Sentences with phrase «need a state waiver»

She was the first chancellor in almost two decades who met all the formal requirements for the job and didn't need a state waiver.

She is the first chancellor in more than a decade who didn't need a state waiver to take the job.

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«The point of this bill in those states that get a waiver to do what they need to do to make it work better in their particular states has support exactly for that very person who, if, in the course between a year, get extra aid for support for pre-existing conditions,» Ryan explained, citing what he said were successful examples in Wisconsin and Maine.

If you want to ensure that new spouse disclaims his or her share — which could be as much as half the estate, depending on state law — you'll need a signed waiver to that effect in a pre - or post-nup, said Davis, who is also a principal of Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler in Winston - Salem, North Carolina.

These individuals also emphasized that there isn't any «structured auction» or «formal process» at play.The potential of a transaction has opened a window onto a process that usually plays out in private, but was made public because the family needed to get a waiver for a Washington State statute.

The building was constructed in 2009, and a state waiver would be needed to demolish a facility that new.

Meier authored a law requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Federal Medicaid waiver to create a pilot program to offer less costly, more appropriate care to Medicaid patients in need of long - term care.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer told reporters in central New York today acknowledged the state government's need for a $ 10 billion federal Medicaid waiver, saying «we're doing everything we can» to get the application approved.

Some states would pursue waivers, meaning they wouldn't need to cover certain health services.

According to the state Retirement and Social Security Law, which was last amended in 2008, in order to receive approval for a section 211 waiver from the state's three - member Civil Service commission, a jurisdiction must demonstrate «an urgent need for his or her services» because of «an unplanned, unpredictable, unexpected vacancy and sufficient time is not available to recruit a qualified individual.»

Those who do not meet those requirements — like Klein and Black — need to get a waiver from the state Education Department.

In a letter to Congressmembers Lowey, Engel and Maloney, and Senators Schumer and Gillbrand, Latimer wrote: «It has recently been brought to my attention that the United States Department of Education denied the request of the New York State Education Department to provide a waiver which would allow our schools to better meet the needs of children with disabilities and those who are English Language Learners.»

Black, who was selected by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to succeed Klein, needs the waiver because she does not have the education experience the state mandates for the job.

Black, 66, has been under fire from several city officials who say that the Hearst chairman should not receive the state waiver she needs to get the job because of her lack of education experience.

Under state law, waivers can be granted only when there is «an urgent need... as the result of an unplanned, unpredictable, and unexpected vacancy where sufficient time is not available to recruit a qualified individual.»

His legacy will be inexorably linked to the state's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program, or DSRIP, an $ 8 billion Medicaid waiver from the federal government that seeks to both reduce avoidable hospitalizations by 25 percent and provide health systems across the state with the resources they need to transition to value - based care.

According to the governor, there was need for the State PDP to ensure waivers were granted to NASS members to return «so they can chair sensitive Committees that would put them in a better position to empower the people of the State».

What about the fact that she still needs a waiver from the state Education Department because she doesn't have superintendent credentials?

Walcott, who is the current deputy mayor for Education and Community Development, needs the waiver because of a state law that requires all school chancellors to either be certified as superintendents or receive a waiver.

Black needs the waiver under state law because she lacks the necessary education credentials.

Black needs the waiver from the state because she lacks the schools experience legally required for the job.

Even if the Cuomo administration wanted to seek such a waiver, which seems unlikely, it would need a change in state laws that long predate Obamacare.

The official, David M. Steiner, the state education commissioner, said he would consider granting Ms. Black, a publishing executive, the waiver she needed to take office only if Mr. Bloomberg appointed an educator to help her run the system.

The interesting — and paradoxical — upshot here is that the greatest hope for the continuation of an active federal government in K — 12 schooling is highly able and highly responsible states: if states handle their ESEA waivers well, then there will be no need for ED to slap wrists and therefore no additional fuel for those claiming federal overreach.

«We're going to let states, schools and teachers come up with innovative ways to give our children the skills they need to compete for the jobs of the future,» promised Obama when announcing his NCLB waiver plan.

States that were granted a waiver usually allowed students who had already switched schools to continue their enrollment, but they eliminated school - choice options for other students in Title I schools previously identified as being in need of school improvement and for students in newly identified schools.

Schools may submit requests for waivers from state rules and regulations, accompanied by a rationale for why such waivers are needed.

Aiming to spread its ideas as far and fast as possible, the education department eventually required all states seeking much - needed waivers from No Child Left Behind to adopt test - based evaluation systems.

If one wants to understand the true interests of the education establishment when it comes to pausing test - based accountability, one only need take a close look at the NCLB waivers given by Secretary Duncan to about 40 states to date.

PS: Local advocates need to check the details of their state's NCLB waiver, if only to combat misinformation.

Before the federal government can renew the waiver flexibility, the Indiana Department of Education needs to provide an assessment plan proving the state will test students around the state's newly adopted academic standards.

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.»

And when we see less than half the kids are graduating without a waiver (and) the district is almost doubled the number of waivers issued in the last few years, less than half the kids are proficient on the state standardized exams... we need to do much better than we are doing.

States would have an opportunity to request a waiver of the minimum threshold from the secretary of education if they could show that their districts had sufficient funding to meet the needs of all students.

Washington State would have kept its No Child waiver if state legislators voted to change state law needed to fulfill its promise of overhauling teacher evaluatState would have kept its No Child waiver if state legislators voted to change state law needed to fulfill its promise of overhauling teacher evaluatstate legislators voted to change state law needed to fulfill its promise of overhauling teacher evaluatstate law needed to fulfill its promise of overhauling teacher evaluations.

Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma need action by their state legislatures or boards of education, Duncan said, or their waivers will be revoked.

As in the case of Oklahoma (whose own failures in getting its No Child waiver renewed was discussed on these pages in August), Washington State had ample opportunity to muster the political will needed to change the law in order to fulfill its promise under the waiver.

At least five states would need new legislation to turn their waiver proposals into reality.

The entire waiver process was sloppily administered in the first place, with Duncan granting waivers to states (and allowing them to ignore whole sections of No Child) even thought they have not yet implemented or enacted all the proposals within their applications, and the administration ignoring concerns raised by its own peer review panels about such matters as how states have ignored the need to gain consultation on proposed changes from American Indian tribes as required under the U.S. Constitution (as well as from black and Latino communities equally affected by the evisceration of accountability).

But while most states Hyslop studied identified fewer schools in need of improvement under the waivers, Indiana actually designated more schools as «focus» and «priority» after appealing to the federal government for flexibility.

Florida, for example, pointed out how their waiver would allow them to «strengthen the state's ability to tailor its program to meet Florida's unique educational needs.»

South Dakota Education Secretary Melody Schopp said the state is still unclear whether the state needs «one system mandated statewide» to satisfy the NCLB waiver requirements.

Because of that, she will need a waiver from the State Education Department; Mr. Klein, who had also been a media executive, was granted one when he took over, in 2002.

Both Kline and the committee's ranking Democrat George Miller (CA) highlighted the pressing need to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and expressed their displeasure with the Obama administration's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver process; Kline described it as «executive fiat» and Miller lamented what he views as a weakened state focus on providing equitable learning opportunities to all students.

Finally, we highlight the state of New York, which submitted a very detailed and thoughtful waiver application with respect to meeting the needs of its English language learners.

The department has the potential power to move states that received waivers toward a stronger focus on excellent instruction and the support that educators need.

Those schools would need to increase to at least three days or pursue a waiver from the state under the new law.

Additionally, it says that states do not need to continue to meet waiver requirements that ESSA doesn't address, such as teacher evaluations based on student outcomes, but that waiver states must continue to focus on the lowest performing schools and those with large achievement gaps.

Specifically, those reviewing states» waiver applications have been encouraged to consider the manner in which states address the needs of English language learners in each of these principle areas, with the exception of principle four.

Yet the state legislature is prepared to enact a bill that would virtually ensure that the state loses out on $ 40 million dollars through Race to the Top, and a much - needed ESEA waiver that would bring flexibility for state spending of $ 350 million in federal dollars on behalf of students statewide.