Sentences with phrase «grant a waiver based»

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At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.

If we terminate Mr. Drexler's employment without cause or he terminates his employment with good reason, Mr. Drexler will be entitled to receive (i) a payment of his earned but unpaid annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued vacation pay and any un-reimbursed expenses, and (ii) subject to Mr. Drexler's execution of a valid general release and waiver of claims against us, as well as his compliance with the non-competition, non-solicitation and confidential information restrictions described below, (a) a payment equal to his annual base salary and target cash incentive award, one - half of such payment to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date and the remaining one - half of such payment to be paid in six equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the termination date, (b) a payment equal to the product of (x) the last annual cash incentive award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.

«It eliminates the secretary's power to grant waivers, which is where the requirement to assess teachers according to their students» test scores is based.»

The city's argument is in part based on a ruling from the city's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doing so.

De Blasio spoke with state lawmakers for several hours and is due to meet with Cuomo later in the day for a news conference to push the federal government to grant a Medicaid waiver that the governor's administration says his vital to save several Brooklyn - based hospitals.

It does permit local school boards to apply to the Maryland State Board of Education for waivers on behalf of their district or individual schools, which the Board may grant for a single school year based on a «compelling justification.»

What the Obama administration just did with education would be a mild case, in which waivers are combined with new requirements lacking a basis in law, but the more serious case is the Affordable Care Act, under which, without any warrant that I have been able to find in the law itself, the administration granted more than 1,400 waivers to labor unions and small businesses that were offering less insurance coverage than the law requires.

Rewards in the form of a waiver, or incentives in the form of a state innovation grant or site - based merit pay, could be included in a public academy contract with a host school district; so must corrective action policies for academic or fiscal malfeasance.

To win federal Race to the Top grants or waivers from No Child Left Behind (NCLB), most states adopted teacher and principal evaluation systems based heavily on student test scores.

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 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 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.

The U.S. Department of Education granted New York a waiver, and the following analysis is based on that state's revised application.

States seeking grants or waivers agreed to adopt common standards to prepare students for «college and careers» and to use accountability systems based on «student growth.»

The first of its kind to be granted to districts as opposed to states, the waiver will allow the eight districts to implement a new accountability model called the School Quality Improvement System which is based on a holistic vision of student success, a collective moral imperative to prepare all students for college and career, and an emphasis on eliminating disparities between subgroups of students.

But, the memo says, he could theoretically invite the districts or states to request waivers and grant them based on their willingness to adapt his reforms.

The study found that — out of 22 policy barriers to competency - based education, as cited by principals — 20 were merely perceived or could be dealt with through creative workarounds or waivers.14 The same year, a 50 - state policy scan by the Carnegie Foundation found that only nine states provided no flexibility in granting high school credits beyond traditional seat time requirements.15

In 2011, it started granting waivers to states to free them from the more onerous requirements of the law in exchange for embracing Obama's policies, such as evaluating teachers in part based on student test scores.

In addition to ESEA waiver requirements that districts incorporate evaluation data into personnel decisions (though compensation isn't specified), the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), a federal grant program that has allocated over $ 2 billion since its inception, began supporting state and district efforts to implement performance - based compensation in 2006.79 Grantees from across the country have included Miami - Dade County Public Schools, Mississippi, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Public Schools (see Case Study: Lessons From Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT System).

While he supports Duncan's move to grant waivers, the senator wants the process «to be based on state request, not on Washington mandate,» Alexander said Wednesday.

Based on his support for the initiative, and recent U.S. Department of Education criteria for granting NCLB waivers to states that pledge higher standards for student performance, greater accountability, and improved teacher effectiveness, Secretary Duncan clearly believes that it did.

(Schools and districts were held accountable for CCSS based on a waiver of the No Child Left Behind accountability requirements granted by the U.S. Department of Education.)

Waivers may be granted (on a case by case basis) 18 What are the required inspections?

A06: You may petition individual judges, who are permitted to grant fee waivers on a case - by - case basis.