Sentences with phrase «states renege»

But if states renege on their promises and the feds feel obligated to come down hard, then opponents of federal K — 12 activity will have a new laundry list of offenses to add to their bill of particulars.
The United States reneged on that promise in 1973.
The key thing about service contract bonds is that the State's commitment to pay for them is not legally binding, and the MTA and transit riders are ultimately responsible for paying bondholders if the State reneges on its commitment.
When the state reneges on commitments to public charter schools, children are the ones left behind.

Not exact matches

Nothing could be better for the United States than for our government to renege on the Iran deal while the EU continues to respect and enforce it among its own nations.
If the IDC reneges on the agreement to form a Democratic majority in May, the state committee will back the primary bids.
Expect Mr. Rangel's allies to launch a full frontal assault on Mr. Espaillat should he, as expected, renege on his pledge not to seek his State Senate seat.
Since 2013, he has reneged on $ 70 million in State payments for Pataki - era MTA service contract bonds, and his latest budget calls for reneging on another $ 60M.
According to Wike, 32 cultists remain in 12 local government areas in the state and had reneged on the terms of amnesty offered them by his government.
The union expressed regret that the government had reneged on an earlier agreement reached in May to pay half salaries to its workers pending improvements in the finances of the state.
Coordinator of Projects at the One District - One Factory Secretariat, Gifty Ohene Konadu, has stated that government is not reneging on its promise to ensure the establishment of one factory in each district.
«But Peter Obi reneged in that agreement by foisting Obiano who is from Aguleri in Anambra North senatorial district on the people of the state.
I think that reneges on a deal that the state has engaged in with business but I think it's also really detrimental for people doing new projects and historic projects that they can't trust a huge partner in government.»
Even without a strong lockbox, the members of the legislature shouldn't be allowed to renege on their stated support for keeping dedicated transit funding dedicated to transit.
Cuomo's «fantastic» candidate in the important Nov. 3 special state Senate election, Democrat Barbara Fiala, will be «crushed» by her Republican opponent, Fred Akshar, because the governor reneged on his pledge to go all out to help, anonymous senior Democrats told Fred Dicker.
A spokesman for Cuomo, asked about the calls to increase taxes, accused Democrats who run the state Assembly of reneging on a plan to strip felonious officials of their public pensions.
Bamidele urged the Chief John Odigie - Oyegun - led National Working Committee not to renege on its promise to conduct a free, fair and transparent primary in the state.
Most state senators and only a handful of assemblymen took the pledge and once safely elected, most reneged.
But the WFP's push for purity has its limits: Bill Lipton, its state director, admits it may look to renege on its endorsement of Nixon over Cuomo should he win the Democratic primary.
The club has since fallen out with him over what Roskoff described as the former comptroller reneging on a commitment to support a September 6 rally outside Cuomo's Westchester County home demanding that the governor consider clemency appeals from certain state inmates.
As New York's Chris Smith reported yesterday, state legislators reneged on a deal with Governor Spitzer and installed the assemblyman as the new state comptroller.
On the latter item, Flanagan reiterated that the Assembly had reneged last year on a three - way agreement with the governor to pass legislation that would have set in motion the process for changing the state constitution to effect the change.
Omoni assured members of the public that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Francis Odesanya, would not renege on his promise to chase criminals out of the state.
The Lisbon treaty was ratified by all EU states before the 2010 general election, but critics maintain that David Cameron reneged on his promise.
Then, in May, de Blasio brokered a last - minute Working Families Party endorsement of the governor's reelection; Cuomo spent the fall campaign season reneging on his end of the bargain, providing feeble support for the Democratic effort to win a State Senate majority.
The rift deepened last year, after Sweeney reneged on a pledge to allow a public referendum on constitutionally guaranteeing that the state regularly contribute to its public employee pension funds.»
The notices are a product of the class action Williams v. California, filed in 2000 by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups, charging the state with reneging on its constitutional obligation to provide students with the essentials for an education.
Zimmer identified three factors pushing the district toward the financial abyss: the federal government's reneging on promises of more money for special education students, creating a $ 200 million shortfall for the district; the state's «extremely low» per - pupil funding level and the district's steady decline in enrollment.
Reneging on that promise could have financial repercussions for the state as it has spent the bulk of that grant already, in part on developing Common Core standards.
Keenan and Wheelock also state: «The standards movement further reneges on its promise when states translate standards into curriculum frameworks that reinforce the status quo, elevate certain knowledge to a level of official approval and render poor, African American and Latino students invisible in the curriculum.
But if the state is reneging on the money, why should districts abide by their rules?
In reneging on this promise, making Tennessee the fastest improving state in the nation when it comes to teacher salaries, it is clear his priorities have shifted.
Considering that Governor Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education approved the two new charter schools last summer knowing there was no money in the budget to fund the schools and that the State of Connecticut would be facing a $ 1.6 billion deficit in the next fiscal year, it is unclear what Mr. Grace means when he says that that the state is reneging on its commitment to charter schState Board of Education approved the two new charter schools last summer knowing there was no money in the budget to fund the schools and that the State of Connecticut would be facing a $ 1.6 billion deficit in the next fiscal year, it is unclear what Mr. Grace means when he says that that the state is reneging on its commitment to charter schState of Connecticut would be facing a $ 1.6 billion deficit in the next fiscal year, it is unclear what Mr. Grace means when he says that that the state is reneging on its commitment to charter schstate is reneging on its commitment to charter schools.
Yet now, according to a lawsuit brought by a group of students, parents and advocacy organizations against the state of California, the government is failing to teach students to read, thus reneging on its constitutional responsibility to provide a free and public education of at least reasonable quality.
Third, it is not inconceivable that a Republican president, his top priority being to restore the credibility of the United States as an ally, will not want to renege on the deal made in Paris by his predecessor and would prefer to offer an alternative method of meeting the goals to which President Obama committed us at the Paris conclave.
The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal released its decision on Monday in FACEBOOK v. CONNECTU, INC., dismissing the claims of the Winklevoss twins, who wanted to renege on a cash and stock settlement deal with Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
In September, Motorola officially announced the Android Oreo update for their expanding lineup which did not include the Moto G4 Plus, but after backlash, the company reneged and stated it would honor the Oreo update promise for the G4 Plus.
If you must renege on the offer for any reason allowed by the contract or state law, you'll get your money back.
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