Sentences with phrase «improved by this legislation»

It is just the sort of school it was hoped would be improved by the legislation.

Not exact matches

Legislation that would improve public reporting by railways and allow for financial penalties if they fail to deliver rail cars on time has been stalled in the Senate since the fall.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. regulators may ask Congress to pass legislation to improve oversight of virtual currencies like bitcoin amid concerns about the risks posed by the emerging asset class, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.

The gathering included new legislation sponsored by Patrick McHenry entitled the «Fix Crowdfunding Act ``, designed to improve upon...

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

not only will this save us money we can use the money we save to improve are education infrastructure, which help reduce crime, something FOP and CCPOA (i do not now what the call it in other states) have been historically against, those two Gangs have no desire to reduce crime in fact they lobby to increase it; by supporting new legislation and fighting against ones that will reduce crime

In the first decades of the twentieth century, most Protestant churches worked together to enact legislation that would protect women and children from the factory system, limit the hours worked by all, and improve wages.

The new legislation is designed to improve the federal government's effectiveness in promoting religious liberty by, among other measures:

Policy - makers could play a much greater role in this by improving legislation that supports mothers to exclusively breastfeed.

By increasing the number of students eligible to enroll in school meal programs and improving the quality of food served, this legislation simultaneously tackles both hunger and the obesity levels currently affecting too many communities across this nation.»

The «raft of authoritarian legislation» introduced by the Labour government has done little to improve security, Menzies Campbell has warned.

The education department, abiding by legislation passed in 2015, identified 144 schools (which became 145 after one split) as «struggling» or «persistently struggling» — 124 were listed as struggling, which had two years to turnaround, and 21 schools were identified as persistently struggling, which have one year to improve or face being taken over by an independent receiver chosen by local leaders but approved by the state.

Introduced by State Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, and co-sponsored by 14 other State Assembly persons, the legislation, if passed would create a $ 4.5 billion Transit Gap Investment Fund to improve infrastructure, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

«We urge the Elections Committee to pass Senator Squadron's legislation, and the full Senate and Assembly to pass this critical reform that would improve our campaign finance and ethics laws by reducing the influence of big contributions on the decisions made by our elected officials.»

This has translated into meaningful legislation that protects them as well as all citizens by improving our members work environment and productivity,» he said.

Most recently, she served as Legislative Director for Council Member Rosie Mendez, where she was tasked with helping shape legislation and policy to address homelessness, improve health, regulate the recent spate of new construction, take on landlord harassment, and save taxpayer dollars by improving inefficiencies within city agencies.

Speaking on his weekly radio show on WOR, Bloomberg praised both Schumer and the state's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has also had her moments with the mayor, saying they both worked hard to improve the financial regulatory legislation that has now been passed (in different incarnations) by both the Senate and the House.

The environmental pressure group is calling for the legislation to be improved by calling for amendments ensuring a strategy to insulate more warm homes and a legal minimum standard of energy efficiencies in rented properties.

«By passing legislation to raise the charter cap, reform charter schools, improve teacher evaluation, and invest in tracking educational outcomes, the Senate Democratic Majority helped give New York the competitive advantage it needed to become a finalist in the Race to the Top,» Sampson crowed.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.

«By and large, almost every piece of [Mayor Bill de Blasio's] plan of improving 421 - a is in this legislation.»

Moreover, the quality of decision making would be improved if the abolition of the Lords was accompanied by appropriate reforms to the House of Commons (such as changing the voting system to PR and greatly strengthening select committees to scrutinise legislation and temporarily appoint outside expert advisers, etc).

«Instead of seeking to improve the EHRC to get the best results for the country they are seeking to destroy it, and what was intended by the legislation that created it.»

Known as the «maintenance of effort» (MOE) bill, the legislation would have ensured that tuition hikes went to improve CUNY and the State University of New York, rather than to offset underfunding by the state.

In an effort to protect the two City libraries and provide improved library services for the entire region, the three library institutions were merged by New York State special legislation in 1953.

The question then is one of whether peers are villains of the piece or whether their Lordships are exercising wisdom and reason in scrutinising the legislation proposed by the government and then improving it — like good fairies.

Sign the petition to join Todd, parents and education advocates to improve education and undo the damage done by Common Core by supporting legislation that:

«The Assembly's legislation will improve the lives of working women and men by making it easier for them to balance work and family responsibilities.»

According to Gillibrand's office, the legislation would help improve nutrition and enhance learning in under - served areas by better integrating summer education and meals programs, making it easier for public - private partner organizations to participate in the summer meals program, and by providing a third meal for children who attend evening enrichment programs.

The legislation, sponsored by Senator Greg Ball (R,C - Patterson), will improve the health and quality of life of animals by providing duly licensed pet dealers with updated standards of care.

Joined by a large contingent of pastors from his native Harlem, as well as by former Gov. David Paterson and Councilwoman Inez Dickens, Mr. Wright pitched himself as an accomplished legislator in the Assembly who has supported stronger rent laws and helped pass legislation improving wages for domestic workers.

Unexpected additions in the speech include legislation to ensure sufferers of mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos, will receive funds where no liable employer or insurer can be traced, and a defence reform bill which will seek to improve the way defence equipment is procured.

THAT NYSUT establish a task force which shall include member - participants in each of the public retirement systems, including the retirement plan trustees, if applicable, to discuss possible methods, including legislation, to harness and use public pension plan resources to improve poor labor practices and to provide workers the right to organize and bargain collectively in enterprises controlled by private equity funds, as well as other corporate interests; and

The legislation, the Students LIVE Act, is part of Chairman Crowley's Better Deal for Queens and the Bronx, a comprehensive plan put forward by Crowley to improve the lives of working men and women in New York's 14th Congressional District.

In the EU, the reduction in life expectancy due to air pollution was 7.5 months in 2010, and legislation already in place to improve air quality aims to reduce this loss to 5.2 months by 2030.

Finally, new legislation is in preparation that should improve entry conditions for non-European researchers in the EU by introducing an accessible «scientific visa.»

For while GMOs could greatly improve society in numerous ways — e.g. attacking diseased cells, digesting pollution, or increasing food production — their use is heavily restricted by decades - old legislation, for fear of what might happen should they escape into the environment.

The House Science and Technology Committee introduced legislation today that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.Introduction of the bill comes only months after J. Clarence (Terry) Davies authored a report that makes a series of recommendations for improving federal risk research and oversight of engineered nanomaterials at EPA, the FDA and the CPSC.

The ambitious legislation identified test - based accountability as the key to improving schools and, by extension, the long - term prospects of American schoolchildren.

Aimed at senior leadership teams, school business managers and governors, the bite size modules provide a cost effective route to improving school procurement skills by sharing knowledge of public procurement legislation and effective best practice.

Rather, it had to prove its worth by showing policymakers how to design legislation that would improve social welfare.»

During her appointment, she set a high bar, and had a powerful track record: 95 percent of Richmond's lowest performing schools achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation, and the district improved from 18 percent to 91.7 percent of all schools meeting this standard as measured by the State Department of Education.

Since 2005, some 35 states have enacted new legislation on principal assessments aimed at putting less emphasis on «inputs,» such as how well particular leadership tasks are met, and more on student «outcomes» and the leadership behaviors likeliest to improve instruction, according to research by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.

«While litigation and legislation provide important guardrails, Educators 4 Excellence believes those directly impacted by what happens in our classrooms should be proactively identifying better strategies to improve teaching and learning.

The No Child Left Behind Act and other legislation have gone as far as to mandate the use of practices supported by research and billions of dollars are spent on research in the social sciences — yet much of this high - quality research has not made it into the hands of practitioners working to improve our nation's schools.

Bremberg said the administration is backing two pieces of legislation: A bipartisan bill by Sens. John Cornyn, R - Texas, and Chris Murphy, D - Conn., that is designed to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and the STOP School Violence Act, which would authorize state - based grants to implement violence prevention training for teachers and students.

The goal of this legislation is to raise student achievement by improving instruction through the adoption of evaluations that provide specific feedback to educators, inform the provision of aligned professional development, and inform personnel decisions.

The legislation would increase funding for high - quality preschool programs serving low - and moderate - income families, and improve the quality of infant and toddler care offered by providers.

In the case of Nevada, though, state lawmakers passed legislation in 2013 strengthening performance requirements, accountability and capital support, so in future years the state should improve, said Todd Ziebarth, a senior vice president at the National Alliance, during a panel discussion held by the Fordham Institute in D.C.

The legislation is an initiative of the Vision 20/20 policy agenda, a set of proposed legislative measures developed by a coalition of educator - driven professional associations seeking to improve learning outcomes in Illinois.