Sentences with phrase «pass on accountability»

This flexibility will not give states a pass on accountability.

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The announcement comes after the Government Accountability Office on Friday dismissed a complaint filed by contractors who claimed their bids had been passed over, allowing DHS to move forward after the complaints had threatened to delay the selection until November.

In the end Christians let Jesus be held accountable for their sins, so Christianity is really about avoiding accountability and passing it off on Jesus.

At 11:15 a.m., the Bail Bond Accountability Coalition, advocates and elected officials urge lawmakers to pass protections for consumers exploited by the bail bond industry, outside City Hall gates on the Broadway side, Manhattan.

In 2008 several pieces of legislation were passed during a special session on ethics and accountability reform that lasted from February 10 to February 26.

Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean G. Skelos said, «This agreement is a reasonable compromise that builds on the legislation we passed to enhance accountability in schools and give our students the first - class education they deserve.

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Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Mr. David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, requesting him to «you use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw a bill which if passed into law would undermine the internationally recognized right to freedom of expression and press freedom on the internet in the country.»

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.»

His chamber passed two bills on Wednesday: the one offering a year in exchange for transparency and accountability and another giving three years for the tax credit, which sources close to all three leaders said wasn't likely to gain traction.

The Republican - led New York State Senate passed a slew of government transparency and accountability bills on Wednesday that further highlighted the GOP majority's recent split with the governor.

From 2004 to 2014, according to a federal Government Accountability Office report, 91 percent of the 2,233 people on that list who sought to buy weapons passed a background check.

That came to pass on 11 October, when the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an arm of Congress, concluded in a report that those activities violated legislation banning scientific cooperation with China by NASA and by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which Holdren directs.

On 22 March, Senator Chuck Grassely (R - IA) got the Senate to pass an amendment to the 2008 budget resolution that froze the $ 17 million increase slated for the Smithsonian until reforms in ethics and accountability were put into place.

As representatives of U.S. science, engineering, and higher education organizations, we write to you to express our deep concern regarding amendments that were passed in the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act, H.R. 2146) in the House and the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) in the Senate, which would place severe restrictions on government employees» abilities to attend meetings and conferences.

On top of the 60 per cent pass rate for GCSEs, Morgan explained the new «Progress 8» accountability measure for secondary school's, which is designed to show a child's progress from primary to secondary education.

Since the Texas state test was a test of basic skills, and the accountability metric is based on pass rates, schools had strong incentives to focus on helping lower - scoring students.

Currently, teachers» passing rates on the state's performance - assessment system for second - stage licensure are tracked by institution and become part of the accountability system for those institutions.

It's official: Federal policymakers across the political spectrum are finally willing to admit that Congress overreached when it passed No Child Left Behind and put Uncle Sam in the driver's seat on education accountability.

A bipartisan Congress passed the federal accountability law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which required every school to release information on student performance in grades three through eight and again in high school.

Based on the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which was passed in 2013, California has a new accountability system that is based on multiple measures.

Anyone curious about how local schools were doing could look at pass rates on annual exams in math and reading, the foundation of federally mandated, test - based accountability.

«As governor, I passed reforms based on the sound principles of local control, high standards, and strong accountability,» Bush said.

In 2015, the 84th Texas Legislature passed HB 2804, which changed the Texas school accountability system so that every campus and district / charter receives one of five ratings from A through F, both on five separate domains and also combined into a single overall grade.

While the No Child waiver gambit hasn't exactly helped on this front, largely because they don't have the force of law that comes with legislation passed by Congress, a new version of No Child can do so if the focus is on expanding accountability.

Massachusetts passed a reform bill on standards, accountability and choice in 1993 and became the nation's top academic achiever.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

The opposition was further emboldened when the state announced this summer that the test scores on which Mr. Klein's accountability system hinged were inflated because the exams had grown too easy to pass.

To qualify for the distinction, schools must exceed all state and federal accountability benchmarks for two consecutive years and achieve pass rates on reading and mathematics SOL tests at or above the 85th percentile.

Test - based accountability policies have also led educators to focus on students who have a reasonable chance, with additional support, of passing high - stakes tests, to the detriment of those students at the greatest risk of dropping out (Booher - Jennings 2005).

Title I Highly Distinguished schools must exceed all state and federal accountability benchmarks for two consecutive years and have achieved pass rates on English and mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) tests at or above the 85th percentile.

Rep. Mayo passed a similar charter school accountability bill in 2014, focusing on required governance training for the board members of charter schools.

Last year, the NAACP passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools until problems with accountability and the loss of funding from traditional public schools are addressed.

Under the Texas Education Code (TEC), section 42.006, originally passed in 1995, the Texas Legislature requires TEA to collect a range of student data via the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) program that is used as the basis for education policy decisions, for accountability and determining school funding, and — on a strictly FERPA - compliant basis — for education research.

Testing and Evaluation This spring, the 109th Tennessee General Assembly passed the Tennessee Teaching Evaluation Enhancement Act (http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0108) to lessen the effect that implementation of a new assessment will have on accountability measures for educators.

What is interesting to point out here is that with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Governor turned President George W. Bush's brainchild, the focus was entirely on student - level accountability (i.e., a student must pass a certain test or face the consequences).

In years past, K - 12 accountability measures focused on data points such as third - grade reading scores, the number of ninth - graders taking algebra, or setting new records for the most number of AP tests taken and passed.

The problem is that school administrators (like teachers) have so much on their plate because of all the accountability issues forced on schools today, that they try to make personnel changes but taking short cuts and by - passing their own policies or determining it isn't worth the time.

In passing the bill, Illinois becomes the latest in a slew of states including Florida and Wisconsin to overhaul the union rights and evaluation methods of public - school teachers in light of large budget gaps, looming layoffs and pressure from the Obama administration to focus on teacher accountability.

HOUSE VOTES TO KILL ESSA ACCOUNTABILITY RULE & TEACHER PREP REGS: The House on Tuesday passed two resolutions that would block the Obama administration's regulations governing teacher preparation programs and its rule for the accountability provisions under the Every StudentACCOUNTABILITY RULE & TEACHER PREP REGS: The House on Tuesday passed two resolutions that would block the Obama administration's regulations governing teacher preparation programs and its rule for the accountability provisions under the Every Studentaccountability provisions under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

The State Board of Education has been working for several years to develop a new accountability system based on the Local Control Funding Formula, which the Legislature and governor passed in 2013.

Colorado passed a bill this year Senate Bill 191 that I think put a lot of concern and fear that it's going to impact our contracts because it really removes the due process law and it requires a lot of accountability based on a definition of teacher and principal effect without those systems in place.

And he nodded when I speculated that Florida's chances seemed even better for the second round because a new law — passed by both houses of the Legislature after the first round ended — would force accountability on all teachers without the union's agreement.

Marshall Tuck, who narrowly lost a 2014 race for state schools superintendent, said he agreed with the initial break on accountability during the transition to Common Core, but that moment had passed.

LCAP Watch is the creation of Education Trust - West, a nonprofit group that advocates for low - income, minority students, along with three - dozen organizations and groups that have agreed to share information on districts» newly passed accountability plans and to spread the word about the new repository.

Included in this special Capitol Update message from Jed Wallace: * Legislative efforts to address charter school management and governance * CCSA reaches agreement on charter school governance, finance and operations * Bills provide clarity, address accountability, and increase access to quality facilities * Get more information, share your feedback * State budget passed; watch for new Budget Brief

Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act has passed, and the power to run public schools has shifted to the local school districts and the state, will that mean more accountability on their part when things go wrong in the classroom?

The new federal education law passed last year, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), calls on states to develop accountability systems with criteria like this in mind.

As far as the group is concerned, the Senate should pass a version of No Child that eliminates any kind of accountability and spend even more money on a grab - bag of programs that includes «restorative justice coordinators» to reduce overuse of suspensions and expulsions.

As we pass the first anniversary of the historic adoption of the Local Control Funding Formula, it is tempting for districts to celebrate having turned in their Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs), pat themselves on the back for a job well done and breathe a huge sigh of relief.