Sentences with phrase «set by your state»

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on the other hand, determines emergency procedures for its hundred - odd facilities on its own without standards set by state or local governments, and evacuated about 6,000 people due to Hurricane Harvey.

Property taxes in the U.S. are a complicated patchwork of different policies set by states, cities and counties as well as local school boards, fire departments and utility commissions.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has inked a 20 - year deal with EDF to buy all the gas generated by Heartland, helping the city meet high renewable energy standards set by the state.

In Florida, title insurance premiums are set by the state, but the agent's portion of the total as well as agency fees are variable.

Rules set by the state pharmacy board allow individual pharmacists to refuse to dispense certain drugs, but only if a co-worker at the same pharmacy can fill the order.

The new tax bill ranks university endowments on a «dollars per student» basis, taxing those endowments above an arbitrary threshold set by the state.

Not only will you be certain that it is installed correctly, but you will also know that you are following the laws as set by your state.

However, Cooney added that even with the addition of a third gas station, the amount of emissions expected would not exceed air quality standards set by the state.

NAEYC doesn't set adult - to - child ratios for home daycare, but you can find out if a provider complies with home daycare ratios set by your state by visiting the National Association for Family Child Care's website (NAFCC) and looking through the NAFCC's list of accredited daycare providers.

Car seat and booster seat laws are set by each state within the United States.

Though they differ a bit in the years during which they require a child to be schooled — children may be required to start school at age 5 — 8 and not allowed to leave until age 16 — 18 — they all require public schooling or acceptable substitutes (for example, private school, homeschooling), with criteria set by the state for how this works.

School districts must limit net cash resources to an amount that does not exceed three months of average expenditures or that is set by the state child nutrition agency.

Our seminar meets the pre-adoption education requirements set by the state of Oregon.

The state minimum wage is set by the state Legislature,» Cuomo said of the wage proposal.

House and senate can be set by the states.

Congressional boundaries are set by states, not the federal government.

The bill was first announced Thursday in the Assembly, with Democrats backing legislation that would replace state - created or written examinations with alternative assessments for school districts that do not use state tests, with regulations set by the state Education Department.

The city is expected to change its primary date to the date set by the state.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said the town will be forced to pierce the state tax cap next year for the first time since the legislation was implemented in 2012, stating the 0.68 percent increase set by the state for 2017 is too low to cover basic costs.

«This bill will allow the state to license operators that meet the high standards set by the state and offer limited games of poker which require a high level of skill.»

The salary for the Governor, $ 179,000, is set by state law and has not changed since 1999.

Miner also pleaded with state politicians for help, pointing out that Syracuse gets more than half its money from Albany and operates under mandates set by the state.

The Suffolk district attorney, whose salary is set by state law, would not be affected.

The rules for rating teachers are set by the state, but elements of the implementation must be negotiated with the teachers union — which has resisted efforts to tie student performance to teacher reviews.

Companies hired for public works projects in the state are required to pay their workers what's known as a prevailing wage, which is a minimum rate set by the state based on factors like region.

That subsidy rate is set by the state's Office of Temporary Disability Assistance, and has not been raised since 2003.

Opponents of the measure pointed to the favorable language before voters on the ballot as set by the state Board of Elections, which touted claims the amendment would bring more jobs, added school aid and lower property taxes.

«When the stock market doesn't meet lofty investment goals set by state officials, it's taxpayer dollars that make up the difference,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center.

Much of the regulation and policy within the authority is set by the state while the legislature votes to confirm commissioner appointments.

The wage rate would rise to $ 12.50 by the end of 2020, and thereafter would rise based on a schedule set by the state's Division of Budget, in consultation with the Labor Department.

But the department is still falling far short of performance benchmarks set by the state.

Mazurowski died before Sept. 20, the specific date set by state election law for putting a vacancy on the ballot.

Four - year terms of sheriff and county clerk are set by state law.

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

Talks are moving toward other issues, including a proposal that would let localities like New York City increase their minimum wage above the floor set by the state, people following the issues said.

That's being distributed under terms set by state law, as well as the money for addictions treatment, according to the district attorney's office.

But I can tell you that the tax cap set by the state is a very modest 1.17 percent.

A «pacing sheet,» a sort of minimum speed limit set by the state education department, suggested that teachers should expect to devote three weeks to a unit on biochemical processes, part of the biology curriculum.

These contribution rates are set by the state legislature, and all California districts are required to participate in CalSTRS and pay the mandatory contribution rate.

The low performance of U.S. students has been attributed to low expectations set by states under the 2002 federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which expects all students to reach full proficiency by 2014.

In this, the fifth in a series of Education Next reports, we compare the proficiency standards set by each state to those set by NAEP, which has established its proficiency bar at levels comparable to those of international student assessments.

Conversely, a district may yearn to bring Teach For America to town but the alternative certification rules for that district are set by the state.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

An audit of the private schools in the Milwaukee school - choice program by the Wisconsin education department has found that nearly a third of the schools exceeded enrollment limits set by state law.

School districts, including most charter schools, have no choice but to pay the rates set by the state legislature, even if they'd prefer to spend precious resources on higher teacher salaries, hiring more teachers, or making other critical investments in school services.

The announcement came only days after Mr. Boysen had named the schools where teachers will share $ 26 million in bonuses later this year for reaching improvement goals set by the state.

The project aims to influence the national conversation about education reform by making the educational standards set by states more visible — explicitly connecting standards with student work that is characterized by depth, complexity, and imagination.

Paige, It would be great for there to be business rules around this set by the state (teacher linking to student value add), and then have it automatically do this.

The attainment goals set by state and national leaders can not be met unless significantly more adults and other nontraditional students return to...

In a separate filing, opponents of Common Core educational standards sought to put a question on the 2016 ballot that would require state standards be set by state education officials rather than national policymakers.