Sentences with phrase «standards commissioner said»

The latest MPs» register of interests was published yesterday, the first since the parliamentary standards commissioner said the Conservatives must disclose who is financing their staff and research.

John Lyon, the parliamentary standards commissioner said yesterday there was «a case» for Mr Hain to answer.

Not exact matches

Said Ketchum: «I'm confident that each of the commissioners recognizes the importance of the SEC playing a central role in defining a best interest of the customer standard for the industry.»

While not commenting directly on Coles - whose new free - range standard is 10,000 hens per hectare, almost a seven-fold reduction in space from the voluntary guidelines - ACCC commissioner Sarah Court said the watchdog believed 10,000 hens per hectare was not consistent with consumers» understanding of free range.

NYSUT had never been big fans of King to begin with, having passed a vote of no - confidence in his tenure as commissioner, including knocking the roll out of the Common Core education standards, which education observers and elected officials had said was was flawed.

He said: «I completely accept the findings of the report published today by the Privileges Committee and the report submitted by the commissioner for standards.

Marc Gerstman, the department's acting commissioner, said government agencies routinely lobby the Legislature on issues they determine are in the state's interest, and NYCO's proposal to mine state land easily met that standard.

«Jacqui Smith faces serious allegations and I welcome confirmation that the standards commissioner is now prepared to investigate matters,» he said.

«The committee has unanimously accepted the chair» recommendation that he absent himself from committee business for the duration of the investigation of the parliamentary commissioner for standards, following his self - referral at the weekend,» a spokesperson said.

ALBANY — Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said Tuesday that critics of the state's implementation of new, more difficult curriculum standards should «tone it down,» and charged that calls for education commissioner John King to step down are purely about «politics.»

State education officials have said they are considering renaming Common Core something else, and the education commissioner, as well as Governor Cuomo, are reviewing the standards to try to fix them

In the case of Miller, the standards committee rejected the commissioner's findings about the location of her second home, pointing out the commissioner had said the case law and evidence was «finely balanced».

«We can conclude the Niagara Falls Water Board is responsible for a number of operating deficiencies, which led to human errors and led to the black water discharge on July 29 violating water quality standards,» said Kenneth Lynch, executive deputy commissioner of the DEC..

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday it's not his place to say whether education commissioner John King should step down amid controversy over the state's implementation of new curriculum standards and testing.

New York state's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standards.

New York State's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standards.

Former EU commissioner says he expects eurozone to recover, but fears falling living standards will affect European unity

A coalition source said: «The problem with the «tsar» thing for David is that even that would be best kept until after the inquiry by the standards commissioner.

Senior coalition sources say his return will be «fast tracked» — as long as he is not censured heavily in an up - coming report by parliament's standards commissioner.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Republicans who plan to run for statewide office on a ballot line called «Stop Common Core» are spreading «mythology» that the academic standards represent a power - grab by the federal government.

ALBANY — State education commissioner MaryEllen Elia said that her agency and Gov. Andrew Cuomo need to be on the same page as the department and a Cuomo - created commission both push to review the Common Core standards and complete their reports before the governor's State of the State message in January.

The new commissioner said despite the problems, she remains committed to higher standards - but she is conducting a comprehensive review of the Common Core standards and how New York handled their implementation.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and education commissioner John King have opposed delaying implementation of the standards, but King has said one change state officials are considering is pushing back when students would need to pass Common Core - aligned Regents exam for graduation.

Labour said it would be referring the health secretary to the standards commissioner «to look into this serious breach».

«The establishment of higher standards is critical to improving Florida's system of public education,» said Frank Brogan, the state education commissioner, who is now appealing to individual districts to approve the standards on their...

State education officials adopted the revised standards in April 2012 after a regular review of curriculum showed a need to better prepare students for high school and college, said Monica Martinez, an associate commissioner at the Texas Education Agency.

Commenting on Patel's departure, Sir David Carter, the national schools commissioner, said: «I have always taken the view that the RSC should come from the system whenever possible and then return to it, leading schools and trusts using their invaluable experience of working across a region to raise standards for more children.»

The commissioner said the number of pupils reaching level four or above in reading, writing and maths had fallen by 20 % and was «significantly below the floor standard».

«Either the standards movement has played out, or the No Child law failed to build on its momentum,» said Mark Schneider, who from 2005 to 2008 was commissioner of the arm of the Department of Education that oversees the National Assessment.

In an interesting twist, Tony Bennett, Ritz's predecessor who staunchly supported the Common Core standards in Indiana and who is now Florida's education commissioner, said Florida could opt out of PARCC as well.

Councils say they have a better record in boosting educational standards than regional schools commissioners

On the whole, regional commissioners, who are charged with overseeing standards in the academy system, tried to get involved with struggling academies before they got so bad that there was no other option but to find another sponsor and new management, Sir David said.

Fact # 4: Although Commissioner Esty, the head of Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, had an ethics ruling saying that he did not have any «legal» conflict of interest; he announced that he felt, as commissioner, he had an obligation to meet a higher standard, that being to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

Anna Montalvo, the president of AFSCME Local 1522, which represents paraprofessionals in Bridgeport, said a superintendent and education commissioner should meet standards, as do her members.

Petrelli states they set «world - class academic standards for student achievement» and during the same hearing, our commissioner said they were «the floor».

They had no idea what those standards would be so it is not true to say that governors and commissioners decided that the Common Core Standards were better, higher, or lovelier than the standards the states already had.

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said her appointment of a school commissioner for Birmingham was a welcome shift and broadly in line with proposals he had made jointly with the former education secretary David Blunkett for a localised tier of accountability responsible for driving up school standards.

John Doherty, commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation said in regards to the option of burning trash in incinerators that, «not only did it not meet the EPA's air standards, it is also a nuisance to the neighborhoods near the facility.»

When the purpose for using these techniques is related to the democratic process, the case for a high standard of transparency is very strong,» said Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, in an update on the ICO's website.