Sentences with phrase «new federal priorities»

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The Koch and their allies are particularly focused on re-shaping the federal health - care system and eliminating federal regulations — two priorities in alignment with the new president.

But Trump and his pro-business GOP allies on Capitol Hill have made rolling back Obama - era regulations a priority, which makes any new federal rules for protecting data and privacy unlikely in the immediate future.

As the New York Times article discusses more fully, the impetus for the price increase was a finding by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization in Washington, that by keeping the price of the full meal too low, the paid meals were effectively being subsidized by the federal dollars which are supposed to be allocated to the meals provided to kids who are on free / reduced lunch.

Therefore, I would ask you to consider redirecting the federal funding to New York because the project is a top priority.

The omnibus spending bill now on the congressional launch pad is a something - for - everyone grab bag that contains a surprising amount of federal money for New York priorities, including rural broadband, the fight against opioidaddiction, and highway, rail and airport improvements.

At 8 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley speaks at an Association for a Better New York power breakfast on his legislative priorities, as well as federal issues and policies impacting New York City, Hilton Hotel, Mercury Ballroom, 1335 Sixth Ave., Manhattan.

The New York Farm Bureau outlined its state priorities and discussed the just - passed federal Farm Bill during a conference call this morning.

Charlie Rangel has never wavered in his fight to secure crucial federal resources to support the priorities of middle class New Yorkers - education, health care, and job creation.»

Mayor de Blasio's work to push forward national policies through the U.S. Conference of Mayors and other partnerships is vital to our efforts to secure key federal funding for priorities like infrastructure and homeland security, and move forward an agenda that will lift up New Yorkers around the five boroughs,» Spitalnick said in an emailed statement.

«The safety of New Yorkers is priority number one, and we are in close contact with federal and local officials as we continue to remain vigilant in the wake of this tragedy.»

The New York City Bar Association released a report urging federal and state leaders to «make the reduction of mass incarceration a top priority» and offering several recommendations for changing sentencing laws and other policies.

LG Kathy Hochul is in Washington, D.C. to discuss New York's federal priorities in various meetings with members of congressional delegation.

There is nothing new this APC government at the federal level has to offer Nigerians if it is these same political jingles is their priority.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

State officials came up with a new list of 188 «priority» schools, including 90 in the city, to meet a March 1 deadline under the federal No Child Left Behind Act — or risk consequences such as a loss of funds.

«New York has the most ambitious building plan in the nation, and it's absurd the federal government claimed these projects were a priority one day and then cut funding for them the next,» Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.

Many New York priorities require a fight for federal dollars, which demands a robust national strategy.

One «lower priority» activity that will be cut is funding for new acquisitions of federal lands, an interest of multiple DOI agencies, including BLM, FWS, and NPS.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

Specifically, for students who had attended public schools deemed to be failing before the students took part in the voucher program — a high - priority target for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — the new federal study shows no statistically significant impacts on their test scores.

Following a spirited debate about federal spending priorities in education, the House education committee approved a bill last week that would authorize new money to help districts improve school facilities, including making them more environmentally friendly.

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The state also has made attendance a priority: In its plan to comply with a new federal education law, Washington will track schools with high rates of chronic absenteeism.

First priority is given to renewal students and to new students eligible for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program ($ 45,510 for a family of four in 2017 — 18).

The result could have a significant impact on federal education policy, depending on the priorities of the new leaders and their willingness to work...

The share of funds devoted to Title I dropped as the federal government added new initiatives to wire classrooms to the Internet and reduce class sizes, among other priorities.

New Jersey's 250 priority and focus schools can have up to 30 percent of their federal Title I funds re-directed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) for specific «interventions,» but even these funds are supposed to be used for school improvement, not taken away.

Today, this tactic continues even as school desegregation has been downgraded as a priority by the Congress and federal courts, but the politics of Republican support for private schools has gained new elements.

The Local Wellness Committee will update or modify this LWP based on the results of HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's annual self - assessment, the USDA triennial administrative review, and on other variables, including if / when HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's health priorities change; the community's health needs change; the wellness goals are met; new health science arises, new technology emerges; and new federal or state guidance / standards are issued.

He directly supervised the Divisions of Talent, Performance, Information Technology and led education priorities including the development of a new comprehensive school accountability system under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.)

The new federal data were released on the heels of a report by the nonprofit Center on Budget and Policy Priorities showing that state governments in at least 31 states are contributing less to public education than they did in 2008, before the recession.

But, he continues, it's time educators receive the federal support they need and deserve, which is why the foremost legislative priority for ASCD and its members in 2013 is for Congress to enact a new ESEA.

Read Policy Priorities for more insights about why proper training of incoming teachers provides a logical first step in helping students reap the benefits of the new standards; how the standards could affect teacher evaluations; the federal government's plans to improve the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs; and how some states, such as New Jersey, have effectively engaged all stakeholders in moving teacher preparation programs and the standards forwanew standards; how the standards could affect teacher evaluations; the federal government's plans to improve the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs; and how some states, such as New Jersey, have effectively engaged all stakeholders in moving teacher preparation programs and the standards forwaNew Jersey, have effectively engaged all stakeholders in moving teacher preparation programs and the standards forward.

New Labels to Indicate School Performance: A to F. All waiver states had to identify low - performing schools as «priority» or «focus» schools for federal accountability purposes, but these federal distinctions didn't have to translate to state school ratings systems.

For example, states and localities that have secured some funding or financing of their own for infrastructure projects will be given higher priority access to new federal funds.

Although many realize the creation of the new Department was a legislative priority for President Lyndon Johnson, few know how much influence the head of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) had on Johnson's decision.

While marijuana is still classified as illegal, eight new federal enforcement priorities were issued that essentially discourage federal... continue reading

The Budget advances infrastructure modernization initiatives like... a new federal commitment to high speed rail — a priority that also received funding from the Recovery Act.

The federal government works with the provinces to set public legal assistance priorities and new programming.

Given the priority placed by the federal government on renewing the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples «based on recognition, rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership» these and other approaches should be the subject of government - to - government discussions to shape our new legislative frameworks, informed by the outcomes from the public reviews.

I just wish the Federal Government could rational decisions, set priorities and said no a few times to new programs or more hopefully closed down old unproductive programs.

But Trump and his pro-business GOP allies on Capitol Hill have made rolling back Obama - era regulations a priority, which makes any new federal rules for protecting data and privacy unlikely in the immediate future.

The vehicle for this partnership between government and communities under the new arrangements are a series of agreements at different levels that co-ordinate activities: from the local community level to regional plans and priorities and finally to government policies at the state and federal levels.

The federal government has made remote communities its priority for Indigenous - specific funding under the new arrangements.

Mental health is again stated as being at the forefront of the Government's priorities with the new Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announcing his commitment to frontline services.

These new priorities may even open the door to giving federal funds to anti-abortion counseling centers.

«A number (of priorities) have particular urgency because we must meet federal or state deadlines and deliverables, and we will need new or renewed revenue to sustain gains made in these priorities once the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant and the current Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting grant end.»

Aboriginal health services today called on all parties to back a Royal Commission into the devastating rate of suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people as a priority for the new Federal parliament.

● A new priority list when it comes to distributing Ohio's share of federal planning funds that puts Planned Parenthood last in line behind state and local agencies, nonpublic federally qualified heath centers and community action agencies, and nonpublic entities that also provide comprehensive primary and preventive health care.

A new government at the federal level, substantial change in provincial governments across the country, and the election of a new mayor in the country's largest city, could all impact our industry through direct policy shifts, and indirectly through changes in budgetary emphasis and shifting economic priorities.