Sentences with phrase «efforts at the state level»

Supports Governor Cuomo's efforts at the state level, announces topic will be subject of her first Public Safety Roundtable

Efforts at the state level have been supported by the Clinton administration's class - size reduction program, passed in 1998, which was to fund the hiring of around 29,000 new teachers during the 1999 - 2000 school year alone.

Another example of the benefits of strong reform efforts at the state level: The District of Columbia.

There will be concerted efforts at the state level to educate drivers about the need to drive safely around road work zones.

Despite the enthusiasm for changes that Obama called for, including limiting carbon emissions from existing power plants and a doubling of U.S. renewable energy production, panelists at the conference kept returning to the efforts at the state level.

Now, in order to «present a unified solar industry voice in all advocacy efforts at the state level,» the Solar Energy Industries Associations (SEIA) and the Solar Alliance officially merged on January 3rd.

It also suggests strong support for our civil justice reform efforts at the state level, where a call to action has been issued by the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) to transform our state courts to ensure access for all.

Not exact matches

After Trump won the presidency, Nicole Hockley, another founder of Sandy Hook Promise, said that the group would continue its efforts at the state and local level - and argued that, no matter who is in the White House, «I still don't think our country is ready yet for federal change.»

But the lawsuit is also in line with ongoing efforts by legacy telecoms to block competition, including lobbying at the state level to prevent cities from building their own broadband networks.

The White House has said that it does not plan on seeking a federal ban on conversion or «reparative» therapy, but, according to The New York Times, the President will «throw his support behind the efforts to ban the practice at the state level»...

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Gibbons is a dedicated advocate for the restaurant industry, as evidenced by his many past and present positions at the state and national level such as at the National Restaurant Association, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, and U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and through his philanthropic efforts.

The River Murray system is a key focus of efforts to improve environmental outcomes through the collaborative management of environmental water at federal, state and local levels.

I want to wish the Granada wrestling staff the best of luck in their efforts to build their program to compete at the section and state levels.

What we'd like to see with the passage of the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act is a concerted effort by schools — whether at the state or local level — to find the best practices that work for their system, their resources, and the type of programs they already have in place.

School food efforts — governed at the district, state and federal level and implemented by each separate district — must intersect and connect with local food, public health, hunger and access, education and agriculture efforts for farm to school to succeed.

FRAC leads efforts at the state and local level to implement important 2004 child nutrition and 2002 food stamp reauthorization gains.

Advocacy efforts at the state and local level have been critically important in strengthening and safeguarding federal food and nutrition programs.

In addition, attendees joined small group discussions about effective and successful policies and practices at the school, district, and state level pertaining to three groups of activities that catalyze efforts to meet and exceed Smart Snacks requirements:

Efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse over the last several years have totaled millions of dollars in new efforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federalEfforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse over the last several years have totaled millions of dollars in new efforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federalefforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federal level.

Cox, the son of state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and grandson of the late President Nixon, is circulating petitions to try to «opportunity to ballot» his way onto Row D, but that is a longshot effort I can't recall seeing succeed — at least not at the congressional level.

But faced with a historically low level of control of state legislatures, and with congressional redistricting in 2020 at stake, the party's leaders, well - heeled contributors, and strategists are vowing to mount a never - before - seen effort to win these state - level battles.

You're going to see an effort to win the State Senate for the Democrats at a much greater level than you've seen before.»

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continued its rebuilding efforts yesterday with the convocation of PDP Rejuvenation Summit in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, with a resolution to collectively work hard to reposition the party and return it to winning ways both at the national and state leState capital, with a resolution to collectively work hard to reposition the party and return it to winning ways both at the national and state lestate levels.

In a Daily News OpEd, Cuomo defends his effort to address the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision at the state level.

At 2 p.m., key elected officials representing all levels of state government join reform advocates in calling on their colleagues to support efforts to end political corruption, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Disclosing that efforts are being made to enhance the operational capacity of officers of the Nigeria Police force through tailor made training programme that will give them the right civil orientation in their roles as guardians of the constitution, the President said his administration will encourage the development of state - level community policing under a model that will integrate members of the community to policing functions at the grassroots level.

I commend all those involved with this project and the ongoing effort within our State and at the Federal level to invest in New York's long term future with high speed rail.»

The REC and her team were also at the Government House to pay a courtesy visit to the governor, where she commended the efforts of the state government in setting up committees at different levels to sensitize the citizenry on the CVR.

To build on the expanded flu vaccination efforts at the local level, Governor Cuomo previously directed the New York State Department of Health to authorize enhanced reimbursement for counties statewide.

After the hearing, Senator Serino issued a statement, saying that the health department efforts so far have fallen short and that «more is needed from our partners at the State and Federal levels» for research, prevention and to develop more effective testing and treatment options.

That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low - turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level as well.

REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.

As frantic efforts are ongoing at different levels of governments in Nigeria to cushion the effects of economic recession, Osun State has registered 24, 000 cooperative...

Yet in the United States, where 25 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, there are no state - wide efforts to collect data on how patients are using cannabis or on whether they have been affected for good or ill, in part because marijuana is still illegal at the federal States, where 25 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, there are no state - wide efforts to collect data on how patients are using cannabis or on whether they have been affected for good or ill, in part because marijuana is still illegal at the federal states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, there are no state - wide efforts to collect data on how patients are using cannabis or on whether they have been affected for good or ill, in part because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level.

Preston studies how adaptation efforts can reduce risk from climate change, especially at the state and city level (such as impacts to critical energy, water and transportation systems).

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

«We'll be discussing how efforts at the city and state level in the United States might be replicated in other parts of the world,» Saikawa says.

The new database «is the most valuable effort to date to summarize the state of conservation and threats to the world's mammal populations,» says mammalogist Don Wilson of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. «By detailing threats at the species level, it will now be possible for management agencies in every country in the world to prioritize their efforts to try to mitigate these threats.»

«Efforts to mitigate emissions take a variety of forms at the state and local level and may have substantial impact even in the absence of a unified national policy,» the paper notes.

As UCSF's first vice chancellor for science policy and strategy, Keith Yamamoto leads efforts to anticipate the needs of an increasingly dynamic biomedical research endeavor, and to position UCSF optimally, by working within the university as well as influencing and shaping science policy at the state and national levels and beyond.

The world's only deep underground nuclear waste dump is in New Mexico, and efforts of many New Mexicans to prevent high - level waste disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) have had an effect on the state's decisions (page 5).

«This is the most comprehensive effort to do a genomic comparison between humans and mice at this level, including the regulatory elements and gene expression,» said Feng Yue, an assistant professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State College of Medicine.

An informal survey of several state Chapter 2 coordinators last week also revealed that while many officials approve of the Reagan Administration's proposal to increase funding for the program by approximately 50 percent, they do not think it will translate into many significant education - improvement efforts at the local level.

It would also recruit new charter supporters at the state and local policy level, especially since many governors, legislators, and local activists who gave birth to the charter effort have since moved on to other endeavors.

An appropriate education depends on genuine and sustained efforts at capacity - building at the federal, state, and local levels.

1) Bringing every state up to the best state in the United States (Minnesota) 2) Bringing every state up to the best state in its region 3) Bringing all students in each state up to the NAEP basic achievement level 4) Bringing each state up to the best state, but assuming others do not make any gains at all, thereby isolating the direct impact of a state's efforts.

The intense debate around teacher evaluation has been fueled in recent years by the federal government's efforts to spur the creation of more sophisticated evaluation systems at the state level, in large part through incentives embedded in the Race to the Top grant competition and No Child Left Behind waiver process.

What gets me excited are the efforts springing up at state levels to find alternatives to testing that can serve as appropriate instruments of accountability and assessment.

Districts and states should take these lessons to heart, but the simplest fix supported by Levenson's findings must occur at the federal level: End maintenance - of - effort requirements that are both inefficient and ineffective.