Sentences with phrase «special state concern»

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«The great concern is they're not going to leave, and that's not paranoia,» Gen. Tony Thomas, the head of the United States Special Operations Command, told a national security conference in Aspen, Colo., in July.

♦ Readers concerned about church - state relations (and we assume that is the great majority of our readers) will want to pay special note to an extremely important conference planned for Philadelphia, May 30 to June 1, 1991.

The same day, the US State Department announced the addition of Pakistan to a new «special watch list» of governments or entities that «engage in or tolerate» severe religious freedom violations, yet aren't bad enough to be named a «country of particular concern.»

Mission Statement: The PRC strives to promote the profession of athletic training via media relations, special events, merchandising and promotional item; to serve as a conduit of information concerning all aspects of athletic training throughout the state; and to work in tandem with the public relations committees of the National Athletic Trainers» Association and Eastern Athletic Trainers» Association.

Note: Private schools are not required to comply with state laws concerning special needs students.

Surrogacy in California is particularly special because, as one of the most advanced and liberal states concerning surrogacy law, it allows intended parents and surrogates to come together from all over the world in many unique ways.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga, said the State Government is committed towards giving residents the best as far as healthcare delivery is concerned, adding that the Governor's passion about the people of the State is responsible for his resolve to ensure access to quality and affordable health care delivery.

Concern that the special master's congressional maps will cost Democrats seats in true blue New York has spurred House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to get involved in the state's redistricting battle.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

Despite Libous's conviction and the broader concerns about ethics in Albany following a string of high - profile arrests of state lawmakers, Akshar does not believe there needs to be a special session to consider new laws combating corruption.

On a more long - term concern, Senate Democrats want funding in the state budget to help police departments purchase body cameras for officers as well as the formation of a special investigator's office to review police - related deaths.

State Assemblyman Michael Miller (D - Woodhaven) said an attack launched against him by a supporter of his primary opponent, Nick Comaianni, on a sex offender bill he sponsored was full of inaccuracies and denied claims that the legislation was watered down due to concerns from special interest groups.

Laura Ahearn, president of Parents for Megan's Law, said Tuesday night she was still «deeply concerned» that the county hadn't paused on accepting the ride - sharing service, but said she was assured Bellone would call a special meeting if the state legislation fails.

Elected leaders have voiced concerns over that state funding running out and in October, Cuomo floated the idea of a special session to approve more.

White House political Director Patrick Gaspard has been active in expressing concerns that in a low - turnout special election, which is set for May 22, former Rep. Ed Case and state Senate president Colleen Hanabusa could split the Democratic vote enough to allow Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou (R) to win.

Salisbury Point Resident and South Nyack trustee Tom Neff stated that state representatives, particularly Special Advisor to the Governor Brian Conybeare and Secretary to the Governor Larry Schwartz, have ignored taken virtually no action upon their concerns, resulting in a glut of fruitless meetings rather than real progress.

The letter from Martin Howe states: «Our clients are very concerned that the purpose of the special meeting is to manufacture a situation whereby Jeremy Corbyn's name will be omitted from the leadership ballot.

Responding to Haab's concerns, Cuomo spokesman Morris Peters said in an email Thursday that some special education budget increases are reimbursed through state aid.

The Club for Growth's first ad in the special election in New York's 23rd district hammers state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava (R) and businessman Bill Owens (D) for their alleged similarities to Gov. David Paterson — a move sure to stoke concerns within the Democratic establishment about the drag the Empire State's chief executive could have on downballot contests in state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava (R) and businessman Bill Owens (D) for their alleged similarities to Gov. David Paterson — a move sure to stoke concerns within the Democratic establishment about the drag the Empire State's chief executive could have on downballot contests in State's chief executive could have on downballot contests in 2010.

In a press release on Monday, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said, «There is no recent bulletin from the DMO website concerning debt owed by any state as claimed in the false report.

Coastal horned lizard populations have declined so much in southern California that the state's Department of Fish and Game considers the animal «a species of special concern.»

This is of special concern because incidence of childhood high blood pressure has risen in the United States since 1988, although recently it has plateaued, the guideline authors noted.

Building off of initial research in Massachusetts that indicated over-identification of low - income students in special education (Hehir, et al., 2014), the proposed study will extend to four additional states to determine if over-identification for low - income students is an issue of concern for educators across multiple states.

The survey, conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, found that 23 of the 52 officials responding were concerned about finding adequate funding for their efforts.

The Michigan legislature, during a special session last month, passed a new charter law designed to address the judge's concern that the state board of education did not have adequate oversight of charter schools under the previous measure.

As to sports, (in particular, an area of special concern with regard to supervision), courts in the United States regularly apply the defense of assumption of risk against negligence charges.

In July 2014, Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc. and Fund Education Now amended a five - year - old lawsuit alleging the state has failed to adequately fund public education, to include new claims concerning the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and the McKay voucher program for students with special needs.

In these cases, school personnel were likely to make superficial use of state data — identifying broad areas of concern, but with little understanding of specific needs for improvement — unless the district were to provide special assistance with the task.

Although placement decisions are made by the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team, parents have expressed concerns about inclusion opportunities for students with significant disabilities and learning needs to the State Special Education Advisory Committee (SSEAC), and as part of an inclusive practice workgroup with stakeholders (June 2016).

Normalcy — the social - political construct concerning the state of being «normal» with respect to the body, intelligence, race, or gender — is a eugenics concept, like special ed.

This is a treasure for those concerned about the state of special education and students with disabilities.

The figure has prompted public concern from Superintendent Adams and Rick Sullivan, the president of the special administrative board created by the state in 2007 to manage the district.

On July 21, 2016, ENN testified before the State Board of Education expressing concern over proposed special education funding weights and the process used to create the weights.

On July 28, 2016, ENN testified before the committee expressing concern over the State Superintendent's funding weights for special education students.

The case concerns whether parents of a child with disabilities may obtain at public expense a private Independent Education Evaluation (IEE) of their child that doesn't meet the criteria for special education evaluations established by the state education agency.

on Thursday, March 24, 2016, Carmen Fariña responded to parent concerns and stated that some students, such as recent immigrants and students with special needs, should probably not take the state tests and should opt out.

Kept DOJ in the loop on recent state legislative actions, including the expansion of the state voucher program (which ACLU said made them «concerned») and the creation of the Special Needs Scholarship Program.

Although many states now staff their schools with teachers prepared through alternative certification routes, there is a growing concern about the quality and relevance of the programs to produce excellent teachers, especially teachers to serve the teaching fields with the most needs — math, science, special education and English as a second language and bilingual education.

Although progress has been made in the 39 striving reader schools, Montana's state and secondary school leadership teams have concerns about the performance of economically disadvantaged students, American Indian students, English learners, and those receiving special education services.

Although few studies exist concerning children with disabilities and bullying in the United States, the studies available indicate an increased risk for children with special needs.

«This decision would wrest educational policy from the representative branches of state government, limit public education for some students with special needs, create additional municipal mandates concerning graduation and other standards, and alter the basic terms of educators» employment — and entrust all of those matters to the discretion of a single, unelected judge,» Jepsen said.

Two recent FOI requests concerning the process parents and others should use to report violations by Capital Prep Magnet School of federal and state special education laws remain unanswered.

Despite challenges on the delivery of services, CCSA has achieved significant reforms so that charter schools can eliminate obstacles and concerns, and increase the number of special education services regionally and across the state.

As Dropout Nation has noted within the past year, those very review boards have raised significant concerns about many of the plans submitted by states such as New York as well as by the District of Columbia; D.C., one panel was particularly concerned that D.C.'s transition plan to embrace Common Core math and reading standards was not «realistic and of high quality», and lacked a «high - quality plan» for ensuring that English Language Learners and special ed students could get strong, comprehensive, college [preparatory curricula.

In response to this concern, the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC - SD) was established in 2004 by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to assist in building states» capacity to increase school completion rates for students with disabilities.

Concerns about the special education finance system have consistently been raised by educators, parents, community leaders, and policymakers alike as we've traveled across the state speaking in communities about Connecticut's school finance system.

And as we've traveled across the state speaking in communities about school finance, concerns about special education funding have consistently been raised by a wide array of stakeholders.

In order to alleviate some of the pressure on Texas schools with a high number of dropouts and to shadow the concerns about the accuracy of dropout data reported by the state education agency, the Texas legislature provided a special allocation of $ 85 million to finance special intervention programs for ninth grade students identified as at - risk of dropping out (Cortez, 1999).