Sentences with phrase «federal officials want»

Hanna Skandera, New Mexico's secretary - designate of education, said federal officials wanted more information about the state's plans to help schools implement the Common Core State Standards and narrow achievement gaps before providing the NCLB waiver.

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In a 2006 Scripps Howard / Ohio University poll, 36 percent said it was «very likely» or «somewhat likely» that «federal officials either participated in the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon or took no action to stop them because «they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East».»

Our elected officials on the Federal level are arguing over a «Millionaire's Tax» and now the elected officials on the State level want to do the same?

Local, state and federal officials first delivered a recap of what has been done to address PFOS contamination and residents grew impatient, wanting to hear more about a blood testing program.

Talking Points Memo's founding editor Josh Marshall suggests there is something awry with the terror - suspect's arrest, since federal officials apparently wanted no part of it, or of the announcement.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion income tax increase, the Democrat's top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.

After handily defeating seven candidates, the Democrat said he now wants to work with federal, state and local officials to improve quality of life in the state's largest city.

«I just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor was not playing politics,» Trump said as he huddled with local and federal officials on the island for a briefing on recovery efforts.

The Assembly backs the Dream Act, which would extend financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children; the Senate opposes the idea and instead wants to crack down on local governments that refuse to fully cooperate with federal immigration officials.

NEW YORK — The key witness in a federal corruption investigation is a Bronx political wannabe whose dreams of political office were dashed when he lost a state assembly race to a challenger who wanted to make cupcakes the official state snack.

Both Espaillat and Wright said they want federal officials to monitor the voting in their primary, claiming black and Latino voters may be inappropriately barred from voting.

The Department Health also wants to encourage independent laboratories to apply for certification of medical marijuana testing, while they also pledged to continue to reach out to federal officials to ease restrictions on research.

Even so, some local officials want the state and federal governments to pick up the full tab of the storm recovery bill, insisting that to require them to pay their 12.5 percent share would break the bank for already over-taxed property owners.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion income tax increase, the Democrat's top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer wants federal officials to move faster to require mass transit employees nationwide be screened through federal terrorism watch lists.

Federal prosecutors want to introduce evidence at the corruption trial of a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he threatened and intimidated state officials into not leaving the executive chamber, court records show.

Two men wanted as witnesses in the New York bombing investigation after they removed a bag apparently left by the bomber have been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to officials close to the case.

Cuomo also wanted to establish a partnership among other governors in other states that would share information on illegal gun trafficking and develop a «working group» of law enforcement officials to establish best practices and share resources with federal authorities.

«One of his relations has spoken to me and explained everything because I wanted to see him and talk to him wherever he was and see how I could meet some Federal Government officials on his issue.

The artist, Simmie Knox — who also did official portraits for then - President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary — recalled Howe giving guidance on how they wanted the painting done, but clammed up when he found out that the lobbyist was under a federal probe.

Major electricity providers and some government officials in West Virginia, the state leading the charge against federal climate change regulations, want to use carbon trading to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to public records obtained by ClimateWire.

Had states not been given the option to set any standard they wanted, many state and local officials would have balked at excessive federal control.

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

Supporters of the new policy can play all the semantic games they want (and they are apparently playing them quite successfully and persuasively with federal education officials), the new standards will slow progress towards closing the achievement gap.

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.

In place of using student test scores, the state Department of Education wants federal officials to permit California districts to use high school graduation rates and the participation rates of students in this spring's 11th — grade Smarter Balanced tests as measures of Adequate Yearly Progress in high schools.

«We want to say (to federal officials), «Look, because of the transition (to Common Core), we need elbow room, and there is no way to measure progress from last year to this year, so (let us) use participation rates (in the test) as the yardstick,»» Chief Deputy State Superintendent Richard Zeiger said.

Connecticut officials are asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families who want more high - quality school options such as charter and magnet schools.

U.S. Department of Education officials don't want to grant that exemption, saying California can't ignore the federal requirement to measure students» progress in science annually.

You may want to focus your efforts at the state - level electeds, as City Council and federal officials have limited influence on the District's budget.

When Congress considers overhauling its federal education law early this year, Smith and a bipartisan group of 84 other House members want to include language that would pressure schools to offer more PE: Their idea is to force school officials to issue yearly reports on how much time students engage in physical activity, making it easier for the public to compare schools.

This bundle contains 11 ready - to - use Flag Day Worksheets that are perfect for students who want to learn more about Flag Day which is not an official federal holiday but is celebrated every year on June 14th in parades and festivals to honor the American Flag.

Officials at the Indiana Department of Education also want to remove a limit that caps a school's grade at a C if it fails to make yearly progress required by federal law.

He says the EPA and other federal agencies should «adapt to the wants and needs of those pesky consumers» as public officials reexamine a mandated 54.5 mpg (4.3 L / 100 km) CAFE target for 2025.

Electronic recorders can help reduce drowsy driving by truck drivers, but federal safety officials want to require them only for habitual work - rule violators.

Credit bureaus and even government officials employed by the federal trade commission want you to believe that it is not possible to delete bad credit from your credit report.

If you don't live in a state with free college tuition, and don't plan on / don't want to move, you can do your part in making college affordable for your children and for all children by exercising your right to vote, and by using that right to vote for state and federal officials who will work to bring about state - level and federal - level programs to make college affordable for all.

If the landfill owners wanted to use the natural gas to generate electricity instead, thereby preventing the methane from entering the atmosphere and displacing the fossil - fueled production of electricity, they would have to go through a costly and lengthy process of obtaining permits from regional, state, and federal officials as well as producing environmental impact reports.

New bill says federal government needs warrant if it wants cooperation of California officials in searching residents» cellphone, computer records, Reuters

As I predicted in early January based on the official recording of the appellate hearing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown out the 2014 district court ruling in Apple's favor (which was already a major disappointment for Apple, as Apple got only about 5 % of the roughly $ 2.5 billion it originally wanted).

No: If you want health insurance now, and you want to buy it from your official health insurance marketplace (either a state or federal exchange), you have to qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.

PHOENIX (AP)-- President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S. - Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and...

The resume federal hiring officials want to see depends upon the hiring agency.