Sentences with phrase «standards as the legislature»

In a rebuff to state lawmakers, the Michigan board of education has voted to make new state curriculum standards voluntary for school districts rather than set mandatory standards as the legislature had envisioned.

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In a statement, Christie — whose appointees were responsible for Bridgegate — urged «New Jersey's legislature to introduce and pass this bill as well so that we can finally meet the standard for reform laid out by Governor Cuomo and me last year.»

As Douglas W. Rae points out in the standard reference work The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws, majoritarian electoral systems are extremely rare for multi-seat legislatures, only being well established in Australia, and for second round voting in some French elections.

He often spoke before the legislature as Comptroller, I would hope he is willing to hold same standard as Executive.

Regent's Chancellor Emeritus Robert Bennett echoed King saying the state will continue to tweak the standards as necessary and advise the legislature about changes to the teacher evaluation law.

Governor Cuomo and the legislature this spring imposed a two year moratorium on the exam results being applied to student records, after what was widely viewed as a botched roll out of the Common Core standards.

Beyond speaking of standard litigating tactics, such as picking plaintiffs, witnesses, and exhibits, they spoke of success at spinning the media, hiring public relations firms, and engaging a lobbying firm to work with the legislature (in Kansas), all standard political tactics.

«The Common Core national math standards are not «internationally benchmarked,»... not world class and competitive with the best... and not «second to none» (though advertised as such when announced),» testified Hoover Institution researcher Williamson Evers before the Ohio legislature.

Professor Milgram was the only math content expert on the Validation Committee reviewing the standards, and he concluded that the Common Core standards are, as he told the Texas state legislature, «in large measure a political document that... is written at a very low level and does not adequately reflect our current understanding of why the math programs in the high - achieving countries give dramatically better results.»

In 1999, the state legislature amended the law, named after the late Republican state senator John Stull, to require that «the governing board of each school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee performance as it reasonably relates to: the progress of pupils toward the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) and, if applicable, the state adopted academic content standards as measured by state adopted criterion referenced assessments.»

As lawmakers draw closer to finalizing a state budget that has drawn the most attention for how it may boost teacher pay and cut Medicaid, another battle is taking place at the legislature, too — over lowering standards for North Carolina's growing number of charter schools.

His legislature had told him he needed to write new learning standards that ensured students were more prepared for higher education or careers — a process that could cost as much as $ 3 to $ 5 million per subject — but his budget had been slashed.

But as the legislature hovers close to joining a handful of other states that have repealed the academic standards, frequently referred to as «Common Core,» McCrory's words, communicated through his education advisor, Eric Guckian, have gotten softer.

It's Walker's strongest statement yet opposing the math and language arts standards, and it came the same week as North Carolina's legislature and the Missouri governor retreated from Common Core.

Leading up to Algebra Nation's launch, we've had great partners — from the legislature, to the Michigan Department of Education, to the math education professors from Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, and University of Michigan - Flint who helped us align our content to the state's standards — and now we're eager to get into schools to introduce Algebra Nation's many benefits as a «virtual co-teacher» and tutoring tool.

Amidst all the fanfare, however, was a growing backlash against the standards, especially among conservative state legislatures whose members increasingly saw the Common Core as a federal initiative, a directive to states from Washington.

The HSUS, along with Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, D - Manhattan, the ASPCA, and Friends of Finn members Amanda Hearst and Georgina Bloomberg, announced the introduction of a new bill, A. 10150, in the New York legislature that will strengthen standards of care for dogs in large - scale, commercial breeding facilities, commonly known as puppy mills.

That means it could be difficult to impose restrictions on puppy and cat mills through the legislature if the Board decides to control standards for care and treatment of these animals as it now will for horses and farm animals.

The governor and legislature would be wise to follow the guidance of the governor's year - long discussion on Michigan's energy future and pass a bill as soon as possible to increase the state's renewable energy standard to at least 30 percent by the year 2030.

By American Tradition Institute As the new state legislature scrutinizes Minnesota's restrictive energy policies, a study commissioned by the American Tradition Institute and the Minnesota Free Market Institute provides several reasons for lawmakers and new Gov. Mark Dayton to reverse the state's damaging Renewable Portfolio Standard.

In Potential Nuclear Plant Closings in Illinois, a report to the legislature, four state agencies recommend a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) as one of five market - based solutions to the challenges facing Exelon.

As has become standard operating procedure in the last several sessions, the Kansas legislature is once again considering proposals to alter the process for selecting the state's appellate judges.

In Dunsmuir, the Supreme Court set out to do two things: first, to simplify the standards of judicial review by eliminating the patent unreasonableness standard, and second, to strike a balance between upholding the rule of law — that is, ensuring that administrative decision makers adhere to the law as written by legislatures — and according sufficient deference to the administrative decision maker to allow them to provide substantive «meat» to the legislative bones.

With the disparate provincial legislatures being responsible for standards within our industry, it makes one wonder how it is that transitory elected officials (who often come and go as the case may be from election to election) with short - term agendas (aimed at the next election) are the people who set standards for a business environment so critical to the long - term economic well - being of our national society.