Sentences with phrase «reached state minimums»

Cross, Colangelo, and Robinson all argue that the U.S. should be fanning the learning gap by teaching every youngster to his potential, rather than narrowing it by ignoring youngsters who have reached state minimums.

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The results show that while a change in federal, state, or local laws would have these folks reaching into their pockets, a majority still support a minimum wage hike.

Also hindering business growth in Minnesota: a new minimum wage mandate that will raise the state's minimum wage in phases until it reaches $ 9.50 by 2016.

Accordingly, as cities and states across the country prepared to hike their minimums to $ 10, $ 11, and beyond — Seattle reached $ 15 for certain large employers this week — Shake Shack raised its own wages even further.

An agreement reached in March this year would increase the state's minimum wage from $ 7.25 — the current federal minimum — to $ 9 within the next three years.

ALBANY — This much is clear: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers are discussing ways to reach a compromise on the governor's push for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

This much is clear: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers are discussing ways to reach a compromise on the governor's push for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

Meanwhile, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha said his administration would abide by whatever decision is reached between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress concerning the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

A: Citizens Party Delegates will have the opportunity to field a strong Presidential ticket at our 2016 Presidential nominating Convention only if we have reached ballot access on a minimum number of states at least 30 days before the beginning of the convention and we have quality candidates that also meet the minimum requirements set forth by the national committee to seek our nomination.

Lawmakers created a different schedule for increasing the state's minimum wage for all workers in Upstate New York than Cuomo's wage board used last year when it ordered that the minimum wage for fast food workers be gradually increased until it reaches $ 15 an hour on July 1, 2021.

For workers in the rest of the state, the minimum wage would increase to $ 9.70 at the end of 2016, then another.70 each year after until reaching $ 12.50 on 12/31/2020 — after which will continue to increase to $ 15 on an indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor.

Cuomo said lawmakers still haven't reached full agreement on the mechanics of raising the minimum wage, increasing school aid or creating a system of paid family leave for the state.

NEW YORK CITY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Albany lawmakers reached a deal on the state budget Wednesday night that would boost the state's minimum wage to $ 9 an hour by 2016.

Cuomo, along with George Gresham — the president of 1199 SEIU — took about half a dozen questions from participants, who asked how the governor reached the $ 15 figure, why was he able to raise the wage for fast food workers, and why the state is pushing to increase the minimum wage and not the federal government.

No coordination is needed by the states, because Congress is compelled to call for a CC when the minimum 34 state threshold is reached.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is pushing for a $ 15 minimum wage this year, last week opened the door to a wage increase being approved outside of the state budget if an agreement can't be reached this month.

He was decidedly muted, however, in his comments about the minimum wage, which won't be fully phased in upstate (everywhere outside Westchester) for years, reaching $ 12.50 in five years and then moving into a nebulous place where the state budget director — a gubernatorial appointee — has the sole discretion in deciding whether the economy is strong enough to handle going higher.

Supporters and opponents of a $ 15 minimum wage in New York are blasting reports that Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers have reached a compromise that could stretch out the phase in period, and exempt farmers from the higher pay requirements.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.'s minimum wage will reach $ 10.50 on July 1, and will increase to $ 11.50 in 2016.

Hawthorn is threatening to move Airbrake out of the state if the minimum wage reaches $ 15.

Supporters and opponents of a $ 15 minimum wage in New York are blasting reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers have reached a compromise that could stretch out the phase in period, and exempt farmers from the higher pay requirements.

The governor's plan is to raise the minimum wage incrementally so that it reaches $ 15 an hour in the city on Dec. 31, 2018, and everywhere else in the state on July 1, 2021.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Senate Republicans are debating Thursday whether to support a minimum wage hike proposal that would increase Upstate workers» pay 70 cents an hour each year until it reaches $ 12.50 an hour in 2021, according to a source.

Because the minimum wage is scheduled to go up by 70 cents per hour in New York State as of January 1 — with annual rises until it reaches $ 15 by 2022 — the salaries of employees making under $ 10.40 per hour have to be raised.

The final state budget, which was reached on March 28, adds nearly $ 1 billion for schools and increases the minimum wage to $ 9 an hour over three years.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers reached a budget deal late Thursday that would eventually raise the minimum wage to $ 15, as well as create a program that would offer the longest period of paid family leave in the country.

Announcing the details in a briefing, Governor Cuomo spelled out a complex plan that would allow New York City's minimum wage workers to receive $ 15 an hour in three years, Long Island and Westchester employees to get $ 15 in six years, and the rest of the state to reach $ 12.50 in five years.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers reached agreement Thursday on a $ 155.6 billion state budget that will hike the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour in most parts of the state, create a statewide paid family leave program and enact a middle class tax cut.

Lawmakers were also unable to reach agreement on proposals to raise the state's minimum wage and to create a system of public financing for elections.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made official Thursday night that the state budget deal he reached with Legislature leaders includes a $ 15 an hour minimum wage.

For workers in the rest of the state, in Upstate New York, the minimum wage would increase to $ 9.70 at the end of 2016, then another 70 cents each year after until reaching $ 12.50 on 12/31/2020.

When the initial pulse of expanding light - matter reached a minimum density, it entered what he called a perfect state and stopped expanding.

I reached out Joe Warpeha, Minnesota state chairman for the USAPL Federation to get the answer to this question, to find out the absolute minimum amount of weight a competitor needs to be strong enough to lift in a powerlifting meet.

Once a teacher reaches the vesting point, she becomes eligible to collect a minimum pension when she reaches the state's «normal retirement age.»

It would either be too high, he cautioned, in which case far too few kids would reach it, or too low, meaning it would amount to little improvement over state - set «minimum - competency» levels.

Consider the outcome in Florida, where a proposal to loosen the state's strict class size requirements failed to reach the required 60 percent minimum.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, the purpose of Title 1 funding, «is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and reach, at minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.»

«is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high - quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.&rState academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.&rstate academic assessments.»

The purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high - quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on the challenging Common Core State Standards and state academic assessmState Standards and state academic assessmstate academic assessments.

Twenty - four states have or will have advanced diplomas for students who reach more than the minimum required for graduation.

It now looks certain that New York State will not reach the minimum 95 percent level that Common Core test proponents claim is «mandated» by federal and stateState will not reach the minimum 95 percent level that Common Core test proponents claim is «mandated» by federal and statestate law.

If qualifying for a pension were an incentive, we should see teachers change their behavior in order to «vest» and reach their state's minimum threshold.

The Title I funds are used to provide supplemental core academic instruction, instructional support, and parental involvement and engagement to schools to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high - quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessmState academic achievement standards and state academic assessmstate academic assessments.

This is why one of her legacies to Kenya, articulated under Article 69 (1)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya, was to ensure that the State shall «work to achieve and maintain a tree cover of at least ten per cent of the land area of Kenya,» In this respect, we invite all to partner with us to ensure that the ten percent threshold is reached and surpassed in the minimum time possible.

The rules state that you must withdraw equal payments for a minimum of five years or until you reach 59 1/2, whichever comes later.

The game's creative director, Swedish filmmaker Josef Fares, previously stated that he didn't want a single one of the game's puzzle - solving or action - oriented mechanics to be used twice, as too many games nowadays resorted to repetitive filler to hit that imagined eight hour minimum run time to which so many games hyperextend themselves to reach.

Tidal locking, such as we see in Sun - Mercury and Earth - Moon, occurs because there exists a minimum energy state which is reached through energy dissipation.

Once the minimum energy state is reached, there is no further dissipation.

The key shortcomings that are identified are: the Merger Directive's objective is not stated precisely; minimum harmonisation does not lead to a common tax system; exhaustive lists are used as legislative techniques; the Merger Directive does not add much to the outcomes reached through negative harmonisation; and the definitions of qualifying operations are not fully aligned with corporate law.

By establishing you have necessary coverage and meet key requirements such as the state minimum coverage, peace of mind will be within your reach.