Sentences with phrase «seek waivers»

The measure would have expanded the ability of states to seek waivers from the ACA's rating and benefit requirements, eliminated the individual and employer mandates requiring individuals to have coverage and employer to offer coverage to employees, and make major changes to the ways in which state Medicaid programs are funded.

However, it would also allow states to seek waivers under which they could redefine what's considered an essential health benefit.

Federal policy also has reflected much of this change, with the U.S. Department of Education providing options for states to seek waivers from some of the dated NCLB requirements (in light of delays in Congressional reauthorization of that law), in an effort to promote innovation toward satisfaction of the rigorous kinds of standards established by the common core state standards.

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave approval for the state to seek waivers offered by the federal government under No Child Left Behind; agreed to form a work group to study and make recommendations for an RFP for statewide assessments for Utah's core curriculum; and granted a requested from rural Juab County's Tintic School District to move to a four - day week for school.

Twenty - eight other states along with D.C. and Puerto Rico have indicated their intent to seek waivers.

The state could still seek waivers from changes that board members don't like — but only after a plan is submitted.

The number of waivered classrooms is not caused simply by the number of students whose parents initially seek waivers.

«I read this provision extremely closely, and I don't believe many, if any, governors will actually seek these waivers.

Prior to the new ruling, companies wanting to use drones needed to seek waivers from the federal government.

Because the deal that secured the votes of the conservative House sect known as the Freedom Caucus, allows states to seek waivers that let them opt out of basic protections for some citizens — rules, for example, that prevent insurers from charging virtually anything they want to «cover» those with preexisting conditions or that demand that insurers provide certain basic health and preventive care services.

CNN and BNSF Railway (whose parent company is Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a)-RRB- are two organizations that have already sought waivers, Huerta said.

Company said it was seeking a waiver «in light of the persistent adverse conditions in the generics market.»

Aceto Corp. shares tumbled after the firm said it is seeking a waiver from its bank regarding debt service and financial covenants, naming a new interim CFO and taking hundreds of millions of dollars in write - downs related to its products.

Valeant expects to file its Form 10 - K and become current on its financial filings by April 29, 2016 (within the curing period) but to be prudent, the company also announced that it intends to seek a waiver from the lenders under its credit facility.

The Company will seek a waiver from NYSE American's shareholder approval requirements in circumstances where the securities issuance does not trigger such a requirement under British Columbia law or under the rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Districts could already seek a waiver to serve grains foods that aren't «whole grain - rich,» and while some advocates are upset that there won't be further sodium reductions (at least for now), school food is still lower in salt than it was pre-HHFKA.

For example, in Dallas, I'm able to break even, but even I could make my program look like it was not breaking even for six months [a requirement for districts seeking a waiver].

The perception in the media right now is that school meals are going to be less healthy, and parents won't know which districts are still meeting the standards [and which have sought waivers].

According to LaMalfa's press release, the American Food for American Schools Act «would legally require school nutrition providers to seek a waiver in order to use foreign commodities and products.

A district court has granted a plaintiff's motion to remand a lawsuit back to a state court after the plaintiff, who was seeking a waiver of ineligibility from the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, withdrew his allegation that his rights under the United States Constitution were violated.

Apparently the majority of districts in North Carolina are planning to seek the waiver, in part because the current federal standard messes with a regional favorite: the white - flour buttermilk biscuit.

Meanwhile, the House Appropriations subcommittee yesterday released its fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, which included language that would allow any school district which operated its meal program at a loss for at least six months this past school year to seek a waiver from compliance in the coming year with the new, healthier school food standards.

Also written into that amendment, according to the DCCC, is an exemption that would keep those protections in place for members of Congress, should their state seek the waiver.

Curran will also seek a waiver from the state Civil Service Commission to allow Williams to work for the county while still collecting her $ 130,000 per year state pension.

«In addition they should seek a waiver of the IBM lease renewal confirmation and the debt service coverage ratio,» the meeting minutes state in describing ideas offered by Kaloyeros.

Ganim is currently seeking a waiver from the State Elections Enforcement Commission because convicted felons can not receive public financing for political campaigns.

Notably, California and 11 other states had been seeking waivers from the EPA permitting them to pass laws requiring reduced car emissions of greenhouse gases from the 2009 model year onward.

His opinions are informed by surveys he and colleagues are conducting of parents in Michigan, who as of December 2014 are forced to go through a 30 - minute vaccine education program if they want to seek a waiver to a child's required vaccine.

If a member is unable to place a vote for any reason, he or she must seek a waiver from the EVC once it has been formed.

The school must inform the parents of its 1,000 LEP students of the impending changes — and the opportunity to seek a waiver to exempt their children from English immersion.

Likewise, in New York State, a large portion of private schools have sought waivers from the state's requirement that all schools participate in the Regents examinations — for which the state will publicly report the scores.

States seeking waivers under the No Child Left Behind Act are hoping to replace what is widely considered an outdated, but consistent, school accountability regime with a hodgepodge of complex school grading systems that are as diverse as the states themselves.

This February she sought a waiver to skirt tenure law to lay off nearly a third of Newark's district school teachers, based not on seniority but «performance» measures.

The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet: implementing Common Core or other rigorous standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a teacher evaluation process that includes the results of local and state tests, and creating an accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.

«Congratulations,» Board member Carl Cohn told two superintendents representing the nine districts in the California Office to Reform Education, or CORE, seeking the waiver.

The nine California districts seeking a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act have gotten their foot in the door.

The nine CORE districts seeking the waiver include three of the state's four largest districts — Los Angeles, Long Beach and Fresno Unified — as well as Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento City, Santa Ana, Sanger and Clovis, which combined serve more than a million students.

Indeed, RttT competition proved so politically successful the Department of Education built on it by allowing all states to seek a waiver of most NCLB requirements by submitting RttT - like reform plans, including test - based teacher evaluations and the setting of standards similar to the Common Core State Standards.

This left districts with a choice: delay the issuing of report cards until the scores are available «sometime this month» OR seek a waiver from state law mandating that TCAP scores count toward a student's final grade.

The Obama administration also required that teacher evaluations be tied to student performance for states seeking waivers from the mandates of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and California as a result did not receive a waiver, although six districts, including LA Unified, did receive them.

Education Week States seeking waivers under the No Child Left Behind Act are hoping to replace what is widely considered an outdated, but consistent, school accountability regime with a...

From where they sit, the administration can not require states to fulfill promises they made as part of seeking the waivers.

To date, 32 states have won permission to depart from the law, five are waiting to hear and 13 have not sought waivers.

With the promise of local accountability and coordinated efforts to improve, the district is one of nine in a consortium called the California Office to Reform Education — which includes Oakland, Sacramento and San Francisco — seeking a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education.

The executive summary describes the districts» motivations for seeking a waiver and provides a brief overview of the waiver's key components.

Earlier this month, the Utah State Board of Education voted to seek a waiver from an ESSA provision that would require the state to count students who opt out of statewide testing as zero scores for school accountability purposes.

New Jersey is seeking a waiver from the Dept. of Education on the ESSA requirement for testing middle school students.

The planned redevelopment of the former Nine Inch Nails recording studio on Magazine Street and the proposed expansion of Audubon Charter School both return to a city board Wednesday morning seeking waivers required to start their projects.

Knowing that they had no control over independent - minded 11th - graders, the governor and State Department of Education sought a waiver from Washington, D.C., for permission to offer what they hoped would be a more palatable test: the SAT.

They can also seek a waiver from the state board to allow them time to phase out operations.