Sentences with phrase «how local contributions»

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To do so, they will examine each of the areas of a local church's life from the perspective of a single, guiding question: How can this area of the life of a church make the maximum contribution to the spiritual health and growth of persons?

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

A Looks Great spokesman has said the contributions had nothing to do with its contracts, which are being investigated by local and state authorities over prevailing wage issues and how the contracts were awarded.

The DB plans funded by state and local governments, unlike private sector DB plans or DB plans for public employees in other countries, base employer contributions on how much a government assumes its plan's investments will earn over time.

They talked not only about their growth as instructional leaders within the Association, but also local leaders and school administrators shared how the contribution of the new teachers is strengthening the association and improving the schools.

Examining Sweden's education financing highlights how complicated our system is here in America — with our varying amounts of state, local and federal contributions — as Sweden's education system is funded primarily by tax revenue from local municipal authorities.

how to finance the reform efforts (e.g., reconfiguring existing organizational structures and budgets, granting policy waivers, doing away with programs peripheral to the district reform priorities, raising funds through local bond elections and community contributions, competing for government and foundation grants);

From visiting with elderly neighbors to cleaning up our local waterways, students learn how their individual contributions can make a difference.

Whilst many other travellers are hanging around in traveller bars telling tall tales about how they like to go places where travellers don't, we are there, taking shots and doing more for the local economy by making the odd contribution to locals for taking their pictures.

In connection with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's 40th birthday the Museum Program put together an exhibit that reviews park lands in three local counties (Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo), examines the area's cultural and natural contributions, and how the land became part of the park.

Addressing this global experience, and through his current ties to the contemporary artists and galleries that comprise the local art community, Gross is able to contextualize the influence Los Angeles has on the larger art world and how the ideas of these local artists are being championed in contribution to a global discourse.

Ciric will discuss this line of enquiry in relation to her recent curatorial projects that have aimed to examine how curatorial practice and the field of exhibition history may complement each other, unfolding complex issues of self - reflection, local knowledge production and its global contribution.

Local associations are asked to encourage their members to submit stories and to nominate commendable members whose contributions show pride in who they are and how they are helping consumers understand the power of REALTORS ®.