Sentences with phrase «role for the federal government in»

Recognizing a role for the federal government in helping Lyme sufferers like Kaleigh and their advocates like Holly, Chris worked across party lines to get meaningful legislation through the House of Representatives.

«I do believe there is a proper role for the federal government in research,» Mulvaney replied, particularly in areas where the private sector is not likely to support research.

The new law dramatically ramped up Washington's investment in K - 12 education, carving out a role for the federal government in educating the nation's poorest children.

Passed in 1965, it created a clear role for the federal government in K - 12 policy, offering more than $ 1 billion a year in aid under its first statutory section, known as Title I, to districts to help cover the cost of educating disadvantaged students.

For the past three decades, public school accountability had generally been heading in one direction: toward common standards, standardized tests, and a bigger role for the federal government in shaping how states gauge student performance and improve schools.

NCLB was a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and established a greater role for the federal government in education policy.

If Democrats see an active role for the federal government in education and value the bilingualism of Tim Kaine, what role do they see for the federal government in ensuring U.S. children, including ELLs, have the opportunity to develop these bilingual skills?

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Association president Gary Smith, of Brookfield Financial, opened the conference by imploring federal and provincial governments to play more of a role, lauding those provinces like Ontario that have launched venture funds, and taking credit for the repeal of Section 116 of the Income Tax Act in the Harper government's spring budget.

Indeed, as part of the 2015 election, all political parties should be asked how they view the role of the federal government in the economy; what size of government (i.e. debt ratio) are they looking for; and how would they achieve it?

It also touches on the question of the appropriate role for the federal and provincial governments in creating Pharmacare, and the merits of a universal plan in which funding continues to be divided between government and private insurance.

Respondents were asked about their views on climate change, support for specific policies under consideration in the federal / provincial / territorial climate action negotiations underway in Fall 2016, and the federal government's role in implementing a national climate plan.

It envisioned a dramatically smaller role for the federal government, a role that was permanently in question through the process of ongoing program review.

But the company, Spectra Energy Corp., said former federal Conservative government house leader Jay Hill's role in the discussions about those laws has probably been very minor and, in any case, represents just part of the work he does for the company.

In 2013, the federal government continued, as in the past, to show its ideological arrogance; its unwillingness to confront major economic challenges; its disdain for Parliament; its aversion to openness and transparency; its rejection of a federal role in working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policIn 2013, the federal government continued, as in the past, to show its ideological arrogance; its unwillingness to confront major economic challenges; its disdain for Parliament; its aversion to openness and transparency; its rejection of a federal role in working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policin the past, to show its ideological arrogance; its unwillingness to confront major economic challenges; its disdain for Parliament; its aversion to openness and transparency; its rejection of a federal role in working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policin working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policy.

Chances for a major breakthrough improve as local, state, and federal levels of government each play increasingly responsible roles in mental health.

I think the question here is not so much about caring for the poor as it is about the appropriate role of the federal government in caring for the poor.

The federal government plays a vital role in the success of these programs: providing reimbursements for each meal served, ensuring equal access to free and reduced price meals for students in need and administering national nutrition standards.

Aside from modest federal savings and an end to the federal government's biggest role in the public financing of sports stadiums, repealing the exemption could also affect how cities and states approach public funding for such facilities, economists said.

In his most recent State of the State address, he listed several priorities, including reforming the criminal justice system, holding pharmaceutical distributors responsible for their role in the opioid crisis and fighting the federal government on its tax plan and policies on immigration, abortion, the environment and health carIn his most recent State of the State address, he listed several priorities, including reforming the criminal justice system, holding pharmaceutical distributors responsible for their role in the opioid crisis and fighting the federal government on its tax plan and policies on immigration, abortion, the environment and health carin the opioid crisis and fighting the federal government on its tax plan and policies on immigration, abortion, the environment and health care.

PFOA Project asked whether there is a role for the federal government to play in the Hoosick Falls water contamination issue, given the local desire for medical monitoring.

«As a company employing more than 15,000 people, and as the nation's 6th largest U.S. Small Business Administration lender, it's important for M&T Bank to maintain continuing dialogue with our local, state and federal government leaders to help them understand our vital role in creating jobs and economic growth in communities we serve.»

De Blasio commended sanitation workers for their role in helping the city rebuild following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as he battles the federal government over how effectively the city managed funds provided for the Build It Back program for homeowners and faces pressure from City Council members to speed up the rebuilding of homes.

Udedi said that the Federal Government's verdict that other states should borrow a leaf from Gov. Ugwuanyi in the implementation and actualization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) skill acquisition programme for the youth, is a clear proof that Enugu State was playing a leading role in youth empowerment and human development.

More than two years later, the event is drawing new attention because it was hosted by Todd Howe, the disgraced lobbyist who pleaded guilty in September to a raft of federal felony charges for his role in alleged schemes in which clients received special government favors.

The U.S. Senate on Dec. 9 voted 85 to 12 for an overhaul of federal education law that dials back the federal role in public education and bars the federal government from tying teacher evaluations to test scores.

In your view, why have American students fallen behind over the last three decades, and what role should the federal government play to better prepare students of all ages for the science and technology - driven global economy?

Compared with 2015, the public prefers a smaller role in education for the federal government and a larger role for local governments in three policy areas: setting standards, identifying failing schools, and fixing failing school.

NCLB, signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002, increased the federal government's role in public education adding requirements for accountability, high quality teachers,...

In all of these cases, Duncan implies that he's for a continued robust role for the federal government.

Yet for all the yammering of politicians about federal meddling and overreach in the realm of academic standards, nearly as many Americans (41 percent) would have the federal government take the lead in «setting educational standards for what students should know» as would assign that role to the states (43 percent).

In the pilot episode, Jay Greene, Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Joe Williams, Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform, discuss the role of the federal government in educatioIn the pilot episode, Jay Greene, Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Joe Williams, Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform, discuss the role of the federal government in educatioin education.

«We talked in broader terms of education funding and the need for attracting teachers and what to do about inner city schools, as well as the proper role of federal government.

For six years, the Obama administration, breaking with generations of practice, gave every indication that it saw few limits to the role of the federal government in primary and secondary schooling.

Schifter has noticed that even for students who have worked in public schools, understanding the federal government's current role in education can be complicated.

For the first time in history, the federal government has assumed a dramatic new school - funding role, that of banker of last resort, providing stopgap revenues to the nation's schools during economic downturns.

Instead of bemoaning threatened cuts in federal funding for education, he speaks of eliminating the federal role altogether — provided that the government assumes full responsibility for social services.

«That is the federal government's primary role for K through 12 in poor school districts.»

Over the past 50 years, the role of the federal government in K - 12 public education has been to ensure equal educational access and to provide resources for those students who need additional supports.

In my view, the federal government should have a limited role in advancing school choice through policy (military choice, the D.C. scholarship program, and choice for children attending BIE schools being among the few exceptionsIn my view, the federal government should have a limited role in advancing school choice through policy (military choice, the D.C. scholarship program, and choice for children attending BIE schools being among the few exceptionsin advancing school choice through policy (military choice, the D.C. scholarship program, and choice for children attending BIE schools being among the few exceptions).

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

The reports show educators at all levels struggling to implement a dramatic and extremely complex change in federal education policy, which radically alters the role of federal and state governments while imposing unprecedented responsibilities and accountability for test score gains.

Recently, for the first time in 35 years, the president of the United States emphasized the importance of international education and directed the federal government to strengthen its role in the field.

The federal government has a legitimate role in overseeing the marketplace for schooling, including the architecture of parental choice systems.

The approach we recommend places the federal government in a central role in providing information and compensatory funding and in promoting a competitive and information - rich marketplace for education services.

So what role is there for religiously trained people — chaplains — to be endorsed by the federal government as the only personnel that they will fund to provide advice and care to children from diverse cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds in need — to young people struggling with issues of sexual orientation and identity, with bullying or family violence, death and trauma?

In the latter years of the 20th century, the federal government not only became far more involved in civil rights, surveillance of behavior and misbehavior on educational sites, and financing of education for the less wealthy; in conjunction with the governors of many states, the federal government also played a significant role in testing of students, evaluation of progress toward national educational goals, and even support for the creation and evaluation of curricula and pedagogical approaches, both live and onlinIn the latter years of the 20th century, the federal government not only became far more involved in civil rights, surveillance of behavior and misbehavior on educational sites, and financing of education for the less wealthy; in conjunction with the governors of many states, the federal government also played a significant role in testing of students, evaluation of progress toward national educational goals, and even support for the creation and evaluation of curricula and pedagogical approaches, both live and onlinin civil rights, surveillance of behavior and misbehavior on educational sites, and financing of education for the less wealthy; in conjunction with the governors of many states, the federal government also played a significant role in testing of students, evaluation of progress toward national educational goals, and even support for the creation and evaluation of curricula and pedagogical approaches, both live and onlinin conjunction with the governors of many states, the federal government also played a significant role in testing of students, evaluation of progress toward national educational goals, and even support for the creation and evaluation of curricula and pedagogical approaches, both live and onlinin testing of students, evaluation of progress toward national educational goals, and even support for the creation and evaluation of curricula and pedagogical approaches, both live and online.

The education issues paper also hints that the Federal Government could reduce its role in the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) believing it had played its part through establishing a national curriculum and creating NAPLAN, and that these could be maintained by the states and territories.

The federal government should have no role whatsoever in establishing standards for private or religious schools.

The current era is marked by unprecedented transparency, shifting roles for federal and state governments, and fluctuation in the policy climate.

Even so, teachers called for the federal government to take on an even bigger role in education, saying they desired the federal government to provide 35 percent of all funding.