Sentences with phrase «received waivers»

In early April, the company received waivers through Dec. 31 with respect to defaults on construction loans at Pittsburgh Mills, Cincinnati Mills, St. Louis Mills and Discover Mills.

Other products have already received waivers on a temporary basis: «Internet protocol - enabled television sets, Internet - enabled digital video players, cable set - top boxes, and gaming consoles, services and software» are exempt from the rules until October 2015, for instance.

States that received waivers are in various stages of planning and implementation.

This has caused class sizes to soar, tripling the number of districts that have applied for and received waivers, representing nearly 30 percent of all elementary schools in the state.

A dozen of those schools found ways to stay open: Two campuses became separate charter schools; another two received waivers from the State Board of Education to remain open; and eight joined with other existing local charter schools.

A majority of states have since received waivers from the testing requirements.

The concepts also have been watered down as states have received waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act.

The consortium's 39 diverse public high schools (37 are in New York City, one is in Ithaca and one is in Rochester) are staffed by AFT members and have received waivers from four of the state's five standardized exams (students still take the English Regents test).

Meanwhile, three states that previously received waivers — Kansas, Oregon, and Washington (PDF)-- have been labeled high - risk by the Department of Education for failing to implement teacher evaluation systems that incorporate student growth data.

The department has the potential power to move states that received waivers toward a stronger focus on excellent instruction and the support that educators need.

Many districts have received waivers from the state allowing reduced PE, usually due to limited space and resources.

As of this week, 41 states have received waivers; two states (Illinois and Texas) have pending applications; and seven states have either been rejected, withdrew their applications, or not applied.

Currently, 33 states have received waivers from the NCLB mandates by promising to implement robust teacher evaluation.

PEAC members hope to use what they learn from districts who have received waivers to help shape increased flexibility for all districts.

Thirty - three states and the District of Columbia have already received waivers, liberating them from NCLB's chief demand --- 100 percent proficiency of all students in English language arts and math by 2014 — and the sanctions that come with failing to meet it.

NCLB waivers have given states a chance to expand their accountability systems beyond the law's narrow limits, but most of the states that have received waivers have not taken full advantage of that opportunity.

The Department of Education is tweaking how it collects and reviews this information because so many states have received waivers.

Another eight states received waivers from federal education requirements under the No Child Left Behind law.

Thirty - nine states and the District of Columbia already have received waivers from some of the penalties of NCLB, along with flexibility to use some Title I money funded for low - income children.

A majority of states have requested and received waivers.

The highly qualified teacher data allows educators and the public to find out the percent of teachers in each state who have received waivers of state teacher quality regulations.

Supplemental Educational Services and Student Achievement in Five Waiver Districts (2011) presents final implementation and outcome findings from the five districts that received waivers to serve as Supplemental Educational Service (SES) providers, despite being identified for improvement, corrective action or restructuring.

Also on Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee reported out a bill (SB 889) to eliminate the requirement that prospective teachers pass a basic skills exam (currently the SAT) before beginning their teacher preparation curriculum, then took testimony on a bill (SB 885) that would make pre-Labor Day start waivers permanent so that districts who had received waivers would not have to reapply each year.

Similarly, when states received waivers from NCLB that permitted them to stop providing transfer options for new students, the number of searches fell.

The move created some confusion among some not for profits have already sought and received waivers for exemptions to the donor disclosure rules.

It should be noted that 60 percent of the steel imported to the country comes from Canada and Mexico, which received waivers from the new tariffs.

More than 190 representing both Christian and Jewish denominations received the waivers from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s, seeking permission, for example, to only hire male teachers for certain positions or to sanction students or employees who had sex outside marriage.

At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.

Ryan responded that the state programs that receive the waiver would sufficiently cover people with pre-existing conditions.

Arcadier customers who subscribes to Payoneer's Mass Payout services will be eligible to receive a waiver of program set - up fees, as well as complimentary ACH transfers, as well as full utilization of Payoneer's global payout technology.

The initial LA Times report «sparked widespread public outrage,» and so news that some California National Guard troops are receiving a waiver met with positive reaction among the public — but many point to the to repay their student loans, where veterans and soldiers are still being made to pay back their bonuses, since California is the only state given a waiver at this time.

Takeover target Godfreys has warned of soft trading over the past few weeks, which would have caused it to technically breach a covenant, it has already received a waiver from, in a lending agreement with the 99 - year - old major shareholder who launched a cash bid for the company two weeks ago.

But Starwood has received a waiver from Marriott enabling it to engage in discussions with the investor group in connection with its proposal.

If for example, he said, the Park District was receiving the waivers, police officers might be allowed to use the district's fitness center at reduced fees.

The new law will allow law enforcement to return the dog to duty after receiving a waiver from a local health department as long as the dog has up - to - date rabies vaccinations.

In our conversation she acknowledged the importance and time sensitivity of New York receiving this waiver, and committed to me that a decision would likely be made within 30 days.

The School Boards Association, however, is not as enthusiastic about the possibly of numerous schools applying for and receiving waivers.

Dietl's hope of running in the Republican primary depends on receiving a waiver, known as a Wilson - Pakula, from the Republican county committees in at least three of New York City's five counties.

Bloomberg said today that he expects Walcott to receive the waiver in short order.

That came after the state received a waiver in 2010 that allowed it to keep the federal primary in September despite the 2009 passage of the federal MOVE Act requiring states to provide absentee ballots to military and overseas voters no later than 45 days before a federal general election.

To receive this waiver, it must be shown that no other qualified applicant was interested in the appointment; at least two Woodbury Police Officers who were on the Orange County Civil Service list for Chief and interviewed for the position.

Walcott, who is the current deputy mayor for Education and Community Development, needs the waiver because of a state law that requires all school chancellors to either be certified as superintendents or receive a waiver.

A number of Black opponents have threatened to take legal action to try to block her from taking the chancellorship if (and now, when) she received a waiver from Steiner, including NYC Councilman Charles Barron and Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, both Brooklyn Democrats.

But the district received a waiver from Gov. Andrew Cuomo due to the «extraordinary circumstances.»

The poll found the average school sports participation fee was $ 126 per child; while 38 percent paid $ 0 in participation fees — some receiving waivers for those fees — 18 percent paid $ 200 or more.

(Virginia is the only state to receive a waiver without adopting the standards.)

Authors Paul Peterson and Peter Kaplan find that even though 37 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education as incentive to join the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) consortia and raise their standards in 2009, standards still declined in rigor in 26 states and D.C. between 2009 and 2011.

It is true that Texas, Alaska, and Virginia have called the department's bluff, opting not to embrace the standards and receiving waivers regardless, but that does not prove that the federal government was not attempting to promote these standards.

For example, as one condition for receiving a waiver, the Obama administration would require every state to adhere to the national curriculum standards or some federally - approved equivalent.

Yet the Department's waiver policy says that, in order to receive waivers, states «must submit a request that addresses each of the following four principles, consistent with the definitions and timelines described later in this document, to increase the quality of instruction for students and improve student academic achievement in the State and its [districts].»