Sentences with phrase «new federal definition»

Florida has released some data on high school graduation rates, using the new federal definition that requires high schools to be responsible for dropouts who immediately enroll in GED programs (previously, those dropouts were deleted from the state's official longitudinal rate which had been following 9th graders through graduation or attrition).

«We feel that reverting back to the new federal definition of two to fifty would make sense for New York employers,» says Jamie Schutzer, the president of the New York State Association of Health Underwriters.

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In addition to a new prohibition on secret settlements, the bill would create a uniform definition of sexual harassment based on federal regulations, block mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment complaints and standardized the process of reporting for all branches of state government.

The measure comes after the federal Affordable Care Act redefined small group employers as being businesses with 100 or fewer employees, doubling New York's historic standard of 50 or fewer employees to meet the definition.

That the national fight over Medicaid has suddenly focused on New York is not entirely surprising: The state has long had one of the nation's most expensive Medicaid programs, with a generous and expansive definition of who qualifies for the joint state - federal program.

Former federal prosecutors blame juror skepticism and the new, more permissive legal definition of bribery for the stunning mistrials Thursday when two federal juries were declared hung in high - profile public...

After year - long investigations into a potential pay - to - play scheme involving his definition political nonprofit Campaign for One New York and his failed 2014 fundraising effort for State Senate Democrats by now - former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — eventually taken over by acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the pair decided not to bring federal charges against de Blasio or his aides.

All three cases involved a common issue — a new definition by the Supreme Court requiring a formal exercise of government power rather than just a meeting or phone call to prove a quid pro quo bribery scheme under the federal law prohibiting «honest services fraud.»

She released a new TV ad today that continues her ongoing effort to link Martins with disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who lost his job in a federal corruption scandal — though his conviction was recently overturned, thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the definition of an «official act» in connection with public corruption.

This standard did prompt disclosure by NYSUT and the pro-Tkaczyk PACs, but it is looser than definitions governing federal campaigns and elections in New York City.

A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, once the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, saying the judge's jury instructions were in error in light of a United States Supreme Court decision that has since narrowed the legal definition of corruption.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday by a federal appeals court that cited a recent Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the definition of what it takes to convict a public official.

A coalition of the state's leading political public relations firms filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, claiming its new rules requiring disclosure of outreach to editorial boards represents an unconstitutional expansion of the definition of «lobbying.»

In the State of New York, the Human Rights Law offers substantially more protection than federal antidiscrimination laws, because gender dysphoria is a recognized medical condition that falls within the broad definition of disability found in the state law, as New York courts have recognized.

SUNY's new definition of affirmative consent appears to be consistent with the federal guidelines.

Although Weinstein ruled DiCristina hadn't broken federal law, the state of New York has a stricter definition of gambling.

The federal agency is planning to ask the public as well as food experts for advice on what should be the new definition of healthy — and the process could, of course, take years.

Under the new federal school accountability law, ESSA, states and schools now have the ability to both widen the definition of school accountability and push towards improved school quality and student achievement.

The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, also provides increased access to funding for physical education by including the subject in its definition of a «well - rounded education.»

The Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act, passed in 1974, is widely seen as outdated because of its limited definition of a «student record» in a world where states, educational service vendors, and others are gathering new and diverse types of data about students.

States therefore must look at whether to capture the opportunity to boost their tax revenue by conforming to a more inclusive definition of taxable income under new federal law.

(Sec. 213) Amends the EPCA to: (1) revise the definition of «energy conservation standard» to include energy efficiency for certain covered equipment, water efficiency for certain covered equipment, and both energy and water efficiency for certain equipment; (2) allow the adoption of consensus and alternative test procedures for purposes of the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles; (3) require the Secretary to prescribe a new test method for televisions; (4) expand the list of criteria for prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards, including requiring Energy Guide labels to include the carbon output of each covered product; (5) require manufacturers of covered products to submit annual reports and information to DOE regarding compliance, economic impact, annual shipments, facility energy and water use, and sales data that could support an assessment of the need for regional standards; and (6) require state and local building codes to use appliance efficiency requirements that are no less stringent than those set by federal standards.

In 1988, Congress adopted a new definition of «reside» as it applies in the general federal venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1391 (c).

The emergence of new technologies such as the Internet has expanded the number of ways in which legal advice and information can be disseminated, which has increased the complexity of the task,» as noted in comments made by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, in response to the American Bar Association's proposed Model Definition of the Practice of Law.

In the event of the Queensland Low Impact Exploration Scheme being approved in the Senate, the Queensland Government will, before the end of this year, amend that scheme to provide substantive and procedural rights and acceptable definitions of the nature of low impact exploration that are no less favourable to Indigenous interests than those in the New South Wales Scheme recently endorsed by the Federal Attorney - General.

The second step will be a separate notice and comment rulemaking that will consider developing a new definition for the extent of federal jurisdiction under the CWA.