Sentences with phrase «existing state efforts»

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: (1) Recognize national statistics on indicators of birth outcomes in the United States and understand regional, racial, and ethnic disparities across indicators, (2) Identify examples of existing state efforts to promote positive birth outcomes, (3) Synthesize and apply information to their local contexts and determine implications for home visiting.

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The Army's expedited APS effort is being managed by a coordinated team of Tank Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center engineers, acquisition professionals, and industry; it is intended to assess current APS state - of - the art by installing and characterizing some existing non-developmental APS systems on Army combat vehicles, Army officials said.

The lawsuit filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeks to set aside and hold unlawful the Environmental Protection Agency's effort to weaken the existing clean car rules.

Support existing efforts across the state to better inform farmers about funding and financing options.

The big question, though, is whether all of this money and effort makes any real difference kids» lives, especially given the state of the food culture that exists outside the school.

In states where multiple home visiting models exist, it is beneficial to involve representatives from all models so that the completed tool reflects the full breadth of home visiting efforts in the state.

Athletic training licensure / regulation exists in 46 states, with aggressive efforts underway to pursue licensure in the remaining states and to update outdated licensure.

There were also questions about whether the money would supplement existing anti-addiction programs or start new efforts to fight the opioid abuse epidemic sweeping New York and other states.

This new state imposed mandate was burdensome and unnecessary — a duplication of existing efforts — however, we are grateful to our local and school district leaders who came together to develop this plan.

The July 2014 memo, written by campaign lawyer Laurence Laufer, who was retained to represent some of the parties involved in the effort, detailed how the coordinated campaign would be structured and run, and how it intended to comply with existing state election law.

An effort to create a system of publicly financed campaigns was a non-starter in the state Senate this year, and lawmakers did not take up any changes to the existing campaign finance laws.

This January, the state Board of Elections Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman issued a confidential report finding reasonable cause existed to believe «a violation warranting criminal prosecution has taken place» in the course of de Blasio's 2014 campaign efforts.

Cuomo struck down many bills he felt duplicated existing efforts by his administration, including one to require state agencies to modernize their information collection and dissemination.

Last Friday, multiple outlets reported on a leaked criminal referral and report penned by state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman, which found «reasonable cause exists» to believe «a violation warranting criminal prosecution has taken place» up to a Class E felony in the course of de Blasio's 2014 campaign efforts.

We urge our city council members and state representatives to officially support these efforts to improve the existing L Train contingency plan.

The campaign is also assisting existing ballot efforts in states like Delaware and especially, Hawai'i, whose filing deadline is one week from today.

The United States, Peru, China, Mozambique and United Kingdom have passed new, or bolstered existing, legislation designed to enhance efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade and reduce risks to security.

The main motivation behind the effort to develop quantum computers is the quantum phenomenon of superposition, in which particles can exist in many states at once, potentially being able to process huge amounts of data in parallel.

In an effort to solve this problem, a team of scientists from Israel and the United States have created a new type of cell that doesn't exist in nature — human stem cells with only half of our naturally occurring chromosomes.

Identification of mechanisms for support of the locally - led effort to implement effective reclamation at the major existing mines in the State — in particular the Phelps - Dodge operations in Grant County and the Molycorp operations in Taos County.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Most importantly, the federally managed Regional Educational Laboratories could support states to assess existing evidence and evaluate ongoing school improvement efforts.

existing educational policies that can inform advocacy efforts for the inclusion of social studies performance - based assessment at the local, state and national level.

Support this effort through a range of tiered incentives, such as providing states with greater flexibility in the use of existing federal funds, supporting a revised state accountability structure, and offering financial support for states to implement the standards.

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.

Together, these efforts will strengthen our existing early education programs, and expand quality access to more students in the state.

But on a state level, efforts to change and clarify existing teacher evaluations laws and the use of state test scores have gained some traction in recent years.

Listed below are several ways that FRS can enhance a state's existing efforts to support digital learning:

Additionally, the department will compile a list of existing resources for schools to use throughout their outreach endeavors, and will provide support and technical assistance through regional team members to assist states and districts with their family and community engagement efforts.

What began as an effort to promote a state graduation policy that would recognize the use of existing high school graduation performance assessments quickly evolved into a professional learning community: CPAC.

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.

Even as we work with states to offer flexibility from existing law, the Obama administration will support a bipartisan effort by Congress to create a law that supports a well - rounded education while holding schools, districts and states accountable for results.

The proposal includes an increase in charter school funding; $ 167 million for the Charter Schools program to strengthen significant State efforts to start new charter schools or expand and replicate existing high - performing charter schools.

(1) That the debtor can not maintain, based on current income and expenses, a minimal standard of living for the debtor and dependents if forced to pay off student loans; (2) that additional circumstances exist indicating that this state of affairs is likely to persist for a significant portion of the repayment period of the student loans; and (3) that the debtor has made good faith efforts to repay the loans.

The Brunner test requires the debtor to make a three - part showing in order to prove undue hardship: (1) that the debtor can not maintain, based on current income and expenses, a «minimal standard» of living for herself and her dependents if forced to repay the loans; (2) that additional circumstances exist indicating that this state of affairs is likely to persist for a significant portion of the repayment period of the student loans; and (3) that the debtor has made good faith efforts to repay the loans.

Golden State German Shepherd Rescue can only exist though the efforts of our volunteers.

In the past 18 months Priority Pass has been employing a new tactic in its efforts to increase its presence in the United States and this tactic has been to parter with restaurants in airports where it's finding it hard to partner with an existing lounge.

This devolution of climate policy has been further reinforced by the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants under the Clean Power Plan, which requires states to develop their own plans for compliance with emissions standards.

EnergyVision 2030 shows how, by redoubling existing efforts in four key areas, New York and the six New England states can accelerate this transition and achieve a modern, low - emissions energy future.

Keeping bomb - making material out of the hands of all but the existing nuclear states has been a guiding principle in diplomatic efforts to restrain North Korea's and Iran's nuclear programs, for example, without denying those countries the right to operate nuclear power plants peacefully.

3) How explicitly should it be stated that what follows is based on a new hypothesis and not results derived from existing knowledge 4) When a new hypothesis is presented, how much effort should be spent to assure that it does not contradict well known physics.

In recognition of the utility monopoly and the lack of a free market, NCSEA encourages ratepayers across the state to consider the complex nature of energy policy and reject efforts to change the rules for companies and investors without considerable study of the effects to existing companies, investments and jobs in North Carolina.

The research proposed by Oklahoma State will help to further develop an understanding of the structural and geologic controls on hydrate occurrence and distribution in Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955 using new techniques to interpret gas hydrate occurrences in existing seismic data, along with well data collected during prior Energy Department research efforts at those sites.

The EPA (1) does not have the authority to regulate existing power plants, (2) must finalize efforts with new plants before doing so, (3) has no authority over states» energy generation, (4) imposes too - costly, inadequately flexible, and physically impossible standards, and (5) exceeds EPA the Federal Power Act authority, they argued.

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.

California needs to better coordinate its electricity policy, planning, and procurement efforts to eliminate duplication and to ensure that planners and policy makers understand the interactions and conflicts that may exist among state energy policy goals.

«We strongly support and applaud the efforts of the New Jersey Senate and Assembly leadership and the vision of Governor Murphy in recognizing the need for action to be taken now to implement a rational transition from our existing SREC program to a new program that encourages the continuation of solar power development in the State of New Jersey,» said Tom Lynch, Executive Vice President & COO of KDC Solar.

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Müller believes polycarbonates could serve as effective carbon sinks for the millions of tons of emissions spewed by coal - fired plants; assuming the price tag for any such technology is within limits - and that the capacity for economies of scale exists - it could, as he states, be a «significant contribution» towards global efforts to slash carbon emissions.

[171] Having found that Cty Rd 9 in Rankins Corner then was in a state of disrepair based on the then existing winter conditions, the onus shifts to the Town to establish on a balance of probabilities that a condition of non-repair existed, notwithstanding all reasonable efforts by the Town: Roycroft v. Kyte, [1999] O.J. No. 296 at para. 48 and Thornhill v. Shadid, supra, at paras. 108 - 109.