Sentences with phrase «local control measures»

I'd argue that even the Mom and Pop charters need to be held accountable to the same transparency and local control measures as any large charter chain.

Mr. Cuomo initially opposed the local control measure, arguing it would be «chaotic,» before declaring he would support it as part of a deal to obtain the Working Families Party endorsement in his re-election campaign — only to later claim it was a «non-starter» after winning a second term.

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Other measures, such as exchange controls, are also being used to stem the appreciation of local currencies, with the authorities in Thailand announcing in October a package of measures, including suspension of interest payments to overseas holders of Thai cheque and savings accounts and a deposit ceiling of 300 million baht (US$ 7.5 million) per account.

The imperial authorities, after their custom in the provinces, allowed the Sanhedrin to exercise a substantial, though well controlled, measure of local autonomy.

PHE and relevant local authorities are investigating the infection control measures required for this type of birthing pool and local authorities will be working with the small number of companies who supply these heated birthing pools for use at home.

That includes control orders; pre charge detention; stop and search; the deportation of people engaged in terrorism in this country; measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence; and the use of surveillance powers by local authorities.

His office has not released any post-mortem statements since the Senate and Assembly adjourned the 2017 session without taking up a mayoral control measure and extending local tax provisions.

«It's a real head - scratcher» as to why Republicans backed the legislation, which also included an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, the re-approval of local sales tax measures and several other measures aimed at upstate communities for flood relief.

These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over local planning decisions and reducing local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.

The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align with positions he wants, comes into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

The bill comes after the Democratic - led Assembly approved an omnibus bill extending mayoral control for two years packaged with an extension of key tax measures for local governments in suburban and upstate communities.

The agreement was announced a week after the conclusion of an extraordinary session in which mayoral control of New York City schools was extended for two years, along with re-approving sales tax measures and other local tax provisions for local government.

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New York's three governors preceding Cuomo each vetoed similar measures, citing the loss of local control, among other factors.

The measure will return control to local officials and reduce bureaucratic interference from Albany.

America's worst shooting massacre prompted the same sort of reactions from local members of Congress as all other such tragedies have, with Democrats calling for additional gun - control measures and Republicans resisting and blaming the Democratic president for a perceived inability to confront and control terrorism.

Local control of increasing the state's minimum wage, school construction and paid family leave measures are part of the 2015 legislative agenda for the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

It extended mayoral control of New York City schools and local tax measures, provided $ 55 million in flood damage relief and aided the Vernon Downs racino.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is quietly finishing as one of the biggest spenders of the 2016 cycle, coming into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

Home secretary confirmed the long - awaited review had already begun, and said it would look at six areas: the use of control orders, stop and search powers in section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography, the detention of terrorist suspects before charge, extending the use of deportations, measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence, and the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa) by local authorities.

He points to the controversy over Cuomo's gun control measure — the SAFE Act — as an example of an issue that could be shaking down at the local voting booths.

The bill comes after several other state and local governments have passed contentious gun - control measures in the wake of the February mass shooting at a Florida high school.

And the actual linkage of the tax credit to rent control may not help suburban Democrats who have few, if any, rent controlled units in their district, but a very active local teachers union opposed to the measure.

And while the Assembly Dems and Gov. Cuomo seek a three - year extension of the law governing mayoral control of city schools, Flanagan said that «reforms» to the measure are needed «to guarantee transparency and accountability, and to require that New York City provides enough local funding to underperforming schools.»

Although an observational study of this nature can not assess the extent to which mass drug administration was responsible for eliminating malaria, it certainly indicates that mass drug administration should be considered and can be effective in local settings alongside other malaria control measures.

Standard control measures were implemented for one year (i.e. Active case detection, intensifies vector control), after which a program of mass drug administration (MDA) was implemented to provide the entire local immigrant population with a curative course of antimalarial drugs.

For now, the tool — a website app with a simple interface — pairs schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, with malaria and allows users to enter factors based on local conditions and political constraints to determine the outcome of integrating control measures.

«He figured out a way of measuring that local barrier height and adjusting the gain on the control system that demonstrably keeps the tip out of trouble.

«An early warning of disease outbreak can help local authorities and community to implement preventive measures such as eliminating mosquito breeding habitats to control or even prevent the outbreak from happening,» says Yien Ling Hii.

The current study — conducted in three neighborhoods of Merida, Mexico — measured the efficacy of indoor residual spraying against adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in houses treated with either deltamethrin (to which the local mosquitoes expressed a high degree of resistance) or bendiocarb (another insecticide to which the mosquitoes were fully susceptible), as compared to untreated control houses.

This test is run as part of the regular panel at my local lab and it is also a test used in monitoring and controlling diabetes as it measures average blood glucose over a period of 3 - months.

Providing a non-arbitrary comparison of schools on even one criterion will be nearly impossible...» He says that the agency's subjective measures of equity grant almost complete control to federal regulators over a district's administration, something that is at odds with the very structure of the American educational system and will surely damage local control.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, sued, citing a host of constitutional offenses, including violating the ban on support for private schools and churches (the state's Blaine Amendment), the ban on religious tests, the guarantee of religious freedom, the uniformity requirement in the education clause, the prohibition on support for private institutions, and, for good measure, the guarantee of local control.

While assuring a basic education for every child in the State, it permits and encourages a large measure of participation in and control of each district's schools at the local level.

Based on the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which was passed in 2013, California has a new accountability system that is based on multiple measures.

Measures that allow for more subjectivity and local control, such as classroom observations and SLOs, are subject to their own types of bias.

The tools provide baseline chronic absence levels — a key accountability measure for Local Control Accountability Plans.

According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept. of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal funding.»

Accountability for addressing chronic absence: Under California's Local Control Funding Formula, chronic absence is an accountability measure for pupil engagement.

Although the Israeli Ministry of Education currently exercises a large measure of control over local schools, the picture presented by Israeli education is not one of top - down control and clear lines of authority.

And they made sure the measure required strong local control.

But Republicans are split between those who want a national standard to measure academic success and those who oppose that very thing in the name of preserving local control.

While educators and policymakers agree that multiple measures over multiple years are the best way to gauge student, school, and district performance, the first - year SBAC results provide an important baseline for assessing implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs).

The article describes upcoming SBE actions that will guide LCFF implementation, including a January decision on regulations on the use of the formula's supplemental and concentration funds, a template for districts to submit detailed three - year Local Control and Accountability Plans, and a plan to measure district performance in meeting LCFF parameters.

There is great value in having more autonomy and accountability at the state level, and in many ways California has been ahead of this curve in terms of a strong statewide approach that focuses on local control and multiple measures of effectiveness.

There would be less state control of accountability and more local control of measures of school success.

Three years ago, the state Legislature included chronic absenteeism as a measure of student engagement in the new school and district accountability system it established through the new Local Control Funding Formula.

Because conservative politicians lay so much store in the importance of state and local control, advocates have also found some success emphasizing the hypocrisy of Republican legislatures passing such measures.

If we're doing better by measures like these, then we'll know the Local Control Funding Formula is having a positive impact.

Some tension exists among the levels of influence and control exerted by federal, state, and local goals, resulting in fragmented standards and measures of achievement across states.