Sentences with phrase «federal education officials approved»

In addition to Indiana's waiver, federal education officials approved applications from Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

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Illinois education officials have approved a new set of rules that all teachers must meet, and which the state hopes will bring it into line with new federal mandates aimed at raising teacher quality.

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Last September, he all but required adoption of the Common Core or similar standards approved by state higher education officials if states want to receive federal waivers from the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.

Jenny Singh, administrator of the Academic Accountability Unit of the California Department of Education, said the department had discussed the proposal with federal officials but got no indication of when or if it would be approved.

Designed by the State Office of Education, it's been approved by federal officials under a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements.

State education officials said Monday they are confident the U.S. Education Department will grant Wisconsin flexibility under the federal No Child Left Behind law, though they haven't received any assurances whether or when the state's application will be education officials said Monday they are confident the U.S. Education Department will grant Wisconsin flexibility under the federal No Child Left Behind law, though they haven't received any assurances whether or when the state's application will be Education Department will grant Wisconsin flexibility under the federal No Child Left Behind law, though they haven't received any assurances whether or when the state's application will be approved.

Although four years have passed since Congress approved the last major rewrite of the Americans with Disabilities Act, federal education officials are continuing their efforts to further clarify the 2008 Amendments Act» legislation for local school districts.»

While almost every state has gotten an official permission slip, federal bureaucrats retained the final word on whether a state's plan would pass muster, and those waivers were conditioned on commitments to adopt administration - approved education reforms.