Sentences with phrase «for federal adoption»

Following the finalization of your adoption, you may be eligible for the Federal Adoption Tax Credit.

Adoptive families of waiting children may be eligible for the Federal Adoption Tax Credit after finalization.

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For instance, it encourages «model» federal legislation that would prop up the widespread and automatic adoption of «naloxone,» an opioid overdose antidote that an increasing number of police forces have adopted.

Federal law requires only unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

So your MAGI is a better description of your ability to pay for education, adoption, or any of the other credits the Federal government may provide.

Google and four other companies are leading efforts to form a coalition to urge federal action for the adoption of self - driving cars.

This concern for the social problems produced by the new economic life in America was clearly expressed by the adoption, in 1908, of the Social Creed of the Churches by the Federal Council.

civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security.

The Guide's sample language meets federal requirements and offers additional recommended policy options for LEA adoption (e.g. Nutritional Standards for Vending).

This act and subsequent revisions bar any agency involved in adoption that receives federal funding from discriminating because of race when considering adoption opportunities for children.

In 1997, the Federal government passed the Adoption and Safe Families Act that authorized funds to be made available for post-adoption services.

These benefits include a federal tax credit for qualified adoption expenses incurred in adopting an eligible child.

If you happen back on this thread, would you mind offering up a short list of adoption agencies actively advocating for federal open adoption agreements to be enforceable?

You wrote, «Actually open adoption agreements are legally enforceable in the majority of US states, and there are a number of adoption agencies who are advocating for birthparents and trying to make them enforceable at the federal level for all states.»

They don't consider that existing state laws as well as federal laws for interstate adoptions weren't complied with.

The home study is a necessary step in the adoption journey for the state and federal government to understand that whoever is involved can fulfill their parental rights legally.

[31] It is a bill that would address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk of being, a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.

Many families are eligible for the federal tax credit of up to $ 13,360 per domestic adoption attempt.

State Democratic Committee Executive Director Basil Smikle on Monday cheered the adoption of support for a $ 15 federal minimum wage by the platform committee of the Democratic National Convention.

The 1954 Constitution was as a result of the Constitutional conference that took place in London in 1953 where the resolution for Nigeria to remain a Federal State was adopted and the reasons for the adoption of federalism were:

Skelos was so furious at Cuomo's adoption of anti-fracking rules last Dec. 17 that kept Adam from cashing in that the two discussed a possible run for governor by the senator to «kick» Cuomo's behind, according to a wiretap played at their federal corruption trial.

Attorney Norman Siegel suggests Cuomo «use his leadership and political capital to push for the adoption of a New York Voting Rights Act that mirrors the pre-Shelby» federal VRA.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake», grilled King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

The authors outline how recent collaborations between major hospitals, technology vendors, federal committees, and industry organizations are accelerating the adoption of standard application programming interfaces for reading and writing data from electronic health record systems.

Mike Petrilli talks with Hill and Jochim about this proposal, what it would mean for policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels, and the prospects for its adoption in this edition of The Education Next Book Club.

It lists 40 recommendations for bringing about more equitable treatment of girls by schools, ranging from strengthened enforcement of federal laws prohibiting sex discrimination to the adoption of «gender fair» curricula.

And the Obama administration is floating the idea of making state adoption of these national standards a requirement for Title I or other federal funds.»

The Obama administration's proposal to make federal funding for disadvantaged students contingent on states» adoption of reading and math standards that prepare students for college or a career has drawn sharp criticism from groups representing grassroots educators and state lawmakers, even as some governors and members of Congress appear open to the idea.

Yet critics back in the 1960s said the federally - sponsored reform was coercive because adoption of these curricula met conditions for eligibility for other federal grants and contracts and districts sometimes adopted them, in historian Jon Schaffarzick's words, «for fear of losing other federal support.»

Making adoption of a national curriculum in effect a necessity to compete for federal grants was a strategy also to be used by the Clinton administration in the 1990s and by the Obama administration today.

Moreover, the Obama Administration has suggested making federal Title I funding contingent upon adoption of national standards — a move that would provide no new funding for standards and assessment implementation but would effectively mandate their adoption by withholding federal funding for low - income schools.

The board, however, opposes the use of federal rulemaking and the peer review process as leverage to compel word - for - word adoption of the Common Core State Standards.»

Its pursuit of stealthy, under - the - radar adoption and its enthusiasm for federal inducements raised concerns.

Yes, as Neal McCluskey has doggedly pointed out for years, some Common Core supporters (including some state supes) urged the federal government to create «incentives» for state adoption of these higher standards.

NSBA not only commends the Subcommittee for passing a bill that supports disadvantaged students and special education, but also for including a new general provision on local governance, stating that the Federal government can not mandate or incentivize in any way the adoption of any specific standards or assessments, including Common Core.

On a 9 — 0 vote, the Kansas Board of Education decided not to apply for RTTT funding, saying, «The federal criteria required more centralized control of public school education...» 4 Texas Governor Rick Perry explained to Secretary Duncan, «In order to submit an application that is preferred... for Race to the Top, Texas would have to commit... to the adoption of national curriculum standards and tests.»

Some critics saw the Race to the Top stipulations as federal strong - arming that allowed the Obama administration to paint state adoption as entirely voluntary when, in fact, there were potential financial consequences for opting out.

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

Increasing funding in 2002, No Child Left Behind required the adoption of a common set of english and math standards correlated with achievement goals along, measured by standardized testing for federal accountability.

Authors: Dr. Ann E. Blankenship & Dr. Leslie LockeThis case study outlines the struggle for desegregation and the adoption of culturally responsive curricula in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) as it attempted to balance state politics and federal court oversight.

The adoption of these standards by a majority of states has been incentivized by $ 4billion of federal grant money (Race to the Top), for which Alabama applied and was turned down.

WASHINGTON, DC — In advance of this morning's major announcement from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler on the federal E-rate program, a new report released today by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission, and authored by Dr. John B. Horrigan, a leading authority on broadband adoption and use, shows that African American, Latino, low - income, and rural students are more likely to be in schools with slow internet access (10 Mbps or less) than their peers and less likely to be in schools with high - speed broadband internet (100 Mbps or more) needed for digital leFederal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler on the federal E-rate program, a new report released today by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission, and authored by Dr. John B. Horrigan, a leading authority on broadband adoption and use, shows that African American, Latino, low - income, and rural students are more likely to be in schools with slow internet access (10 Mbps or less) than their peers and less likely to be in schools with high - speed broadband internet (100 Mbps or more) needed for digital lefederal E-rate program, a new report released today by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission, and authored by Dr. John B. Horrigan, a leading authority on broadband adoption and use, shows that African American, Latino, low - income, and rural students are more likely to be in schools with slow internet access (10 Mbps or less) than their peers and less likely to be in schools with high - speed broadband internet (100 Mbps or more) needed for digital learning.

The Republican revolt against the Common Core can be traced to President Obama's embrace of it, particularly his linking the adoption of similar standards to states» eligibility for federal education grants and to waivers from No Child Left Behind, the national education law enacted by President George W. Bush.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake,» grilled State Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

So they opted for a stealth adoption, powerfully abetted by the federal government, with whispered reassurances that their ambitious effort really was just technocratic tinkering and wasn't that significant after all.

Failure to win support of teachers for adoption of a new evaluation system based on test scores, once again doomed several of the state's largest school districts in the federal Race to the Top competition earlier this month.

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So your MAGI is a better description of your ability to pay for education, adoption, or any of the other credits the Federal government may provide.

Your MAGI is used to determine your eligibility for various Federal tax benefits — including education tax breaks, the adoption tax credit, the retirement savings contribution credit, and many more.