Sentences with phrase «from federal mandates»

CAP and Knowledge Alliance also believe that the shift away from federal mandates and toward greater state and local autonomy is a move in the right direction.

In meetings with the offices of Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin and Representatives Paul Ryan, Mark Pocan, Ron Kind, Gwen Moore, James Sensenbrenner, Glenn Grothman, Sean Duffy, and Reid Ribble, the WASB also encouraged reauthorization of the federal Child Nutrition Act, which governs school meal programs, so it would provide schools with more flexibility and relief from federal mandates.

A group of California districts seeking relief from federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind Act have proposed implementing its new system for school improvement this fall, assuming its updated application is approved by July, officials said Tuesday.

Much will change in practice and policy as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaces the law, regulations, and guidance established through NCLB; but two elements of the new legislation stand out: the shift away from federal mandates toward greater state and local authority, and the emphasis on evidence - based school improvement practices.

The good news is that there's been a seismic shift away from the federal mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act to a more local push for deeper learning.

Not exact matches

With presidential candidates from both major political parties proposing a federal mandate on paid parental leave, some companies have chosen to get ahead of any potential new regulations.

The move comes as almost 30 states have considered imposing privacy rules on Internet service providers similar to the now - revoked federal rules, which, among other mandates, required that companies get permission from customers before collecting sensitive data.

So, despite raising some revenue from mandate penalties, the federal government ends up paying more as premium support.

Among the new measures pushed by branch officials, according to the New York Times: a mandate that Air Force Office of Special Investigations personnel «confirm that reportable cases have been entered in the federal database by seeing either a printout or a screenshot from the database.»

Under current law, the individual mandate and its associated penalties increase federal deficits by encouraging people to obtain subsidized coverage — through Medicaid, the health insurance marketplaces established under the ACA, or employment - based plans (which receive indirect subsidies to the extent that premiums for that coverage are excluded from taxable compensation).

When the federal government mandates the levy rises to $ 40 per tonne in 2021 (up from $ 30 in Alberta currently), the NDP would stuff the extra funds into general revenue.

The key point here is that the Federal Reserve's financial stability mandate is derived from what lies in the penumbra, not from any express reference to financial stability in the Federal Reserve Act itself.

The Federal Reserve is independent from politics and the national government but is subject to oversight by Congress, which has set our dual mandate to promote maximum sustainable employment and price stability.

We will also add the costing of political party platforms to the PBO's mandate, as is the case in Australia and the Netherlands, so that starting in the next federal election, Canadians can review the fiscal plans of political parties from a credible and comparable baseline.

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

Senate Bill 50 exempted industrial hemp from the state controlled substances act but also mandated that Kentucky follow all federal rules and regulations with respect to industrial hemp.

If the opioid epidemic prevents the participation rate from increasing, the Federal Reserve may not be able to fulfill the full employment part of its dual mandate for achieving a strong economy.

Unlike the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank's tradition and mandate was inherited from the old German Bundesbank that has a very conservative approach to interest rate setting.

The BC NDP platform states that all new money from carbon tax increases, in line with the federal mandate, will be used to provide rebate cheques for families, and to investing in climate change solutions.

All phytocannabinoid (PCR) rich products our partners produce, manufacture, or distribute, are either imported legally, or derived from 100 % Federally legal industrial hemp that is registered with the Colorado, Oregon, or North Carolina State Departments of Agriculture and conform fully to the 2014 US Farm Bill section 7606 which federally legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp under certain federal mandated conditions which we fully conform to.

From the colonial period through the twenty - first century, federal, state, and territorial governments have an unbroken tradition of protecting conscientious objectors who can not abide the government's mandate to kill, cut, or medicate another human being.

For - profit companies are still not exempt from the Department of Health and Human Services» (HHS) employer - provided contraceptives mandate, but that could change if Hobby Lobby successfully argues its case in federal court.

In September, a federal judge granted March for Life an exemption from the ACA's contraception mandate on moral — rather than religious — grounds.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act has mandated that deep - mine disposal of high - level radioactive effluent and spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors commence by 1998, but states with proposed geological sites are screaming foul.

With the passage in 1968 of federal legislation mandating decidedly lowered rent ceilings, court rulings limiting discretion in tenant selection, and pressure from the civil rights movement to put an end to racial bias in tenant selection and assignments, this percentage increased.

Sotomayor said the two groups were exempted from the mandates until at least Friday, when the federal government faces a deadline to file a legal response in the case.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other groups today filed a brief with a federal appellate court explaining that a district court judge erred in refusing to block implementation of Vermont's law mandating warning labels on products with ingredients from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

Currently, bereaved and surrogate mothers who chose to express breast milk can be excluded from the protection of the federal mandate due to the terminology used.

Over the years, Congress has mandated federal nutrition standards, funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs and debated, but never acted on, banning various «junk foods» from schools.

Just think of what someone with your passion could accomplish in your own local school district if freed from all state and federal mandates.

(Sadly, as I experienced, bereaved and surrogate mothers who choose to express breast milk can be excluded from the protection of the federal mandate simply due to the uniqueness of their situation.)

The Texas Association of Business calls it «inappropriate,» saying the relationship between the employer and employee should be handled privately, not through a mandate from the federal government.

The parade of horribles said to follow ineluctably from upholding the individual mandate includes the federal government's ability to compel us to purchase and consume broccoli, buy General Motors vehicles, and exercise three times a week.

Both candidates felt there should be more relief from state and federal mandates, if there's going to be a tax cap.

«We hear from members who say, «If there's going to be a paid leave mandate, the more it looks like the provisions of (the federal Family and Medical Leave Act), the less concerns that we have because we know how to deal with that.

ICE Director Thomas D. Homan fired back at Cuomo late Wednesday, saying ICE will refuse to «cease and desist from fulfilling our agency's congressionally mandated mission of enforcing federal law.»

Months ago, to ensure that military and overseas citizens» votes are counted this November, a federal judge mandated, as required by federal law, that New York move its primary election for members of Congress from Sept. 11 to June 26.

In the past month, Syracuse was denied a $ 2.9 million federal grant to remove toxic lead - based paint from homes with children, saw nearly 900 properties fall under a federal mandate to buy expensive flood insurance, and asked for federal aid to buy police body cameras.

Lawyers from the attorney general's office filed an intervening motion in federal court late Monday asking Judge Gary Sharpe to grant more time in compling with a federal law mandating an early primary in New York.

The Democrats said at a lower Manhattan news conference with the Statue of Liberty in the backdrop that their preference is that the federal government add terror watch lists to the criteria used in background checks, but congressional efforts to mandate the cross-check have met pushback from gun advocates.

A New York City taxi driver challenging the constitutionality of mandated GPS - tracking of cabs has gotten a red light from a federal appeals court.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized his Republican rival's handling of a complicated federal housing settlement in Westchester County for not complying with a mandate from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Currently, 75 percent of the county's budget comes from mandates from both the federal and state governments, the most substantial of which is the county's contributions to Medicaid costs.

Sessions, speaking at a White House press briefing, stated that sanctuary cities were endangering the country by failing to comply with federal immigration mandates, and said the government could hold back funding from those municipalities.

Dovetailing HUD's decision to deny the county's AI earlier this month, a federal appeals panel also denied the seventh appeal from the county on April 28, ruling that Westchester has engaged in «total obstructionism» regarding its 2009 federal mandate to increase access to affordable housing in more affluent pockets of the county.

Nearly three - quarters of private sector workers receive paid sick days from their employers, though there is no federal mandate requiring it.

The top investigator at the New York Correction Department resigned on Friday under pressure from city leaders who are facing a federal mandate to regain control of the Rikers Island jail complex, where widespread brutality and corruption by guards routinely go unpunished.

A federal judge smacked down conservative scribe Dinesh D'Souza Tuesday — for trying to take the summer off from his court - mandated community service.

The new law expressly forbids the federal government from mandating the use of tests scores in teacher evaluation and from mandating the use of Common Core standards.