Not exact matches
He also is one
of the founders
of FWD.us, a
lobbying group
of powerful silicon valley entrepreneurs focused on many political matters, such as immigration and
education reform.
Any given corporation is likely to get the full benefits
of its
lobbying activities, but only a tiny, probabilistic share
of the benefits
of public investment in
education.
Last month the Canadian high - tech
lobby group Information and Communication Technology Council along with Music Canada jointly made the case for increased government support
of arts
education, especially music, on the basis that music students «performed better in general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, mathematics and IQ,» are more creative and have better social skills.
Whether or not the present Government will seek to reintroduce some
of these measures remains to be seen, but there has certainlybeen no let - up in the efforts
of the sex
education establishment to
lobby in favour
of statutory SRE and to remove the right
of parents to opt out.
The Bill, which was passed by 268 votes to 177 and now goes to the House
of Lords, is strongly supported by the Catholic
Education Service (CES), which last week hailed an amendment to the Bill that it said it had secured after «extensive
lobbying».
The Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and
Education Fund are
lobbying members
of Congress in an effort to pressure federal transportation authorities to re-examine a policy they say unfairly scrutinizes members
of the Sikh community.
Perusing the index
of Origins, the weekly publication
of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult
education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing
of the Sick;
lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities
of the Association
of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism
of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions
of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.
OTA
lobbied the Senate Health,
Education, Labor & Pensions Committee staff and several Senate offices to include language in the Produce Safety Rule prohibiting any new regulations from contradicting or duplicating the requirements
of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's National Organic Program (NOP).
A powerful
lobby of Australian business and
education interests in Asia this week warned the move was already making it harder to recruit staff and would damage Australia's people - to - people engagement with Asia at a time when it was trying to build a closer relationship with the region.
Many school districts complied with USDA requirements by downloading «boilerplate» policy templates from agribusiness
lobbying organizations such as the American Dairy Council or state Departments
of Education.
It has been a process and has taken years
of education, and increasing
lobbying and awareness to move organics forward.
Since 2009, the league, to its credit, has also been
lobbying hard in favor
of laws - now in place in 31 states and the District
of Columbia, and with more sure to follow this year - requiring concussion
education of parents and athletes, banning same - day return - to - play after a suspected concussion, and requiring medical clearance before a concussed athlete is allowed back on the playing field, diamond or ice.
Mother's Heart Support Group Sacramento 1st and 3rd Wednesday
of every month 5:30 p.m. — 7 p.m. Sutter Women's and Children's Center 2825 Capitol Avenue, 1st floor
lobby, Sacramento (signs will direct you to the meeting room) Please contact Sutter Parent
Education at 916-887-4037 for more information.
In the last Congressional session, industry
lobbying succeeded in getting language into the House
Education and the Workforce Committee's draft Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill that would have allowed all FFVP schools to serve «all forms»
of produce, expressly stating that the program is «no longer limited to only fresh fruits and vegetables.»
The green paper exhibits a genuine desire from the Government to promote integration, but until it stops feeling obliged to bow to the every demand
of a small but noisy religious
lobby, genuine integration in the
education system will never be achieved.
The group takes
lobbying groups from a range
of the political to spectrum to task, including the Cuomo - friendly Committee to Save New York, the Alliance Quality
Education and American Beverage Association, for failing to disclose who is behind their advertising and advocacy.
Overall,
education spending was a major driver
of lobbying costs last year, accounting for $ 15.6 million
of the nearly $ 25 million spent by the 10 largest
lobbying entities.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spoke recently at a rally
of the parents and students with Alliance for Quality
Education, a
lobby group that has backing from the teachers union.
It was announced on Wednesday that Felder secured some $ 200,000 in discretionary funds for «
education access» programs for Agudath Israel, the
lobbying force that helped fight state efforts to impose instructional standards on yeshivas... What secular
education young boys receive typically ends at the equivalent
of about seventh grade, with only minimal English and reading studied after that.
Nearly 2,000 AFSCME members will be in town today to
lobby state lawmakers in hopes
of getting them to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «dramatic» cuts to
education and health care, which unions says will disproportionately hurt the state's most vulnerable residents, raise unemployment and undermine progress made in the recovery
of New York's economy.
Plans include a private
lobby outfitted with a marketing wall that will be visible to all who enter or pass by, which will display programs, events and stories about those consumers that are assisted and cared for every day; new classrooms; a gym for pre-K and early intervention students; training rooms; breakout, community and
education space; new offices and workstations; adaptive technology training program space; a doctor - staffed Low Vision Center; a new boardroom; private conference rooms for interviews and agency work; and displays telling the story
of HKS» past and its vision for the future.
About a dozen local protesters appeared in the
lobby of the New York State
Education Department in Albany Wednesday demanding the immediate removal
of Buffalo Board
of Education member Carl Paladino.
Meanwhile, the flow
of political donations from centenarian Leonard Litwin's Glenwood slowed to a trickle following the arrests in Albany, and the real estate industry as a whole is falling behind in spending as hedge funds pump money into
lobbying for
education reform.
Key portions
of the city budget are,
of course, dependent upon the state budget, so much anticipation (and
lobbying) surrounds negotiations in Albany, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to push through his spending plan, with major
education and ethics reforms, despite significant disagreement from both Democrats (who control the State Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State Senate).
Chief Snyder cited a list
of successful
education and prevention programs, including the Med Return ™ Drug Collection Unit located in the Police Department
lobby, provided by the Partnership.
Assembly: Assembly Democrats rejected both cost shifts, winning the praise
of the mayor and
education groups who have turned up
lobbying efforts in recent weeks.
«Instead
of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a
lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and
Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.
Also at noon, hundreds
of students, faculty and staff from CUNY and SUNY will be in Albany for a statewide Higher
Education Action Day
of citizen
lobbying and activism, outside concourse meetings rooms 2, 3 and 4, Empire State Plaza, Albany.
Thousands
of teachers, lecturers and support staff will be visiting Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday, 26 October) to
lobby their MPs about pension cuts in the
education sector.
At 11 a.m., United Federation
of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew hosts UFT
Lobby Day lunch for hundreds
of teachers and parents from New York City who will meet with the local members
of the Legislature to
lobby for more
education funding and other issues.
At 2 p.m., leaders from Agudath Israel
of America and other advocates hold a news conference to discuss the
Education Investment Tax Credit, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, outside Senate
lobby near the LCA Room, Albany.
YORKVILLE — After several years
of lobbying the Department
of Education and elected officials to relieve overcrowding, Upper East Siders are getting a middle school in P.S. 158's vacant space, officials announced Friday.
But the final allocation is expected to shake out largely along party lines, with state Assembly Democrats
lobbying for more
education spending while Republicans in the Senate have called for fiscal restraint paired with a series
of tax cuts.
The bill is expected to come for a vote in the Senate
Education Committee tomorrow and it's a top priority
of Mayor Bloomberg, who is scheduled to make a special trip to Albany to
lobby on its behalf.
New York State United Teachers, with local unions and advocacy groups, announced Thursday an upcoming effort to
lobby Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Legislature, the state
Education Department and the Board
of Regents to end testing in pre-kindergarten through second grade.
He said, however, that Cuomo's biggest benefactors remain the traditional
lobbying powers: businesses supporting his initiative to cap the growth
of property taxes; landlords, developers and tenant advocates who sought the continuation
of New York City's rent control law; and more from contributors with interests in health care and
education.
The BHA contributes to debate on a wide range
of ethical issues from stem cell research to sex
education, and acts as a unique watchdog and
lobbying organisation.
Bongiorno has 13 years
of lobbying experience, representing clients before the Legislature, executive chamber, state agencies and local government, primarily in the areas
of health care, insurance, human services, professional licensure, higher
education and public safety.
Prominent
education groups in New York are rooting for and against a reunion
of mainstream Democrats and the I.D.C., based on their
lobbying interests.
John
lobbying firm and a vice chair
of the State Democratic Party, Peter Ajemian, who is State Senator Brad Hoylman's chief
of staff, Brian Ellner, who was a Bloomberg appointee at the Department
of Education and later played a leading role in the marriage equality fight in Albany, Matthew McMorrow, who is an aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio on gay issues, and Dirk McCall, who works for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr..
A group devoted to continuing his
education agenda and founded in part by his longtime schools chancellor has become one
of the most powerful forces in Albany by pouring millions into
lobbying and adroitly exploiting rivalries in state politics.
Among their priorities: local funding support to combat opioid drug addiction, state
lobbying for tougher laws against drug dealers, greater
education and outreach regarding drug addiction and prevention, and better assessment tools for health professionals and first responders to help those at risk
of becoming addicts and those in danger
of repeat overdoses.
The firm's most recent client is the Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congregation
of America, which this month began paying Jenkins» firm $ 15,000 a month through the end
of next year to
lobby on
education funding.
Expect more heated
education rhetoric at the Capitol on Tuesday, when advocates for pre-K, including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, are scheduled to
lobby lawmakers the same day representative
of charter schools make their case.
«Brian Ellner, who until this week worked for the New York City Department
of Education, will oversee the Campaign for New York Marriage, which is to be financed by the Human Rights Campaign, a
lobbying group for gay rights based in Washington.
While teachers» unions remain near the top
of the list
of the state's highest - spending interest groups, a position they've occupied for decades, they no longer dominate
education lobbying in New York.
«A decade ago, New York's highest court ruled that our state must hand over billions
of dollars to improve public
education — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobby
education — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director
of the Alliance for Quality
Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobby
Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the
lobbying push.
In the last six months
of 2015, two key
education factions pulled back their advocacy efforts as imminent threats to unions subsided and charter groups dialed back their
lobbying efforts in accordance with Cuomo's shifting priorities.
Through
lobbying, advocacy, coalition building, citizen
education and policy development, EPL / Environmental Advocates has been New York's environmental conscience - ensuring that environmental laws are enforced; that new measures are enacted when necessary; and that the public is informed
of, and participates in, important environmental policy debates.
The Latham - based pro-charter Coalition for Opportunity in
Education topped JCOPE's list, with reported spending
of more than $ 5 million in
lobbying expenditures.