Sentences with phrase «satisfy federal mandate»

It seems that the only reason for any state to spend millions of dollars each year is to satisfy federal mandate.

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Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

But Obama directed the Education Department to make it easier for states to satisfy federal testing mandates and he urged states and districts to use factors beyond testing to assess student performance.

TIFIA Program For all TIFIA projects, including the capitalization of a rural projects fund in a SIB (with the exception noted below), the DOT must make a determination that Federal credit assistance would satisfy the following statutory mandates:

BIOFUELS: Renewable fuels groups are satisfied with President Trump's planned compromise over federal ethanol mandates that would allow year - round sales.

If you would like to enroll in an online traffic school or online defensive driving program to satisfy a court - mandate, you should contact the local Federal Heights Colorado court to see if the online traffic school program is pre-approved.