Sentences with phrase «recent federal district»

In their latest column on Federal E-Discovery, litigation partners Chris Boehning and Dan Toal discuss two recent federal district court decisions, including one from the Southern District of New York, that threaten sanctions on...

Well, at least almonds, according to a recent federal district court

Well, at least almonds, according to a recent federal district court ruling against a group of California almond growers.A federal judge has rejected a challenge by fifteen California organic almond growers to halt the mandatory treatment of raw almonds as required by the Almond Board of California.

Not exact matches

Most criticism of the federal lunch program in recent years has centered on health and nutrition, but documented abuses in school districts in North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere have prompted questions about accountability.

This recent article by San Francisco school food reformer Dana Woldow describes the struggles of some districts in California to meet not just the new federal mandate to have drinking water available, but also a California state law requiring the same thing.

1)[The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments HIGHLIGHTS....]

The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments highlights the importance of the Senate's role in recommending federal judges to the President and in confirming judges who are neutral arbiters of disputes.

A history lecturer at Columbia University has registered a campaign committee to challenge Rep. Carolyn Maloney in New York's 12th congressional district, according to a recent filing with the Federal Election Commission.

Supporters said recent controversies involving prosecutors, including a reported federal probe of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and allegations of wrongdoing against upstate St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain, have given the measure new momentum.

In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a budget proposal that would require school districts within cities with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local, state and federal funds by school building.

WASHINGTON — Republican Jack Martins said he raised more than $ 150,000 and spent in excess of $ 250,000 on mailers for the now - scrapped Oct. 6 primary in Long Island's 3rd Congressional District, according to a recent letter he sent to the Federal Election Commission.

This new round of letters to U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni, which began in the second week in August and continued until a few days ago, was prompted by a recent decision by another federal judge in Manhattan on an unrelated case.

During the recent two - week district work period, Congressman Faso also met with 56 constituent groups, who successfully advocated for issues ranging from health care to immigration to the federal budget.

Though hit hard by the recent federal sequestration numbers, officials in the Kingston City School District are still anticipating crafting an operating budget for the 2013 - 14 school year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent or less.

At a forum hosted by the Greater Syracuse Labor Council, AFL - CIO in Syracuse Wednesday, the three candidates running in the Democratic primary for New York's 24th Congressional District said the strength of labor unions have been decimated in recent decades and argued for tougher federal legislation to protect them and other domestic jobs.

However, both SolarCity and officials with SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which is spearheading construction of the 1.2 million - square - foot facility with $ 750 million in state funding, deny that the job reductions reflect a setback for the project, which has experienced cash flow issues in recent months and may be the focus of a federal probe by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara.

The Manganos - Venditto case is the latest to go to trial as the result of recent investigations into political corruption on Long Island by Eastern District federal prosecutors, the FBI and IRS.

The Manganos - Venditto case is the latest to go to trial as the result of recent investigations into political corruption on Long Island by Eastern District federal prosecutors.

For state legislative offices, petitions must contain signatures equaling least 1 percent of the total resident population of the legislative district according to the most recent federal census.

At least 2 percent of the resident population of the district according to the most recent decennial federal census, but no more than 300 signatures may be required

As a member of the Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce federal funding in these areas, and I am the author of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.

By 2001, the five growers who had been sued went to the U.S. Federal District Court of Maryland with the defense that questioned: «Can a plant long well known in nature and cultivated and eaten by humans for decades, be patented merely on the basis of recent realization that the plant has always had some heretofore unknown but naturally occurring beneficial feature?»

As part of Bellwether's recent publication outlining 16 education policy ideas for the next president, I propose a new federal investment to help districts in transforming their hiring and on - boarding processes.

A recent ruling by a federal appeals court may shield school districts in a growing number of states against some types of lawsuits brought against them in federal courts.

Indeed, it's consistent with much recent work on collective bargaining (including the 2008 study The Leadership Limbo that I authored with Coby Loup), which points out that contracts are frequently less constricting than reputed — but that state and federal requirements, along with timidity and a lack of imagination on the part of district leaders, have contributed to a culture of management passivity.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

Bear in mind that states and districts account for the lion's share of special - education funding and that this part of their education budgets has ballooned in recent decades, both because the special - ed pupil rolls have swelled and because costs in this realm are exceptionally difficult to keep within bounds (in part because of federal «cost - may - not - be-considered» and «maintenance - of - effort» rules).

According to the National Council on Teacher Quality, 32 states and the District of Columbia altered their teacher - evaluation policies in recent years to incorporate multiple methods of assessing and evaluating teachers, spurred in part by the federal Race to the Top competition.

In recent months, federal, local, and district officials have been investigating the program.

The proposals would also eliminate education - related programs that the Reagan Administration has unsuccessfully sought to kill in recent years, including impact - aid «B» payments to districts where parents live or work on federal land — saving $ 100 million — and the Women's Educational Equity and Follow Through...

For 423 school districts in the 2015 - 16 school year — the most recent year for which complete federal statistics are available — the answer was yes.

Recent research traces the effects of fiscal policies at the federal, state, and district levels for their implications on resources at school and classroom levels.

A Cost Allocation Model for Shared District Resources: A Means for Comparing Spending Across Schools Recent policy changes at the state and federal level have made schools the focus of accountability.

Four other districts in the ECCI could not be matched with data in the school racial imbalance dataset because their organizational structure no longer lends itself to a district characterization, e.g., neither Detroit nor New Orleans has a district identifier in the most recent federal common core of data from which the SRI dataset draws.

According to the federal government's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the school districts in which our survey respondents resided spent an average of $ 12,440 per pupil in 2012 (the most recent data available).

What's driving the recent efforts is frustration with longstanding school failure, not the lure of federal grant money that helped push the first three districts into being.

These federal programs are essential to support long ‐ standing federal commitments and help offset the recent budget cuts, which have forced school districts to cut academic programs and have disproportionately hurt our neediest students and schools.

In recent years, states and districts have responded to federal incentives by instituting major reforms to their teacher evaluation systems.

Trump's recent proposal to eliminate Title II, which was advanced last month by a House Committee on Appropriations, 16 entirely puts at risk these evidence - based reform efforts, which are up to states to implement.17 Advocates must work to minimize cuts to Title II and other federal programs to ensure that states and districts have operating funds and the ability to implement innovative policies and programs with fidelity.

According to the organizations's latest numbers, 70 percent of incoming teachers in the metro LA area, which includes LA Unified and other surrounding districts, identify as non-white; nearly half received federal Pell Grants, which are given to low income students; half are the first in their families to graduate from college, and 10 of the new teachers are recent immigrants who earned federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status, which means they are eligible for employment.

Take a detailed look at the most recent federal activity on child nutrition programs, and how the new standards are affecting every - day operations in school districts, including outside vendor contracts, fundraising, food trucks, and wellness policies.

NEA has called on Congress to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self - Determination Act, (SRS) which provides critical assistance to rural districts whose funding depends largely on federal timber sales, which have declined precipitously in recent years.

But given the strain on school budgets in recent years, experts say middle - income districts also need help to reach federal goals for Internet speed and the deployment of computers.

Committee members heard dueling presentations on the district's use in Tennessee in recent years following a $ 500 million federal grant, with at least one district leader in Tennessee touting it as a boon for students, despite middling numbers reported by Vanderbilt University education researcher Gary Henry.

Although the most recent federal data suggest that this gap in turnover rates has shrunk, charter schools still experience 17 percent more teacher turnover than district schools do (Goldring, Taie, & Riddles, 2014).

By contrast, recent research about federal Teacher Incentive Fund merit pay found far smaller learning effects and lower pay supplements, with fewer than half of districts indicating an ability to continue the program, much less scale it up.

So too have many federal, state, and district policy makers made this work a priority in recent years.

Her recent projects include a national study of programs designed to re-engage out - of - school youth, technical assistance to federal High School Graduation Initiative grantees, and a study of College Readiness Indicator Systems in two leading districts.

The blawg summarizes and provides links to recent opinions by the Board of Immigration Appeals, federal district and appeals courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

As detailed in this recent post, a federal district court in Alabama will be sentencing for former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy, and the case is filled with intrigue.