Sentences with phrase «federal waivers from»

This would mark a sharp departure from the Obama administration which incentivized states to use test scores to evaluate teachers through its Race to the Top program and federal waivers from No Child Left Behind.

That's why Duncan announced in June that he was giving the 37 states plus the District of Columbia, which had won federal waivers from the most egregious mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act, an extra year to implement teacher evaluations linked to new assessments that are supposed to be aligned to the new Common Core State Standards.

California is not alone when it comes to wrestling with new accountability indicators as evidenced by the struggles of lawmakers and educators in several other states also undertaking reviews - some drawn in the wake of federal waivers from No Child Left Behind mandates.

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.

While no one knew it for sure at the time, there would be no federal Race to the Top funding, nor even, as it turned out, a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind that would free up existing federal dollars for new programs in Chicago.

As for ESEA flexibility waivers, a condition of receiving a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind was that states have in place «college - and career - ready standards.»

The absence of a student achievement - based teacher evaluation could also be a stumbling block for districts including LAUSD who are applying for a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind.

As an example, Tuck cited Torlakson's resistance to certain reforms, such as using student test scores to evaluate teachers, which helped cost California a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind regulations.

Virginia devised its achievement goals as a condition of getting a federal waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, the main federal education law.

Feds offer new details about NCLB waiver flexibility SI&A Cabinet Report: With the Legislature creeping closer to deciding the fate of AB 5 — which would restructure teacher evaluations in California — there's new focus on the state also winning a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind mandates.

Last year, when Minnesota asked for a federal waiver from compliance with No Child Left Behind's failed accountability system, Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius instead proposed instituting a system designed by the department.

The following year former Superintendent John Deasy argued that the district was exempt, for one year, from the parent trigger by a federal waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law that allowed LA Unified and seven other California school districts to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards.

The CORE team found failures in the No Child Left Behind model; districts adopting the new assessment tools received a federal waiver from some of its requirements last year.

Former Superintendent John Deasy had argued that the district was exempt from the Parent Trigger by a federal waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, allowing LA Unified and seven other California school districts to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards.

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Prior to the new ruling, companies wanting to use drones needed to seek waivers from the federal government.

We've heard promises from the Federal Government before, and with this much at stake, we will not let up pressure until we have the waiver in hand.»

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

She also pledged support for getting a federal waiver for English language learners and special education students that would exempt them from the exams.

In December 2013, the Cuomo administration removed $ 2 billion from its $ 10 billion waiver application with the federal government, which would allow the state to reinvest a portion of its savings.

In March, the NYS Education Department requested a waiver from the federal law, allowing for developmentally appropriate testing standards for child with serious disabilities, and a second year of prep time for English Language Learners for children just starting to learn English.

The waiver money, a matching grant program from the federal government that allows providers across the state to invest in new ways to provide and deliver care to their communities, is divided into several different pots of money.

He returned to state government the following year after he was rehired by the Health Department to oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in federal aid from a recently approved Medicaid waiver, millions of dollars of which went to the health care organizations that were rumored to be clients of the politically well - connected firm he'd recently worked for.

ALBANY — Former deputy secretary of health Jim Introne is returning to the state Department of Health to help oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in federal money from a recently approved Medicaid waiver, possibly to health care organizations who are clients of the politically well - connected firm he recently worked for.

His legacy will be inexorably linked to the state's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program, or DSRIP, an $ 8 billion Medicaid waiver from the federal government that seeks to both reduce avoidable hospitalizations by 25 percent and provide health systems across the state with the resources they need to transition to value - based care.

«He was instrumental in redesigning New York's Medicaid system to lower costs and help more residents, was invaluable with our efforts to secure the Medicaid waiver from the Obama administration that allowed the largest healthcare system transformation in the nation to continue, and greatly helped in our efforts to defeat punitive Republican federal legislation that would have devastated New York's healthcare network.

Nelson, along with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and 10 other Democratic members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to CMS Director Seema Verma urging her to reject a proposed amendment to a state Medicaid «waiver» that would exempt Florida from a federal requirement that gives people up to 90 days following a health problem to apply for Medicaid coverage.

The report now becomes part of the House record, and although it issued no binding recommendations, Maloney said «it doesn't help» New York's effort to receive a $ 10 billion waiver from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

If Section 8 vouchers are applied, the city would require a waiver from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to allocate units to current NYCHA residents.

The counties also believe a waiver request sought by the Governor's Medicaid Redesign Team from the federal government could also bring in more funds.

Federal money from a Medicaid waiver: After they enacted a number of changes designed to bend the long - term cost curve of the state - federal Medicaid program, New York officials applied for a federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next fiveFederal money from a Medicaid waiver: After they enacted a number of changes designed to bend the long - term cost curve of the state - federal Medicaid program, New York officials applied for a federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next fivefederal Medicaid program, New York officials applied for a federal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next fivefederal waiver that would let the state invest $ 10 billion of $ 17 billion in savings over the next five years.

Indeed, if one looks closely at all the informed consent requirements, Eggan argues that all existing human ES lines will have to get waivers from the NIH working group to be studied with federal funding.

But they assured him they had a special waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

For one thing, in getting a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Indiana (like other states) promised the Obama administration it would adopt standards that met federal criteria; align curricula and teaching; select, pilot, and administer new tests aligned to the standards; and integrate the standards into both school - and teacher - accountability systems.

Rather than press Congress to pass a law to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the Obama administration used federal stimulus money to encourage states to accept its policy preferences and waivers from NCLB's penalties to ensure those policies were implemented.

In using its Race to the Top grant program and waivers from No Child Left Behind to promote Common Core, the Obama administration has opened the door to increasing federal influence over what gets taught and tested in schools.

Eventually, 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico were granted waivers from NCLB, in effect gutting the federal law.

Instead, he recommended new state interventions in 98 districts that were failing to meet the standards of the federal No Child Left Behind law; waivers from state rules and regulations for high - performing districts; and an improved data system to guide state and local decisionmaking in the future.

Critics note, however, that the federal government has encouraged states to adopt the Common Core through the Race to the Top competitive grant program and a streamlined path to waivers from the provisions of No Child Left Behind.

Representatives of nine California districts did not head home from Washington on Friday, after two and a half days of intense discussions with federal officials, with the waiver from the No Child Left Behind law that they had been hoping for.

Following the introduction of Common Core, the Administration offered $ 4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top grant money, along with waivers from the onerous provisions of the widely derided No Child Left Behind Act.

Duncan on Tuesday announced that schools that do the field test for the new Common Core assessment next spring can get a one - year waiver from also giving current state standardized tests required by federal law.

Its defection leaves seven of eight districts seeking to extend a waiver from the federal accountability law through the California Office to Reform Education, a nonprofit that they formed.

The nine California districts seeking a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act have gotten their foot in the door.

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

-- Consumer and education groups said they want waivers from the federal requirement to be done on «a case - by - case basis.»

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The federal Department of Education specified for the first time Tuesday what states would have to do to receive a waiver from giving state standardized tests next spring in the one - year transition to implementing the Common Core standards.

Faced with intense opposition from teachers, Sacramento City Unified announced Wednesday it would not join other California districts in reapplying for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Educrats all over the country have begun to persuade federal education officials to grant waivers from NCLB, adopting the position that it is unfair to label schools as failing when the performance gaps between ethnic groups are so wide and when minority children lag so far behind their White, more affluent peers.

«Oklahoma has made great strides toward strengthening its schools largely because of the flexibility of the waiver that has freed the state, school districts and schools from 13 federal regulations,» Barresi said.