Sentences with phrase «officials balance the state»

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Thus, legislative business was conducted, but the balance of the days» schedules was not dedicated to official state business.»

«As the only Asian - American elected official in Albany, a public interest attorney, a grassroots political activist and a new mom balancing the demands of a busy job with parenthood, I know that Kathleen Rice is the best person for me to partner with in state government,» Meng said.

City officials are hoping Cuomo's proposed budget for the 2017 - 18 fiscal year will include $ 12.5 million in state funds for Albany, which is relying on state support to balance its 2017 budget.

Cuomo instead governed as a Clintonian centrist, pushing for a socially liberal agenda (same - sex marriage, abortion rights, gun control) that he hoped would balance out economic policies that prompted the state's highest - ranking GOP official to call him «a good, moderate Republican.»

School Business Official Maureen Albanese says right now the district, which is among the state's poorest, is having trouble balancing its nearly $ 146 million budget.

Fasano says it's necessary for lawmakers to meet with the governor because people are losing confidence in the state and officials need to show that all parties can work together to balance the budget.

Among the key findings of the state comptroller's office audit of the Willsboro Central School District: The district overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financial plan.

Days after a federal judge blocked his efforts to furlough half the state work force, Gov. David A. Paterson is drafting a plan that would lay off thousands of government workers at the beginning of next year, a move officials say is necessary to help balance the state budget.

Budget officials say state - related debt has been cut by $ 2.9 billion since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office, down to $ 52.7 billion, with the sixth straight balanced budget proposal while limiting spending growth to two percent.

«Had district officials used more realistic budget estimates, they could have avoided the accumulation of excess fund balance,» the report states.

Governor Dannel Malloy announced Thursday that state education officials are eliminating one of two components of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) exam.

While in that instance money was routed through county committees in what election enforcement officials suspect was an effort to circumvent contribution limits, both the Republican State Leadership Committee and Balance New York are outside, independent groups that can take and give unlimited donations.

Wisconsin officials last week were planning to release $ 29 million in general funds to balance the state school - aid account after a judge declared that the state can not use lottery proceeds to finance education.

Oregon, like many states, is seeking to balance its budget; state officials are forecasting a $ 1.5 billion deficit next year, according to Evans.

The Waterbury (Conn.) Board of Education has proposed to increase involuntary busing for racial balance to satisfy state officials who previously had insisted the district ease segregation by building a new school.

In place of using student test scores, the state Department of Education wants federal officials to permit California districts to use high school graduation rates and the participation rates of students in this spring's 11th — grade Smarter Balanced tests as measures of Adequate Yearly Progress in high schools.

Smarter Balanced works closely with state education chiefs and elected officials to ensure that the assessment system meets the needs of member states.

The first few thousand students have clicked and typed their way through the new, computerized tests, called Smarter Balanced, which made their official debut in about 60 state school districtsstarting this past Tuesday.

With Smarter Balanced, state officials want to emphasize the growth in a student's score from year to year.

Olsen said use of the new test instead of a Smarter Balanced test means state education officials won't be able to compare Wisconsin students» academic abilities to other states» students.

After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one - quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.

But state and Smarter Balanced officials interviewed by EdSource believe that some of the problems that occurred last spring have been dealt with, or with additional preparation and planning can be averted by this spring.

But this time New Jersey education officials say they have struck the right balance between state - driven priorities and the development of approaches that mesh with each low - achieving school's needs.

Responding to a barrage of requests from district superintendents around the state, including a recent appeal from LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines, state education officials will consider a delay in using the results of the 2014 - 15 Smarter Balanced computerized test as means of measuring academic growth next year.

State and city officials defended the action, saying it would save money and help balance the budget.

The Washington State Department of Education, the lead entity for the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium entity, was using their official website to update that state's citizens about the 2015 SBAC results on a daily basis as early as State Department of Education, the lead entity for the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium entity, was using their official website to update that state's citizens about the 2015 SBAC results on a daily basis as early as state's citizens about the 2015 SBAC results on a daily basis as early as June.

The field test next spring is intended to help a federally funded state collaborative creating the assessment, called the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, choose the test questions and determine the preliminary grading scale for the official Common Core tests.

However, Connecticut, one of only 12 states to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education, informed federal officials that it remains committed to the use of the poorly constructed and blatantly unfair Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scam.

Top state officials lop off almost two hours off the «Smarter Balanced» test.

The state has already decided to replace the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) tests and educational officials have endorsed the Smarter Balanced Assessment.

Parents who oppose Common Core standards want to opt their children out of taking Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, an exam that gauges how well students are learning the new standards, but state officials say that isn't an option.

I thought there were supposed to be checks and balances integrated into the political system in order to prevent the type of racketeering that is being perpetrated on the state of Connecticut by political appointees and elected officials all the way up to the govorner.

Pelto urged appropriate officials to intervene and investigate these violations noting, «As long as the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Connecticut remain intact, parents have the fundamental and inalienable right to refuse to have their child take the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test.

Consortium and California officials have warned that the initial scores on the Smarter Balanced tests would be lower than on tests based on California's and most states» standards, because the Common Core standards are harder, and the tests, designed to measure critical thinking, problem solving and verbal reasoning, will be harder.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

City councils, animal shelters and state wildlife officials have long struggled with the balance.

The Association of American Feed Control Officials, a nonprofit organization that sets standards for animal feeds and pet foods in the United States, says a dog food can be marketed as «complete and balanced» only if it meets the nutritional standards set forth by the organization.

Before new cat foods are sold, they must be complete and balanced and meet the nutritional adequacy expectations of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), which regulates pet food labeling in the United States.

You will see a statement on our complete and balanced pet food products that states that our products are premium foods for (dogs or cats) developed by Nutritionists to standards that exceed the nutrient profiles recommended by AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) recommended nutrient profile.

While maybe counterintuitive to an environment conference, state officials sought out Spencer to bring «balance to a subject that is generally one - sided,» said Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Douglas Domenech.

When a cartoon raises legitimate questions of balance and good taste, it should not appear in the official publication of a mandatory state bar, he contends.

The plan the president is releasing Monday calls for allocating $ 200 billion in federal funds over a decade, mostly as seed money to spur states, localities and the private sector to spend the balance of the promised investment, the official said.