Sentences with phrase «independent authority of the state»

Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA), also known as «Virginia Space,» is an independent authority of the State of Virginia with a charter to support space - related business, economic development, and STEM education within the Commonwealth.

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Legislation to enable regulation of Western Power to transition from WA's Economic Regulation Authority to the independent national energy regulator has been introduced to state parliament.

Moyo told the civil service that the army was moving to protect them against the purge, and told the judiciary that the aim was to «ensure that as an independent arm of the state you are able to exercise your independent authority without fear of being obstructed as has been the case with this group of individuals.»

As part of its 2006 election platform, the Conservative Party promised to «create an Independent Budget Authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament about the state of the nation's finances and trends in the national economy; require government departments and agencies to provide timely information to the Parliamentary Budget Authority to ensure it has the information it needs to provide accurate analyses to Parliament; and ensure that government fiscal forecasts are updated quarterly and that they provide complete data for both revenue and spending forecasts».

Unfortunately, many of us have already been conditioned to accept these proclamations as fact without even conducting any independent research on our own to (1) determine if the authoritative figure is even an authority on the topic, which in many cases, he or she is not; and (2) determine if what the authoritative figure is stating is actually true or not.

I can not say the book is great literature, but it is a good read, and it provides a powerful feel for the day - by - day pressures exerted by a regime bent upon extinguishing any independent force of possible opposition, and especially any force appealing to an authority transcending the state.

The consolidation of the state's authority made possible the emergence of a legally - protected sphere of action independent of itself.

The founders of this very nation (56 out of 56) did that in the Declaration of Independence: «We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof this very nation (56 out of 56) did that in the Declaration of Independence: «We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof 56) did that in the Declaration of Independence: «We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof Independence: «We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof America, in General Congress, Assembled, APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent StatOF THE WORLD for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent Statof Right ought to be Free and Independent States

Shortly after the Land O» Lakes statement spoke defiance to outside authority, the State of New York, which had many of its citizens enrolled in independent colleges and universities that were almost all laboring under severe annual deficits, made institutional grants (known as «Bundy money») available to them.

Correlative with these new symbolisms of religious meaning is the emergence of structures of religious authority that are in principle independent of the state.

Section 41 of the Act allows the Secretary of State, by order, to publish a list of approved independent special institutions (Independent Special Schools — England and Wales and Special Post-16 institutions) for the purposes of satisfying Section 38 (Preparation of an Education, Health and Care plan by local authorities) independent special institutions (Independent Special Schools — England and Wales and Special Post-16 institutions) for the purposes of satisfying Section 38 (Preparation of an Education, Health and Care plan by local authorities) Independent Special Schools — England and Wales and Special Post-16 institutions) for the purposes of satisfying Section 38 (Preparation of an Education, Health and Care plan by local authorities) of the Act.

«Now Therefore I, Lieutenant - Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu - Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, by virtue of the authority, and pursuant to the principles recited above,» he announced in a broadcast, which thereafter triggered wild jubilations in the streets, «do hereby solemnly proclaim that the territory and region known as and called Eastern Nigeria, together with her continental shelf and territorial waters, shall henceforth be an independent sovereign state of the name and title of Biafra.»

The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency at the New York City Housing Authority and ordered an independent monitor be appointed to oversee and expedite repairs to the agency's deteriorating buildings, where 400,000 New Yorkers live.

Instead, the money is handled by two independent public authorities — Empire State Development (ESD) and the Dormitory Authority of the State of NY (DASNY).

«The bill that Gov. Cuomo is attempting to get through his state Legislature on fast - track — no hearings and no public discussion — shows Cuomo at his worst: Unable to persuade the bi-state Port Authority to do his bidding, he now hopes to strip it of independent action, crippling its ability to carry out its major functions, and turning it into an extension of the governor's office,» said Jameson Doig, author of Empire on the Hudson, the authoritative history of the Port Authority.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the New York City Housing Authority and ordered an independent monitor.

Cuomo's agenda is packed with items that the speaker is very likely to oppose, from his plan to have an independent commission draw the state's new electoral lines to his desire to strip the Legislature of its authority over the state agencies that Cuomo wants to consolidate.

«We are hard - pressed to understand how a New York State Inspector General of the Port Authority, residing in and serving at the pleasure of the New York Governor's office, with the responsibilities mirroring the current Port Authority Inspector General, can offer any advantage over the current internal independent IG,» the letter said.

Ravitch also wants to take Medicaid out of the political process on the state level, switching reimbursement authority from the Legislature, which he says «micromanages rate changes,» to an independent panel similar to the federal Medicare model.

The legislation would make the Authority subject to open public record laws of both states, require that its meetings be open to the public, establish audit and finance committees within the body, and mandate an annual report by an independent auditor that gets sent to the governor, state comptroller and each state's Legislature.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

These cases of «excessive compensation,» as one Greene County legislator puts it, are testing one of the state's newest agencies — the Independent Authorities Budget Office, which recently got broader enforcement powers.

The Suffolk County Water Authority is an independent public - benefit corporation operating under the authority of New YoAuthority is an independent public - benefit corporation operating under the authority of New Yoauthority of New York State.

Free schools are new state schools, independent of local authorities.

The next year, in Arizona Free Enterprise PAC v. Bennett (2011) the Court further restricted state authority to regulate campaign finance to achieve greater equality, striking down provisions of Arizona's public financing system that gave extra government money to candidates who faced high - spending opponents or high levels of independent expenditures.

[58] Similarly, the state Department of Transportation would, under Paladino's proposal, absorb the currently independent Thruway Authority and the Bridge and Tunnel Authorities.

David Friedfel of the independent Citizens Budget Commission disputes the Cuomo administration's view that borrowing through the Dormitory Authority doesn't put taxpayers on the hook because in the event of any default, the state would «at the very least» feel political pressure to cover the costs.

In 2007, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated, during a House of Commons debate on constitutional reform, that he believed that the House of Commons should have more authority over the selection of «public officials whose role it is to protect the public's rights and interests, and for whom there is not currently independent scrutiny.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency at the New York City Housing Authority on Monday and ordered an independent monitor be appointed to oversee and expedite repairs to the agency's deteriorating buildings, where 400,000 New Yorkers live.

Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott are pushing for new state legislation that would give school districts the authority to fire employees accused of sexual misconduct regardless of the findings of independent arbitrators.

Community members along with Lawyers for the Public Interest and then New York State Sen. Eric Schneiderman convinced the School Construction Authority to commission an independent environmental review of the site.

«We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America... appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States...» — Declaration of Independence

If the bill becomes law, Indiana will join a handful of other states that already have teacher controlled beards with independent authority over licensing and certification.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

Because all «academies» are, in principle, accountable to the secretary of state for education rather than to local authorities, Gove was ultimately responsible for the decisions that led to this situation, which has been carefully documented by inspectors from Ofsted, England's independent school - reviewing body.

They are instead accountable to an independent public authority, which in New Jersey is the state Department of Education.

This commonwealth funding is then passed on to state and territory governments, who then combine it with their own funding before passing it along to the relevant school system authority, be it a state Department of Education, a state's Catholic Education Commission, or individual independent schools.

If persistently struggling schools fail to make demonstrable improvement, the state can force the appointment of an independent receiver who would assume full managerial authority for the school and implement an intervention plan.

Although charter schools generally are more independent of their chartering authorities than regular public schools are of their districts, and are exempt from most of the state's regulations, they must participate in state testing and comply with federal laws.

The State Board of Education has the ultimate authority for approval of independent schools.

Charter schools are «sponsored» by a school district or considered an independent charter - certain groups in the state of Wisconsin are given authority to authorize charter schools in Wisconsin.

Charter schools are either «sponsored» by a specific school district or considered an independent charter - certain groups in the state of Wisconsin are given authority to authorize charter schools in the state.

Each state needs to consolidate in its state department of education the policymaking and implementation authority that now resides in a welter of state - level commissions, agencies, and other independent bodies.

The Authority is an independent unit in the Executive Branch of State Government.

If the Government's premise is correct, then we will expect to see England's state - funded school standards rising in comparison to systems that are not changing, such as England's independent school system and the state - funded primary and secondary school systems in Scotland and Wales, both of which continue to operate local authority managed, comprehensive school systems.

As described by the GOP leaders, the legislation would allow the Rauner - appointed State Board of Education to remove the current Chicago Board of Education and create an independent authority to run CPS until it is determined the district is no longer in financial difficulty.

Academies are state - funded independent schools which will receive direct funding, outside of the control or support of local authorities.

This rise of independent voters is among the primary causes of the divided authorities in the States.

«(iv) the plans of Regional Transmission Organizations, Independent System Operators, State authorities, Indian tribes, transmission owners, load - serving entities, and others in the region;