Sentences with phrase «time limits on state»

And these changes are the latest in a «reform» process that has already scrapped the exam that tested prospective teachers» literacy — and even ended time limits on state tests for the kids.

Students will no longer have time limits on state tests this spring.

One interesting thing is that there's no time limit on state ratification (in fact, there are two or three amendments still technically before the states IIRC), but recent amendment proposals have had a time limit on how soon they must be ratified.

Not exact matches

«And at the heart of these arrangements, there should be a clear double lock: A guarantee that there will be a period of implementation giving businesses and people alike the certainty that they will be able to prepare for the change; and a guarantee that this implementation period will be time - limited, giving everyone the certainty that this will not go on for ever,» the prime minister stated.

This is done by stating a time limit on the price of your offer, or the number available.

While more than half the states in the U.S. have passed time limits on opioid prescription as a way to battle the epidemic, the AMA says that should be left up to the doctor and patient.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

For the second time, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the State of Montana's limits on political spending.

It would allow victims to bypass the prosecution and petition judges for hasty trials, as well as set arbitrary limits on the time to complete a state - level appeal.

The New York Times reports that China is taking a hard line on the two specific requests made by the Trump administration: to cut the US bilateral trade deficit by $ 100bn from the current $ 375bn, as well as limits to state support for advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, semiconductors, electric cars, and commercial aircraft, all part of the Made in China 2025 programme.

Earlier this month, Perez stated that he wanted more playing time at the Emirates after proving his worth during his limited time on the field.

In a time when the state is supposed to be doing more with less, it seems ridiculous to be spending resources on this promotional nonsense instead of allowing agencies to focus their limited resources on their missions.

Cuomo said property taxes have been a major burden on taxpayers for a long time, but a change to the federal tax law limits what people can deduct on their state and local taxes to $ 10,000.

State Sen. Marty Golden (R — Bay Ridge) endorsed his long - time staffer John Quaglione to replace term - limited Councilman Vincent Gentile (D — Bay Ridge) on June 1, but not before he called Gentile's own staffer, Justin Brannan, who is also a Democratic candidate for the same seat, «fat boy» when he couldn't remember his name.

The Assembly majority's ethics plan, released after 5 p.m. on Friday, would set a much higher limit on outside income than one suggested by Cuomo, allowing the state's part - time legislators to earn tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their $ 79,500 base salary.

ALBANY — An ethics proposal from the Democrat - dominated New York State Assembly would set a much higher limit on outside income than one suggested by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, allowing the state's part - time legislators to earn tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their $ 79,500 base saState Assembly would set a much higher limit on outside income than one suggested by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, allowing the state's part - time legislators to earn tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their $ 79,500 base sastate's part - time legislators to earn tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their $ 79,500 base salary.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that an independent conservative group supporting Republican Joe Lhota for New York City Mayor can accept unlimited donations because New York State's limit on donations to independent political committees is likely unconstitutional, as the New York Times reports.

Eighty - four percent would back term limits for lawmakers and 79 percent back term limits for state elected officials; 77 percent support ending the practice of limited liability companies giving unlimited funds to campaigns; 74 percent back allowing initiative and referendum on the ballot; 65 percent support banning full - time employment for the Legislature.

The small group met at Time and Space Limited on Columbia Street to talk about the steps needed to become a county organization with state Green Party organizer Michael O'Neil, who had come up from New York City for the meeting, and to discuss direction for the nascent group.

On November 5th, for the first time in state history, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to vote on whether to amend the State Constitution and permit limited commercial casinos for regions in upstate New YorOn November 5th, for the first time in state history, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to vote on whether to amend the State Constitution and permit limited commercial casinos for regions in upstate New state history, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to vote on whether to amend the State Constitution and permit limited commercial casinos for regions in upstate New Yoron whether to amend the State Constitution and permit limited commercial casinos for regions in upstate New State Constitution and permit limited commercial casinos for regions in upstate New York.

Frank Field is one of these people who lots of people say is great until he is actually given any power, he manages both to agitate Labour MPs favourable towards welfare by coming out with solutions to time limit benefits and add workfare requirements, equally he is constantly saying that JSA rates are far too low as well as demanding pensions at high rates for all, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown both came to the conclusion that his proposals on the State Pension would have been hugely expensive - his pension plans could not all be funded by savings on the unemployed and would probably lead to a huge swelling in the welfare budget.

Among the gold medals awarded to Bill de Blasio on Thursday was one for limbo - dancing his way past election laws so he and his allies could funnel money into 2014 state legislative campaigns at a rate 10 times the supposed limit.

But by the time lawmakers arrived at the State Capitol on Wednesday, that limited agenda had become — perhaps inevitably — a laundry list of potential add - ons that were unaddressed during the regular session.

Senate Republicans also stated that they do not believe a full - time professional Legislature best represents the state — meaning they do not want to see strict limits placed on legislators» outside income.

That's an impressive return on investment at a time when local, state, and federal officials are trying to squeeze out the biggest bang for their limited bucks.

In the study, the researchers looked at seven state - wide laws on alcohol - impaired driving adopted between 1980 and 2010: a 0.08 limit on blood alcohol content; a ban on open alcohol containers; zero tolerance laws for drivers under the age of 21; and license suspension, minimum fines, mandatory community service, and minimum prison time for driving under the influence.

For the first time, the plan includes quantified guidance on energy consumption control, stating that China should limit its energy use to 5 billion tons of standard coal equivalent.

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According to Examiner, a product page update from the online retailer on June 2nd stated that the limited time offer begins today and will end on June 8th, which is just days before the official start of this year's E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo).

Washington — For the first time in the history of the federal special - education law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified by the law.

There is not much to go on in view of the limited time during which RttT has been in effect, and the even more limited time available to judge the effectiveness of the substantial sums disbursed to winning states.

The state has given schools until August 2006 to place timing devices on vending machines to limit sales of snacks during certain hours; local school boards will have the authority to schedule access.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

It's time for the state's leaders to justify to Connecticut parents why our education system limits the size and expansion of quality public schools, while thousands of students languish on waitlists with no access to an adequate education.

Earlier this year, weeks before students were to take the state's standardized test, New York Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia traveled around touting the state's exams as a reliable way to measure students» progress on New York's learning standards, gave teachers a chance to vet the questions, and then tossed out time limits on the test.

New limits to ensure that we do not spend more than 5 % of our instructional time on state testing have been established and the use of test results in educator evaluations has been reduced from 50 % to 33 %.

It is also important that we make these investments in a way that supports smart, effective assessments and reduces over-testing, including language requiring states to limit classroom time spent on statewide standardized testing.

Duncan said he is committed to working with the GOP on a rewrite of the 14 - year - old law, itself a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and gave a nod to the growing national movement against standardized testing, urging Congress to set limits on how much time students should spend on state and district standardized testing — and to report to parents if they blow past those limits.

He wants states to use funds to ease limits on charter schools, tie teacher pay to student achievement and move for the first time toward common academic standards.

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

ESSA endorses this position by encouraging states to establish a limit on the aggregate amount of time spent on assessments, without suggesting a specific cap.

In Pennsylvania, Republican State Representative Mike Fleck is pushing a bill that would - for the first time - set minimum standards for how much time online students must spend on coursework; limit public funding for virtual schools; and curb their spending on lobbying and advertising.

Back when I was teaching the State Board of Teaching would grant temporary certification for such teachers, but those teachers had to pursue summer and evening courses in order to work toward an educational degree in that subject with a time limit imposed on how long they would be licensed without that degree.

In fact, is this the best time to exclusively focus the limited attention of state and local leaders on college and career readiness issues in the four high school grades?

The Common Core standards adopted by most states in 2010 do not require teaching cursive, and many districts have chosen to spend their limited time, money and resources on core subjects or more modern skills.

However, their recommendation that states «fix this» by «identifying and discarding unnecessary tests and, if necessary, placing explicit limits on how much time can be spent on testing» misses that it is the FEDERAL accountability requirements that spawned excessive testing and test preparation in the first place.

The new tests from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (or PARCC, for short) are the first to be associated with the new higher standards of the Common Core and, unlike the past state exams, are being given on computer and with a time limit.

FMCSA is responsible for regulating both industries and — along with its state law enforcement partners — ensuring company and driver compliance with federal safety regulations, including driver on - duty and driving time limits to prevent fatigue, commercial driver's licenses rules, medical qualifications, drug and alcohol testing, hazardous materials safety standards and others.

He also stated in a comment (on Huffington Post) that he had limited time because he was teaching, planning two classes, and had a family emergency.

Interest on any claim under guaranty on an unsuccessful case is limited to 210 days from the due date of the last paid installment plus the published time frame for foreclosure in the State where the security is located VA Circular.