Sentences with phrase «national standards a requirement»

The expectation is that certified organic products are non GM and that requirement will remain so under the ACO branding and in turn the national standard requirements.

And the Obama administration is floating the idea of making state adoption of these national standards a requirement for Title I or other federal funds.»

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McIntyre England claimed that the shearing device met American safety requirements, but, according to official court documents, it was determined that the machinery «did not meet American National Standard Institute requirements... or the Regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,» and it did not conform with «the recognized guidelines published by the National Safety Council and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for protecting machine operators.»

The US Postal Service delivers periodicals at a discount rate, and the Federal Communication Commission's television station licensing requirements include a vague but meaningful «public interest» standard that is generally held to require both the production of local newscasts and the airing of major national news events.

The USDA national organic standards also require organic livestock production systems to accommodate an animal's natural nutritional and behavioral requirements, to ensure that dairy cows and other ruminants have access to pasture.

The Australian Government can assess where national standards will make a difference — for example, where standards can be used to reduce the costs associated with meeting different state and territory requirements.

Manufactured with fewer materials than past designs and compliant with national and international recycling requirements, the packaging is manufactured using a standard corrugated fiberboard frame that is easily recyclable in the corrugated waste stream.

According to Wittenberg, «These standards will help consumers make more informed choices, as they establish the first national guidelines for the production and handling of organically produced products, including labeling requirements for products that are 100 percent organic, organic, and made with organic ingredients.»

All of the farmers providing milk to the Creamery follow the National Organic Program's Pasture Rule — grazing and pasture management standards as defined by USDA Organic Label requirements.

Beyond federal Section 204 requirements, the policy sets nutritional standards for foods outside the National School Lunch Program concerning fat, sodium, sugars, and serving size limits; prohibits certain foods of minimal nutritional value during the school day; requires minimum eating times of at least 15 minutes for breakfast and 20 minutes for lunch; requires there be at least 30 minutes for physical activity per day; and includes minimum data collection and reporting requirements.

Beyond federal Section 204 requirements, the policy sets nutritional standards for foods outside the National School Lunch Program concerning total fat, saturated fat, sugars, and serving size limits.

You still want your kids wearing a helmet with the latest technology though and which meets all of the requirements of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), with a certification sticker that says it meet the NOCSAE standard, since the CPSC does not mandate safety guidelines for football helmets.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

The Travel Crib complies with the EN 716 safety standard for folding cribs and national fire safety requirements.

New York State's recent attempts to revise academic standards for elementary and secondary education appear to weaken or muddy major requirements in reading and writing, according to pro-standards groups at the national and state levels.

Nonetheless, the only features of doctoral education that are legally stipulated at the national level by this law are the minimum period of study, the admission standards, and the minimum requirements for the completion of the PhD.

«(2) The Secretary shall require, with respect to any single - or multi-family residential housing subject to a mortgage insured under this Act, that any approval or certification of the housing for meeting any energy efficiency or conservation criteria, standards, or requirements pursuant to this title and any approval or certification required pursuant to this title with respect to energy - conserving improvements or any renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar energy geothermal, or biomass, shall be conducted only by an individual certified by a home energy rating system provider who has been accredited to conduct such ratings by the Home Energy Ratings System Council, the Residential Energy Services Network, or such other appropriate national organization, as the Secretary may provide, or by licensed professional architect or engineer.

-- The Secretary may not guarantee any eligible mortgage under this section unless the mortgagor has demonstrated, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, the amount of savings attributable to incorporation of the sustainable building elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstration.

ICHWC National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches have met a minimum training and education requirement and demonstrated an understanding of the coaching competencies that set the standard in the health & wellness coaching profession.

Upon completion of this course you will have fulfilled the national requirements to become a 200 - hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), The Yoga Alliance standard for teaching yoga in the United States and other selected countries.

The national push for rigorous, measurable standards in elementary and secondary education is no passing fad, because it is being driven by inexorable economic forces that are ratcheting up educational requirements for American workers, concludes a report released last week.

Others in the class I had taken had told us to go to the National Board Web site and download the standards and the requirements for the entries.

While some of those standards are US - driven, national governments from all around the world have adopted the same, or very similar, compliance standards and requirements in these areas, to which TalentLMS is automatically also compliant.

I'm convinced that much of the modest success we've enjoyed has been tied to the adoption of a statewide graduation requirement based on our 10th - grade MCAS test (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System), beginning with the class of 2003, not the result of a national standard or ethic.

We also have to keep teachers and teacher candidates apprised of current events in education on a state and national level, and we have to help them make sense of the standards and other requirements they will be expected to meet.

They have joined a national protest in which states have repealed their graduation test requirements, postponed the consequences of testing for the Common Core — national standards in more than 40 states — and rolled back the number of required exams.

The state uses the SOL — a state - specific way of measuring how well students understand Virginia curriculum requirements — instead of the Common Core State Standards, the national standards embraced by the Obama administration.

With the help of domestic and international teacher education experts, National Council on Teacher Quality takes an in - depth look at admission standards, course syllabi, textbooks, course requirements, student teaching manuals, and graduate surveys, among other sources to score various elementary and secondary teaching courses.

The new standards coincide with a decision by the National Board to enable teachers without a bachelor's degree to pursue CTE certification, unless it is a requirement of their state teaching license.

Full - time administrators, librarians, and counselors shall be exempt from the provisions of this section; and colleges of medicine and law and others which are required for purposes of accreditation to meet national standards prescribed by the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, or other professional associations shall be exempt from the provisions of this section to the extent that the requirements of this section differ from the requirements of accreditation.

The Obama administration, in response, announced that it would waive the law's academic requirements so long as states adopted Common Core standards, a national set of learning goals for students.

Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released the second installment of its now - segmented Teacher Prep Review, this time grading undergraduate programs preparing secondary teachers based on a document review of their admission standards, content requirements, and field experiences.

Groups like the School Nutrition Association (SNA), National School Boards Association and The School Superintendents Association have been pushing Congress to loosen some of the requirements, pointing out that the new standards are costly to implement.

A letter grade is certainly more understandable and intuitive than the complexities of state requirements, specialized professional association standards, and national accreditation standards and evidence.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

If Americans know Education Secretary Arne Duncan for anything at this point, it would be as that guy who claimed last week that opposition to the Common Core national K - 12 educational standards sprang from «white suburban moms» who feared that tougher requirements would reveal their children to be as not «brilliant» as they thought.

The requirement that states provide schools with adequate funding to supply basic resources is the true national standard, developed organically from the ground up, and rooted in our democratic process and values.

We take into consideration the various regulatory and compliance requirements, national and state standards as well as pedagogical needs to support effective teaching.

Texas modifies dropout counting procedures to conform to standards of the National Center for Education Statistics, which count as dropouts students enrolled in a GED program, students who meet all graduation requirements but do not pass the state exam and students previously counted as dropouts, among other procedures.

Among them: stringent graduation requirements, national standards, new approaches to how reading and math are taught, smaller classes, smaller schools, greater accountability through increased testing, and a focus on recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers.

A framework of Administrator Evaluation Domains, Factors, and Characteristics associated with improving student achievement, aligned to national and State standards, and aligned with Michigan Educator Evaluation statutory requirements

The national policy landscape surrounding academic standards, assessments, accountability, and school improvement is in many respects more chaotic than ever as states transition away from strong federal systems and requirements under NCLB and once again take the lead role in defining and enforcing accountability measures for public schools.

Two National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)- certified middle school teachers from District B presented on the NBPTS certification requirements and their implications for and intersections with the state standards professional development effort.

Just as importantly, the college - and career - ready standards requirements could be considered a violation of federal law banning the Department of Education from creating national curricula — especially since the requirements essentially endorse the newly - developed Common Core State Standards.

After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a rule that will eventually require all cars to have standard backup cameras, a group of automakers filed a petition asking NHTSA to revise the requirement that all cars have sideview mirrors.

Since its inception in 1966, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has held automakers accountable for recalling vehicles and equipment that have a safety defect or that do not meet the requirements of applicable safety standards set by the agency — resulting in more than 17,000 recalls involving over 500 million vehicles and more than 84 million items of equipment.

September 1, 2011, marked the date when the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 126, which requires all motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less to have an electronic stability control (ESC) system that complies with specific design, performance and diagnostic requirements.

The Cabriolet not only meets all current national and international crash requirements, but also the more stringent internal Mercedes - Benz safety standards, which are based on what actually happens in real - life accidents.

Almost a year ago plus a couple days, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) put forth a requirement through its parent organization, the US Department of Transportation, that all cars manufactured on or after May 1, 2018 be sold in the US with a backup camera as standard equipment.

- Achieved National Certification as a residential Building Inspector in order to advance knowledge of building standards and code requirements.