Sentences with phrase «large number of the states»

Since then, lawmakers who represent areas with large numbers of state workers in their districts — the Capital Region and Long Island — have written to the Cuomo administration urging them to take action on the issue.

The plan will affect a larger number of state employees — about 28,000, most of whom are upstate — and is designed to include students who use work - study jobs to pay tuition and bills while attending classes.

Will the need for commonality and agreement among a large number of states work against ambitious, innovative approaches?

In one scenario, a large number of states may adopt the standards in name only, develop their own tests, and set their own proficiency cut scores.

Seven years after the Common Core standards were introduced, there are still a large number of states using the standards, and support for common standards remains high.

This emphasis applies both to states where Title I is governed fully by the ESEA's statutory requirements and to the much larger number of states currently operating Title I programs under a series of accountability waivers granted since 2011 by the U.S. Secretary of Education.

Developed at the behest of governors, chief state school officers, and business leaders, the standards have been adopted in a large number of states in part as a response to lagging international standing by U.S. students.

A large number of states have posted ambitious short - and long - term goals which will mean ramping up efforts to help students who fall behind get back on track.

The best indicator of the imperfections of NCLB is the large number of states that the federal government has awarded waivers from NCLB requirements in exchange for planning and pursuing new policies, such as enhanced teacher evaluation systems.

The attention needs to shift; behind Denver, Aurora is home to the largest number of the state's failing schools in a single district, and some of the lowest academic achievement in the metro area.

There are a large number of state and federal lands and parks, including McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, one of only two waterfalls on the Pacific Coast that plunge directly into the ocean.

«We now have practical agreement and consensus on this issue backed by a large number of States who will voluntarily participate in the GMBM — and from its outset.

I noted (as I have previously in this blog) the large number of states that are either divided on or hostile about claims of human - caused global warming that are nonetheless hotbeds of collective activity focused on counteracting the adverse impacts of climate change, including sea level rise.

Between Hawaii and Utah, it's a pretty dismal pack, with a large number of states coming in with an «F» grade, even when they are slightly less awful than their peers with even lower «F» scores.

The site's founder, Harry Zeitlin, tells me that they have already collected a large number of state supreme and appellate court briefs and matching opinions, which they are actively adding to the database.

A large number of the states in the country have placed damage caps, or limits, on the amount of money that a patient can receive in a medical malpractice case.

In the case of large corporations doing business nationwide, this usually meant that a plaintiff had a large number of states to choose from in which a defendant could be sued on any matter whatsoever which also facilitated the filing of class action lawsuits with plaintiffs from all over the world covered by a single lawsuit.

He represents financial institutions in commercial finance and consumer bank litigation involving a large number of state and federal laws and regulations.

Provided it is signed and ratified by a sufficiently large number of States and regional economic integration organizations, such as the EU or ASEAN, the Mauritius Convention will bring about a paradigm shift in investor - State dispute settlement.

It now offers its policies to a large number of state and central government departments such Nationalised Banks, Universities, Officers and staff of the Defence services, Government Aided Educational Institutions and Para-military forces, amongst a host of others.

It's been around longer, and there's already legislation in larger number of states.

This article is being written to prevent this alarming development from becoming an issue in a larger number of states.

While some states have a laid out a specific range of duties medicals assistant may legally perform, Ohio is among a larger number of states that gives physicians leeway in assigning tasks to medical assistants, so long as certain standards are met.

In addition, we give you a large number of state - of - the - art scientific questionnaires about your marriage.

Like a large number of states, Nevada requires homeowners to disclose certain property conditions and factors (such as material defects) so that the buyer is aware prior to closing on a home loan or occupying the property.

In fact, 34 states and the District of Columbia posted higher home values during the 12 months through June 2012, the largest number of states registering positive annual appreciation since April 2007,» stated Freddie's economist in the August Economic Outlook.

Not exact matches

So while California, as seen above, has the largest total number of Canada - dependent jobs in total, it's actually North Dakota that would feel the biggest effect from heightened trade barriers, with more than 4 % of all jobs in the state having a direct connection to trade with Canada.

Despite the many hurdles they have to overcome, how have such a large number of immigrants been able to push forward and start something where others, who were born in the State have not?

For a nation that isn't officially at war against another nation, the United States dropped an awful lot of bombs on a pretty large number of countries last year, according to research by Micah Zenko, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and research associate Jennifer Wilson.

«As part of the preparation of the new strategy, executives of Vnesheconombank met with representatives of leading financial institutes in Europe, Asia, and America multiple times during 2016,» the bank said, adding that the meetings took place «with a number of representatives of the largest banks and business establishments of the United States, including Jared Kushner, the head of Kushner Companies.

If New York City — whose Citi Bike program is the largest bike share in the United States — were to match that ratio, it would need to multiply the number of blue for - hire bicycles by 50.

«This is a large number of senior officials and oligarchs, many of whom are in the inner circle of Vladimir Putin and many of whom are facing sanctions for the first time as well as the state - owned enterprises,» the official said.

While the number of solar jobs in the Golden State fell by about 14 percent in 2017, it was still comfortably home to the largest number of roles in the sector.

The number of nonfarm payroll jobs in the state increased 2.8 % between November 2014 and November 2015, the fifth - largest increase in the country.

Due to its large population, the large number of companies and its adoption of technology, the United States easily surpasses all other countries in terms of the amount of identities stolen.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

«It is worrying that, following the entry into force of the state of emergency in Turkey, arrest warrants have been issued against a large number of journalists and a number of outlets have been shut down,» Kocijancic told reporters in Brussels.

In case you haven't noticed, women now run a number of the largest foundations in the United States.

The outlook for the State is grim as their constitution prohibits a number of already attempted fixes to some of their largest issues, i.e. pensions, in addition to the fact that the State is prohibited from filing for bankruptcy.

This constituted 43 percent of global electric car production and made China the country with the largest number of electric cars on the road, surpassing the United States.

Yet a large number of criticisms in precisely this domain have already been leveled against Ukraine, not only from domestic political opposition groups but also from high - profile international actors and leaders of other OSCE participating states.

In buying a large - scale money - transfer company like MoneyGram, Ant Financial would have had access to a large number of records of financial flows within the United States.

Selected companies gain exposure to a large number of investors from angel groups across the state who co-invest to meet the company's fundraising goals; the angel groups gain far more insights than they can generate on their own.

Immigration advocacy groups have said that ending the program would be a coldhearted step that would yield no benefit to the nation while endangering large numbers of young people raised in the United States who are seeking to work and pay taxes.

In the Family Office Database Version 9.0, California represented the largest portion of the western half of the United States and was second only to New York in state ranking by number of resident family offices.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Trump wants to eradicate the threat of terrorism as eagerly as he once said he wanted to eradicate the threat of sharks — even though, in a population of more than 320 million, neither generally results in a particularly large number of deaths in the United States.

One feature hindering investment in both the NSW and Queensland coal industries is the fragmented ownership of the supply - chain assets; a large number of mines share mostly state - government - owned rail and port infrastructure.

The province is Canada's largest economy and has a number of deep trading relationships with U.S. states — it's either the first or second trading partner for 28 of them.

For the budget year 2017, the state Division of Administrative Hearings docketed 244 appeals of Florida school board decisions, with the largest number of them being filed in South Florida.