Sentences with phrase «education legislation passed»

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The bill was the first comprehensive education legislation passed in the nation under the new Federal ESSA structure.

The recent education legislation passed in Illinois is nothing short of historic: newly passed legislation overhauls the most regressive funding formula in the nation.

New federal education legislation passed last December, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces No Child Left Behind, gives state policymakers authority to redesign accountability systems.

A plurality of Americans don't think No Child Left Behind, the most comprehensive education legislation passed in decades, has had much effect on public education, according to a new Gallup poll.

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«Workers know about NAFTA,» she said, «because we did a lot of education around the impact of NAFTA and what it would do when it was passing through legislation, back in the»90s.»

The state is the first to pass legislation requiring education officials to develop health and safety guidelines for digital devices.

Rep. Ann Wagner, R - Mo., who sponsored the Retail Investor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation passed in the House that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission, not DOL, to take the lead on crafting a fiduciary rule, said Wednesday that she was «working closely with House leadership and members of the Education and Workforce Committee on using the Congressional Review Act to stop [DOL's] ill - advised rule.»

Under legislation passed last year, relationships education is now compulsory in all primary schools, while sex and relationships education is compulsory in secondaries.

Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the teachers unions and school districts over the creation of teacher evaluation systems.

Rep. Chris Gibson, touting new federal education legislation that, if passed, would put many policy decisions back in the hands of the state, urged Albany to roll back the Common Core learning standards, essentially calling out Cuomo.

The education department, abiding by legislation passed in 2015, identified 144 schools (which became 145 after one split) as «struggling» or «persistently struggling» — 124 were listed as struggling, which had two years to turnaround, and 21 schools were identified as persistently struggling, which have one year to improve or face being taken over by an independent receiver chosen by local leaders but approved by the state.

He would like to help pass the NY Liberty and DREAM Act, legislation that would give immigrants and their children resources for greater access to education, healthcare, and counsel in deportation proceedings, no matter their status.

Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean G. Skelos said, «This agreement is a reasonable compromise that builds on the legislation we passed to enhance accountability in schools and give our students the first - class education they deserve.

Legislation on education, unemployment, social insurance and tenant protection was also passed.

Independent Democratic Conference leader State Senator Jeff Klein, a frequent guest at pro-charter events, spoke, and told reporters he will push his colleagues in the Senate to pass new legislation on education reform.

Paterson did not say what would be on the agenda, although he has spoken of the need to implement federal legislation for education and pass an OTB plan for New York City.

The state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members, which are the appointed officials tasked with crafting public education polices for schools in New York.

Passing legislation this June that lifts the MMA ban would honor the 40th anniversary of President Nixon signing Title IX — which outlawed sex discrimination in higher education and athletics — into law.

«The tax legislation, in its current form most recently passed by the US senate, would be a disaster for New York State's public education system and the 2.6 million children it serves,» the groups wrote in the letter.

Rangel's speech handed Republicans an unexpected political gift in a week in which the House was called back into session to pass $ 26 billion in spending for Medicaid and education funding in the states — a piece of legislation that was touted as a political winner by Democrats as they head into a six - week August recess.

The last Labour government passed several key pieces of legislation — including that introducing foundation hospitals and tuition fees — thanks to the votes of Scottish MPs whose constituents were unaffected, given Holyrood's control of health and education policy.

Around that time, states began passing legislation promoting education about concussions and setting «return to play» guidelines for youth sports.

The Education (Scotland) Bill has been passed by Scottish Government, including new legislation for national testing in literacy and numeracy at primary and secondary level.

His thumbprint is on nearly each major piece of education legislation — from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to the Higher Education Act — passed or reauthorized during the years when Democrats controlled Capieducation legislation — from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to the Higher Education Act — passed or reauthorized during the years when Democrats controlled CapiEducation Act to the Higher Education Act — passed or reauthorized during the years when Democrats controlled CapiEducation Act — passed or reauthorized during the years when Democrats controlled Capitol Hill.

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.

All 50 states have now passed legislation that complies with the federal law, said William Modzeleski, the director of the U.S. Department of Education's safe - and drug - free - schools program.

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Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

The guidance is being updated after legislation was passed by Parliament earlier this year to make relationships education compulsory in all primary schools and Relationships and Sex education compulsory in all secondary schools.

According to [executive director of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities] Dan Hunter, who helped to draft the «Creativity Challenge Index» legislation recently passed in Massachusetts, there is no political imperative for arts education in this country — none.

For a number of reasons, the unions have had considerable success in passing teacher - friendly legislation in spite of frequent opposition from school districts in a state or even the department of education.

Hoping to stimulate new approaches to education, 11 states have passed charter - school legislation allowing educators and others to create innovative...

A bill to change Tasmania's Education Act has passed the state parliament, despite concerns raised from a variety of interest groups regarding details of the legislation.

In 1914, Congress passed the first federal legislation to encourage industrial and vocational education so that schools could prepare young people for jobs on the nation's farms and factories.

With a handful of Republicans voting no, the state Senate passed legislation Tuesday that moves school districts one step closer to implementing the Common Core standards and the state one step closer to a confrontation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

The idea that we would pass a major piece of legislation about education and, in effect, shovel money into states and say «Do with it what you want», and not have some accountability for how that money is spent, I think, is appalling.

Political realities made passing any large piece of legislation through Congress difficult, so the Education Department came up with another solution.

Vic Smith of the Indiana Coalition for Public Education said Indiana's tax credit scholarship program, which passed in 2009, was the «gateway drug to [a state legislation authorizing] vouchers,» which passed in 2011.

The Obama administration on Friday said legislation passed this week by Republicans on the House education panel would rob vital federal dollars from the nation's poorest schools and redirect them to wealthier schools.

Nevada went even further, passing legislation that would convert every single public education dollar into a voucher dollar.

In 2011, Michigan's State Board of Education, Governor and Legislature, supported and passed teacher quality improvement and tenure reform legislation, significantly altering, and enhancing the rigor and requirements for teachers and...

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Legislation to ensure California school buildings meet seismic safety standards - and that documentation certifying compliance is processed in a timely manner - passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Thursday.

After a Senate bill he penned stalled in the House Education Committee, Schneider attached anti-Common Core language to legislation that had already passed the House.

«Today's action is all about helping kids get a first - class education in a world that demands nothing less,» Granholm said in a statement commending lawmakers for passing the legislation.

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.

Arne Duncan used his last speech as U.S. Education Secretary to draw attention to violence that claims the lives of thousands of children each year, saying that the «greatest frustration» of his seven - year tenure has been Washington's failure to pass gun control legislation.

During his first address to a joint chamber of Congress, President Donald Trump called education «the civil rights issue of our time» and again pushed for Congress to pass school choice legislation.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.