Sentences with phrase «mandated at the state level»

What did you think of the 28 states that already implented this mandate at the state level years ago.

The statement of candidacy is the only federally mandated ballot access requirement for presidential candidates; all other ballot access procedures are mandated at the state level.

There is no legal mandate at the state level requiring tenants to be insured, although in many cases landlords will require this type of coverage for their tenants before they will let them sign a lease agreement and move in.

I would like to see sex education mandated at the state level.

Not exact matches

The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce said that while it favored expanded parental leave benefits, there was a «strong belief among many business owners that once again, to the financial detriment of small businesses, a mandate is being adopted in San Francisco that would be better dealt with at the state or federal level.»

It matters when they get legislation passed at the state level to mandate illegitimate «science» be taught in schools, such that refutes big bang cosmology, evolutionary biology and an 11 billion year old universe / multiverse and 4.6 billion year old solar system.

The laws of every state now mandate - at least at the high school level - that athletes with suspected concussion not only be removed from the game or practice in which they are participating, but be barred from returning to play that same day, and obtain written authorization to return to play from a health care professional with expertise in the identification, diagnosis, and management of concussion.

I think it should be tort reform at the federal level that mandates CNMs / CMs be licensed in all fifty states and that home birth and birth center services along with in hospital services be offered to consumers.

«The state has frozen aid to municipalities for the eighth year, and at the same time continue to pass down unfunded mandates at record levels,» she said.

And three, as state budget negotiations continues, we need to have a more honest dialog about where our property taxes go, and how reform at the state level, whether it's mandate relief or targeted local aid, we can finally actually reduce the property tax burden on New York's homeowners and businesses.»

Executive Director of the New York State Association of Counties Stephen J. Acquario said, «For years, counties have fought to reform state mandated services delivered at the local lState Association of Counties Stephen J. Acquario said, «For years, counties have fought to reform state mandated services delivered at the local lstate mandated services delivered at the local level.

«A projected property tax cap growth at basically zero in 2017, combined with stagnant sales tax revenues, counties will not be able keep up with the rising costs of state mandated programs provided at the local level.

Meanwhile, worried by the festering crisis among top party members ahead of the 2012 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the PDP at the national level has set up a reconciliatory committee, with the mandate to resolve all the differences within the party, Nigerian Tribune investigation has revealed.

For the avoidance of doubt, the party wishes to state emphatically that, these Annual Delegates» Conferences would NOT include the election or re-election of party executives to occupy the various positions at the Constituency, Regional and National levels because the mandate of the serving officers of the party is yet to expire.

Term limits, which are common at the state and local government level, also often impose de facto age limits, because most very elderly elected officials mandated to be so old by being re-elected many times after being first elected at a much younger age.

One year after entering office with a mandate for change, Mayor Shayne Gallo has pushed ahead with an agenda centered on revitalizing the city by battling blight, forming partnerships with state, federal and county government and ending what he calls a «culture of entitlement» at the highest levels of municipal government.

When pressed on whether or not the mandate relief team should specifically call for changes to the Triborough Amendment, which guarantees raises for some state workers at previous levels after their contract runs out, Duffy didn't dismiss the idea.

Molinaro also said that, despite state - mandated costs at the local level, «most our municipalities stayed under the [state - set] property tax cap, and Dutchess County has had three successive years of property tax reductions.»

The Governor has claimed to have done everything he can at the state level to lower taxes yet unfunded mandates continue to burden counties.

Best4NY advocates mandate relief at the state level as a way to control taxes.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

However, we are facing a mountain of State mandates and there is only so much we can do at the local level to bring much - needed cost relief to taxpayers.

That hasn't happened, in large part because state - mandated tax caps and increasing costs at almost every level haven't allowed it to happen.

«RAIs are important because they are widely used in the United States in an attempt to reduce biased assessments of recidivism risk and are increasingly being mandated at the local, state and federal level,» says Sarah Desmarais, an associate professor of psychology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the resestate and federal level,» says Sarah Desmarais, an associate professor of psychology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the reseState and lead author of a paper on the research.

Ken Czerwinski (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has accepted an invitation from the director of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve as an expert on a study mandated by Congress on the treatment of low - level radioactive waste at the Hanford site in Washington state...

Over the past seven years, my district has mandated quarterly and mini-testing leading up to the state test at the end of the year, homogeneously - leveled classes according to test scores, double - blocked reading and math classes for students who do not pass the state tests, detailed lesson plans aligned to tested reading skills, and a strict pacing guide designed to cover all skills on the state test.

«In the K - 12 public arena, school districts are expected to respond to mandates flowing from the No Child Left Behind legislation at the federal level, along with various state and local assessments,» he says.

But he draws a bizarre link between that problem and his scorn for NAEP's achievement levels, wrongly asserting that the National Assessment Governing Board's decision to fix the «proficient» level at an ambitious «aspirational» level was folded into NCLB's mandate to states to set their own proficiency targets.

Federal policy never mandated native - language instruction, but some states required it, if there were enough children speaking the same language at the same grade level.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Most states have set their student proficiency bars at a low level, and no state — not even Florida, which came the closest — has been able to mandate that teacher pay be calibrated to classroom performance.

Because the federal government can't simply mandate a focus on knowledge, change will need to occur piecemeal, at the state, school district or individual school level.

Under current law, a state must determine the average yearly progress (AYP) for all students and subgroups at the school, LEA, and state level; AYP standards mandate specified thresholds of performance with respect to assessments and graduation rates.

Similarly, policy changes at the state or national level, such as the efforts to reduce class sizes or mandate higher - quality teachers, if effective, would likely lead one to overestimate the impact of Chicago's policies.

At the state level, there was a virtual firestorm of legislation focused on early reading that included new curriculum frameworks and standards, assessment mandates, textbook adoption guidelines, and mandates for teacher credentialing and professional development.

☐ Is overseen by an elected school board ☐ Submits to a financial audit on a regular basis ☐ Follows state class - size mandates ☐ Adheres to health, safety, and civil rights laws ☐ Teaches a curriculum aligned to state standards ☐ Is a brick - and - mortar school (not an online one) ☐ Doesn't teach religion ☐ Is in session at least six hours a day, 180 days a year ☐ Follows state teacher - pay guidelines ☐ Participates in annual assessments ☐ Has at least one librarian, nurse, and counselor ☐ Does not practice selective admissions ☐ Demonstrates at least minimal growth in student achievement ☐ Employs unionized teachers ☐ Keeps student suspensions to a minimal level

Specifically, we predicted the percentage of students at the district and school levels who score proficient or above on their state's mandated standardized tests, without using any school - specific information such as length of school day, teacher mobility, computer - to - student ratio, etc..

These data were school - wide results on state - mandated tests of language and mathematics at several grade levels over three years (2003 to 2005).

In fact, federal law mandates that states, districts, and schools assess students on an annual basis at specific grade levels and in specific content areas.

It's good to see that those responsible for the education of English Language Learners at the state level will have more guidance and accountability with standards and assessment, not to mention the provision mandating two extra years of monitoring.

Laws exist at both federal and state levels that include mandates for educators, but many school administrators are not aware of recent changes that may impact them.

The MTA also believes when a test is mandated at the state or national levels it should only be used to evaluate programs toward meeting state or national standards and / or goals.

Local school leaders say legislators should restore previously held allowances for districts to shuffle resources as needed at the local level, rather than setting state - mandated guidelines for how dollars are spent.

If the state mandates a requirement they should subsequently provide the necessary funding to facilitate that obligation at the local level.

If private and charter schools are to receive taxpayer funding via vouchers or tax credits, they should also have to be subject to the same state testing requirements as public schools in order to show that their students are achieving at state - mandated levels.

The examinations fulfill federal mandates for testing in our public schools, and they inform personnel decisions locally, administrative decisions at the district and state levels, and federal actions nationally.

One of the most misunderstood and confusing federal mandates, IDEA maintenance of effort requirements are intended to ensure that states and local districts continue support for special education services at consistent levels.

I think that most people are starting to recognize that funding education at 2008 levels by the year 2021 is not sufficient to pay for an adequate education (hence tuition increases at UC system)(hence furlough days and increased class sizes at my District) especially if the State now wants to mandate that Districts increase their contribution to CalSTRS and CalPERS.

The demographic shift has created a sizable challenge for the small district: how to shift instructional practices aimed at a largely well - off Anglo population to practices that can help all its students, including English - language learners, succeed at the high levels demanded by rigorous new state and federal mandates.

Because the highly anticipated Common Core State Standards, which are in pending states of adoption and implementation throughout the country, mandate the greater incorporation of non-fiction reading, even at the elementary school level.