Sentences with phrase «specific needs for reform»

The Waldensian group was one of several springing up about that time as an intuitive answer to the specific needs for reform in the church.

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The Reagan tax reform simplified the code by eliminating the need for rules distinguishing ordinary and capital gains income, because these were taxed at the same rate, and by doing away with industry - specific shelter provisions.

The recommendations emerging from those sessions included a series of worthwhile reforms to Dail procedures, notably the need to elect the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) of the Dail by secret ballot of all TDs; and a strong majority in favour of inserting specific protection for economic, social and cultural rights (like the rights to housing and healthcare) into the Constitution.

All three of the UK's major political parties acknowledge a need for Lords reform but specific reforms are rather lackluster and the current proposals have now, of course, been sent packing.

Greening the Recovery identifies innovation, infrastructure and information as the key areas in which policies are needed to support a green economy, in addition to arguing for environmental fiscal reform and specific policies at UK and EU level to support resource efficiency.

Instead, it focuses on three specific challenges that are often encountered when districts, especially small districts, grapple with the costs of their highest - need special - education students, and it makes three recommendations that districts and states could put into practice today, without waiting for reforms or help from Washington, as they seek ways to mitigate those problems:

It is almost guaranteed that a reform program will have specific goals for instructional change that will shape the particular knowledge and skills teacher leaders will need.

The recent reforms to special educational needs, which aim to help children who have specific requirements to learn effectively, have been described as the biggest for a «generation».

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

The report was commissioned to address the changing workplace and is expected to provide the road map for upcoming labour reforms — as the introduction reads, it is the «first independent report in Canada to consider, as a unified exercise, the need for specific legislative changes to two separate but related pieces of workplace legislation, namely, the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act.»

It recognizes a specific problem and at the same time reinforces the need for broader reform of the patent system as advocated by numerous independent studies including most recently the Center for American Progress report released on January 12.

In particular, the Commissioner has expressed concern that any proposal to introduce a sweeping code for recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law would be inappropriate where it is not developed with the full participation of Aboriginal people, or where it is not able to be flexibly adapted to the needs of specific communities or not accompanied by a broader focus on capacity building, governance reform and consideration as to the adequacy of existing service delivery arrangements.