Sentences with phrase «rule reform efforts»

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Had the kids staged a full - fledged revolt against the new food and beverage rules, there was a good chance that our school food reform efforts would have been derailed early on.

«But through a bipartisan effort, rules changes were adopted that strengthened the committee process, increased transparency and disclosure to give the public greater insight into legislative proceedings, and placed term limits on the length of time legislative leaders and committee chairs can serve, among other reform initiatives.»

Recently, reform efforts have focused on a particularly silly rule, called the LLC loophole.

Since the Milliken ruling, there has been a vast effort to improve public education for students from kindergarten through high school with an extensive range of reforms.

Yet not to confront the challenges of structure and governance in public education in our time is to accept the glum fact that the most earnest of our other «reform» efforts can not gain enough traction to make a big dent in America's educational deficit, to produce a decent supply of quality alternatives to the traditional monopoly, or to defeat the adult interests that typically rule and benefit from that monopoly.

Since the ruling came down, those who support Paul Vallas, including the various corporate funded education reform groups in Connecticut have complained bitterly, calling for an appeal of the case or an effort to change the law so Vallas can stay on as Bridgeport's superintendent.

While a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers» influential Empire State affiliate — and a ruling from a state lower court judge — has put the effort into limbo, Cuomo deserved praise for using his considerable political capital to push for important reforms in teacher performance management.

Instead of throwing the seniority rules out entirely, California educators and advocates embraced what seemed like a gentler approach to salvage reform efforts in schools like Oak Ridge Elementary, in Sacramento.

We are talking about billionaires and millionaires and the major education reform companies, organizations and foundations dumping tens of millions of dollars into state and local efforts to elect handpicked accomplices or even, where necessary, changing the rules to make it easier to open charter schools and dismantle the core elements of a broad - based public education system.

Amid local efforts to improve education outcomes in districts with fewer resources, superintendents expressed worries last year that lawmakers would not pass meaningful school finance reform without a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court ordering them to do so.

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A change in the tax laws that came from the recently passed reform effort in Congress has changed the rules for IRAs, making some worried that you shouldn't be hasty with decisions about retirement accounts.

The working group coordinates interagency efforts on «regulatory reform» and reviews federal rules with an eye toward lowering the impact on international trade and investment.

«To spend ten years reforming the rules of procedure in an effort to reduce litigation costs is about as unglamorous as it gets,» he told his audience at Cambridge Law Faculty.

Arkansas: constitutional amendment to subject supreme court rules to 3 / 5ths legislative approval clears Senate 21 - 10; effort wrapped up in «tort reform» laws

We have played an active role in regulatory reform efforts related to Dodd - Frank, monitoring rulemakings for our clients and advising them on how to comply with the rules once finalized and effective.

Rules were substantially reformed in an effort to achieve Honourable Coulter A. Osborne's goal to «make the civil justice system more accessible and affordable.»

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

The Roundtable and our coalition partners support regulatory agencies» efforts to promote economically responsible CRE lending, and the Pittenger - Scott bill will help guide the agencies in clarifying and reforming the HVCRE Rule, while encouraging sound lending practices, spurring economic growth and creating jobs in local communities.»

The network is dedicated to the promotion of human rights through peaceful efforts to push for democratic and rule of law reforms and to strengthen grassroots activism in China.

A decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to withdraw its draft final rule for reforming settlement procedures marks a new day for efforts to improve the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® President Walt McDonald says.

Voice for Real Estate 71: Net Neutrality, Closing Disclosure, Finance Reform Published on Jul 12, 2017 NAR is working with other groups to fight against efforts to roll back net neutrality rules to help maintain an even playing field for all real estate content online.

While there is growing support for extending most, if not all, of these provisions, a potential debate on comprehensive tax reform may delay any Congressional effort to extend these rules.