Sentences with phrase «local decision making about»

«To achieve the President's vision of an America that's built to last, we'll continue to support local decision making about the best ways to bring more transit to communities nationwide,» said Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff.

Much of the misinformation centers on the perceived role of the federal government in this state - led effort, with some characterizing the Common Core as national standards and an example of federal overreach that usurps state and local decision making about what and how students should learn.

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Whatever decisions you make in 2018 about how to grow your business, ensure you make them with an awareness of both the global and local implications top of mind.

Much more of the decision - making about education and of the responsibility to finance it would devolve on local communities.

It means decision about lives are being made in corporate boardrooms in the USA, Europe and Japan, instead of in local community councils or at the national level.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

It should be noted that a natural father without PR still has certain legal rights in relation to his child, e.g.: • an automatic right to apply to the court for certain court orders in respect to his child • in an emergency, the right to consent to medical treatment for the child • if the child is being looked after by the local authority, the right to have reasonable contact with his child and the right for the local authority to give due consideration to his wishes and feelings in relation to important decisions they make about the child, including decisions about adoption and contact arrangements after adoption.

Whether you choose to birth at home, our birth center, or in a local hospital, we will respect your individuality, your desires for your birth, and your right to make decisions about your care.

You should be better able to make a decision about which playgrounds are the safest for you to let your children play on, and you may even be ready to make some recommendations to your own local playgrounds too.

To obtain the best education for your child research into your local public school system as well as research about homeschooling will help you to make a decision that makes sense for your own family.

The federal government lays down the dietary guidelines, but decisions about what specific foods to serve and how they are prepared are made by local school food authorities.

The book offers practical tools to help adoptive parents make decisions about everything from embarking on an open adoption to opening a closed local or international adoption.

School lunches must meet Federal nutrition requirements, but decisions about what specific foods to serve and how they are prepared are made by local school food authorities.

Decisions about the details of a shared use policy should be made at the local level and reflect an understanding of community needs and capacity.

Take a class at your local hospital, watch natural birth videos, read books and talk to experienced moms so that you have knowledge to make an informed decision about your birth preferences, including place of birth.

Decision - making about the construction process was confined to national and foreign «experts», resulting in outcomes like the exclusion of local valuations from the compensation process.

Local Issues We want a society where all individuals feel empowered as members of a democratic community to influence decisions made about their lives.

I represent a constituency with Manchester airport partially in it; I understand all about the local pressures — but you've got to as a nation be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the South East should go.»

Blue Labour is about giving power back to local people so that they can make their own choices about their future, building reciprocity into decision - making.

I voted by post today and had three ballot papers: mayor, police and crime commissioner, local councillor — which is a lot of decisions to make about our future leaders in one go.

I use the fact of my own Christian faith, and membership of a local church to give an indication to the public about how I am likely to make decisions.

The Conservation Fund focuses on educating New Yorkers about environmental issues and the environmental decision making processes at the local, regional, state and federal government levels.

We used that decision - making power to deliver on promises we had made to the electors: rapid demographic change had led to a shortage of local primary school places, so in the last four years we used the Council's resources to expand local primary schools to create twice as many; concerns about a scruffy and run down high street were addressed by comprehensive neighbourhood renewal; and pressure on household budgets was relieved by freezing the council tax and the cost of resident's parking permits.

«Local governments are going to have to start making some serious decisions about withdrawing services to the taxpayer.»

The refugee - admission process drawn up by Congress 35 years ago essentially cuts local and state governments out of the decision - making about where refugees resettle.

A final decision will be made in about three months after the agency meets with local officials and residents of the 10451 zip code area, which this branch serves.

The localism agenda, which encourages the transfer of decision - making power from central to local government and, even further, to communities, is seen by those in government as an antidote to concerns about a lack of communication between decision - makers and those directly affected by their decisions.

«I want local parents, teachers, and school boards to make the decisions about curriculum and assessment.

«We should let the local teachers and parents and school boards make the decisions about standards, curriculum and assessment,» he continued.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards, the people who care the most about their local school children, make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

«If there is a local congressman who is concerned about (Plan 2014) who certainly has access to the White House, they could make a decision that would give relief easier than the state can,» Hochul said.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards and people who care the most about their local school children and the make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

DCP uses a wealth of detailed information about the demographics of neighborhoods, consults local stakeholders, and collaborates with other governmental entities, such as the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York Housing Authority, in order to make planning decisions.

This Government talks about risk assessment all the time and uses the Audit Commission to force local councils into assessing the risk of every decision they make, however minor.

ESD president Howard Zemsky said recently that it makes decisions about which projects to fund based on discussions with local officials and the regional economic development councils.

The game allows players to take the roles of stakeholders, such as farmers, developer, watermen, and local policymakers, make decisions about their livelihoods or regulatory authority; and see the impacts of their decisions on their own personal finances, the regional economy, and watershed health.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

GPs will have the power to choose how to spend resources in order to achieve the best health outcomes, and we will ensure that PCT boards include directly elected individuals who can speak for patients at board level so that local people have a voice when decisions are made about local health provision.

As I stated earlier, we believe that local practitioners are best placed to make decisions about individual care, and that GPs are often most in touch with the health needs of their local populations.

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Decisions made at the top of a large bureaucracy will suffer from the absence of detailed information about local conditions at each site, will be slow to cope with any unusual situations, and will tend to enforce standardized procedures on every situation, no matter how poorly those procedures may fit the situation.

Whilst it is early days, the trend is being encouraged by both local authorities and the EFA, perhaps recognising the need locally and nationally to develop capacity to deliver new build works and that schools are best placed to make decisions about where to focus investment to secure the right educational outcomes.

According to a news release, «(Walker) will speak about the Wisconsin reforms he put in place, which empower local school districts to make the best decisions for their students, while effectively managing their budgets.»

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

He said: «Our review is about ensuring schools deliver the best outcomes for children and young people, with teachers empowered to make decisions about learning within schools, supported by parents and the local community.

«Australia is investing record funding in education that will continue to grow, all targeted based on need, and the Turnbull Government is focused on improving student outcomes through measures we know are effective — teacher quality, a better curriculum, greater parental engagement and support for principals to make local decisions about their local school,» he said.

Decisions about how to measure student progress in K - 2 are made by local school districts and BOCES.

The law is meant to ensure states are free to make decisions about accountability, school improvement, standards, and assessments without federal interference... If the secretary chooses to ignore the law, then Congress and state and local leaders can use the tools they have to hold the secretary accountable, [a GOP aide] said.

A False Dilemma: Should decisions about education resource use be made at the state or local level?