Sentences with phrase «said such waivers»

It is notable that when DPAs were first mooted the Government said such waivers would never be demanded and so cut across the Office of Fair Trading's policy on cartel probes where leniency is sought.

Not exact matches

In a statement issued on Tuesday, White House threatened to veto the spending bill if it contains the school meal waiver, saying that such a bill would be «a major step backwards for the health of American children by undermining the effort to provide kids with more nutritious food.»

The governor said he was compelled to veto the bill for several reasons: That state law prohibited him from signing the bill, that it would prompt other cities to clamor for a waiver on their fees, that such a change might be better suited during the annual budget process, and that bondholders might be put at risk due to revenues lost by waiving the fees.

Governor Hogan's original executive order — which the attorney general's office said he may not have had the authority to issue in the first place — established such limits, creating an unbroken summer break for Maryland public schools from June 15 to Labor Day, but also allowing the State Board of Education (to which the Governor appointed me and — so far — eight other members) to issue waivers to districts that present «compelling justification» for exceeding those limits.

To date, two states (New Hampshire and New York) have submitted plans to the U.S. Dept. of Education that included waiver requests, and Florida «wrote its accountability plan in such a way that critics say it skirts the law.»

And he said there would be the potential of waivers or exceptions for candidates who could show their qualifications in other ways, such as high SAT scores or recommendations from their programs.

Add in embarrassments such as approving Virginia's waiver request — which allowed the Old Dominion to define expectations and levels of proficiency down for poor and minority kids in a way that evokes Plessy v. Ferguson — and nothing good can be said about how the Obama administration has handled the waiver gambit so far.

When the Obama administration rejected California's first application for a waiver in 2012, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, «It is disappointing that our state's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has been rejected.»

Kestell said the draft waiver application has blanks that need to be filled, such as more details on how a school would be rated.

Although Torlakson noted the waiver program in his letter to Duncan - saying the «conditional nature» poses a problem for California - it is unclear if the first - year head of California schools is applying for such a waiver.

Additionally, it says that states do not need to continue to meet waiver requirements that ESSA doesn't address, such as teacher evaluations based on student outcomes, but that waiver states must continue to focus on the lowest performing schools and those with large achievement gaps.

The House version also taxes tuition waivers — which allow many graduate students to attend school tuition - free — as income, raising the ire of students who said such a levy would make their education unaffordable.

«I remain concerned that temporary measures instituted by the department, such as conditional waivers, could undermine the committee's efforts to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,» Kline said in a statement.

The fact sheet does not detail what exactly such standards would entail, although U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has previously said states that haven't adapted the Common Core State Standards will not be barred from requesting waivers.

Partially in response to such concerns, Sargrad said, the administration thought to use the process of renewing No Child Left Behind waivers to enforce equitable distribution, leading to the August announcement of the new requirements.

Q: Let's say a partnership is allowed to conduct operations, such as flights over people, which are not currently allowed without a waiver.

One card may have more coverage, such as a collision damage waiver, Hopper says.

Moreover, the waiver of immunity contended for was an implied waiver, said to arise from the arbitration agreement itself where it was agreed that the Award was to be «binding on the parties» and included a provision that the parties undertook «to carry out any Award without delay and should be deemed to have waived their right to any form or recourse insofar as such waiver can validly be made».

People are often not aware of certain options, she said, such as the waiver - of - premium rider.

Some charge more to insure certain breeds, such as pit bulls, or ask customers to sign liability waivers for dog bites, the institute says.