Sentences with phrase «free as these mandates»

But the cost is anything but free as these mandates make housing less affordable and promote instability.

But the cost is anything but free as these mandates make housing less affordable and promote instability.»

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Part of what explains why the United States has been so reluctant to enact regulations on the internet and technology is the matter of free speech, as mandated by the US Constitution.

The decision, though, wasn't wrinkle - free: The panel mandated an alternative route that was immediately targeted by the project's opponents as lacking adequate vetting.

For over two years scores of litigants have been challenging the HHS mandate, which forces nearly all non-grandfathered employee health plans to change their terms, if they do not already cover sterilization, contraception, and abortifacient pharmaceuticals as «free preventive care» for female employees and dependents.

In light of the holdings of NFIB v. Sebelius, which upheld the mandate as a proper exercise of congressional taxing power, I'd be surprised if such a challenge wouldn't meet a similar fate as other free exercise challenges of taxing power.

As the divinely mandated ruler of all other life on Earth, man is free to eat, hunt, wear, domesticate, exploit for labour, and test on all the critters of the sea, air, and whatever moveth on the ground.

The new gluten - free labeling regulations are mandated as part of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, which requires food manufacturers to list the eight major food allergens.

-LSB-...] What the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 actually does is serve as yet another unfunded mandate for state school -LSB-...]

Good news: many moms can now get their pumps for free or very low cost under their health insurance plans as a result of a mandate in the Affordable Care Act (health reform).

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

The bipartisan Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 mandated that the USDA set guidelines for what needed to be included in local school wellness policies in areas such as setting goals for nutrition education and physical activity, informing parents about content of the policy and implementation, and periodically assessing progress and sharing updates as appropriate.

These rules, which were mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, represent the first significant federal effort to regulate «competitive food,» i.e., the foods and drinks sold to kids during the school day through outlets such as vending machines, school stores, cafeteria «a la carte» (snack bar) lines and school fundraisers.

I call Algeria «semi-democratic» as a one - dominant party democracy, with quite a lot of restrictions on free association, though the government probably does have a broad mandate to govern from not entirely fair or free elections.

As the state shifts toward renewable energy, under a mandate to power half its electrical grid with solar and wind by 2030, nuclear also supplies about 60 percent of its carbon - free power.

The INEC Chairman told the RECs that as an election management body, the conduct of free, fair and credible elections was the Commission's most important mandate.

Councilman Brad Lander, the prime sponsor of the bill, has touted a provision mandating free bags, for «any person using the New York state supplemental nutritional assistance program or New York state special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children as full or partial payment,» as a mechanism to prevent the measure from hurting low - income families struggling to make ends meet.

It could be recalled that the late Bashorun MKO Abiola was the winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential elections in Nigeria; an election universally acclaimed as the freest, fairest and most credible in the political annals of Nigeria but was ironically annulled by the military high command under Gen Ibrahim Babangida MKO Abiola was later hounded into detention by the military junta under Gen Sanni Abacha, where he later died for refusing to renounce his electoral mandate

In a joint statement to the OSTP, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Washington D.C. Principles Coalition for Free Access to Science — which represents society publishers — slammed NIH - style mandates as «a means for facilitating international piracy,» saying that they would «damage the very institutions that researchers, the public and government itself rely on to peer review, publish, disseminate and preserve scientific information.»

«With the passage of EHA, public schools were now mandated to provide a «free and appropriate public education» with the ultimate goal of preparing students for positive postsecondary outcomes such as employment or postsecondary education.»

Because local control rules the day in the «live free or die» state, New Hampshire's districts and charter schools were free to interpret and implement this mandate as they saw fit.

In fact, because of the strong tradition of local control, New Hampshire's districts and charter schools were free to interpret and implement the state's competency mandate as they saw fit.

And I'm hoping that the Chartered College, because it is free from political mandates and the immediate pressure that comes with working with as precious a resource as children, can provide the time, space and expertise to develop such a vision.

The flexibility means mandates under No Child Left Behind, like a free tutoring program in the Rochester City School District known as Supplemental Educational Services, will no longer be required.

There are high - performing voucher schools, but many of those schools have rigid admissions deadlines, don't offer free transportation and some mandate parental involvement, such as attendance at parent - teacher conferences — something that can be difficult for parents without reliable transportation.

The IDEA, previously known as the Education of the Handicapped Act («EHA») and amended several times since its inception in 1970, mandates federal grants to states to provide disabled children [3] with «a free appropriate public education» in the least restrictive appropriate environment.

Free from many state - mandated regulations, charter schools can offer more curriculum and design options to parents and children, such as Montessori, Core Knowledge (Back - to - Basics), Arts & Science, and a longer - day, longer - year, strict - discpline school for at - risk children living in urban areas (sometimes referred to as College Prep schools).

As the foreign trade body of the German book trade, the Frankfurter Buchmesse holds a cultural - political mandate to represent the German book industry around the world, and to promote international cultural exchanges and the free dissemination of the written word.

Putting aside the rental communities that mandate renters insurance as part of the lease, anyone is free to go about their day to day business without a thought towards how much injury or damage they might cause to another person or entity.

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While these free services provided by the credit reporting agencies as mandated by Federal law are the best option for most individuals it does not provide additional information such as a FICO score.

As mandated by the portfolio's Business Plan, all dividends get reinvested right back into the companies from whence they came — a fee - free process informally called «dripping.»

However, CIC must be held accountable and compelled to provide some real relief to the class beyond a «free» credit report (already available through annualcreditreport.com as mandated by the federalgovernment) or its worthless two free months of credit monitoring.

After reading your article, I get the impression that the retailers that were at that meeting felt that they were not just free to try and be successful retailers but are instead actually ENTITLED to be profitable as they mandate price protection from manufacturers.

In addition, HB 515 establishes a holding period for both stray animals and those surrendered by their families, it gives the person surrendering the animal the ability to change their mind and reclaim the animal, it bifurcates the holding period to incentivize adoptions and rescue transfers, it allows «shelters» to transfer animals to rescue groups right away to free up cage and kennel space thus reducing costs while increasing lifesaving, it mandates prompt and necessary care and environmental enrichment, and for those who are irremediably suffering, rigorously defined, it puts in place a mechanism to end their lives in as kind and compassionate a manner as possible and one that meets the dictionary definition for «euthanasia.»

Instead the amateur class most resembles Cooper Union's current fee - based continuing education programs (which themselves may be viewed as a deviation from the original mandate to provide free night instruction).

The biggest push is coming from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a 40 - year - old industry group with free - market views that drafts and pushes legislation and that sees renewable energy mandates as an overreach of government authority.

As the president of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association said, «Instead of imposing an unreasonable biofuels mandate, which would raise energy costs and impact fuel supplies, government should allow consumer choice and the free market to determine the mix of energy sources to best meet our nation's needs.»

Article 20 TFEU may have created citizenship of the Union as a status predicated upon Member State nationality mandating a limited and conditional set of legal rights to free movement, local and European suffrage, petition of the representative and regulatory institutions, and residual consular assistance.

There are also going to easy questions, like, for example, whether a regulator acting under a public interest mandate should have an accurate name that the public understands or provide its imprimatur to — as one national newspaper has put it — a «gay - free» law school or, indeed, to take the highest profile example of late, require its members to act in ways that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.2 I don't say that these questions are easy because everyone will agree on them — clearly people have not and do not.

As noted above, the minimum levels of coverage mandated for auto liability coverage in Pennsylvania are only minimums, and drivers are free to increase their level of liability protection on their Pennsylvania car insurance coverage.

Since traditional plans offer assured returns, a major portion of the premium is required to be invested in risk - free securities, as per Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) mandate.

Putting aside the rental communities that mandate renters insurance as part of the lease, anyone is free to go about their day to day business without a thought towards how much injury or damage they might cause to another person or entity.

Give him a mandate to help the recently minted Registrar get this great endeavor off the ground, without the bureaucracy of government implementation and to be free of the Old Boys network that is often associated when New Rules are implemented to Old institutions such as real estate.