Sentences with phrase «several changes to state law»

Paul's Law makes several changes to state law aimed at toughening oversight of group homes.

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Paterson quickly signed five pieces of legislation on his first day in office: to add the New York State Department of Labor to the New York City Transit Track Safety Task Force; to eliminate a law that discouraged employers from holding blood drives; to change the way in which members are appointed to a state health and research board; to restore eligibility caps to certain senior employment programs; and to grant tax exemptions to several local development corporations in New York SState Department of Labor to the New York City Transit Track Safety Task Force; to eliminate a law that discouraged employers from holding blood drives; to change the way in which members are appointed to a state health and research board; to restore eligibility caps to certain senior employment programs; and to grant tax exemptions to several local development corporations in New York Sstate health and research board; to restore eligibility caps to certain senior employment programs; and to grant tax exemptions to several local development corporations in New York StateState.

The New York City Bar Association released a report urging federal and state leaders to «make the reduction of mass incarceration a top priority» and offering several recommendations for changing sentencing laws and other policies.

The city is currently fighting several law suits to prevent the disclosure of police disciplinary information, arguing such disclosures violate state law, which de Blasio and the NYPD commissioner said should be changed in order to allow such disclosures.

State Assembly Woman Barbara Lifton announced on Tuesday that she is co-sponsoring a bill that would change education laws to address several controversial issues in public schools.

... which calls for several reductions in expenditures, changing the way business is being done at city hall, which the state comptroller and the mayor made prior to getting into office warned us that we were going to be facing these tough financial times, and so seeing that, the council unanimously, both Democrats and Republicans, passed the 16 - point plan, raising revenues, decreasing expenditures - the mayor refused to implement, the council's unanimous plan, even though it went into law.»

Cuomo outlined several changes he said should take place, including full disclosure of all outside income for legislators; stopping the personal use of campaign funds; updating campaign finance laws to require more disclosure; and removing state pensions from lawmakers convicted of public corruption.

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.

With one notable exception (spurring long overdue changes in some state laws), the implementation of this mammoth statute has confirmed several humbling, hoary lessons of federal policymaking, including the limited ability of Uncle Sam to drive education reform.

And with recent changes in state law, it becomes possible over the next several years to double the number of charter school seats in Boston from the current 5,200.

In the past three years, several states have implemented or changed laws to encourage the growth or expansion of charter schools.

Several states have already changed laws to comply with the Obama administration's guidelines.

The bill would make several changes to teacher evaluations, including requiring more frequent performance reviews, more training for evaluators and the use of multiple measures of student academic progress — which could include test scores but would not require them, as current state law does.

In «A Window of Opportunity: The Politics and Policies of Common Core Implementation in California», O'Day describes the state's recent history with faulty laws and unanticipated crises and highlights several critical changes that sought to improve California's situation.

The system she wants to change is one that she created several years ago with former education commissioner John King, which was put into law by the New York Legislature and that was rushed into place by Gov. Andrew Cuomo who denied districts state aid if they did not adopt it.

«The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)-- a change in California law that provides a new system for funding public schools in the state — offers several opportunities for schools and districts to create new, or enhance existing, programs to improve elementary school attendance.

To meet European laws governing the size of exposed components several changes became necessary including a modified hood and a retractable Flying Lady mascot; obeying emission legislation in Japan as well as in the United States had resulted in fuel injection been fitted.

Heartland has also worked with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to pass laws in several states that force schools to misrepresent climate change science to students.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

Last March, through numerous state open records requests, E&E Legal uncovered emails showing that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman formed a secret coalition of several other states» attorneys general (AGs) and prominent green activists to use the criminal justice system to target organizations that question the climate change agenda under fraud and racketeering laws.

This area of law has been rapidly changing over the last several years, and in October of 2008 the Kentucky Supreme Court set forth some new guidelines and standards for relocating with a child to another state or country.

Like Scott in Florida, several Republican governors are finding themselves under pressure to change their state laws.