Sentences with phrase «facing federal demands»

Henderson's decision to pull back from that approach next year is a sign of the tension many states are confronting as they prepare to administer new and tougher Common Core exams while facing federal demands to hold teachers and principals accountable for student achievement.

Not exact matches

The Trump Administration also demanded that California, which has its own state - based, more stringent auto emission standards, must follow the federal decision or face legal challenge.

But as long as states and / or the federal government increase demands on teachers while canceling some of these very programs, the problem rural and remote schools face in attracting and retaining quality teachers is just not likely to fade.

September 29, 2014: NSBA Comments on Future Funding Needs of E-rate NSBA applauds the Federal Communication Commission's inclusion of future funding needs of E-rate in its vision for E-rate modernization, and urges the FCC to approve a permanent increase in funding to the E-rate program to allow schools and public libraries to keep pace with the rapidly increasing connectivity demands that they face.

Montreal's big gains come amid softening demand in Vancouver and Toronto's detached luxury homes segment, as both buyers and sellers in the country's hottest housing markets face a number of new federal and provincial housing measures.

Repealing federal regulations that the new administration claims has restricted coal production does not change the fact that demand for coal in the power sector will continue to struggle in the face of other competitive pressures.

As the US airline industry faces a host of challenges — steep international competition, rapidly increasing consumer demand, flight delays and congestion, the ever - pressing need for safety, controversy over federal vs. private insurance against terrorist acts, and so on — climate change looms as a sleeping giant.

They discuss the challenges that face law firms and law departments «as they deal with new federal EDD rules; demands for cost containment from their clients; and the perils of international disputes.»

Mr. Melvin's broad «EH+S» experience helps manufacturers and other businesses, institutions, and utilities address the range of regulatory demands they face, such as the following federal programs and their state counterparts:

The purpose was to provide Federal support at a time when the country was facing a widening gap between the demands on public service and the ability to meet the demand.