Sentences with phrase «grants under legislation»

Student teachers who agree to teach in a rural school for at least two years would receive stipends and current rural teachers who want to earn a National Board Certification could receive grants under the legislation.

Not exact matches

This is made of two parts: statutory programs under which authority for spending is granted through existing / enabling legislation and vote / appropriated spending for which Parliamentary approval is required each year.

But under legislation passed in late 1995, any home - rule unit in a collar county that had the ability to increase a tax levy in 1994 was granted limited borrowing authority.

Police in Britain could be granted new powers to stop and question people under new anti-terror legislation being weighed up by the government.

Under legislation introduced by state Sen. Martin Golden of Brooklyn and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island, anyone convicted of first - degree manslaughter would be denied a conditional release such as what Thomas was granted.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

Richard St. Paul, Louis Trangucci and Albert Tarantino, the three Republican members of the New Rochelle City Council have made a home rule request of New Rochelle's four Albany lawmakers — State Senators Jeff Klein and Suzi Openheimer and State Assembly Representatives Amy Paulin and George Latimer — requesting their assistance in «the drafting and filing of State legislation under Home Rule provisions to allow the City of New Rochelle to have full power to approve the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) decisions as it relates to granting benefits to IDA applicants.»

«Sports betting falls within the exclusivity granted to the Tribes under the current agreements,» Elizabeth Conway, general counsel to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, wrote to legislative leaders last month, «and thus any legislation should be drafted within that framework.»

The funding increases in this legislation, including special education grants under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Title I, and Impact Aid are critical for America's public schools to continue to improve and educate a growing and diverse population of students.

Numerous provisions contained in S. 1177 represent a huge step forward from current legislation: the elimination of adequate yearly progress and the 100 percent proficiency requirements, tempering the test - and - punish provisions of No Child Left Behind; the continued requirement of disaggregated subgroup data; removal of the unworkable school turnaround models required under the School Improvement Grant and Race to the Top programs; clarification of the term school leader as the principal of an elementary, middle or high school; inclusion of the use of Title II funds for a «School Leadership Residency Program»; activities to improve the recruitment, preparation, placement, support, and retention of effective principals and school leaders in high - need schools; and the allowable use of Title II funds to develop induction and mentoring programs that are designed to improve school leadership and provide opportunities for mentor principals and other educators who are experienced and effective.

California schools would receive nearly $ 2 billion in multiple federal grants under authorizing legislation that is now in the hands of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The company challenged the constitutionality of the legislation, primarily on the grounds that it is ultra vires federal jurisdiction (outside of powers granted to the federal parliament under the constitution) and that it violated s. 2 (b) of the Charter and could not be saved by s. 1.

I find this particularly interesting, considering the parallels it has to the legislation presently under consideration in Canada regarding granting the police the authority to require drivers who are legally stopped to provide a breath sample.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that medicare and hospitalization legislation under which the health services were granted violated the equality rights of deaf persons under the Charter, as without sign language interpretation, they were not able to receive the same health - care services as hearing persons.

He said that Snell posted «vague comments about him on various social media platforms in an attempt to intimidate him and ruin his reputation» that continued until a justice of the peace granted a protection order against Snell under the new legislation.

UNISON applied for a judicial review of the Fees Order and argued that it was not a lawful exercise of the Lord Chancellor's statutory powers because the fees interfered unjustifiably with the right of access to justice under the common law and EU law, frustrated the operation of legislation granting employment rights, and discriminated unlawfully against women and other protected groups.

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislation.

Currently, the protected ground of «record of offences» protects against discrimination only on the basis of: (a) convictions under provincial legislation such as the Highway Traffic Act, and (b) convictions under federal legislation such as the Criminal Code, for which a pardon has not been granted.

Nevertheless, amendments to the PAFVA and the other legislation under which exclusive possession of residential premises can be granted seems to be the better way to go, as they should provide better access to the relevant law for victims of domestic violence and those assisting them.

In Alberta, it would be better to amend the PAFVA and the other legislation under which exclusive possession of residential premises can be granted rather than amend the RTA, because what is needed is a comprehensive list of matters to be considered by the parties and the courts in granting a protection order, or at least the QBPOs.

As I noted in a previous post, no - contact orders can be granted not just under legislation dealing specifically with family violence, but also under general family legislation.

The Act lists a variety of proceedings in respect of which there is no limitation period (section 16): proceedings for declarations; proceedings to enforce court orders and other orders that are enforceable in the same way as court orders; proceedings under the Family Law Act relating to support; proceedings to enforce arbitration awards; proceedings by persons in possession of collateral to redeem or realize on it; proceedings arising from sexual assault in certain circumstances; proceedings to recover fines, taxes and penalties owing to the Crown; proceedings relating to claims by the Crown (or by a delivery agent under social welfare legislation) in various circumstances; proceedings to recover money owing in respect of certain student loans, awards and grants.

When the case was decided in the CJEU it found that under EU legislation, by not granting any, the employer had effectively prevented Mr King from taking paid holiday and therefore Mr King was being prevented from exercising EU Rights.

Benefits Canada has reported on a Quebec Superior Court decision that calls into question the effectiveness of pension protections granted by provincial legislation in situations where an insolvent employer is being liquidated under the federal Companies» Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).

Of concern to many, including LAG, are the extensive powers the Conservatives want to be granted to create secondary legislation under the proposed Great Repeal Bill.

Indigenous freehold is land that has been granted as freehold title under the statutory land rights legislation introduced in 1991.

The grant of freehold land to Aboriginal people under the ALRA is seen by the government as a far better way of dealing with the injustices of dispossession than the Commonwealth's native title legislation which relies on traditional connection.

If, after the commencement of the RDA in 1975, the Crown has enacted or amended legislation, granted or varied licences, created or extinguished any interest in relation to land or waters or created a contract or trust in relation to land or waters [9] and this act discriminates against native title rights and interests under the RDA, these acts would be invalid.

The legislation does not authorise an Aboriginal Land Trust to deal with an estate or interest in land covered by a compulsory five - year lease other than by granting a lease under Sections 19 or 19A of the ALRA.50

In Tasmania particular areas of land that are of cultural and historic significance to Tasmanian Aboriginal people have been vested in perpetuity in a state - wide Aboriginal Land Council created under the legislation.67 It can grant leases in the land.68 Mortgages of the leases can be granted.

With regard to banking legislation, the Government Savings Bank (Rural Bank) Act 1920 (NSW) was passed, which enabled Commissioners of the Bank to conduct the work of a Rural Bank and to offer loans against leases granted under the WLA and other Crown lands legislation.

Importantly, a lease like other land titles is also affected by the legislation under which it is granted in terms of the purposes for which it can be granted and the terms and conditions of the lease.

Amendments should provide that the Federal Court should rely on the first respondent, being the State Government, to represent all respondent interests whose interests are gained from a grant of rights from the State... The State under legislation manages for example the Fishery or the Mineral resources for the public generally and as such, the State as the grantor of such interests is best placed to represent all persons holding such interests in the native title context.

As for her concern that, «The other less reported «new reform» under the IAS introduced last year has been the requirement for indigenous organisations receiving «grants of $ 500,000 or more in a single financial year from funding administered by the Indigenous Affairs portfolio to incorporate under Commonwealth legislation under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006», unless she's been on another planet she should understand that this is because it's important to minimise the possibility of corrupt bureaucrats diverting moneys to their own personal ends.

Ultimately, common law proprietary rights may be subject to overriding fisheries legislation under which commercial fishing licences are granted.

Where native title existed in its own right under the common law or where native title co-existed with other tenures - the native title could not result in the extinguishment or any derogation whatsoever of any rights granted by the Crown or by legislation.