Sentences with phrase «federal laws designed»

He has successfully litigated hundreds of claims against credit card companies that willfully violate the bankruptcy code as well as other state and federal laws designed to protect consumers.

Many details in the case remain murky, however, because of federal laws designed to protect the privacy of the researchers under scrutiny.

Fact is, there are federal laws designed to help stem the flow of junk food in our schools.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a 25 - year - old federal law designed to protect religious groups whose beliefs conflict with the government, has taken on new life under Trump.

A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers.

Researchers looking to tap into the treasure troves of long - term student - achievement data that states and districts are starting to pile up say their efforts are increasingly running up against a decades - old federal law designed to protect student privacy.

Plus it is a federal law designed to defund existing public schools.

The IEP is required by the IDEIA (Individuals with Disailibities Education Improvement Act, 20014,) the federal law designed to carry out the due process rights guaranteed by PL94 - 142.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a federal law designed to protect the rights of debtors.

They use the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) which is a federal law designed to protect you from being «slandered» by creditors, collectors, and credit reporting agencies themselves from having outdated, erroneous, misleading, or inaccurate information on your credit report.

The centerpiece of the bill is resolution of a dispute over the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), the once - obscure 1978 federal law designed to promote small power producers in regulated utility markets.

The Clean Air Act — whose basic structure was established in 1970, and then amended in 1977 and 1990 — is a United States federal law designed to protect human health and the environment from the effects of air pollution.

Not exact matches

Based on the way the law is worded, they argue, only states that set up and operate insurance exchanges will be eligible for federal subsidies designed to help low - income people purchase insurance.

Authorized by federal law, a special needs trust is an irrevocable trust designed specifically to hold assets for a beneficiary so that the funds do not disqualify the recipient from needs - based government benefits.

The company has been buffeted by one scandal after another in 2017, from alleged sexual harassment to software designed to evade law enforcement, now the subject of a federal probe.

There is a peti tion at «We the People» to ban Creationism and Intelligent Design in the science classroom as federal law.

Meanwhile, President Trump also signed a pledge during his campaign last August to defend the innocence and dignity of America's children by enforcing the existing federal laws and advancing public policies designed to «prevent the sexual exploitation of children online and to make the internet safer for all.»

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a 1993 federal statute designed to resolve conflicts between generally applicable laws and religious beliefs.

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

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WASHINGTON — American schools are experiencing increasing numbers of food - borne illness outbreaks, but complex federal laws and bureaucratic turf battles hamper the government system designed to protect children from harm, a congressional watchdog agency reported Tuesday.

American schools are experiencing increasing numbers of food - borne illness outbreaks, but complex federal laws and bureaucratic turf battles hamper the government system designed to protect children from harm, a congressional watchdog agency reported Tuesday.

Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in federal law to maximize access and benefits.

The DockATot ® has been rigorously tested and is fully compliant with both federal law and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed standards, setting a new standard for baby lounger design and comfort.

To support the development of local, high - quality seed that is consistent with New York and federal laws, Cornell University will expand its New York Seed Improvement Project to design industrial hemp seed certification standards for New York State.

«This marks the first time that the federal government has recognized that a law designed to harm LGBT Americans and their families can not be justified.»

Entergy is objecting to the Cuomo administration's investigation of the Indian Point nuclear facility, saying it could violate federal law and amounts to a political witch hunt designed to make Westchester plant look unsafe.

CALEA's purpose is to enhance the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have built - in surveillance capabilities, allowing federal agencies to wiretap any telephone traffic; it has since been extended to cover broadband internet and VoIP traffic.

The rainy - day fund, which is designed for fiscal emergencies, suddenly grew to about $ 875 million under the expiration of a federal law that prompted major hedge funds in Fairfield County to pour tax money into state coffers before the end of 2017.

«This marks the first time that the federal government has recognized that a law designed to harm LGBT Americans and their families can not be justified,» he said.

In addition, the complaint claims Glenwood has a «pattern and / or practice» of failing to comply with the federal law in its design and construction of multifamily dwellings — citing several other apartment buildings built by the company, such as the Brittany on the Upper East Side and the Paramount Tower on East 39th Street, as examples.

What power companies really need, Heyeck says, is federal law creating a national process for designing an interstate grid, choosing a path for each leg, and allocating the construction and maintenance costs — preferably by billing consumers nationwide.

The reduction, required by the failure of policymakers to abide by the terms of a 2011 law designed to reduce the federal deficit over the next decade, reduced the lab's budget this year by $ 100 million, to $ 1.5 billion.

Where is the Federal Trade Commission, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies that are designed to help protect people and protect consumers.

One of her first actions as secretary may have been designed to buttress support for NCLB from conservatives, some of whom ascribe to a states» rights philosophy and are uncomfortable with the scope of the federal law.

Navigating among conservatives who oppose intrusive government, liberals who oppose President Bush, educators who guard their independence, and commercial interests who guard their market share, the law's framers and program leadership sought to leverage the power of the federal government to attack a complex pedagogical problem that the federal government was never designed to solve: illiteracy caused by faulty teaching.

Just weeks before states release their lists of schools that have not met «adequate yearly progress» targets under the main federal K - 12 law, many states are still negotiating with federal officials over changes to their accountability plans designed to reduce those numbers.

It is not only the regulatory environment that founders must directly challenge, but the entire sweep of policies, practices, and pedagogies, from federal law to local union contracts, from teacher preparation programs to the design of mainstream textbooks, that together define how most public schools today function.

-LSB-...] written, I think the piece that might have had the greatest impact is an open letter I wrote on my personal blog about the design of accountability systems under the new federal education law.

New Mexico's charter law reads that: «Annual performance targets shall be set by each chartering authority in consultation with its charter schools and shall be designed to help each charter school meet applicable federal, state and chartering authority expectations as set forth in the charter contracts to which the authority is a party.»

Increased state flexibility and experimentation with federal guidance under waivers from federal law, shifting to even greater state control of accountability systems design under the Every Student Succeeds Act

This 2001 federal law is designed to raise academic standards, close achievement gaps, encourage more school accountability, and offer more choices to families and students.

Congress was poised late on Nov. 19 to reauthorize the main federal special education law, after a House - Senate conference committee hammered out a bipartisan compromise designed to improve the educational opportunities of some 6.7 million children with disabilities.

A reauthorization plan drafted by Republican aides to the House education committee for the primary federal special - education law emphasizes provisions designed to reduce disputes between school officials and parents of children with disabilities.

However, the most troubling aspect of Obey - Porter and, by implication, of the new role played by NAS design teams in education reform, was not the dependency on federal funding but the claims of «proven effectiveness» that the law explicitly made on behalf of the designs.

So how can states build on the research base and knowledge regarding high - quality assessments in order to design systems that do not just meet the requirements of federal law but actually drive student learning to a higher level — especially for students from marginalized communities?

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

The compliance aspects of federal law, which has never worked as a form of accountability (and was never designed for that purpose) is one aspect of the federal role that can be eliminated.

Yet there is still much that Governor Murphy's Department of Education can do to assuage educators and parents about accountability embedded in federal law that, after all, is designed to drive the nation towards more equitable and effective schools.

Special education (SPED)-- Specially designed instructional and related services delivered at no cost to the parent that adapts the curriculum, materials or instruction for students identified as having educational or physical disabilities under federal law and tailored to the individual student's needs and learning style and provided in a general education or special education classroom, home, hospital, separate school or other setting.