Sentences with phrase «legislative funding»

How do state virtual schools become sustainable when relying on legislative funding in tough economic times?

WASHINGTON — The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend federal lawmakers for reintroducing legislation that will allow oversight of abusive puppy mills in the United States.

The group is fighting to reform legislative funding of public education in Pennsylvania.

But the former superintendent also called on state leaders to eschew the frequent legislative funding cuts for DPI that stir up controversy each year during budget negotiations.

During his term, Sandy worked tirelessly to bring awareness to the need for increased legislative funding for these programs and to explore ways the courts and the legal aid community could better work together to improve equal access to justice for all litigants.

This year, the Equal Justice Coalition's legislative funding campaign called on state lawmakers to provide $ 23 million in funding for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC) line item in the Fiscal Year 2019 state budget.

PCRM has launched a new PCRM legislative fund which is headed by Elizabeth Kucinich, the wife of Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.

We are a team of 11 teachers who met together for four months to thoroughly review the teacher contract, New York State education laws, relevant research, recent legislative funding changes and alternative layoff policies across the country.

It's been 50 years since the start of the «War on Poverty» and enactment of 1965 ESEA legislative funding (Title 1 - VII programs).

The STEM Action Center Board uses legislative funding to oversee, among other things, projects and initiatives that align with K - 12 education and are designed to support STEM professional development.

Less than ten days since its filing, a petition submitted to the White House from The Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA ® and the Humane Society Legislative Fund asking President Obama to crack down on puppy mills gathered more than 10,600 signatures — doubling the threshold needed to assure an official response.

Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund releases its preview version of the 2017 Humane Scorecard for the first session of the 115th Congress.

Animal Justice Canada Legislative Fund is working to enshrine meaningful animal rights into Canadian law, including the right of animals to have their interests represented in court, and the...

The HSUS and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend Congressman Michael Grimm of N.Y. for adopting a rescued puppy he has named «Sebastian.»

The HSUS and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend federal lawmakers for introducing bills that will crack down on abusive puppy mills in the United States — where dogs are commonly housed in overcrowded, filthy, and inhumane conditions.

DDAL gave nearly $ 600,000 to the Humane Society Legislative Fund in 2008 and $ 80,000 to the YES!

«The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud the House passage of the PUPPERS amendment.»

GSNA has asked that each local chapter contribute to our legislative fund to assist in these efforts.

The group presented Ackerman with the Humane Champion Award with its affiliate, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, for earning a perfect score on the -LSB-...]

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Board members were limited in their choices for handing down the legislative funding cuts.

and Brendan Boyle, D - Pa., have introduced legislation to ban the dog and cat meat trade in the United States, earning applause from Humane Society International, The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund.

The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, and Humane Society International applaud Congressman Hastings for bringing attention to the cruel festival.

It's affiliated with eight specific organizations: the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the Doris Day Animal League, the Humane Society Youth, the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, the Humane Society University, The Fund for Animals, the Center for Respect of Life and Environment, and the Wildlife Land Trust.

The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend the U.S. Senate for passing S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, by voice vote.

President Obama's bipartisan deficit - reduction commission is making recommendations for reducing the deficit, and here at The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund we are proposing a few cost - cutting measures for lawmakers to consider in getting the country's budget back on track.

The measure drew praise from The Humane Society of the United States and its lobbying affiliate, the Humane Society Legislative Fund.

As for the veep candidates, Tim Kaine, got a fairly low rating of 38 percent from the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) while serving in the Senate.

So we are making great progress, but we also have a 501 (c)(4), a political and electioneering arm called the Humane 21:24 Legislative Fund, where we are involved in candidate races and work to elect humane - minded candidates to office and oust politicians unfriendly to animal protection.

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If passed, the ban would send a clear signal that the United States condemns the dog and cat meat trades in East Asia, said Sara Amundson, executive director of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, which lobbied for the measure.

Today's blog post is guest written by Humane Society Legislative Fund's new president, Sara Amundson.

Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) President Michael Markarian blogs on the latest news and issues in the animal protection movement from a legislative and political angle.

To put a stop to this pattern of violence, the Humane Society Legislative Fund supported the PAWS (Pets and Women's Safety Act), introduced to Congress in 2015 as H.R. 1258 and S.B. 1559 (Humane Society Legislative Fund, 2015).

This change, a long - held aspiration for The HSUS, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, and the Doris Day Animal League, is decades in the making and will extend federal oversight to thousands of puppy mills that do business online.

WASHINGTON (March 30, 2011)-- The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend Representative Michael Grimm, R - N.Y., for adopting a rescued puppy he has named «Sebastian.»

Bureaucratic bungling has stalled a critical animal welfare rulemaking action aimed at cracking down on the barbaric practice of horse soring — with the U.S. Department of Agriculture withdrawing new regulations today that had been broadly supported by hundreds of lawmakers in Congress, the veterinary community, a wide range of horse industry organizations, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund.

The Humane Society Legislative Fund is a social welfare organization incorporated under section 501 (c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and formed in 2004 as a separate lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States.