Sentences with phrase «meet federal waiver»

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Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

De Blasio spoke with state lawmakers for several hours and is due to meet with Cuomo later in the day for a news conference to push the federal government to grant a Medicaid waiver that the governor's administration says his vital to save several Brooklyn - based hospitals.

For one thing, in getting a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Indiana (like other states) promised the Obama administration it would adopt standards that met federal criteria; align curricula and teaching; select, pilot, and administer new tests aligned to the standards; and integrate the standards into both school - and teacher - accountability systems.

The waivers have also brought states into deciding how best to meet goals, albeit with a still excessive involvement of the federal government in process issues and in the «how» of education.

Instead, he recommended new state interventions in 98 districts that were failing to meet the standards of the federal No Child Left Behind law; waivers from state rules and regulations for high - performing districts; and an improved data system to guide state and local decisionmaking in the future.

«Today, we have a system... where the secretary of Education gives waivers to schools that are not meeting the requirements, or tells them they are not getting a waiver and they lose federal money.

Gov. Judy Martz co-wrote a letter dated March 19 to her state's congressional delegation, saying Montana can not meet the federal law's mandates without flexibility and waivers in some cases.

Also, because of the anticipated approval of a waiver from requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law, schools and districts won't be judged as failing to meet adequate yearly progress this year, Johnson said.

The federal government gave Indiana a June 30 deadline to submit proof it is meeting the feds» expectations to keep the waiver.

The federal government, as a condition for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law, is requiring that states adopt a minimum of three performance levels, such as «meets expectations, doesn't meet expectations, and needs improvement.»

The proposal explains the first year of data from the 2012 - 13 school year and how these meet the federal standards for a waiver.

Not wanting to run afoul of federal guidelines, PL 268 requires that whatever standards the state board adopts, they must «meet United States Department of Education flexibility waiver requirements that ensure college and career readiness of students.»

After months of negotiations, seven California school districts have received a one - year extension of the waivers from the federal government exempting them from key provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in return for meeting a slew of new requirements.

More states are up for waiver renewal — and many of them are struggling to meet the promises they made in order to be allowed to ignore federal law.

R. Herbert met with federal education officials in Washington to urge passage of the waiver.

The efforts of the group are likely to be included in an application the state may make to receive a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements for next year, which punish schools unable to meet rising national performance benchmarks.

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave approval for the state to seek waivers offered by the federal government under No Child Left Behind; agreed to form a work group to study and make recommendations for an RFP for statewide assessments for Utah's core curriculum; and granted a requested from rural Juab County's Tintic School District to move to a four - day week for school.

Wisconsin receives waiver from federal No Child Left Behind law, ending an era in which schools and districts were penalized for not meeting «adequate yearly progress» on state tests.

This year it is waiver of NCLB standards, as we hear of cheating, students and schools that are not meeting the latest standards, increased pressure for student accountability, and state and federal budget woes.

Texas must create an evaluation system that meets federal guidelines if the state wants to keep its No Child Left Behind waiver.

The California Office to Reform Education, a group of nine California school districts, including LAUSD, met with federal officials this week to make a last pitch for a No Child Left Behind waiver, which would exempt those districts from meeting certain requirements.

Huberty urged Morath to reach out the U.S. Department of Education to find out whether a waiver from testing could be granted and to report back on the financial ramifications of failing to meet federal requirements in affected districts.

In the letter, the groups also say Wisconsin received about $ 23 million in federal money to implement Common Core in exchange for receiving a waiver for failing to meet standards under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Since 2011 states have been operating under individual flexibility waivers granted to individual states from certain federal requirements, while still meeting accountability, regulatory, administrative, and reporting standards.

Today, President Obama outlined a new federal waiver process to allow states flexibility from some of NCLB's sanctions if they meet several conditions.

But not for another State Senator who voted for it, particularly noting that «Losing the waiver would mean nearly every school in the state would have to send a letter home to parents saying they are failing to meet the requirements of the federal education law.»

For weeks, administration officials have been meeting with car companies as well as green groups and representatives from California — which is awaiting word on whether it will receive a federal waiver to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles — to try to broker a deal on the issue.

Judge Grimm suggested that, if parties entered into a nonwaiver agreement as a result of a «meet - and - confer» under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (f), and that agreement was embodied in an order, any inadvertent production would be made under «judicial compulsion» and there would be no third party waiver.