Sentences with phrase «higher education bills»

Pennsylvania Senator Toomey aligned with several prominent student loan and higher education bills.

A Higher Education Bill will force universities to come clean over data that reveals poor standards and see a cut in the level of tuition fees they charge.

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a wide - sweeping higher education bill, saying the legislation «impedes the ability of state colleges to meet the needs of the communities and families they serve.»

It was 27 January 2004, when MPs voted on the Second Reading of the Higher Education Bill to introduce top - up fees.

Prior to the higher education bill, there was also debate about the fairness of up - front fees as opposed to fees paid off in retrospect.

The higher education bill, presented in December 2003, set out the government's plans for introducing top - up fees.

Yet the proposal from NCAN has as much to do with shaping discussions of a broader higher education bill as it does in seeking to influence the spending bill for next year.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat who has prioritized response to sexual assault both in the military and in higher education, is among lawmakers who hope to advance legislation as part of the higher education bill.

The Health and Social Care Bill, which introduced Foundation Hospitals, and the Higher Education Bill, which introduced Tuition Fees - which are not payable at Scottish universities.

The trio of new policies, unveiled by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports on 12 October, would replace the current 2003 Science and Higher Education Bill, which is seen widely as needing improvement.

Such a change would have been expected to be in a Higher Education Bill - but that is not now due until later in the spring.

She will inherit a higher education bill, which could raise tuition fees in England, with a second reading due next week.

by SAM DILLON Tucked away in an $ 87 billion higher education bill that passed the House last week was a broad new federal initiative aimed not at benefiting college students, but at raising quality in the early...

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After a successful 32 - year investment banking career, Bill Henson, a decade ago, made the transition to inner city education, initially joining the board of Cristo Rey New York High School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faiHigh School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faihigh school that educates children of all faiths.

The Omani - based company leads many different initiatives in a variety of sectors, ranging from higher education to solar energy to core testing for oil and gas, and even trying to build a «smart city» which may enable citizens to pay utility bills automatically, amongst other things.

The company cited the 2018 tax reform bill as motivation for the initiative and said that participants in their program can pursue «qualifying higher education or vocational training» that are outside the scope of their current responsibility.

In order to be eligible for the Army's Loan Repayment Program, the applicant is required to enlist in the Army with at least a high school diploma, score at least a 50 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, hold a loan that is guaranteed under the Higher Education ACT, agree to serve in a critical military occupational specialty, have a written contract, and decline Montgomery GI Bill enrollment.

This week, the House Education and Workforce Committee will mark up the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, a comprehensive bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA).

[Washington]-- Today, House Republicans unveiled their tax bill, which contains various policy proposals that will impact young people's economic security, including higher education.

The state is currently moving closer to adopting a bill that would subject religious higher - education institutions to regulations forbidding them to act on their religious tenets if their students receive state grants to support their studies.

«This is not the last bill but just the first one, and future legislation could reach beyond California and beyond higher education institutions.»

Besides, what better use of my GI Bill education than to present what I know now to have been the intellectual high point of my military career?

She is a columnist for the Conversation Section of the Chronicle of Higher Education Magazine and blogs for the Harvard Bill of Health.

Higher education minister Bill Rammell said the initiative would address many of these concerns.

The former broadcaster once described as «the thinking man's crumpet» said that although the debate appeared «silly» she deplored the name Of - Stud for the new regulator which will replace the Higher Education Council for England and the Office for Fair Access when the bill becomes law.

The Pre-Tertiary Bill approved by Cabinet proposes the devolution of the management of Basic Schools to the Assemblies and management of Senior High Schools at Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ministry of Education (MoE) Headquarters.

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to Valesky's bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy of Albany County, is now in the Assembly Higher Education committee.

The Assembly companion to Valesky's bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy of Albany County, is now in the Assembly Higher Education committee.

Education experts don't buy Mayor Bill de Blasio's claim that Albany has to fix the admissions standards for specialized high schools.

The bill is likely to be discussed during a legislative hearing on higher education scheduled for Tuesday.

Commenting on the Education Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Ensuring that all children and young people receive their entitlement to the highest standards of education should be at the heart of any EducatEducation Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Ensuring that all children and young people receive their entitlement to the highest standards of education should be at the heart of any Educateducation should be at the heart of any EducationEducation Bill.

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That's especially true for bills that impede our obligation to provide all of our students with a high - quality public education.»

Deborah Glick, chair of the Assembly's Higher Education committee, says the hold - up is over the bill's language.

Higher education minister Bill Rammell said yesterday's final offer of a 13.1 per cent pay increase over three years was rejected by union leaders «seemingly out of hand».

The bill, sponsored by Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, addresses Republicans» complaints that Democrats, who control the Assembly, have too much control over appointments to the Board of Regents.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, ushered a bill through his chamber during the 2014 session that would change how the Regents are selected, giving the governor and legislative conferences appointment power.

Aside from lowering the voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.

«The bill would flip the current incentives of a broken system to provide real accountability and transparency from higher education institutions,» the senator's office said.

asked Noah Gotbaum, a member of Community Education Council 3, which passed a resolution this month supporting the bill and has come out against the high - rise project.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, said the most difficult aspect of the bill to negotiate was the exact definition of «affirmative consent,» a new «yes means yes» standard.

Those rules employ an affirmative consent requirement to any sexual encounter on higher education campuses across the state, a sexual assault victims bill of rights, and more.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

She was also a high - profile supporter of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and her wife worked for the mayor's administration in the Department of Education before recently stepping down.

Under the bill, introduced late last week, the top 20 percent of the state's highest performing school districts would be allowed to submit their current evaluation plans along with a request for a waiver to the Department of Education.

The Senate's Higher Education committee advanced a bill that if passed would impose a fine of up to $ 1,000 for the sale or purchase of term papers, dissertations or other academic assignments over the Internet.

«It is essential that the system of applying to higher education is as open and accessible to students as possible,» said higher education minister Bill Rammell.

The Professional Staff Congress, which represents 27,000 CUNY faculty and professional staff, has announced its endorsement of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for re-election, citing his «strong support» of public higher education.