Sentences with phrase «new flexibility state»

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«I will work toward ushering in a new era of state flexibility and leadership to drive better outcomes,» Verma told the Finance Committee in her prepared remarks.

In the markets of the United Kingdom and the United States, we are constantly seeing «flexibility» and «change» to our economies; this evidence is continuing with the «Gig Economy,» the millennials and a new operating business economy.

(The bill would also give states some new flexibility under an Obamacare waiver program.)

«USDA has continued to show flexibility in implementing these new standards, and Congress should focus on partnering with USDA, states, schools, and parents to help our kids have access to more healthy food, not less.»

Philosophy The State University of New York at New Paltz Athletic Training Department is committed to providing our athletes with a proactive interdisciplinary approach towards recovery that will focus on flexibility, strength, endurance and sport - specific functional activities.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

Taxpayers in New York will get the two things they need most — lower taxes and the continuation of essential and high quality municipal services — only if Albany finally demonstrates the will to reform state mandates, giving local officials the tools and flexibility to implement real and sustainable property tax relief.

Cuomo made the announcement on the mayoral control extension as part of a broader agreement on a range of issues, including an extension of state control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversstate control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversigNew York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversignew flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversState University of New York for oversigNew York for oversight.

New York education leaders urged government officials to build more flexibility into the state's new «free tuition» program, which launched this summer and is currently serving more than 23,000 public college students statewiNew York education leaders urged government officials to build more flexibility into the state's new «free tuition» program, which launched this summer and is currently serving more than 23,000 public college students statewinew «free tuition» program, which launched this summer and is currently serving more than 23,000 public college students statewide.

«New York's medical marijuana has made the state more economically competitive and has ushered in a new era of compassionate care by giving patients and families suffering from debilitating illness greater flexibility and choices to get the life - sustaining medical care they need,» she said in a statemeNew York's medical marijuana has made the state more economically competitive and has ushered in a new era of compassionate care by giving patients and families suffering from debilitating illness greater flexibility and choices to get the life - sustaining medical care they need,» she said in a statemenew era of compassionate care by giving patients and families suffering from debilitating illness greater flexibility and choices to get the life - sustaining medical care they need,» she said in a statement.

Central New York state legislators have introduced a bill that would give the state Department of Environmental Conservation more flexibility with issuing deer control permits.

Rubber and metal are usually thought to sit at opposite ends of the stiffness spectrum, but a new composite material developed at Iowa State University could switch from the flexibility of the former to the stiffness of the latter after being bent, twisted or squeezed.

We provide experimental and computational evidence that conformational flexibility can assist the emergence and subsequent evolution of new active sites by improving substrate and transition - state binding, through the sampling of many potentially productive conformations.

The Flexibility for Equitable Student Funding pilot gives districts that use student - based budgeting new freedom to allocate Title I and Title II dollars to schools along with state and local dollars.

The Every Student Succeeds Act pushes states to move beyond test scores in gauging school performance and gives them all sorts of new flexibility when it comes to funding, turning around low - performing schools, and more.

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced this deal for states last week: Prove your student achievement is rising, and I'll give you new flexibility in meeting federal mandates.

ESSA offers much flexibility to states, but when faced with nebulous statutory language, state attorneys and program managers aren't necessarily inclined to sign off on bold new uses of the money that comes from Washington.

Along with other major changes to state - funded education, the new legislation gave public schools more flexibility in offering single - sex programs.

This message comes through even in the area where CCSSO is asking for new and important flexibility from federal rules (permitting states to allow districts to pilot new approaches to assessment).

Large economic benefits should accrue to states that take advantage of this new flexibility.

Given this, Uncle Sam is demanding a new plan for how the state intends to meet the standards - and - assessments conditions of ESEA flexibility.

There should be proof that state and district officials are not inhibiting charter growth, that new schools are opening, and that they have the requisite flexibility and funding to thrive.

As a result of the all - or - nothing system dreamed up on the seventh floor at 400 Maryland Avenue, states that wanted flexibility on accountability (number two) had to abide by the Department's new rules on teacher evaluations (number three).

What he has no constitutional right to do is dream up new mandates out of thin air and make flexibility contingent upon their embrace by supplicant states.

But bellwether Massachusetts has just opted to develop its own version of the PARCC assessment and all states face brand - new federally - granted flexibility on the accountability front.

A new report from the Washington - based Center on Education Policy tracks how four states taking part in a federal pilot program are using their added flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act.

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, state education leaders have a lot of flexibility to design and test new interventions for struggling schools.

As of this writing, the U.S. Department of Education has approved Arizona's ESSA plan, but Arizona's document was missing the new law providing testing flexibility (every state must submit to the federal agency a plan for how the state intends to implement ESSA's requirements).

State and district leaders have a chance under ESSA (the 2016 Every Student Succeeds Act) to use their new funding flexibility to take a new approach that focuses on excellence for teachers, and students.

«Because of the opportunity and flexibility ESSA provides, states are stepping up with innovations, new measures of school success, and interventions to meet the needs of their struggling schools,» said NASBE President and CEO Kristen Amundson.

Over a year ago, legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in part to provide state and district leaders with new opportunities and flexibility to support innovative, results - driven practices that address their local needs and ensure all students have the opportunity to attend great schools that will prepare them for college and careers.

After signing ESSA in 2015, President Barack Obama said, «This law... creates a real partnership between the states, which will have new flexibility to tailor their [school] improvement plans.»

While it is too early to know how states will respond to this new flexibility, states can be expected to pursue different strategies.

The goal of a federal educational - flexibility bill and the comparable state measures that will presumably follow it is to free these 535 new schools from the regulatory burden faced by other schools.

The U.S. Department of Education will be working to ensure full compliance with the new requirements, but realistically must also provide states with enough flexibility to adapt the requirements to the states» varying circumstances.

Today, some New Hampshire school systems have embraced the flexibility that the state policy offers, whereas others remain tied to time - based practices.

With ESSA and the new administration, states will have increased flexibility to address their persistently low - performing schools.

Programs in Connecticut, Maine, Mississippi, and New Jersey were approved last month under the Adoption and Safe Families Act, which gives states more flexibility in trying innovative child - welfare projects.

The California state school board has agreed to continue allowing school districts flexibility in how they carry out a new state law that calls for limited - English - proficient students to be taught mostly in English.

As Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin considers signing into law the 2013 - 2015 Wisconsin budget, school districts around the state are already using new tools and flexibility to exercise more control over their budgets.

As new state - created entities charged with running and turning around the state's worst schools, these districts are awarded certain authority and flexibility — such as the ability to turn schools into charters and to bypass collective bargaining agreements — that allow them to cut the red tape that has made so many schools dysfunctional in the first place.

If states are to address truancy problems adequately and provide more flexibility in education with greater choice for parents, compulsory - education laws must be overhauled, argues a new report from the Education Commission of the Sstates are to address truancy problems adequately and provide more flexibility in education with greater choice for parents, compulsory - education laws must be overhauled, argues a new report from the Education Commission of the StatesStates.

State and district leaders have a great new opportunity under the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act: more flexibility in spending the funds they receive than in prior versions.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has ushered in a new era of flexibility for state policies and practices related to low - performing schools.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

In September 2011, President Obama announced ESEA Flexibility, a new public education waiver plan to grant state education agencies increased flexibility in meeting NCLB reFlexibility, a new public education waiver plan to grant state education agencies increased flexibility in meeting NCLB reflexibility in meeting NCLB requirements.

Last year, the California charter school community supported new legislation, Assembly Bill 1137, that gave charter schools new flexibilities, but would shut down charter schools that did not score within the top 60 percent of all similar public schools on the state's Academic Performance Index.

Free schools, with more than 250 already open and more than 150 approved, are new state schools which have the same independence as academies, operating outside the local authority and with greater flexibility over the curriculum and staffing.