Sentences with phrase «local decisions taken»

«This recent drop in arts entries is driven by several factors, including changes to the way school performance is measured, financial pressures on schools, and, of course, local decisions taken by school leaders.»

Not exact matches

While those actions are targeting the private sector, decisions taken by the government during this year's stock market rout — something that wiped around $ 5 trillion from the value of Chinese listed firms — help explain why looking for signs of stock market manipulation remains a popular investment strategy, and not just from local investors.

«The Commission will not take adverse action on a license renewal application based upon the subjective determination of a listener or group of listeners that the station has broadcast purportedly inappropriate programming,» the FCC commissioners wrote in a recent decision challenging a local radio station license.

He wants to draw attention to the local and particular, where he believes policy decisions should be made, but he refuses to take his eye off the national, where policy decisions are in fact being made,

And when families make such decisions, I suspect they don't take their local priest into their confidence.

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?

The decision could also set the stage for other state to take similar measures, and it doesn't seem far - fetched to imagine local casino's attempting to offer their own version of daily fantasy in the near future.

It is not eating local or organic, avoiding plastic, taking my own bags, cooking from scratch, seeking out phantom power, freezing my buns off, making my own cleaning products, line drying my clothes, or any of the other million decisions we make on a daily basis.

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.

Although houses were built by local councils, funding came from the central government so the political decision to no longer do so was taken in Westminster; hence my formulation UK government.

Mr Mahama stated that more women were now taking part in the decision - making process both at the local government and national level in Ghana.

«More and more women are taking part in the decision - making process both at the local and national level in Ghana today.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildlocal authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildings.

At the top of that agenda is democratic localism, which advocates strong local government taking big decisions on public services in response to local demand and in order to drive up standards.

That's why I believe we need a full explanation from the local authority as to why this decision was allowed to be taken,» he said.

Republican Suffolk County executive hopeful Angie Carpenter today question Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to endorse Democrat Steve Bellone, taking her opponent to task in a public letter for a local tax hike.

County Executive Rob Astorino made the decision shortly after taking office to terminate Westchester's membership in ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability which came to an end effective December 31, 2011.

An education freedom act would take educational decision - making firmly away from the politicians and into the hands of local authorities, while sponsor - managed schools would replace Labour's academies, to be commissioned by local authorities rather than central government.

If DEC were to take no action, the decision would then be left to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said Pramilla Malick, who heads a local group opposed to the project.

He said the decision was to allow fresh people to occupy party offices at the ward, local government and state levels with a view to taking the APC to the next level in the state.

In its detailed response to the Government's draft Local Transport Bill, the British Motorcyclists Federation have said that the Secretary of State is much better placed to take decisions that have a national relevance such as those on road - pricing schemes.

«It is not about deselecting MPs because all party members, on left and right, respect MPs who respect them, who think for themselves but are also prepared to justify the decisions they take, and who work hard alongside their local activists.»

The governor says the rules of the tax cap do not take away local decision making, but he says it does end the previous system, which the governor says was on «automatic pilot» as school taxes went up year after year.

«It was there the decision was taken with the local church and they fixed the burial for May 22.

Major decisions could take place during the lame duck Congress in November or December, potentially resulting in the loss of millions of jobs and massive cuts to health care, education, aid to state and local governments, and other vital programs.

• The local planning system should take more account of health and wellbeing in decision - making.

In our view they should be able to take over the RDAs assets to drive economic development, should have the right influence over local skill and planning decisions so they can be properly matched to business needs.

«As the EU continues to develop we need to be absolutely clear when it is most appropriate to take decisions at the national or local level, closer to the people affected, and in other cases when it is best to take action at the EU or global level,» Hague said.

Also, the APC chairman in the Ovia North - East Local Government Area of Edo State, where Odigie - Oyegun hails from, Mr. Benson Edosomwan, said the leadership of the council would abide by the decision taken by the state chapter.

The local party said it was relieved he took the decision not to stand at the next election and that it was beginning the process of selecting a new candidate.

Wike said anyone who votes or does business in Rivers State is entitled to the proceeds of good governance from his administration, stating that he took a deliberate decision to always accommodate non-indigenes in the local government caretaker committees for councils with considerable presence of non-indigenes.

Not satisfied with a state Board of Regents decision to put a hold on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, New York State Allies for Public Education is urging its members to opt out of local exams that will be taking the place of standardized, Common Core - aligned tests used to evaluate teachers.

A widespread sentiment that this decision was taken by the European Union long ago has often been portrayed via angered letters from Cheshire residents to local papers.

They look set to learn for themselves that being in power and taking difficult decisions sees the electorate punishing you at local elections.

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 committee that conducted the study and wrote the report recommended actions the FDA, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and health - related organizations should take — which include promoting more judicious prescribing of opioids, expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder, preventing more overdose deaths, weighing societal impacts in opioid - related regulatory decisions, and investing in research to better understand the nature of pain and develop non-addictive alternatives.

As climate change and population place further pressure on tight water resources, the researchers found that policymakers and water managers need to take a regional and global perspective on local decisions.

If you took a decision to meet local women you need to be prepared.

This isn't a decision that should be taken lightly, and there are a number of different factors that you need to take into consideration when deciding which local dating website you wish to join.

The human is Captain Charles T. Baker (voice of Dwayne Johnson, who, in animated form, is a skinny, blonde, blue - eyed white guy — take that decision as you will), who lands in the backyard of our alien hero Lem (voice of Justin Long), a typical teenager who just got a promotion at the local planetarium and has a crush on Neera (voice of Jessica Biel), the girl next door.

At the suggestion of her British best friend, Charlotte (Jemima Kirke), she takes a dead - end job as a hostess at a local eatery, a decision which predictably proves unsatisfactory.

The union warned that local authorities, academies and central government take decisions on school places in isolation, adding that the rise in pupil numbers will make it even harder for parents to secure school places.

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.

They take responsibility for what happens and the decisions are theirs — enabling schools to communicate the importance of sustainably - produced local food and providing a context for looking at food chain issues and understanding where food comes from.

A group of parents who send their children to a Portland, Ore., high school that is scheduled to close at the end of this school year say they were angered and shocked by the city school board's decision last summer to «take away» their local school.

In the recent Colorado Congress of Parents decision, a Colorado district court took the legal protection of local school autonomy even further.

Its pledge for the recent election promises to «extend to individual schools responsibilities that currently sit solely with local authorities, allocate more resources directly to headteachers and enable them to take decisions based on local circumstances».

In the United States most educational decision - making and basically all fund allocation take place at the local level.

Local rural and urban communities, small enough for all members to take part in face - to - face decision - making, as the fundamental unit of governance, linked with each other at bioregional, ecoregional and cultural levels into landscape / seascape institutions that are answerable to these basic units.

The network will help them start conversations and engage with local and national decision makers who have not just a moral but a legal duty to take urgent and bold action to tackle the illegal and harmful levels of air pollution that are putting their families» health at risk.