Sentences with phrase «reaching federal mandates»

AASA, the School Superintendents Association, highlighted a joint letter on the Dept. of Education's proposed «supplement, not supplant» regulations, which called them «far - reaching federal mandates» that are «in conflict with the spirit and intent of the underlying statute, which is premised on state and local...

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The United States expanded its federal biofuels mandate in a 2007 law to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022, with up to 15 billion gallons coming from corn ethanol and the balance from so - called advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol.

The term «proficiency» is key because the federal No Child Left Behind law mandates that 100 percent of students must be «proficient» under state standards by 2014 — a goal that has been universally described as impossible to reach.

In an effort to tighten up performance benchmarks that schools, districts and states may have to reach in exchange for federal funds, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has proposed a new rule that would increase accountability while also giving grant recipients some new flexibility in meeting the mandates.

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 state law.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI — Cars already are costly, and the head of a trade group representing U.S. auto dealers worries federal fuel - economy mandates will make them even more expensive, pushing them out of the reach of many budget - minded Americans.

When federal legislation proved out - of - reach, activists mobilized in Vermont — with a population of just 623,000 people — to pass a state law mandating that all food sold there would clearly label whether it was genetically modified.