Sentences with phrase «federal reform»

Instead, it builds on at least a decade's worth of federal reform efforts.

They should be at the forefront of a serious federal reform agenda over the next four years.

The most recent reforms have further expanded the role of the states and built federal reforms on top of these state efforts.

Our state is also slated for billions more in Medicare payment cuts under the new federal reform law.»

In general, Jennings is less informative in assessing the effectiveness of federal reform efforts than in describing their origins and political struggles.

Federal reform politics: implanting the insurance company model, 1945 — 60 3.

The PMA has been actively fighting this state legislation since its inception in 2008, spearheading over 70 grassroots campaigns, filing suit against the state of Illinois, lobbying in support of federal reform legislation, and most recently, supporting Amazon and Overstock with an amicus brief, in support of their petition to the US Supreme Court.

To answer this question, two aspects should be considered: 1) the potential of federalism as a solution to the specific problems linked to national pluralism; and 2) the viability of federal reform in Spain.

These potentially momentous changes entail intensive federal reforms and initiatives.

In other words, 2017 may be to higher education what 2001 was to K - 12 policy: a wide open policy window for those pursuing federal reform....

«There is no appetite whatsoever for muscular federal reform efforts.

Even the signature federal reform, the No Child Left Behind Act passed during the Bush administration, has failed to live up to its billing and is overdue for a revamping.

And the mistakes made by top - down federal reforms are continental mistakes.»

«Wherever you stand on the Common Core,» he declared, «it can't be good news for the program that it has begun to so resemble the disastrous process and rollout of this administration's last federal reform, ObamaCare.

Arguing that current federal reform models are failing struggling rural schools, a new report makes the case for a new «community schools» turnaround option.

Washington education officials say 212 school districts have signed on to the state's application for federal reform dollars through Race to the Top.

When asked about the role of the federal government, Hamilton stated, «There are lots of levers that you can pull locally before considering federal reforms.»

Orlando condo owners and real estate agents are studying federal reforms they hope will boost what has become one of the nation's slowest recovering condominium markets.

The success or failure of the turnaround has national as well as local implications, since U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has made the strategy a centerpiece of federal reform efforts.

Recall that Cuomo faced a $ 4 billion hole this year, plus more pressure to lower state taxes in the wake of federal reforms.

Indeed, in the next general elections (late 2015 or early 2016), a majority ready to implement the federal reform of the Spanish Constitution might emerge.

However, supposing the party led by President Mariano Rajoy is severely defeated, an agreement between different parties favorable to the federal reform (PSOE, Podemos, IU, etc.) might reach the 3/5 majority required in the Congress and the Senate (or an absolute majority in the Senate and a 2/3 majority in the Congress in case a 3/5 majority is not reached in both Chambers).

In fact, two different attitudes from Spanish nationalism should be distinguished in order to understand why a federal reform of the system in Spain appears to be hardly viable (territorial nationalism) or not viable at all (multinational federalism).

«And until we have federal reform we're not really going to make the changes that we should make.»

While state actions can not replace the federal reforms that are needed, student safety comes first in New Jersey.»

Even a limited version of federal reform, such as downgrading cannabis to a Schedule II or III drug — categories considered less harmful — could prove beneficial.

Indeed, President Obama's proposal reads like a federal reform plan for community colleges, complete with a laundry list of new requirements for states and schools.

Indeed, the fact sheet that accompanied the president's announcement read like a federal reform agenda for community colleges.

However, parents who want to vote with their feet (as Ronald Reagan once said) may need more opportunities than the federal reform law has provided so far.

Jennings describes the motivations of those who authored these federal reforms, the political hurdles they faced, and the ultimate success or failure of those initiatives.

This tied teacher education and training firmly into the federal reforms.

Districts across the nation have invested heavily in coaching as a way to grow a high - quality teaching staff — a key goal of state and federal reforms.

During the past decades, under a Federal reform effort proclaiming «No Child Left Behind,» teachers have become the «heavy» in a race to insure that every child can read and do math at the state standard grade level, while throwing out that which has made America the leader in innovation and leadership for well over a century.

Now that federal reform has limited the deduction for state and local taxes, the price of government is surging again among high - income earners in New Jersey and other blue states.