Sentences with phrase «federal mandates require»

State and Federal mandates require students to particicpate in standardized assessments that are grade level specific.

State and federal mandates require districts to conduct drills, inspections and other tasks several times throughout the year.

Unfortunately, since there is no existing federal mandate requiring online companies to provide a privacy policy, many businesses don't feel compelled to offer one.

(CNN)- The Obama administration finalized rules on Friday that allow religiously affiliated organizations to opt out of a federal mandate requiring that they provide employees with insurance coverage for birth control.

Nearly three - quarters of private sector workers receive paid sick days from their employers, though there is no federal mandate requiring it.

With Washington's large utilities required to generate 15 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020 and federal mandates requiring 30 percent of gasoline to come from alternative fuels, demand for bioenergy solutions will continue to climb.

Her expressed lack of commitment to strong federal accountability, unfortunately, also extended to higher education, as she called for a reassessment of federal mandates requiring post-secondary career and technical schools to show effectiveness in preparing graduates for the workforce.

Additionally, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, a new federal mandate requiring stricter reporting guidelines on foreign financial assets, often used by millionaires as a way to avoid paying taxes, began implementation in 2013.

At issue is whether to suspend a five - year - old federal mandate requiring more ethanol in gasoline each year, a policy that has diverted almost half of the domestic corn supply from animal feedlots to ethanol refineries, driven up corn prices and plantings and created a desperate competition for corn as drought grips the nation's farm belt.

The «100 × 50» Act would impose new federal mandates requiring «zero carbon» vehicles, while barring federal approval of oil and gas pipelines.

To be clear, we're not actually suggesting that a candidate should propose a federal mandate requiring renters insurance.

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The move comes as almost 30 states have considered imposing privacy rules on Internet service providers similar to the now - revoked federal rules, which, among other mandates, required that companies get permission from customers before collecting sensitive data.

As of today, the Green family, the evangelical Christian owners of Hobby Lobby Creative Centers and Mardel Christian Bookstores, potentially owes the federal government $ 21.3 million in fines for defying the HHS mandate that requires all companies to provide insurance coverage for all FDA - approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion - inducing drugs, including «the morning after pill» and «the week after pill.»

Catholic News Agency: Domino's founder sues over contraception mandate Tom Monaghan, the founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza, is suing the federal government over a controversial mandate that requires him to violate his Catholic faith in his business decisions.

In 1968, the federal government mandated that all vehicles sold in the United States come fitted with seatbelts, and around the same time most states passed laws requiring adults to wear them.

NEPA requires a hard look at the environmental consequences of federal actions and mandates that all reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts be addressed.

Additionally, ABWI requires member bottlers to adhere to the ABWI Bottled Water Model Code, which mandates additional standards and practices that, in some cases, are more stringent than federal and state regulations.

Guidance Materials: RCW 28A.210.360 (Senate Bill 5436, 2004) requires districts to adopt local wellness policies and mandated the creation of a model policy and recommendations consistent with and above the federal requirements by a broad - based advisory committee.

One of the less talked about mandates of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, the federal legislation overhauling school food, is a provision requiring schools to provide children with free, potable drinking water wherever school meals are... [Continue reading]

One of the less talked about mandates of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, the federal legislation overhauling school food, is a provision requiring schools to provide children with free, potable drinking water wherever school meals are served.

«Under the new Federal mandate, each school will be required to adopt a Wellness Policy that includes:

The remaining portion of funds is distributed through states to «promising approaches» that have not yet demonstrated their efficacy with evidence that meets the level of rigor required by federal mandates, but must be evaluated if implemented through MIECHV.

This recent article by San Francisco school food reformer Dana Woldow describes the struggles of some districts in California to meet not just the new federal mandate to have drinking water available, but also a California state law requiring the same thing.

Both federal and state law already required coverage of contraceptives, but this bill would expand the mandate in some respects — most notably by ordering plans to provide a 12 - month supply when filling prescriptions and banning copayments or coinsurance of any amount.

Months ago, to ensure that military and overseas citizens» votes are counted this November, a federal judge mandated, as required by federal law, that New York move its primary election for members of Congress from Sept. 11 to June 26.

The amendment, which required the approval of two - thirds of the House, would have mandated that the federal government not spend more money than it takes in.

So, to recap: The congresswoman is seeking more spending by the federal government here in New York to help with the post-Irene recovery — a move that would, if she and Cantor had their way, require additional cuts at a time when Washington is already polarized over reductions mandated by the debt ceiling deal passed early this month.

The city will also have to meet officer - to - inmate ratios mandated by the settlement of that federal lawsuit, and needs to comply with other laws that require higher ratios for female and transgender inmates, and is seeking to address increasing overtime costs.

Under Collins» bill, states and local governments would not be able to regulate, prohibit or require registration and licensing of firearms beyond what the federal government mandates.

A Government Accountability Office report released Oct. 2 said Congress should require U.S. EPA to consider a wider range of environmental effects when deciding which fuels are eligible under the federal biofuels use mandate (E&EN ews PM, Oct. 2).

Recent federal laws including the Affordable Care Act have introduced nationwide coverage mandates, including «parity» mandates requiring that coverage of mental health care be equal to coverage of general health care.

Federal policy never mandated native - language instruction, but some states required it, if there were enough children speaking the same language at the same grade level.

The goals are already set by the mandate, with the valid definition when required by the federal or state law.

It is unfair to expect individual schools to find funds to pay for all the mandates the federal government is requiring.»

[4] Although the ESSA would end the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) mandates under NCLB, which require that all students in all states make «adequate» annual progress toward universal proficiency in math and reading or have the state risk federal sanctions, the proposal would keep the annual testing structure in place.

A number of states have instituted new policies in this area since the 1990s, and the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 contained a mandate requiring that all classrooms be staffed with a «highly qualified teacher.»

Federal and state laws mandate that public schools provide some services that aren't required of private schools.

Federal policy, beginning in 1994, pushed states to develop standards and tests in the first place, and No Child Left Behind, enacted in 2002, doubled down on these mandates, requiring states to disaggregate test results for numerous groups and sanction low - performing schools.

Paraprofessionals also report that they are often left alone with students to make important decisions and act independently, despite federal mandates that require paraprofessionals to work under the supervision of a certified teacher.

DPI also is required to ask the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver from federal requirements that mandate one test be given to all students, in order to provide schools with options of tests.

It describes how to access information that special education teachers require to best address students» needs and to ensure compliance with NYC, state, and federal special education mandates.

Within a series of prior posts (see, for example, here and here), I have written about what the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in December of 2015, means for the U.S., or more specifically states» school and teacher evaluation systems as per the federal government's prior mandates requiring their use of growth and value - added models (VAMs).

While the federal government should not require states to adopt a specific set of standards, such as the Common Core, it makes sense for NCLB to mandate that states use academic standards that are independently validated as rigorous, clear, and coherent.

Analogous to the Common Core standards incentivized by Race to the Top and the federal mandates for statewide standards and tests required by the 1994 version of the ESEA, there is a rapid spread of statewide or federal early learning standards and early childhood assessment incentivized by the 2011 and 2014 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (ELC) Grants and mandated by the 2007 Head Start and 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant reauthorizations.

Students at Harding, Bassick, Marin [schools] went without receiving a Planning and Placement Team assessment as is required under a federal Child Find mandate.

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act, each state is required to develop a six - year performance plan that evaluates how well schools are carrying out the mandates of federal law in serving students with disabilities.

Complete all annual reviews and behavior intervention plans required by Federal and State mandates

In the present context of schools» heightened accountability for instruction and student outcomes, non-school sanctioned activities result in less instructional time, conflict with important instructional activities, and may diminish the school's ability to increase student achievement as required by federal and state mandates.

Only Pennsylvania, Missouri and Oregon ban the maneuver, but a federal mandate passed in December now requires states to address its potential risks.

A little - discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after - school tutoring companies — the largest of which are private, for - profit corporations — and to pay them with federal funds.