Sentences with phrase «includes robust funding»

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Liberal Democrats in Westminster have also provided robust opposition to the Bill, including by ensuring plans to tilt the scales of party funding in favour of the Conservatives were separated from the Bill during its passage through the Lords.

The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Fiscal Policy Institute and the Human Services Council are leading a robust statewide coalition of nonprofit providers to call for Governor Cuomo to: Raise the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour for all workers in New York State, including human services workers AND Amend government human services contracts to fund the wage increase.

The governor put forward a robust plan that included a method to fund universal pre-k, something New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio championed during his campaign for mayor.

He mentioned that his main objective is to help build a strong party from the grassroots by creating a robust Welfare Fund to be used for the welfare needs of the party members, including the polling station and constituency executives, regional and national officers, communicators, the serial callers, and other party members who put their lives on the line for the party, but are somehow not recognized.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

From a heritage point of view, the James review contained some welcome recommendations — including those on the importance of a much more systematic approach to the collection and upkeep of robust condition data (and the way that this should inform future funding allocations) and maintenance of existing buildings.

The School Improvement Grants program provides significant funds to «dramatically transform school culture and increase student outcomes in each State's persistently lowest - achieving schools, including secondary schools, through robust and comprehensive reforms.»

These include implementing new professional learning programs for teachers, developing a robust technology infrastructure to support student - centered learning, and funding new leadership roles for educators who curate and create openly licensed educational materials.

NISL also will continue to offer its robust system of continuous professional learning for the Distinguished Principals, including ongoing shoulder - to - shoulder coaching, regular networking calls, online support, and, as requested by the Distinguished Principals, face - to - face networking and formal learning opportunities, as funding permits.

The Peter Principle of one being promoted and eventually «rising to one's level of incompetence» is avoided in the Singaporean career track system design with robust continuous learning opportunities, including full - time, completely ministry - funded programs like the four - week Senior Teachers Programme and 10 - week Teacher Leaders Programme during which I continue to receive my salary, meet and network with other Senior Teachers, and establish a better understanding of my professional role.

-- How to negotiate, read / build contracts, and build robust budgets that both account for all aspects of project expense, including artist fee, and reflect the story of your project to funders and stakeholders.

Artists will learn: - Methods of organizing community around social impact through arts and culture emphasizing available assets over deficits - Tools and activities to engage dialogue, break down barriers, and create a shared language among key stakeholders - Incorporation of art into city planning and urban development - How to negotiate, read / build contracts, and build robust budgets that both account for all aspects of project expense, including artist fee, and reflect the story of your project to funders and stakeholders.

Building on the success of its $ 400 million in commitments across 21 projects and robust pipeline of deals, NY Green Bank is today committing to work with the private sector to raise new funds, assist other states in the establishment of new Green Bank offices, and provide capacity to those new Green Banks for back - end services including due diligence, underwriting and general technical support.

The introduction of clear, ethical and financial standards in the form of a Code of Practice, will provide a progressive framework for the use of third party funding in arbitration and mediation in Hong Kong, including robust safeguards to protect against potential abuse.

To counter these problems about its lack of assets, the corporate plaintiff had to disclose its financials with «robust particularity», i.e., in a fulsome way, including the following: the amount and source of all income; a description of all assets (including values); a list of all liabilities and other significant expenses; an indication of the extent of the ability of the plaintiffs to borrow funds; and details of any assets disposed of or encumbered since the cause of action arose.

To be sure, the law included some big changes — the shift from «first - to - invent» to «first - to - file» and alterations to the PTO's funding and fee - setting authority — but it failed to create robust new procedures for effectively challenging bad patents.

Victoria's Attorney - General identified the need for «more robust and secure funding for NTRBs, including native title service providers... organisational capacity, expertise and good governance of these bodies... is critical to the functioning of the native title system as a whole».

This session describes how we (1) crafted a common policy agenda, (2) «built the bench» of early childhood legislative champions in New Mexico, culminating in a bipartisan «early childhood caucus» with 20 members, (3) jointly funded credible advocacy partners, including active - duty police officers and sheriffs, retired US admirals and generals, and pediatricians, and (4) engaged board members in a robust media campaign.