Sentences with phrase «set policy for»

No matter the case, more questions are sure to be raised in the near future since there is no set policy for something like this.

There's no set policy for missed connections, but many Amtrak users report receiving overnight accommodation and rebookings when unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances cause a missed connection.

Sir Ken Macdonald maintains there is no set policy for assisted suicide, and he can not grant immunity from prosecution.

The founders intended for Congress to set policy for our international trade agreements.

I grew to appreciate its unique position as a bottoms - up organization, whose chapters set policy for the entire organization.

We do not set policy for other organizations but this has been our experience with all the great TNR organizations we work with.

For Golden Retrievers, local breed clubs and the national Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA), while usually supportive of and helpful to rescue activities, do not set policy for or control the day - by - day operations of any of the nearly 100 locally formed and administered programs.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is next scheduled to meet June 19 and 20 to set policy for the year.

Shannon Garrison, a fourth grade teacher at LA Unified's Solano Elementary School, has been reappointed to the National Assessment Governing Board, which helps set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly known as the «nation's report card.»

Charter schools» boards of directors would be required to set policy for reviewing applicants» criminal histories and would be held accountable for gross negligence in the event that they do not adhere to this standard.

In their words, it is time to allow a «board of respected citizens to set policy for the schools» and to «reestablish the role of the public in public education.»

In an era when education leaders are held accountable for raising the academic performance of all students, the job of leading today's schools has seriously outpaced the available training, especially for state and district leaders who set policy for and lead complex urban districts.

Washington — A new Congressional report recommends that the Education Department's research branch be shielded from political influence through the appointment of a bipartisan committee empowered to set policy for the agency.

National tests in several core subjects could be eliminated or scaled back over the next five years without more federal funding, the officials who set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress say.

The bill is designed to be a follow - on to the now - expired America COMPETES Act, which set policy for an array of U.S. science agencies, including DOE and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The board has the statutory authority to set policy for NSF and to advise the president and Congress on national research and science education issues.

«The model behaves as if the food has been dropped in by a parachute, but in reality, local inhabitants and policymakers set policy for how the food arrives.»

But the rote memorization of facts, formulas or rules that can lead to high scores on such tests do not a good 21st century scientist or engineer make, notes Alan Friedman, a member of an independent, bipartisan board established by Congress to set policy for NAEP.

Yeh, you'd think they'd try to get their act together 1st before trying to set policy for the rest of us.

The Park District is governed by five elected Commissioners who set policy for the District's operation.

In many hospitals, it is a set policy for staff to handle all unbathed babies with gloves on their hands.

Board members set policy for the district, which is administered by the Executive Director and a staff of recreation professionals.

While washington struggles to set a policy for immigrant entrepreneurs, other countries are snapping up talent from the United States.

The vote happened Saturday at the General Synod, the three - times - a-year meeting that sets policies for the Church of England.

So he's not the leader of the Senate, he's not the leader of a conference, so he's not setting policy for the chamber,» Stewart - Cousins said.

The law sets policies for reporting and investigating assaults and lays out a consent standard requiring clear agreement by students before engaging in sexual activity.

Nevergold said the school board sets policies for how students should act — policies that come with expectations for civility, courteousness, and respect for authority, as well as encouragement to stand up to injustice and bullying.

The state Board of Regents sets policy for schools and chooses the education commissioner.

Overall, a legislator sets policy for the county.

«That debate was at full boil last week, when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act, which sets policy for NSF and two other federal research agencies, and the House Appropriations Committee adopted a 2016 spending bill that includes NSF,» Mervis wrote.

The National Assessment Governing Board, an independent committee that sets policy for the test, defines proficiency as «solid academic performance» with «demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter.»

Although Medicaid is a joint state - federal government health insurance program, each state sets the policies for its own Medicaid program within requirements set by the federal government.

That's not exactly true, says Dan Arvizu, chairman of the 24 - member board, which sets policy for the $ 7 billion agency.

All of these changes hinge on whether or not Congress is able to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, more commonly known as No Child Left Behind, which sets policies for the federal role in education.

But biomedical lobbyists hope that he will use his clout as chair of both the Senate spending panel that controls NIH's budget and the authorizing committee that sets policy for the agency to make things happen when the lame - duck Congress returns after the fall election.

Slew of amendments criticize provisions of bill to set policies for the National Science Foundation

The project must win approval from the National Science Board, which sets policy for NSF, and observers say that board members will want good answers to three important questions before they sign off on the project.

The OD is responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components.

In presentations here to a committee of the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for NAEP, the groups outlined in competing issues papers the types of changes they believe are necessary to bring the test into better alignment with the latest research in the field, as...

The National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the closely scrutinized NAEP, voted unanimously last month at a meeting in Atlanta to table a decision on whether to endorse such a change until August at the earliest.

Late last week, the board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress was poised to adopt a new framework for the NAEP reading test that would change the content significantly enough to prevent the continuation of comparisons among tests.

The Board of Higher Education defines the mission and sets policy for the Massachusetts system of public higher education, including fifteen community colleges, nine state universities and five UMass campuses.

Over the objection of officials at the statistical wing of the U.S. Department of Education, the independent body that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress has approved a policy that significantly narrows the grounds for excluding students with disabilities and English - language learners from the exams.

The board that sets policy for that exam, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, has voted to accept a report of an expert panel with recommendations for linking student performance on the influential test with skills identified as important by college officials and employers.

The board sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation's Report Card.

The report's authors suggest that the National Assessment Governing Board, the bipartisan body that sets policy for the testing program, consider adding content from these areas to NAEP's mathematics framework when it is next revised.

The 26 - member board is an independent federal entity that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP.

«When exclusion rates are higher, average scores tend to be higher than if more children were tested,» said Larry Feinberg, assistant director for reporting and analysis for the National Assessment Governing Board, an independent body that sets policy for NAEP.

The Washington - based NAGB is a bipartisan panel that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

But somehow in the chamber that sets policy for the second - biggest school district in America, this behavior is not only tolerated, but normalized and further encouraged with shouts and inappropriate remarks from the audience.