Sentences with phrase «key education bills»

This year's grades are based on voting records and leadership in regards to several key education bills.

Meanwhile, the panel moved several other key education bills including one that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.

Not exact matches

Regular TLT readers know all about the (misguided) Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill passed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee, a bill which would roll back key school food reforms and put economically disadvantaged kids at risk.

House Bill 3234 created a new Early Learning Division within the Department of Education, consolidating the administration of key early childhood programs such as Oregon Head Start Prekindergarten, Healthy Start and child - care licensing.

The bill would overhaul a key component of a contentious education reform bill that was pushed through by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, much to the consternation of the New York State United Teachers.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

The Arizona - born chancellor's credentials include a masters in education; work at four school districts, including Houston during last year's Hurricane Harvey disaster; and he speaks both Spanish and English — a key during Mayor Bill de Blasio's search for replacing Carmen Fariña, the departing chancellor.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a slew of new education initiatives on Wednesday, supplementing his administration's key education agenda item — universal pre-kindergarten — with programs for students in grades K - 12.

Farina — an unofficial yet key education adviser to Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio — has repeatedly denied a willingness to return from retirement.

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Alexander was also a key negotiator in hammering out agreements between the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Cures bill unveiled last Friday.

But while Gov. Mike Lowry and Superintendent of Public Instruction Judith A. Billings have praised the content of the bill approved last month, they and key education groups also have expressed concern over how it will be funded.

«The President is committed to signing a higher - education bill only if it is a material improvement over current law,» Secretary Alexander said in a letter to key lawmakers.

A top Education Department official last week clashed with the chairman of a key House subcommittee over the chairman's proposal to overhaul the department's research branch, as a more modest reauthorization bill advanced in the Senate.

Here are some of the key provisions of HR 3801, the House - passed bill to replace the Department of Education's office of educational research and improvement with an «Academy of Education Sciences.»

Because the Abe government's attempt to pass the bills that make a mockery of constitutionalism irreparably undermines not only peace but also logic — two key prerequisites for education and scholarship.

Washington — Not willing to risk a Presidential veto of a huge catchall spending bill and seeking to make good on a political vow to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year, key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.

The bill was a key part of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty and has set the basic terms of the federal government's involvement in education ever since.

Not only did the Congress finish its most pressing education business — reauthorizing several key programs in its final days — but, observers say, it was able to fashion consensus bills that in effect reasserted a federal role in education.

«I hope all in all it's going to be smooth sailing,» said Tom Wolanin, an aide to Representative William D. Ford, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, and a key architect of the House bill.

The scale and rapidity of the changes were grounded in the conviction of the New York City Department of Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other key local stakeholders that small schools could more effectively meet the academic and socioemotional needs of disadvantaged students.

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that legislative vetoes are unconstitutional may force legislators to be more precise in drafting bills, but the Congress is unlikely to lose much authority over key education policy issues, according to knowledgeable observers.

Key aspects of the previous education reform bill focused on development of new evaluation criteria for teachers and principals, and establishment of a four tier rating system.

Our Education Choice Scorecard grades legislators on their voting record on four key bills that give parents education options for their Education Choice Scorecard grades legislators on their voting record on four key bills that give parents education options for their education options for their children.

Our 2015 Education Report Card grades legislators on their voting record on key bills that give parents education options for their Education Report Card grades legislators on their voting record on key bills that give parents education options for their education options for their children.

(Calif.) In a major effort to crack down on K - 12 truancy, key parts of a package of bills — brought forward by Attorney General Kamala Harris — won passage Wednesday from an Assembly education panel.

With ousted Democratic Board of Education chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. at his side, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch gave Paul Vallas Bridgeport's «Key to the City» for his «service to students.»

Ravitch, a nationally renowned expert on education who was appointed to key educational posts in both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations, was once one of the strongest advocates for more educational accountability standards and a strong advocate of choice schools.

about NSBA Applauds House Action to Move Labor - HHS - ED Bill Forward with Key Education Funding Provisions

She has served in key leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Education under two secretaries of education: Bill Bennett and Lamar AEducation under two secretaries of education: Bill Bennett and Lamar Aeducation: Bill Bennett and Lamar Alexander.

Although both Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan are cheering the bill's passage, there are number of key elements in the legislation that run counter to long - held presidential policies.

A key House panel is set today to consider some 76 amendments to a Republican bill reauthorizing the nation's top education law - activity that might otherwise suggest that Congress is finally serious about updating the 12 - year - old legislation.

This session, we will again keep you updated on key education reform and school choice bills that are pending in the legislature.

NSBA urges the opposition of the Spending Reduction Act of 2012 (H.R. 6684), as this bill and other similar measures would significantly undermine key federal investments on education.

Key reductions within the Labor - Health & Human Services - Education Subcommittee bill pertinent to the K - 12 community include:

One week before the bill was slated for a vote in the Senate Education Committee, however, the bill was stripped of several key provisions, including a requirement that teacher tenure be based partly on performance evaluations rather than just length of service.

Sen. Alexander has been a pivotal figure in the education committee's ESEA deliberations and will continue to be a key lawmaker to watch as the ESEA bill moves to the full Senate floor.

Given that state of affairs, it's striking that Congress is having so much trouble enacting the nation's key education research bill — which is nearly a decade past due for reauthorization.

The revisions also drew criticism from Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, who said that aside from reducing funding for the bill, the committees also stripped it of some of its key elements, such as provisions linking teacher evaluations to decisions on tenure.

With backing from Republican education leaders, a key House committee Wednesday approved a bill that could be a first step toward trying to revise how money is distributed to school districts.

But a Department for Education (DfE) source said today if the bill is passed and more powers are handed to RSCs then their key performance indicators (KPIs) will be reviewed.

The change prompted the support of key Republicans on the Senate Education Committee — including Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), a former secretary of education who introduced his own series of ESEA bills a few weeks ago — who believe evaluation decisions should be left up to state and local dEducation Committee — including Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), a former secretary of education who introduced his own series of ESEA bills a few weeks ago — who believe evaluation decisions should be left up to state and local deducation who introduced his own series of ESEA bills a few weeks ago — who believe evaluation decisions should be left up to state and local districts.

The common school, the Merrill Land - Grant Act that provided every state with the resources to build colleges for agriculture and manufacturing, the creation of public high schools, and the G.I. Bill which established that military veterans should have access to higher education are key elements of the expansion of educational opportunity.

The House's timing is key because Senate Education Chairman Tom Harkin (D - IA) says that further progress on a comprehensive bipartisan reauthorization bill that passed out of his committee last month and is awaiting full Senate action is unlikely if the House doesn't produce its own bipartisan rewrite of the federal educaEducation Chairman Tom Harkin (D - IA) says that further progress on a comprehensive bipartisan reauthorization bill that passed out of his committee last month and is awaiting full Senate action is unlikely if the House doesn't produce its own bipartisan rewrite of the federal educationeducation law.

These groups, along with Steve Mandel and Excel Bridgeport Inc., played the key role in support of Mayor Bill Finch's failed effort to eliminate an elected board of education in Bridgeport.

This week on Wednesday, July 1, a number of key bills will be heard in the Senate Education and Assembly Education Committees.

Their professional associations and certification sponsors believe that continued education is the key to success in the medical billing and healthcare industry.

One of the key aims of the Bill is to provide a much simpler system of education, health and social care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

House Bill 3234 created a new Early Learning Division within the Department of Education, consolidating the administration of key early childhood programs such as Oregon Head Start Prekindergarten, Healthy Start and child - care licensing.