Sentences with phrase «legislative support over»

Starting as a pilot in high - need, hard - to - reach communities in 2010, the program has gained legislative support over the years and been expanded to reach tens of thousands of students across the state.

Building on legislative support over the last several years, the advocates also said they would seek programs to support people who have completed treatment for substance use disorders and need support to stay clean.

Not exact matches

As you'll see in our highlight reel, the speeches displayed much of what Team Cuomo has going for it; four years in office with some significant legislative accomplishments, nearly universal support from elected Democrats and their political organizations, enormous amounts of state money spent over the past four years which, whether well spent or not produces support from recipients, and a powerful speaker at the top of the ticket.

The relationship saga between Cuomo and the Senate Democrats over the last six months has featured the governor signing off on a state legislative redistricting plan that is favorable to the majority Republicans in the chamber and repeatedly refusing to say whether he supports a Democratic takeover of the chamber.

Noting that the unity of purpose of the lawmakers was one big lesson the executive should learn, he stressed that the era of executive interference in legislative business was over given the spirit of support among Senators.

House Rules Chairman Jose Oliva, a Miami Lakes Republican who will take over as House Speaker after the November elections, said in a text Friday he would support allowing the Joint Legislative Budget Commission to redirect surplus funds «only after all counties had spoken on the question.»

«Hopefully they support a legislative compromise that will honor Governor Mario Cuomo and respect the wishes of the over 100,000 people who signed the petition to keep the Tappan Zee name.»

Saland agonized over this issue with his gay - marriage - supporting wife, but one acquaintance said his decision seemed to grow out of his immersion in the legislative language.

Holmquist, who is chairing a legislative task force to explore consolidation options, previously said there are over 500 local elected officials and Mahoney is the only one who supports a merger.

Wheedling and wooing over sushi and Starbucks coffee, he made every college president, legislative leader and governor who supported him feel like a visionary, even as he outlasted, and out - earned, all of them.

She embarrassed the administration during a public fight over charter school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control over city schools in the latest legislative session.

The group is also pressing to give chairs more power over their committees and to reform the legislative process so that the speaker can't prevent legislation from making it to the floor when it is supported by a large majority of members.

The Manhattan Democrat and Long Island Republican exchanged heated letters yesterday over what Koch views as the Senate Republicans» renegging on their collective promise to support creation of an independent and nonpartisan commission to draw legislative and congressional lines in time for the 2012 elections.

But lawmakers and advocates continued to work on the proposal after the legislative session was over and earlier this year, they secured the support of the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Now that the regular legislative session is over and a special session is under way, LEV Policy and Government Relations Director Daniel Zavala provides status updates on education funding, educator compensation, student supports, accountability, early learning, and higher education.

He's also seeking legislative support for the power to take over entire school corporations where failure has become quote - «systemic.»

Another week of legislative debate over the proposed Opportunity School District school turnaround plan culminates in a visit by Governor Jeb Bush and rap star Ludacris to the Georgia statehouse, in support of school choice, charters, and the OSD.

The deal ended a two - week - long stalemate over an education reform that enjoyed near - universal support at the start of the legislative session, only to end up tabled by its authors when the governor asked for changes they felt would gut it.

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She embarrassed the administration during a public fight over charter school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control over city schools in the latest legislative session.

Public School Forum President Keith Poston discusses the decline in public school support over the last five years, as legislative support has grown for vouchers and charter schools.

In just the first four months of the 2015 legislative session, Families for Excellent Schools has spent over $ 668,000 on its lobbying and advertising in support of Malloy's plan to add two more charter schools in Connecticut.

The GSBA has a long standing legislative position supporting,» the constitutional authority vesting exclusive control over public schools to local boards of education as the level of government closest and most responsive to the taxpayers and parents of the children being educated.

House Rules Chairman Jose Oliva, a Miami Lakes Republican who will take over as House speaker after the November elections, said in a text Friday he would support allowing the Joint Legislative Budget Commission to redirect surplus funds «only after all counties had spoken on the question.»

The Plum Book contains data on over 8,000 Federal civil service policy and support positions in the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment.

It has nearly 1.5 million documents across over 300 case law and legislative collections, and at nearly 10 million visits in 2014 is quite likely the most used legal information resource in Canada and unquestionably essential to supporting the work of the legal profession, the courts and the public interest in free access to law.

The Assembly First Nations» (AFN) Environment unit supports First Nations exercising their Inherent and Treaty rights over all terrestrial, aquatic and ocean habitats and resources, while facilitating and coordinating national First Nations perspectives on policy, program and legislative developments.

Kromm acknowledged that merit selection can be a good reform «when done right, but what this body has supported is legislative merit selection which does little to stop special interest influence over our judiciary.»

That an interpretation of «telephonic» should take notice of the limits imposed on the federal government by virtue of our constitutional division of powers, that is that the Act can only apply to matters over which the federal government has legislative authority, is further supported by the specific reference in s. 13 (1) to communication «by means of the facilities of a telecommunication undertaking within the legislative authority of Parliament».

Yamada has been working for over a decade researching the topic and pushing legislative efforts to support those affected by bullying in the workplace.