Sentences with phrase «state legislatures enacted»

«It is well past time that our state legislature enact real anti-corruption measures and empower local district attorney offices to bring corruption cases.

In 1999, the state legislature enacted a law that required students in grades 3 through 10 to take annual tests in reading and mathematics, known as the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test or FCAT.

After the state legislature enacted a tax - credit scholarship program, the administration's Department of Revenue imposed a rule that religious schools could not participate.

Since the state legislature enacted the voucher program, about 9,000 families have taken advantage, and the vast majority are sending their children to parochial schools.

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And as of September 2015, there were proposals in 17 state legislatures to enact new laws or alter language of older ones.

The National Conference of State Legislatures says nearly a dozen states still had not enacted budgets for the new fiscal year as of mid-June.

That seems likely to remain the case in the immediate future, even though the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision permits state legislatures to enact some modest regulation of abortion practice.

This is why robust religious freedom protections have regularly failed almost completely when state legislatures have enacted same - sex marriage laws.

This latter norm prohibits the exercise of arbitrary power by state legislatures, and means that not every law that they enact is by that fact alone constitutional.

A March 2013 review of current risk - reduction strategies in the British Journal of Sports Medicine [11] reminds state high school athletic associations and legislatures that, in enacting rules, such as limits on full - contact practices, they «need to carefully consider potential injury «trade - offs» associated with the implementation of injury - prevention strategies, because every change may have certain advantages and disadvantages.

The tragic death of soccer referee Ricard Portillo is just the latest example of the abuse of game officials and poor sportsmanship that has led to a shortage of referees, leading leagues and states legislatures to enact rules of conduct and criminalize assaults.

As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted by President Obama, many breastfeeding employees are provided rights and protected by law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

It is legal in all states, and furthermore, many states have actually enacted even more legislature to ensure the protection of publicly breastfeeding mothers.

This should be a wakeup call for the state legislature to enact much needed reform of the Sullivan Act and make New York the 44th state with a right to carry concealed firearms for personal protection law.»

Cuomo tried unsuccessfully to get the legislature to enact reforms to the state's dysfunctional campaign finance system.

The recently enacted state budget also marks the end of a commission that was investigating corruption in the legislature.

On Monday, after getting the greenlight from the state legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally signed two of his most carefully - watched initiatives into law, enacting a statewide $ 15 minimum wage plan and 12 - week paid family leave policy.

The changes to the teacher evaluation system that the New York state legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted received much attention in this year's budget debate.

And he says, in answer to reporters» questions, the Assembly still wants to enact the pension reforms, but simply got bogged down on details required to amend the state's constitution, which requires the vote of two concurrently elected legislatures.

Many State legislatures also enacted CRTK laws that are consistent with federal law.

The legislatures failure to enact meaningful reforms to end NY State's «pay to play» political culture is the strongest possible argument for a Constitutional convention to address legislator outside income, limitations on political donations (bribes), and the end to the LLC loophole.

Cuomo has pushed the legislature to enact a series of ethics reforms in response to scandals and public pressure, but public integrity in New York is worse today than it was three years ago, according to a new 50 - state analysis.

For those states without such a provision, my bet is those state legislatures would quickly enact an exception to allow rapid appointment of replacements, lest those states find themselves without representation.

One doesn't often see the words «enacted,» «repealed» or «passed» in the campaign literature of downtrodden, lower - than - whale - spit minority members of the state legislature.

In a 26 - page filing, association attorney Randy Mastro said the wage board and Labor Commissioner Mario J. Musolino's actions were «thinly veiled attempts by Governor Cuomo and his appointees to maneuver around an unwilling [state] legislature and to enact their own policy choices.»

And considering that the ongoing «Special» session looks like it may go on for quite some time, it is safe to say that in terms of enacting labor oriented bills to help working families in New York State, the legislature and Governor have fallen well short of reasonable expectations.

Yesterday, in proceedings held before Circuit Judge Reena Raggi, Circuit Judge Gerald E. Lynch, and District Judge Dora L. Irizarry, lawyers for Governor Andrew Cuomo, the state legislature and the plaintiffs addressed the status of the newly enacted Legislative Redistricting... Continue reading →

The Board of Elections and campaign finance plans would require approval of the state legislature, while the rest of his agenda could be enacted through executive order or by the legislature.

Yesterday, in proceedings held before Circuit Judge Reena Raggi, Circuit Judge Gerald E. Lynch, and District Judge Dora L. Irizarry, lawyers for Governor Andrew Cuomo, the state legislature and the plaintiffs addressed the status of the newly enacted Legislative Redistricting Plan for the State Senate and Assembly Distrstate legislature and the plaintiffs addressed the status of the newly enacted Legislative Redistricting Plan for the State Senate and Assembly DistrState Senate and Assembly Districts.

California Gov. Jerry Brown announced a deal Monday with that state's legislature to enact a $ 15 minimum wage stateside in California by 2022.

Our first objective is to get the state Senate and the Assembly to enact appropriate legislation in response to constitutional requirement that political lines for the legislature and Congress be redrawn every 10 years to reflect the changing population, as shown in the decennial federal census.

(Ulster County is technically authorized to levy a 3 percent sales tax alongside the state's 4 percent; the 1 percent extension was first enacted in 1993 and reauthorized by the legislature every other year.)

«The state legislature and Gov. Cuomo should join Mayor de Blasio and a growing movement of working people to enact this tax to fund these programs.»

The board's recommendations are expected any day now, and Cuomo could enact them without approval from the state legislature.

Under existing law, the state board of education and education department have authority to enact the final standards unless the legislature votes to block the action.

Because district response to the law was slow, the state legislature, in 2006, enacted its Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR) program, giving it a budget of $ 147.5 million.

Even if they are enacted, however, they will face an uphill battle absent broader reforms to teacher compensation systems — reforms that may be encouraged from Washington but will ultimately require action by state legislatures and local school boards.

A group of state taxpayers has challenged the programs, enacted by the state legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of relistate taxpayers has challenged the programs, enacted by the state legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of relistate legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of reliState and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of religion.

The proposal by Mr. Parker, a former chairman of the Senate education committee, calls for the state comptroller to certify the state's school - spending legislation each biennium before the legislature can enact funding for other state services.

Although the legislature is traditionally where policy is enacted, state school chiefs have always had considerable authority — but either they were unaware or not inclined to use it.

In a June 2014 webinar on state digital learning legislation, a National Council of State Legislatures representative said that they were still tracking 108 bills related to data security and privacy in 35 states, with more than 20 bills enacted to state digital learning legislation, a National Council of State Legislatures representative said that they were still tracking 108 bills related to data security and privacy in 35 states, with more than 20 bills enacted to State Legislatures representative said that they were still tracking 108 bills related to data security and privacy in 35 states, with more than 20 bills enacted to date.

The North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto to enact Senate Bill 257, a budget bill that includes additional funding for the state's two school voucher programs as well as a new education savings account (ESA) for children with special needs.

A + Colorado calls on the Colorado legislature, our Governor and the state board of education to enact policies to better support students, and more importantly act on behalf of these students so that they have greater educational opportunities.

A + Colorado is encouraged by the legislative efforts to update the accountability clock A + believes that a deeper challenge than the accountability policy structure is a lack of political will to intervene in even the most dramatic circumstances A + Colorado calls on the Colorado legislature, our Governor and the state board of education to enact...

And we're not talking about some «grass tops» agreement amongst elites or a law enacted hastily by a state legislature without much public input.

Yet the state legislature is prepared to enact a bill that would virtually ensure that the state loses out on $ 40 million dollars through Race to the Top, and a much - needed ESEA waiver that would bring flexibility for state spending of $ 350 million in federal dollars on behalf of students statewide.

The NEA and the AFT also have extraordinary millions of dollars extracted from their members to lobby for policies they want to have enacted by Congress, state legislatures and school boards and also to elect their favored political candidates.

Fourteen states also enacted laws to strengthen student privacy protections, and the National Conference of State Legislatures reports that more than 100 student privacy bills were introduced in 36 states.

However, thanks to the education reform legislation enacted by last year's legislature it has «dramatically and comprehensively altered the public education system the plaintiffs ask this court to declare unconstitutional» (p. 2, Motion to Modify Scheduling) The state also claims that the funding that accompanied those reforms, laid out in the Mahoney affidavit, was substantial.

The League's internal Policy & Advocacy Team, in conjunction with external lobbyists, works diligently with the Colorado legislature and state governmental agencies to enact the League's policy agenda.