Sentences with phrase «similar federal standards»

(Massachusetts implemented its own healthier snack standards in 2012, two years before similar federal standards — the «Smart Snacks» rules — took effect nationwide.)

If the DAIRY PRIDE agenda sounds familiar, you may recall similar federal standard waiving done by Unilever in 2014, the parent company to best - selling mayonnaise brand, Hellmann's (Best Foods in the western U.S.).

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A 2008 federal government panel suggested Canada adopt a similar standard, citing lower fares and better service as likely benefits.

Linear regression fits to these data were calculated using the R Statistical Software package.22 The data for the San Francisco Bay air basin was queried in a similar manner as above, but instead of recording days above the federal standard the daily average concentrations at the highest monitoring site in the basin are reported by month through October 2017.

The proposed law would establish the first federal safety standards in schools for the use of restraint and seclusion, similar to rules in place in hospitals and nonmedical community - based facilities.

To complete her analysis, Cascio compared the academic outcomes of preschoolers who qualified for federal free - or reduced - price lunch programs, a standard measure of poverty, in states that offered universal preschool to similar preschoolers in states that offered only targeted preschool.

In addition, the main thrust of the report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality academic standards and assessments, which it doesn't (California's standards being based on the Common Core, which leaves American students 2 - 3 years behind their peers in East Asia and northern Europe), California's families remain well advised to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the overreach from both the federal and state capitals is brought to an end and local schools that want to pursue genuinely world - class excellence can thrive.

Last September, he all but required adoption of the Common Core or similar standards approved by state higher education officials if states want to receive federal waivers from the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.

The federal definition of college - and career - readiness is similar, but Barnes says the point of the re-write is to create academic standards written at the state level.

The Republican revolt against the Common Core can be traced to President Obama's embrace of it, particularly his linking the adoption of similar standards to states» eligibility for federal education grants and to waivers from No Child Left Behind, the national education law enacted by President George W. Bush.

The DLM Consortium is one of two multistate consortia to receive federal grants to create a next - generation alternate assessment linked to Common Core State Standards and similar state standards in math and English language arts for the 1 percent population.

We anticipate a final version of the community school implementation standards within the next several months, followed by a similar discussion and consensus - building process around systems infrastructures (e.g. district, county, state, federal level) to support development, implementation and sustainability of at - scale community school strategies.

While many schools adopted similar tactics to keep up with tougher federal standards, charters say their small size gives them added flexibility.

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Since an IRA is a type of designation applied to standard accounts they can be cashed out similar to a brokerage account or other investment account however additional forms may be required for filing with the Federal Government.

Similar to the debate about livestock - farming conditions, foes of commercial pet breeding have said the minimum standards set by the federal government aren't strict enough and are poorly enforced.

While there was a similar reasoning in Versata, the «causal nexus» term didn't appear in that Federal Circuit opinion either, which again supports Apple's claim that it was held to a higher standard than other patent holders.

Federal and State criminal law places a similar speedy trial requirement on the government, and there is no justification for failing to impose this same standard on the Bar Counsel's Office.

In a story demonstrating the importance of accreditation standards for private background screening firms, the Federal Times reports that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)-- which oversees background investigations for the government — is investigating a growing list of cases involving the alleged falsifying of security clearance background checks while a «consistent backlog» of similar cases awaits investigation.

Federal and state banking regulators have issued guidance to tighten the underwriting standards for nontraditional mortgages and recently proposed similar guidelines for subprime mortgages.