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These victorious candidates represent even stronger bipartisan support of educational choice -LSB-...]

The Senate passed three school safety measures — half of school lock down drills must be «active shooter» drills, provide for school resource officers at schools outside New York City and NYPD officers at City schools — that all enjoy strong bipartisan support of between 69 and 78 percent,» Greenberg said.

However, there is strong bipartisan support of LSC in Congress.

Not exact matches

Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters of renewable energy, utility - scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.

Although strong bipartisan support has been voiced for the JOBS Act amendments, Aguilar's negative sentiment echoes that of Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) who said, «It's as if the SEC is jumping out of an airplane today, and then proposing to check the safety of its parachute on the way down.»

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

McMahon's strong showing comes in spite of the fact that the Republicans have a one - point generic advantage in the district (NY - 13) and is largely due to his bipartisan support.

A co-author of the bill, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, said in an interview Thursday he expected the measure would hit the House floor «in the next few weeks, and we'll have strong bipartisan support.»

«I think we have strong bipartisan support,» Wilson said, «Most of his contributions were from unions and PACS, and mine were from individuals.»

The bill represented a rare moment of strong bipartisan support in Congress and will help secure the future of one of the Obama administration's longest - running aid programs.

So Suresh's official response to the attack on his cherished OneNSF initiatives is predictably bland: «We appreciate the strong bipartisan support for the National Science Foundation and recognition of its importance to our national economy and global competitiveness.

Proponents of reform can count on «strong bipartisan support for new visa programs for STEM» — that is, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — added Teresa Sullivan, Warner's fellow panelist and president of the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, home of the Miller Center, which sponsored the conference.

While there was strong bipartisan support, NCLB was tempered as always by the conflicting political forces of interested parties, including the one anachronism about teacher quality that was based on inputs rather than outputs.

Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

My point is not that other policies are therefore unimportant, but rather that the policies mentioned here have broad support, have moderate to strong research evidence of positive effects (except for the case of nonurban charters, which have strong evidence of neutral to negative effects), and could therefore be a prime target for ongoing bipartisan policy efforts.

And in spring 2001, with strong bipartisan support, NCLB passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 381 to 41 and the Senate by a vote of 87 to 10.

The Every Student Succeeds Act, which received strong bipartisan support from both houses of Congress, will directly affect nearly 50 million students and their 3.4 million teachers in the nation's 100,000 public schools.

Getting a well - prepared, well - supported principal in every school is a bipartisan cause, and effective school leadership is critical to delivering on ESSA's promise of local control: strong, sustained, cost - efficient implementation of school improvement strategies that get results for kids in every classroom, every year.

New York, NY — Today, a diverse set of 38 organizations from across the country urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies to provide strong funding for the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP)-- an updated version of the School Leadership Program (SLP) reauthorized in the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

«In the aftermath of the decisive 2016 elections, school choice remains a bipartisan issue with strong support among key demographics across the country,» said Kevin P. Chavous, board member of the American Federation for Children.

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives approved the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act (HR 10) with strong bipartisan support in a vote of 360 to 45 during National Charter Schools Week.

At the same time that DoDEA is expanding data collection on its graduates, there is strong bipartisan support for an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that would require states and school districts to report the academic achievements of children from military families.

Importantly, the «strong and visible black support for the No campaign upended the Obama - era consensus of broad, bipartisan support for charter schools.»

The poll also found strong evidence for bipartisan support of carbon regulation: 79 percent of Democrats, 76 percent of Independents and a not - too - shabby 57 percent of Republicans said they were in favor of placing state - level limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

In addition to leading legislation designed to combat ocean acidification, and opposing Congressman's Southerland's misguided fisheries amendment, Kilmer has built strong bipartisan coalitions to support his priorities, and he is a founding member of the Puget Sound Recovery Caucus.

This proposal received strong bipartisan support in the Energy Committee as part of the larger energy bill we reported.

The strong bipartisan support for carbon capture reflects a broad recognition of its importance to our energy mix.

The «Rising to the Challenge» conference showed that on the local and state level, there is strong bipartisan support and agreement that the problem of sea - level - rise facing Hampton Roads, its citizens, property and assets is an urgent one.

Fortunately, the current tax credits were extended on a bipartisan basis by Congress at the end of 2015 and continue to enjoy strong support from both sides of the aisle due to the jobs and investments that renewables have generated in both red and blue states nationwide.

A strong, bipartisan majority of registered voters recognize America's energy opportunity, broadly supporting increased oil and natural gas development.

Fortunately, there is strong bipartisan support for LSC in Congress, and the likelihood of the elimination of LSC is small.

On behalf of millions of small businesses, startups, innovators and Main Street America, we urge your strong support for bipartisan legislation that provides urgently needed relief and reform, and encourage your continued efforts until the job is done and the bill becomes law.

«Kelly Ayotte continues to advance an extreme agenda which would deprive New Hampshire women of critical reproductive health services in direct contrast to the wishes of the citizens of New Hampshire who demonstrate strong bipartisan support for access to safe, legal abortion and for access to Planned Parenthood health services.

First, despite strong bipartisan support in Congress, the most recent reauthorization only extended the program for two years.62 This kind of short - term authorization presents significant challenges for state - level administrators, as uncertainty around funding inhibits long - term planning and impedes program effectiveness at the state and local levels.

Recent polling from the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling showed that 75 percent of New Jerseyans support the restoration of family planning funding — with strong bipartisan support, with 57 percent of Republicans also supporting the funding.

WASHINGTON, DC — The recent bipartisan budget deal struck by Congress drew praise and support from Council for a Strong America, the national nonprofit made up of more than 9,000 members of the five organizations that comprise it, including Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, ReadyNation, Mission: Readiness, Champions for America's Future, and Shepherding the Next Generation.

WASHINGTON, DC — The passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 is a massive victory for American children and families that drew praise and support from Council for a Strong America, the national nonprofit made up of more than 9,000 members of the five organizations that comprise it, including Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, ReadyNation, Mission: Readiness, Champions for America's Future, and Shepherding the Next Generation.

(ii) Seeks to achieve and maintain bipartisan support, and has a strong focus on public education and facilitating popular ownership of the issues.

Strong and secure bipartisan support from all levels and persuasions of government, as well as the community sector will be critical to success.

«This is a program with a history of strong bipartisan support, which is why I'm exceptionally troubled by the bill the House Republicans have put together,» said Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D - Ore.)