Sentences with phrase «proposed bill»

Earlier this month, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) proposed a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA.

The proposed bill would also allow disabled students, foster children, siblings of voucher recipients and children of active duty military servicemembers and veterans to receive vouchers regardless of family income.

Now, a year later, having failed to testify against the union's proposed bill or even voice any opposition what - so - ever, Malloy vetoed the very concept was submitted as a result of that AFL - CIO resolution.

«ConnCAN opposes the proposed bill because they believe the requirements laid out in the bill for the Commissioner of Education would severely limit Connecticut's ability to recruit talent and would, «unnecessarily exclude qualified and experienced candidates from being considered for appointment as Education Commissioner.»

There is no rational explanation to support SB 175, a newly - proposed bill with the innocuous title «An Act Concerning Recommendations of the Department of Education».

And for this reason I urge you to reject the passage of the proposed bill.

Malloy's proposed bill eliminated tenure and replaced it with a complex system that left teachers at the mercy of losing their jobs every 30 months.

Jonathan Simons, head of education at think tank Policy Exchange (pictured), said: «The white paper, as a whole, and the proposed bill, as a whole, is a goner.

In a legislative study committee on Thursday, lawmakers proposed a bill that would create a review commission to rewrite the academics standards by December 2015.

The proposed bill would allow for parents to have a debit card to pay for private schools and homeschooling using state funding through taxpayer money.

Holloway says the proposed bill would create a review commission to rewrite the standards so that they're tailored to the needs of North Carolina students.

«The proposed bill, which limits school reforms in Maryland, is most damaging for students within Maryland's minority and low - income populations who need every opportunity available to them to lower the achievement gap — not being held to lower sub-par standards.»

A proposed bill passed by a Senate Education Committee on Wednesday suggests collecting money for the fund through individual and business donations, tax refunds and special license plates.

This vacuum of data makes it impossible to fully assess the impact on equity of the provisions of the existing law or the proposed bill.

Beginning in 2014, the proposed bill mandates that teachers and administrators would be dismissed based first and foremost on school needs and then according to effectiveness rather than the seniority that now determines layoffs.

Under a proposed bill headed to the governor's desk that passed unanimously in the state Legislature, many more Community College students may soon avoid remedial courses by taking college - level courses that prepare them for a degree or transfer to a four - year university.

A proposed bill in Connecticut would delay the start of a new statewide teacher evaluation program from 2013 to 2014 due to educator concerns about funding and implementation.

Sen. David Simmons, an Altamonte Springs Republican who chairs the upper chamber's education budget committee, has proposed a bill that would give traditional public schools access to additional funding for «wraparound» social services like health care.

The proposed bill will divert public Impact Aid dollar to accounts that parents can use for private school tuition.

DPI spokesman John Johnson said the department is still reviewing the potential consequences of the proposed bill.

A proposed bill would authorize the State Charter Schools Commission to create a nonprofit foundation that would lend financial aid to new charter schools in Georgia...

English would be reviewed next and then science, according to the proposed bill.

What is the process for a proposed bill to become a law?

The proposed bill calls for each district to establish a multi-faceted assessment system to measure student performance relative to state standards.

Maine's proposed bill is supported by the Maine State Board of Education, the Maine PTA, Advisory Council on Alternative Education, the Maine Association for Public Charter Schools, and hundreds of parents, educators and other citizens, including the Commissioner of Education.

Duncan and the White House have been vocal opponents to the proposed bill, which faces a House vote on Friday.

The proposed bill would require districts to consider performance and licensure along with seniority.

The proposed bill removes barriers currently preventing charters in New York from serving higher numbers of students with disabilities (SWD) and English language learners (ELL).

The editorial board of the Patriot News propose «that lawmakers should take the proposed bill [for school vouchers], amend it for the better, and pass it.»

A proposed bill known as SB 441 that would tighten teacher evaluation rules statewide narrowly failed to pass the Senate Education Committee Wednesday — but it's not completely dead yet.

«Essentially we have a proposed bill that would undermine democracy in Connecticut's urban areas and likely further privatize our public school system,» said Jacob Werblow, an assistant professor of Educational Leadership at Central Connecticut State University and Harber Fellow of Education at Wesleyan University.

A: Rep. Bob Kulp, R - Stratford, says he proposed the bill because students living in the school district, who have parents who pay property taxes, should be able to take advantage of such activities.

December 7, 2011 The editorial board of the Patriot News propose «that lawmakers should take the proposed bill [for school vouchers], amend it for the better, and pass it.»

As Congress debates No Child Left Behind, proposed bill ignores opportunity to improve U.S. school systems for students with disabilities.

Michigan's House Tourism Committee even proposed a bill requiring school doors to open after September 1 starting in 1998, and then after Labor Day beginning in 2000.

The proposed bill on agricultural lands would make the situation worse, institutionalising land seizures for both corporate and state use.

Lucas» proposed Bill would require PSHE to be a statutory subject for all state - funded schools in England and Wales and for the lessons to include Sex and Relationships Education (SRE).

The proposed Bill will also accommodate education on ending violence against women and girls as well as high quality teacher training and guidance on best practice for delivering these lessons.

The proposed bill faces resistance.

can go a long way toward lowering a proposed bill for services, Dr. Weinstein says: «It never hurts to ask.

Last week, we brought you the story of an a proposed bill that would allow food manufacturers to hide genetically modified ingredients on food labels...

Monday, I'll be publishing comments (assuming I get more than 1) about the proposed bill that I've solicited from various interested parties.

Yesterday, the Senate passed the Hagel / Pryor bill, the weakest proposed bill.

Recently the House proposed a bill reauthorizing the America COMPETES act, which sets funding targets for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science.

Q: What do you think will happen to the STEM job market if Congress passes the Senate's current proposed bill?

Representative Connie Morella (R - MD), who proposed the bill, was initially struck by the scarcity of women in science and engineering — they make up less than 10 % of the profession.

Ron Hira testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the proposed bill falls short of addressing problems with H1 - B and other high - skill visa programs

Mr. Schneiderman, who introduced the bill, said he also has proposed another bill that would increase the fare by 50 cents and provide Sunday buses on nine bus lines throughout the county.

And, central New York Congressman John Katko (R - Camillus) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) have proposed a bill that would allow eligible doctors to prescribe an unlimited amount.

According to Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who spoke on WAMC's Congressional Corner Thursday, the proposed bill taking $ 880 billion out of Medicaid would blow a hole in the state budget.