Sentences with phrase «stated purpose of the program»

Again here, the stated purpose of the program (in new subregulation 4.9.2) is dual in nature: to assist law firms and sole practitioners in maintaining and enhancing their management system for ethical legal practice, and to assist the Society in its engagement with law firms and sole practitioners.

The foundation of a background screening program, screening policies clearly state the purpose of the program, types of checks to be conducted at various levels of the organization, the methodology, and the company standards for handling and use of the resulting reports.

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[2] For the purposes of the SBIR program, the term «small business» is defined as a for - profit business with fewer than 500 employees, owned by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States of America.

However, the Enrollment Program still ensures that the State monitors the operation of virtual currency businesses as enrollees must respond to surveys, investigations, audits, and questionnaires «for the purpose of [allowing the Department of Business Oversight to] gather -LSB--RSB- information and to ascertain detailed facts about the enrollee's business model, capitalization and net worth, and cybersecurity, among other things.»

In February 2014, the President of the United States signed the Agriculture Act of 2014, otherwise known as Farm Bill 2014 (refer to section 7606), to allow universities and state departments of agriculture to cultivate industrial hemp for research and pilot program purposes.

Furthermore, under the general welfare provision of the Constitution, the Federal Government offers financial assistance to states and local communities for a variety of educational purposes, ranging from subsidies for school lunch programs to salaries for teachers of agriculture and loans for school building construction.

As White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion in secular classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education program.

Once an AED committee is formed it needs to develop a mission statement which will not only help the committee stay focused by constantly reminding its members of its purpose and goals, but, by clearly stating that purpose and goals to the larger community, will help generate the broad - based community and political support an effective AED program requires.

Both Tailor and Dirk Van Beek, representing Dixmoor voters, argued that the park district could be dissolved under state law since the district failed to hold regular meetings for the last five years, failed to acquire and maintain land for park purposes, failed to have a planned program of recreation and failed to pass an annual budget and act to levy taxes.

The State and Municipalities Facilities Program is not to be confused with larger, catch - all category of bonded capital for «economic development» purposes, such as the Buffalo Billion and other largesse doled out by the Cuomo administration on a region - by - region basis.

The rest consists of non-voter approved backdoor borrowing — which, in addition to economic development, includes another $ 1.2 billion for a new healthcare - related Capital Restructuring Financing Program, $ 940 million for higher education, $ 714 million for transportation, $ 396 million for state facilities, $ 168 million for parks and the environment, $ 154 million for housing and $ 60 million for other purposes.

As a result of this research grant program, industrial hemp will be planted on nearly 2,000 acres across the state for research purposes, expanding industrial hemp production in New York nearly 6,000 percent from 30 acres in 2016.

In 1986, the Ulster County Legislature obtained authorization from the State Legislature for the creation of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (the «Agency»), a public benefit corporation which was formed for the purpose of developing, financing, and implementing a comprehensive Countywide solid waste management program.

What started out as a small, off - budget, temporary surcharge on insurance to help pay for charity care, hospital debt and graduate medical education as New York hospitals deregulated in the late 1990s, has ballooned over 19 years into a multibillion - dollar all - purpose revenue fund that supports dozens of public health programs, and plugs billion - dollar holes in the state's general budget.

«For instance,» DiNapoli said, «a $ 385 million increase of authorized borrowing for the state and municipal facilities program was enacted with little detail on intended purposes, projects, or selection.»

The groups believe the best, most comprehensive solution is the comptroller's program bill S.3984 - A (DeFrancisco) / A. 6355 (Peoples - Stokes) which restores independent approval of state contracts by the State Comptroller, and ends contracting for non-academic purposes by state - controlled non-profit organizatstate contracts by the State Comptroller, and ends contracting for non-academic purposes by state - controlled non-profit organizatState Comptroller, and ends contracting for non-academic purposes by state - controlled non-profit organizatstate - controlled non-profit organizations.

«At the worst, he was right in the middle of this for his own political future and his political program, just not paying attention to the law in raising money and applying it, and trying to get control of the state Senate for his own purposes, for his own purposes: downstate purposes.

Lawmakers approved $ 385 million for the program in the 2013 - 14 budget, offering support for capital projects — not one - time operating subsidies, as member items often were — for a broad variety of purposes like «preserving and protecting infrastructure» or to support «economic development projects... that will create or retain jobs in New York State.»

Governor's Program Bill No. 332, A. 42014 / S.68014: Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority of the State of New York relative to the establishment of subsidiaries for certain purposes

Evangelical state legislators and school board members mounted similar efforts this year in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Alabama, and the Texas Republican Party platform opposes «the teaching of... critical thinking skills and similar programs that... have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.»

Although President Bush has signed a bill authorizing $ 12 million to states for the purpose of bolstering trauma care systems, many on Capitol Hill are reluctant to set aside federal funds for a service they think should be paid for by states, says Wayne Meredith, medical director for trauma programs at the American College of Surgeons.

-- A State conducting an existing program that has the purpose of replacing manufactured homes constructed prior to 1976 with Energy Star qualified manufactured homes, may use allowance value provided under section 782 of the Clean Air Act to support such a program, provided such funding does not exceed the rebate limitation amount under paragraph (4).

DeLuz states that the program was originally designed with the purpose of cleansing and nourishing the body.

The film starts by stating a group of vampires are being documented by the New Zealand Programming Board for what seems to be research and educational purposes.

The DOE collects information from states on teacher shortages for the purposes of its loan forgiveness and TEACH grant programs.

The state is also about to start a pilot program that pairs up students with an adult mentor who can, among other things, help students understand the purpose of school and set and meet academic goals.

In half the states, NCATE wields joint power in determining which preparation programs get state approval for purposes of teacher certification.

In general, the opposition to Bush's proposal to give states increased responsibility for Head Start hinges on three arguments: 1) Head Start, as constituted, is an immensely successful program that should not be toyed with; 2) there is little evidence that states can do a better job than Head Start programs of improving children's school readiness; and 3) states, especially in the current budget environment, may try to reduce spending on Head Start in order to use the money for other purposes.

They have been built for many different purposes and with funding from a wide range of sources — state and local government; the federally - funded Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program; and grants from businesses such as Bunnings Warehouse and the Teachers Mutual Bank — as well as funding coming from school sources

* The state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program, which may give it the opportunity to use a new assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updates...

These programs would, among other purposes, «assist the Secretary, State educational agencies, and local educational agencies in the coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs to engage families in education.»

Although the SIG program is eliminated, states will now be able to use a larger share of Title I funding for the same purpose, with overall Title I funding increasing as well.

Each applicant will identify a grade or grade range that is tested by state assessments (3 - 8 and / or 11) and implement supplementary instructional strategies or programs, services, and / or educational technology for the purposes of improving achievement in mathematics or language arts for students with disabilities.

Fourth, and most importantly for the purposes of this report, Florida's program is operated by private, nonprofit scholarship organizations, while Arizona's state department of education administers the program for that state.

It is the purpose of this agreement to provide for the development and execution of such programs of cooperation as will facilitate the movement of teachers and other professional educational personnel among the states party to it, and to authorize specific interstate educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.

The purpose of the use of such funds is to recruit and prepare individuals who do not graduate from state - approved teacher preparation programs to teach in a Florida public school.

Receive funds from the Department of Education or as provided in the General Appropriations Act for the purpose of developing programs, expanding services, assessing inservice training and professional development, or other programs that are consistent with the mission of the academy and the needs of the state and region; and

AERO sets up its school - starters program, including a special listserve for that purpose, takes a group of seven to the IDEC in New Zealand and makes a successful bid to host the 2003 IDEC in the United States.

This report examines state priorities and programs supported under the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology program (EETT) and the relationship between state educational technology program activities and the overarching goals and purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

The purpose of the summer enrichment program, financed by state grant money, was to provide at - risk students learners with an opportunity to participate in positive educational experiences that would build self - esteem and confidence while increasing student achievement.

The Utah State Board of Education approved the appointment of Utah State Office of Education Property Tax and Minimum School Program Specialist Cathy Dudley as the Board's representative for redevelopment agency and taxing entity committee purposes.

The purpose of the Migrant Education Program is to design and support high - quality and comprehensive educational programs that provide migratory children with the same opportunity to meet the challenging state academic content and student achievement standards that are expected of all children.

The purpose of the SSAE grants program is to improve students» academic achievement by increasing the capacity of states, school divisions, schools, and local communities to:

In spite of the longstanding use of this data, some doubt was cast on the practice when a program analyst from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent an e-mail to Wake County school officials stating that the use such data for student assignment purposes might violate privacy laws.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

Over-testing students is a real thing across the U.S., according to Scott Norton, strategic initiative director for Standards, Assessment and Accountability at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), who discussed the purpose of state and local assessment programs at Tuesday's meeting of the new state Mastery Examination CommiState School Officers (CCSSO), who discussed the purpose of state and local assessment programs at Tuesday's meeting of the new state Mastery Examination Commistate and local assessment programs at Tuesday's meeting of the new state Mastery Examination Commistate Mastery Examination Committee.

The academic content and performance standards adopted by the state board, including how the programs and services will enable ELs to access the common core academic content standards and the English language development (ELD) for purposes of gaining academic content knowledge and English language proficiency.

The purpose of this network is for program alumni to share their positive stories with state policymakers, school choice advocates, parents, and the media to ultimately give more children the opportunity to participate in these programs across the country.

Born out of dissatisfaction with the state's bilingual education program — even among some parents of English learners — Proposition 227 mandated English for instructional purposes inside the classroom but also provided a waiver process that gave parents the ability to petition for a bilingual program or be granted permission to transfer to a school that offers one.

Expanding the use of Title II funds, for instance, for purposes other than to support teachers and principals — combined with the elimination of the maintenance - of - effort provision and the elimination of programs to enhance literacy, digital learning, and school counseling — will greatly reduce the chances that states will use those funds for anything but budget relief.