Sentences with phrase «federal measure»

Because of their unique position and small student populations, juvenile justice schools are historically exempt from most common state and federal measures of education achievement.

If carefully designed, state policies can complement federal measures to help achieve a cleaner vehicle fleet and more efficient transportation system.

The addition of mandatory minimums and other federal measures have added to these pressures.

More federal measures beyond carbon price will be rolled out prior to Trudeau meeting with provinces

The Canadian news industry is hoping to galvanize support in coming weeks for federal measures that would help to prop up the bottom lines of media organizations that are struggling to adapt to new digital realities.

But with Vancouver's housing market already slowing after the provincial government imposed a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers there, the latest federal measures add another weight.

Gay rights advocates aligned with the former first lady attacked Pence's opposition to allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military, and his votes against federal measures that extended hate crimes statutes to cover them.

Many educators often say they favor California's accountability system, the Academic Performance Index, because it rewards steady academic growth, as opposed to the more stringent federal measure.

Poloz appears to be pursuing that same strategy, preferring to focus instead on federal measures that seek to improve the quality of household debt by tightening credit conditions for buyers.

The bank's report Wednesday listed several federal measures it called «notable» for their likely impact on GDP growth.

All of this has occurred without a global climate deal or US federal measures labelled «carbon» or «climate».

In Congress, he started the whole «defund» Planned Parenthood thing: He introduced the first federal measure to block patients from care at Planned Parenthood... and then introduced five more... and said he'd shut down the government over it.

The chief executive at one of Canada's biggest banks is supportive of the new package of federal measures aimed at easing risks in the country's real estate system.

Chris Ballard, Ontario's housing minister, called the federal measures interesting and said the Ontario government is very concerned about affordable housing in the province.

Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday said at an unrelated news conference that the state Senate had blocked the minimum wage increase measure, disagreeing with the premise of my question that Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn't exert much effort to get the measure through the Legislature (Schumer is the sponsor of a federal measure to raise the national minimum wage).

The Tea Party Express said the House Budget chairman is a favorite among activists - despite Ryan's past support for two federal measures that, arguably, inflame the most anger among tea partiers.

«But the fight is far from over, particularly with the Trump administration considering a variety of federal measures that would damage public education.»

The legislation also calls for automatic raises in the minimum wage tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index, the federal measure of inflation.

It may also be difficult to translate work done in this small school, where in any given year a quarter to 40 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a federal measure of poverty, to larger, urban schools with higher concentrations of low - income students.

This year, the school district will enroll more than 53,170 students who qualify for free or reduced - price meals, a federal measure of poverty, a number greater than the total combined enrollment of the Arlington and Alexandria school systems.

Like it or not, AYP (Annual Yearly Progress), a federal measure, is one of our strongest accountability requirements because it does not allow us to hide behind rhetoric like «fine schools,» «fine teachers,» and «local control by school boards.»

According to California Department of Education data for 2014 - 15, 68 percent of Long Beach students qualified for free or reduced - price lunch, a federal measure of economic need.

It might be the industry's oldest argument inside the Beltway, but the prospect of a federal measure such as a higher fuel tax to alter consumer behavior is stronger than ever today after pump prices spiked in 2008 and consumers rushed to smaller, more fuel - efficient vehicles.

This is a federal measure, updated annually, of the amount of income that a family needs for basic survival.

The obvious options are federal measures to help bring those costs down and expedited approval for green power corridors from B.C. to Alberta and from Manitoba to Saskatchewan.

These federal measures give military spouses a huge advantage in federal job search by moving them to the front of the queue of candidates.