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King faced questions about his willingness to adhere to the restrictions ESSA places on the department, and the committee stressed the need for the department to balance new state flexibility with a responsibility to hold states accountable for underperforming schools.

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Along with work requirements, the agencies are instructed to follow nine «Principles of Economic Mobility» to guide their proposed changes, including giving states more flexibility, encouraging private sector involvement, and promoting marriage as a means to escape poverty.

The draft also allows for a bit of flexibility; provisional registrants are defined as those who register with their states to conduct virtual currency business but do not conduct business in such great volume as to be licensed, nor a low enough volume to be considered exempt.

Some of these factors include: the Plan's investment options and the historical investment performance of these options, the Plan's flexibility and features, the reputation and expertise of the Plan's investment manager, Plan contribution limits and the federal and state tax benefits associated with an investment in the Plan.

In the markets of the United Kingdom and the United States, we are constantly seeing «flexibility» and «change» to our economies; this evidence is continuing with the «Gig Economy,» the millennials and a new operating business economy.

They offer traders one of the most widely used binary options trading platforms — the «SpotOption» platform, which is a state of the art platform with great versatility, enabling traders to trade with ease and flexibility.

It has been built with state - of - the - art technology to offer maximum food safety and full production flexibility.

«USDA has continued to show flexibility in implementing these new standards, and Congress should focus on partnering with USDA, states, schools, and parents to help our kids have access to more healthy food, not less.»

Philosophy The State University of New York at New Paltz Athletic Training Department is committed to providing our athletes with a proactive interdisciplinary approach towards recovery that will focus on flexibility, strength, endurance and sport - specific functional activities.

However, some states, such as Georgia, have used this flexibility to create a loophole from compliance with the standards by setting a high number for how many exempt fundraisers schools can hold per year.

Inside the event, Stefanik insisted the measure would provide states with greater flexibility.

The arrangement offers flexibility that has enabled state officials to quickly develop regional technology hubs, like the one COR built in DeWitt, by partnering with private companies.

The program should be improved basing the real property tax credit on improved value of property and giving Empire State Development flexibility to increase the percentage credit and provide a longer duration of credits, compared with current law.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on Sunday called his effort to gain more «flexibility» over the budget after its approval a «major sticking point» with lawmakers, but a necessary move given the potential for federal actions that could negatively impact the state.

She added that her management skills, legal background, and self - employment, along with those years running Woodstock, give her a greater flexibility and ability to meet with residents, attend State and County meetings, than Bellows.

Senior citizens advocates are planning a trip to Albany this week to meet with state officials and ask Cuomo to amend a proposal that would redirect funds from adult care to child care services, removing the flexibility the city has had in the past to allocate the funds at its own discretion.

«We have the flexibility to implement procedure that are consistent with state laws and regulations,» Diamond said, adding he believed his office had «what is needed to allow us to go forward.»

Central New York state legislators have introduced a bill that would give the state Department of Environmental Conservation more flexibility with issuing deer control permits.

The degree to which participants improved their understanding of themselves — as reflected in the number of different inner parts they could identify — went hand in hand with how much participants improved in terms of their own flexibility and being able to accurately infer and understand the mental state of others.

Computer science researchers at North Carolina State University and Universidade de Lisboa have developed a tool for use with the game Skyrim that can be used to create nonplayer characters (NPCs) that allow for more variability and flexibility in game play.

Part of the institute's strategy is to hire young scientists through international competitions, then make them group leaders with the same independence and flexibility that they could expect in the United States or Western Europe.

A recent Colorado State University study found that Bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which a series of 26 postures are performed for 90 minutes in a heated room — is linked with increased shoulder, lower back and hamstring flexibility, as well as greater deadlift strength and decreased body fat, compared with a control group.

As a fitness goal, it hardly carries the kudos or gravitas of running a marathon or achieving a weightlifting PB, and it's nowhere near as sexy as sailing a tour de France style cycling challenge, but the toe touch is deemed a key indicator of mobility and flexibility by the NHS, and Virgin Active states that most of us ought to be able to «touch the toes comfortably with straight legs.»

As I state in the video, you do need sufficient flexibility of the ankles, calves, hips, and low back in order to be able to go all the way down with your feet flat on the floor, so be sure to stretch those muscles.

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With the increased authority provided to states under ESSA, states can now take advantage of this flexibility to build even better systems and not as a means to hide from accountability.

With key components from the old system as the foundation, ESSA (which Business Roundtable CEOs supported) is designed to move the federal government out of the decision - making process and give states the flexibility to design their own accountability systems and ensure all students receive an education that prepares them for college and career.

The Flexibility for Equitable Student Funding pilot gives districts that use student - based budgeting new freedom to allocate Title I and Title II dollars to schools along with state and local dollars.

ESSA's flexibility coupled with the fact that some cities now have fewer than half their schools within the traditional district can enable state leaders to apply charter - style accountability to district - run schools.

As Congress wrestles with reauthorizing the 5 1/2 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act, some disability - rights advocates fear high standards for students with disabilities could be sacrificed as states seek more flexibility in the law.

Spell out flexibility for state educational agencies (SEAs) to contemplate accountability that looks different in urban areas with many charter schools.

ESSA offers much flexibility to states, but when faced with nebulous statutory language, state attorneys and program managers aren't necessarily inclined to sign off on bold new uses of the money that comes from Washington.

Along with other major changes to state - funded education, the new legislation gave public schools more flexibility in offering single - sex programs.

Talking with the governors about NCLB waivers earlier this week, he stated that «if you're willing to set, higher, more honest standards then we will give you more flexibility to meet those standards.»

The No Child Left Behind Act does indeed have the potential to change education in America by ushering in meaningful accountability, along with greater opportunity and choices for parents and broader flexibility for state and local decisionmakers.

The Chancellor has stated the intention of these plans is to give individuals more flexibility and trusting them to make their own decisions with their pension savings.

But an initial reading of the department's guidance suggests it is sticking to these policies: «The Department will work with states that wish to amend (their federal) flexibility waiver... while still maintaining teacher and leader evaluation and support systems that include growth in student learning.»

Many schools that reach NCLB's restructuring phase, rather than implementing one of the law's stated interventions (close and reopen as a charter school, replace staff, turn the school over to the state, or contract with an outside entity), choose the «other» option, under which they have considerable flexibility to design an improvement strategy of their own (see «Easy Way Out,» forum, Winter 2007).

So, I would ask them to support my constitutional amendment because that allows the state of California to do the things it needs to do to deal with the state's share of problems as well as local governments having the flexibility to negotiate changes to future contracts.

And they will likely tweak the accountability regulations to better align with the flexibility provided by the law — to allow states not to publish summative ratings of schools, for instance.

The bar should be set high, with greater flexibility rewarded only to states that implement bold reforms that improve the quality of education and student achievement.

Duncan should also consider rewarding states with the highest levels of transparency with greater flexibility.

Education officials in several states with large English - language - learner populations are bristling at a proposal by the U.S. Department of Education that they say would curb their flexibility in deciding when children are fluent in English and if they still need special services for ells.

However, with regard to adequate yearly progress, state officials do not expect a great deal of flexibility from federal officials and have conceded that their current accountability measure, the Academic Performance Index, is not likely to meet federal regulations.

Schools with sound fiscal practices and high academic achievement would win an «earned charter,» granting them regulatory flexibility from the state and district.

To explore this possibility, we studied retirement plans and surveyed charter schools in five states with such flexibility: Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Michigan.

High school reform should include making sure that we are measuring the relevant skills; allowing states the flexibility to design systems that produce results; using multiple measures to assess achievement; allowing the use of growth models; including commonsense flexibility for students with special needs; involving educators in planning; and effectively addressing dropout rates.

[12] Unlike the early laws in Michigan and Washington D.C., that championed operational and authorizer autonomy with sweeping statewide implementation, the recent laws in Mississippi, Washington State and Alabama are mired in limitations on their flexibility and squashing student potential.

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