Sentences with phrase «existing state caps»

Their first television ad argued that charter expansion — the ballot question would have allowed up to 12 new charters each year beyond existing state caps — would mean a funding boost for all schools.

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The Liberals provided no costing, but stated they would remove the existing 2 % cap on annual spending increases.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Together these state officials and advocates remain determined to preserve the ability of their respective jurisdictions to protect consumers by enforcing existing rate caps that were either enacted by voter referendum or state legislation.

Adams» testimony also questioned the proposed elimination of the current $ 1 million cap on corporate franchise tax liability based on taxpayer's in - state capital and plans to establish a «financial nexus» for out - of - state credit card operations where no physical in - state nexus exists.

The proposal would either replace or exist alongside the current personal income tax as a workaround to a newly approved federal cap on state and local tax deductions.

«Freeze Plus» would deliver an estimated $ 1.4 billion in tax relief over the next two years, and would make permanent the state's existing two - percent property tax cap.

«NYSUT believes strongly that the tax cap undemocratically deprives taxpayers of their constitutional right to determine local school funding levels, while exacerbating existing funding inequities that harm the state's neediest and most vulnerable students,» the union said in a statement.

New Era, which is consolidating out - of - state cap production to the Erie County site, will reconfigure and upgrade the existing plant for increased output.

DEQ will also be studying how a cap - and - trade program would interact with existing programs, including the state's renewable portfolio standard, its clean fuels program and U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan for power plants, which is currently on hold pending court challenges.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has pushed the hardest, enacting a law that removes the cap on the number of charter schools in his state, authorizes all universities to register charters and expands an existing voucher program in the state for students to attend private and charter schools (in some cases managed by for - profit companies).

On tap for 2014: With the cap gone on the number of charter schools that can exist in the state, expect more charter operators to look toward North Carolina as fertile ground for expansion efforts.

What's commonly been defined as the district's budget gap in the past — the difference between the cost to continue existing programs and salaries and what the district is allowed to tax under state revenue caps — is actually $ 1.2 million.

Unfortunately, state anti-opportunity laws have limited the opening of new public schools and capped enrollment at existing quality public schools, disproportionately impacting the state's urban centers.

Since the state lifted its charter school cap in 2011, Charlotte has seen rapid growth in new and existing charter schools, as well as a handful of failures.

Charter school laws exist in 45 states, but more than half of these states place caps on the number of charter schools that may be authorized.19 Charter school policies have wide variance, but states could enable innovative high school designs and accelerate redesign efforts by maintaining and enforcing rigorous standards for authorizing and renewing charters, while also raising caps on charters as needed.

Many states have imposed caps on either the number of charter schools that can exist or the number of students who can attend charter schools.

«There are quite a few states that have caps on new charter schools, in spite of the fact that there is considerable unmet demand which we see by waiting lists for existing charter schools,» he said.

The bill would repeal the existing deduction for state and local income and sales taxes, and would cap the deduction for state and local property taxes at $ 10,000.

Extensive research and undercover investigations across multiple states have helped the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS) expose the horrific conditions that exist in puppy mills — and uncover untruths told to customers when inquiring about the origin of a pet store's puppies.

Speaking to IGN, Fortnite Design Lead Eric Williamson (who recently mentioned that Epic was considering the possibility of upping the player cap to over 100 in Fortnite Battle Royale) stated that there's no rush for the team to create new maps as they'd rather update the existing one.

What we have asked Gov. Inslee for is a Climate Recovery Rule for the state of Washington, detailing and describing how Washington will use its existing authority to cap and draw down GHG emissions in a manner consistent with the best current scientific understanding of what it will take to protect not just these eight brave youths, but all of us, present and future generations alike.

Literally, time is a major obstacle for states wanting to join existing carbon trading programs such as RGGI or California's cap - and - trade program as a compliance mechanism, according to state regulators speaking at the C2ES event.

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST (An Interactive Audio and Web - Based Seminar Hosted by Infocast) The Basics Seth D. Hilton Stoel Rives LLP 111 Sutter / CO2 emission from average combustion levels New Generation — Geothermal Geothermal emits some CO2 mostly in condensate evaporation in the cooling cycle Levels / states or countries with capped emissions Repowering existing electric generation facilities New clean energy sources Potential Opportunities for Entities Subject to California's Emission Reduction Requirements /

Several U.S. states are considering joining existing cap - and - trade programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to comply with pending carbon rules from the federal government.

The American Wind Energy Association, which also supports a federal carbon cap on existing plants, recently published a study that found that consumer rates declined over the past five years in the 11 states that use the most wind, while rates increased collectively in all the other states during that same time period.

States with low existing renewable energy capacities, respectively, with low potentials for adding more renewable energy capacity, and which have a high projected coal power dependency, are going to be in a world of economic hurt, come a carbon «Cap & Trade» law.

On March 13, The Florida Supreme Court ruled in the case of The Estate of Michelle Evette McCalll vs. the United States of America, overturning an existing cap of $ 500,000 for doctors and $ 1 million for hospitals and clinics on non-economic damages in wrongful death cases.