Sentences with phrase «of waiver requests»

A recent Education Week analysis of waiver requests from thirty - four states found that only eight states — Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Oregon — set the same target for all students.

«The U.S. Department of Education's denial of the waiver request is disappointing but comes as no surprise,» the statement reads.

Previously, Rhee has criticized California's lack of a state law requiring the use of student achievement in measuring teachers, an issue that played a part in the Obama Administration's recent rejection of a waiver request for California.

An oversight panel was not included in earlier versions of the waiver request.

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Reacting to the decision, the Very Rev Dr John Chalmers, Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, said: «We are grateful to the Home Office who have heard our request and granted a visa waiver enabling the Rev Rola Sleiman to travel and join us at the General Assembly in Edinburgh.

Importers of such samples may apply for a waiver from the COLA requirements from TTB in the form of a letter request.

To do so, please include the following statement on your written request, «I request a waiver of all fees associated with this request.»

Please contact John Robinson, superintendent of recreation with special needs or waiver requests at 847.506.7131.

The letter opposes SNA's controversial request to Congress for waivers from and a rollback of healthy school nutrition standards.

Based on this input, the 2015 Position Paper does not request a waiver, but rather increased funding paired with commonsense flexibility to restore the financial stability of school meal programs and allow for menu improvements that can entice students back to healthy school meals.

Department of Health is already in the process of finalizing a waiver request with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Following the advice of the panel, I will render a decision on the waiver request.»

When Mayor Bloomberg hired Martin Horn to serve as both correction and probation commissioner in his second term, the mayor requested a waiver so Horn could keep his pension payments flowing while earning a salary of $ 178,200.

The request from the waiver comes after state officials at the Department of Health in August and, more recently, last week sent letters to Holder and his top deputy asking for permission to import medical marijuana strains to New York.

Both Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Nirav Shah, as part of the governor's annual budget address, noted that New York's waiver request was submitted 18 months ago, while pointing out that other states with similarly sized applications had theirs approved in shorter time periods.

In a letter requesting the new waiver dated April 7, Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised Walcott as «exceptionally qualified» and «a successor whose commitment to our children, understanding of our reforms, knowledge of the New York City Schools and desire to continue improving our schools are unsurpassed.»

Under the bill, introduced late last week, the top 20 percent of the state's highest performing school districts would be allowed to submit their current evaluation plans along with a request for a waiver to the Department of Education.

A gun registration would no longer be made public without a request for a waiver and a database with information on licenses would be housed with the Division of Criminal Justice Services, not the State Police.

The state Joint Commission on Public Ethics by a 6 - 5 vote denied a request by the New York Civil Liberties Union for waiver that would have allowed it to keep the names of its donors secret.

Still, outraged critics, including a group of thirteen City Councilmemebers who gathered outside City Hall on Wednesday, continued to fight Black's appointment, calling on the Education Department to deny Bloomberg's request for a waiver, the news station reported.

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.»

In March, the NYS Education Department requested a waiver from the federal law, allowing for developmentally appropriate testing standards for child with serious disabilities, and a second year of prep time for English Language Learners for children just starting to learn English.

The Chief of Staff was then supposed to have taken the matter up with Cabinet, which in the event of approval, would then request a waiver from the Public Procurement Authority to enable the government to sole - source the supply of vehicles.

In my case, most of the waivers went to the Volta Region, at the request of the Regional Chairman, Mr. Peter Amewu; in constituencies where we have traditionally struggled to fill candidates.

Under the new legislation, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he supports, the city will honor immigration waivers if the federal government requests them with a judge's warrant — and even then, only if the subject of the warrant was convicted within the last five years of a violent or serious crime, or is a possible match on the terrorism watch list.

However, Skoufis voted in favor of requesting Albany's Civil Service Commission to allow the recently appointed Woodbury Police Chief to receive a Section 211 waiver which would let him collect his full police pension as well as a full salary as Police Chief.

Tenney, R - New Hartford, and other members of Central New York's congressional delegation will likely be asked to support the state's request for a federal waiver allowing the gondola to cross over Interstate 690 at the fairgrounds.

«I, as a New York City police officer, request that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito refrain from attending my funeral services in the event that I am killed in the line of duty,» the waiver states.

President Barack Obama recently enacted changes that allow states to request waivers for some of the legal requirements of NCLB, including the 2014 deadline, stating that the strictures of the law were hampering academic progress in some schools.

The county has requested a waiver from the U.S. Agriculture Department's standards for organic dairy and beef cows, which require them to graze cows on pastures for at least 30 percent of their food intake for at least 120 days.

If requested, the customer shall sign a waiver to indicate their acceptance that Lane Crawford assumes no liability in respect of the Defective Merchandise but will present it for inspection to the Supplier or an independent third party for assessment.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appeared before the Senate on Wednesday to defend his budget request and was given a hard time by Senator Lamar Alexander over his decision to revoke Washington state's NCLB waiver.

But let's be honest: America's bluer states aren't likely to go this far anytime soon — states like Illinois, whose ESEA waiver request is languishing because of the teacher - evaluation issue.

More telling, notes Levin, «The vast majority of all requests for waivers were unnecessary» [emphasis added].

But regardless of its contents, this application — and similar district - accountability waiver requests — should be denied for two reasons.

In this case, there is no allegation that the DOE has refused a district request for a waiver of NCLB requirements.

Both were part of the state's waiver request, and now both have been put aside via state law.

Passed in 2008, it invited proposals for creating innovation schools, which could request waivers to district policies, state statutes, and union contracts — including tenure for new teachers — if 60 percent of the teachers voted for the Innovation Plan.

He has boasted that state waiver requests «capture» tens of thousands more students by using lower thresholds for the number of students who count toward accountability.

Yet the Department's waiver policy says that, in order to receive waivers, states «must submit a request that addresses each of the following four principles, consistent with the definitions and timelines described later in this document, to increase the quality of instruction for students and improve student academic achievement in the State and its [districts].»

The licensing of superintendents involves similar requirements (see sidebar on p. 17), though states are more likely to issue waivers if a school board requests one.

On January 2, 2014, Commissioner King announced that the United States Department of Education (USDE) had approved New York State's request for a waiver from Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provisions that currently require students who take Regents exams in mathematics when they are enrolled in seventh or eighth grade to also take the State mathematics assessment for that grade.

(Sec. 8013) The bill modifies application and reporting requirements for SEAs and LEAs to request waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements from ED.

As with NCLB, a state may request a waiver from the Secretary of Education for specific statutory or regulatory provisions under the ESSA.

Indeed, Schwarzenegger's last year in office - 2010 - the state board considered 1,243 waiver requests, granting 87 percent of them.

If hope has long since faded that the largely non-compliant waiver request would be accepted, state officials are instead moving quietly to do what they can to soften the impacts NCLB sanctions will have on a growing number of communities.

«We figured a lot of school districts would be requesting waivers from the State Board of Education this year, and Stockton Unified School District is an expert in the process,» says Dayton.

The uptick in requests in 2017 reversed a five year trend where LEAs were filing fewer waiver applications following the tumultuous years of the recession where the board activity sought to reduce the strain on cash - strapped schools.

(Calif.) School districts requested less than 300 waivers last year from state education requirements, continuing a four - year trend, according to a new report from the California Department of Education.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.