Sentences with phrase «model legislation for»

After the study, the team drafted model legislation for states to use in order to ban microplastics.

Philip Sutton has drafted model legislation for a Climate Emergency (Restructuring and Mobilisation) Act.

Philip Sutton's draft of model legislation for a Climate Emergency (Restructuring & Mobilisation) Act is here.

Late last year, the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Victoria drafted model legislation for B.C. based on the Schwarzenegger standards.

Model Dog And Cat Control Ordinance (Appendix 2) and Model legislation for the identification and regulation of «dangerous» dogs (Appendix 4) from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Heartland, which owns the website theparenttrigger.com, has crafted model legislation for trigger laws that apply to all schools — not just those that are failing.

She is supportive of efforts by a conservative, pro-business group known as ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, to create model legislation for school vouchers and similar programs for states to pass in their legislatures.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.

The American Federation for Children offers high - quality and accountable model legislation for every kind of private school choice program.

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For instance, it encourages «model» federal legislation that would prop up the widespread and automatic adoption of «naloxone,» an opioid overdose antidote that an increasing number of police forces have adopted.

The final rough analysis for the legislation came from a new report from the University of Pennsylvania, using its Penn - Wharton Budget Model to assess the budgetary effects of the bill.

A coalition of at least 74 investors have filed proposals at 50 companies asking for lobbying reports that include federal and state lobbying payments, payments to trade associations used for lobbying, and payments to any tax - exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.

This policy and related procedures are consistent with the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information (herein «CSA Model Code») and applicable privacy legislation.

The United States has had legislation promoting business owners to adopt ESOPs for more than 30 years, and as a result, there is a robust movement of business including some of the country's largest private companies who wholeheartedly praise the model as leading to better business outcomes.

Legislation in Maryland supports 450 schools to implement a breakfast after the bell model combined with offering breakfast for free to all students through the state - funded Maryland Meals for Achievement program.

Legislators considering changing their divorce laws should consider the full range of legal options available to them, such as those compiled by Americans for Divorce Reform and posted on their Internet «Divorce Reform Page «69 This site presents arguments for and against the initiatives as well as model legislation.

When asked in Buffalo if New York's SAFE Act should be used as a model for the rest of the nation, Schumer replied: «No, I think we ought to stick to the federal legislation.»

A Democratic State Committeewoman, Cooper took credit for pushing the city and state clinic access bills that later became the model for national legislation.

On immigration, Bloomberg said the city will «help lead the charge» for the New York State Dream Act, legislation modeled after a federal bill that would allow children who were brought to the country illegally to apply for state - sponsored college loans, grants and scholarships.

The overworked LA, in turn, goes to the lobbyist and asks for «model legislation.»

In a debate on the Silk Commission's proposals, including introducing a reserved powers model and strengthening the capacity of the National Assembly to scrutinise legislation, Kirsty Williams will challenge other political parties to follow the Silk Commission's recommendations and include these proposals in their party manifestos for the 2015 Westminster and 2016 Assembly elections.

Ms. Mark - Viverito — whose Council will have to amend the legislation it held a hearing on today and have another hearing on it Thursday before passing it — said the Council was «proud to serve as a model for the rest of New York State.»

Cuomo also asked the Education Department for legislation to allow a state takeover of New York's 178 failing schools, based on a model used in Massachusetts.

The law remains popular downstate — a 2015 Siena poll revealed 76 percent of New York City residents support it — and the governor often holds up the legislation as the blueprint for a nationwide model.

The model can serve as a useful tool for environmental legislation.

The landmark package of laws is considered former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature legislation and has become a model for the rest of the world.

The supplement examines the issues surrounding distracted driving by teens, exploring developmental states and changes that are associated with adolescents» distractibility and their relation to driving, examining patterns of distraction among newly licensed adolescents as well as brain function, considering the potential role played by parental modeling of distracted behavior while driving, accounting for the role of technology and the influence of peer passengers and society norms, and investigating policy, legislation, and intervention.

This week, the parliament was expected to take up legislation to create the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), modeled after the German Research Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation, and funded mostly with a loan from the European Investment Bank.

However, for use with integrated assessment models, energy balance models, and — most importantly — for writing of treaties and legislation — it is still generally necessary to translate all GHG's into some equivalent in terms of CO2.

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Imagine introducing legislation to fund the traditional education system based on Utah's model for funding its online courses.

Jen Walmer, state director of DFER Colorado, added, «The Republicans» focus on the charter school model, coupled with the Democrats» focus on equity for students ultimately moved the legislation.»

A model bill for the «Parent Trigger Act» and much of school choice and privatization legislation is designed and promoted by the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC, which coordinates with the State Policy Network and has become notorious for promoting «stand your ground» legislation and propagating climate change denial.

Support legislation that advances college and career readiness for students, including: support the expansion of early / middle college options and dual enrollment with ISD and regional models, growing Career and Technical Education programs, and working toward permanent flexibility in MMC to allow students additional opportunities.

The experiences stand in contrast to a national push (e.g., the 17 programs listed in the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program legislation; see Herman, 1999) for off - the - shelf reading intervention programs and school reform models (American Federation of Teachers, 1997; Herman & Stringfield, 1997; Slavin & Fashola, 1998; Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1998).

This organization works closely with ALEC and the Koch Bros. / Americans for Prosperity to promote passage of model legislation and influence political outcomes, so it was natural that after ALEC came under fire for its secretive nature, participants sought shelter within the SPN.

Here's why: The same legislation that requires state education officials review the Common Core also says the State Board of Education must use the nationally - crafted standards «as the base model» for any new standards they might write.

Model legislation is a template for a bill designed by education reformers, business leaders and lobbyists who work with state legislators to promote, sponsor and pass the bill.

Opening Plenary The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is known for drafting conservative model educational legislation in states.

The impetus for a model of teaching, and our sudden focus on instructional leadership, has been federal and state legislation.

Sexton and the Committee were instrumental in ensuring the passage of 1990's Kentucky Education Reform Act, a national model for education reform, and subsequent legislation and programs designed to elevate Kentucky to the top tier of education excellence.

Along with American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), known for its efforts to provide conservative model legislation to GOP lawmakers across the country, the IJ published a report in 2007 titled «School Choice and State Constitutions: A Guide to Designing School Choice Programs.»

Most of these «policies,» generated by lobbyists at the Foundation for Florida's Future, are designated «model» legislation endorsed by the American Legislative Exchange Council and State Policy Institutes.

Revisions to ALEC's talking points for its model voucher legislation focus on middle - class families and the school choice options not tied to family income.

Gov. Chet Culver wasted little time in signing an education package that repeals legislation that restricts the number of charter schools allowed in Iowa, and requires the state to develop a model for intervention in underperforming schools.

It's legislation that rewards teachers for continuing their education, according to Rep. Tim Brown, R - Crawfordsville, and makes them role models as lifelong learners to their students.

Numerous provisions contained in S. 1177 represent a huge step forward from current legislation: the elimination of adequate yearly progress and the 100 percent proficiency requirements, tempering the test - and - punish provisions of No Child Left Behind; the continued requirement of disaggregated subgroup data; removal of the unworkable school turnaround models required under the School Improvement Grant and Race to the Top programs; clarification of the term school leader as the principal of an elementary, middle or high school; inclusion of the use of Title II funds for a «School Leadership Residency Program»; activities to improve the recruitment, preparation, placement, support, and retention of effective principals and school leaders in high - need schools; and the allowable use of Title II funds to develop induction and mentoring programs that are designed to improve school leadership and provide opportunities for mentor principals and other educators who are experienced and effective.

Legislation that passed the Indiana Senate this week would establish a Commission on Seclusion and Restraint to develop a model for handling students with challenging behavior.

Since then, he's further made his mark on the legislation through successful amendments that would allow states to develop their own turnaround models for the lowest - performing schools and permit students in each state's bottom 5 percent of schools to transfer to other schools.

Since joining JFF in 2002, Dr. Vargas has designed and implemented a research and state policy agenda for implementing early college designs; created policy frameworks, tools, and model legislation; written and edited white papers, research, and national publications; provided technical assistance to state task forces and policy working groups; served on a number of national advisory groups; and organized and presented at national policy conferences.