Sentences with phrase «on a pilot basis»

The mathematics and writing assessment, which is scheduled to begin on a pilot basis in about 135 schools next month, is being closely watched by educators across the country.

Thompson is hoping for an agreement on a stand - alone bill that would allow the empowerment plan to be put in place on a pilot basis at at least two schools — UB and SUNY Stony Brook (that's for Sen. Brian Foley, who faces a tough re-election fight this fall)-- and possibly UAlbany, too, (that would be for Sen. Neil Breslin).

The SEC - CFTC joint committee's report contains 14 recommendations, many of which have been in place on a pilot basis since the committee began its work last year.

He added: «At the same time, the Commission is exploring ways of improving the integrity of the collation and results transmission processes and has begun to deploy the electronic result collation and transmission platform on a pilot basis.

It will open three specialised dairy zones in Vietnam, including two dairy farms per zone on a pilot basis.

My feeling right now is that we might well have success on a pilot basis in a school with a kitchen, but what about the many, many schools in HISD that don't have such facilities?

The School Nutrition Association is asking the USDA to test increasing lunch prices on a pilot basis before imposing the congressional mandate nationwide.

The Ghana Water Company says it will implement the electronic system on a pilot basis in the Tema metropolis and when successful, replicate the system nationwide.

President Mahama said the transport system, which would be operated in Accra on pilot basis, would be replicated in all regional capitals.

But we detect no «structural» difference between the operation of the OSP and — as a leading example — the state's McKay program for disabled students, which began on a pilot basis in 1999 and as of the fall of 2005 was enrolling more than 16,000 students in private schools.

«We started this program on a pilot basis to see if it worked,» Wainwright adds.

This revised guideline promotes single, universal regimen both to treat HIV infected pregnant women and to prevent MTCT of HIV termed Option B + on a pilot basis in some high prevalence states.

Such an approach — even launched on a pilot basis — could take advantage of federal funding that is available for programs like these through AmeriCorps and both the Higher Education Act and the new Every Student Succeeds Act.

China is already participating in PISA on a pilot basis, and India is considering participation.

«We would build up to 11 megawatts of solar on a pilot basis to see if customers are interested we could serve up to 3,000 to 6,000 customers with solar power and it would allow them to save money on their electric bill,» said Christopher Raup with ConEd.

AASHE has partnered with 13 Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum on a pilot basis to offer workshops and other professional development opportunities on sustainability in the curriculum in an effort to increase the accessibility and diversity of sustainability - oriented training for faculty.

By Veterans Day, the site will open on a pilot basis in a limited number of cities and states to accept veterans» cases.

Seven firms have been using this feature on a pilot basis since Oct. 1, including Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Ogletree Deakins, and Fenwick & West.

The Committee also recommended that a short trial alternative to compulsory arbitration be implemented on a pilot basis in Pima County.

The group identified three areas in which it would oversee the carrying out of further, detailed due diligence on a pilot basis:

NGO Care - India, in association with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company, has launched a community - based micro health insurance programme in Kanyakumari district on a pilot basis.

In the proposal by Commissioner Liane M. Randolph, she explained that her proposed rules «allow the introduction of AVs into passenger service to the public on a pilot basis, while providing for the safety and consumer protection of the passengers, consistent with the Commission's regulation of private passenger - carrying transportation entities subject to its jurisdiction.»

CREA agreed to do so on a pilot basis, with no commitment to either organization to roll it out beyond Saskatchewan.

«In several re-run and bye - elections conducted since the 2015 General Elections, the Commission has deployed the electronic collation and transmission platforms on a pilot basis.

The dream of women empowerment was envisaged way back in 1995 by the Dairy Board which initiated «Women Dairy Cooperative Leadership Programme» (WDCLP) on a pilot basis in Valsad, Kolhapur, Wayanad and Goa in Western India.

On a pilot basis, Connected started working with Microsoft resellers in the Southwest and was moving toward a national rollout.

Basically, a new committee of teacher volunteers from across the state would review all exam questions after the items had been tried out on a pilot basis in «field tests» conducted among sample groups of students statewide.

CMHC was the first Canadian mortgage insurer to introduce, on a pilot basis, insurance on loans with extended amortization periods of up to 30 years.