holds the title of co-advisor of the Youth Council and Education Committee Chair of the Greater Hartford chapter of the NAACP.

«I certainly think we now have a Board of Regents that really looks more like the student population that we serve in our state,» Assembly Education Committee chair Cathy Nolan told POLITICO New York.