Sentences with phrase «legislative hearings on the matter»

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To make matters even worse, Superintendent Luizzi is undoubtedly well aware of that fact that less than one year ago, when the Chairman of the State Board of Education and Malloy's previous Commissioner of Education came before a special legislative hearing on the Common Core, both of these public officials admitted that there was no law or mechanism to prevent a parent from opting their children out of Common Core SBAC testing.

The byzantine steps, along with the length of time it takes to conduct a dismissal, and the high cost of doing so, explain why just 100 dismissal hearings were heard between 1996 and 2005, according to the state's Legislative Analyst's Office, the watchdog on these matters.

Justice Brown exercised his discretion to hear the appeal because: (i) the parties argued with vigour (as if the matter was not moot); (ii) the issue might not otherwise arrive at the Court of Appeal due to the costly three - stage appeal process and there was a strong public interest in resolving this legal issue; and (iii) the court was not deciding an abstract question (thus intruding into the legislative sphere) but was resolving an issue based on a complete record.

A joint standing committee shall hold a public hearing on each matter referred to it in each legislative session.