Sentences with phrase «under a reform program»

The district is working to turn fortunes around in some of those schools, under a reform program called Commitment Schools.

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The Greek government has seen a sharp fall in its popularity as it implements the controversial reforms under the country's bailout program.

Similarly, under the financial reform law enacted after the financial crisis, we publicly report in detail on our lending programs and securities purchases, including the identities of borrowers and counterparties, amounts lent or purchased, and other information, such as collateral accepted.

In October, Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul introduced the bipartisan USA Rights Act, which aims to reform Section 702 and «end warrantless backdoor searches of Americans» calls, emails, texts and other communications that are routinely swept up under a program designed to spy on foreign targets,» according to a press release from Wyden's office.

This monetarist theory has guided Russian economic reform (and its quick bankruptcy) under Yeltsin and his oligarchy, as well as Chile's privatization (and early bankruptcy) under Gen. Pinochet, and the austerity programs (and subsequent bankruptcies and national resource sell offs) imposed by the IMF on third world debtor countries.

Under this category would come the promotion of particular programs, of particular reforms, and of particular moralities, the advocacy of this or that social formula or this or that political solution as ends in themselves.

The Prison Reform and Redemption Act of 2017, also known as H.R. 3356, gives eligible prisoners time credits and eligibility to complete their sentences under community supervision if they complete those programs.

In a piece written two days after the presidential election («The Fate of Hungry Kids in a Trump Administration,» cross-posted in Civil Eats), I expressed my own grave concerns over the fate of school food reform and other child nutrition programs under a Trump White House and a Republican - controlled Congress.

Getting spending under control includes better oversight of federal agencies and programs and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, and reforms to our important entitlement programs to strengthen them for future generations.

George Wiafe on the sidelines of the IMF / World Bank spring meetings in Washington DC, Mr. Ofori - Atta said these tough measures and reforms would have to be implemented even if the country was not under a fund program.

The Low - Income Housing Credit Program (LIHC) was established under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to promote private sector involvement in the retention and production of rental housing that is reserved for low - income households.

Under Cuomo, the PSC has undertaken an ambitious reimagining of the utility industry, called Reforming the Energy Vision, has backed subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and has set up a ratepayer - funded program to invest in clean energy technology.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Fingeprograms that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the FingePrograms · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

He cited criminal justice reforms under Cuomo, including the closure of 24 state prisons, the raising of the age at which youths can be charged with a crime, prioritizing community reentry programs, and helping pass laws allowing identification photo arrays at trial and videotaping of police interrogations.

Oneida County Department of Mental health is part of a Performing Provider System (PPS) under New York State's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program.

Some Texas military veterans no longer would be able to pass their unused state tuition benefits to their children under a watered - down reform bill the Texas Senate approved Tuesday — a measure designed to curb the ballooning price tag of the so - called Hazlewood program.

Four key Republican U.S. senators — Rob Portman, Shelley Moore Capito, Cory Gardner, and Lisa Murkowski — said they would vote against any reform bill that fails to protect Americans who became eligible for coverage under the ACA's expansion of Medicaid, the government - run health program for the poor and disabled.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

Democratic supervisor candidate Laura Gillen, who has campaigned on ethics reform as well as limiting mass mailers, and proposes an opt - in program for residents who want to receive them, said, «This is just more evidence that the Town of Hempstead has become utterly dysfunctional under Tony Santino's poor leadership.»

(Under Beaudet's reforms, CIHR's former array of grant programs was obliterated in favor of a regime that awarded Foundation scheme grants worth between $ 38,800 to $ 1.16 million annually for up to 7 years to established researchers to conduct open - ended research, or Project scheme grants worth between $ 38,800 to $ 581,000 annually for up to 5 years for more focused research projects.)

Under the reforms, CIHR essentially obliterated its array of existing grant programs, replacing them with a regime that essentially awards two types of grants: «Foundation scheme» grants that provided $ 38,800 to $ 1.16 million annually for up to 7 years for work on more open - ended research (with duration and size pegged to how «established» a researcher was); and «Project scheme» grants of $ 38,800 to $ 581,000 annually for up to 5 years for more focused research projects.

Mugabe and the White African (Unrated) White flight documentary highlighting the legal battle waged by one of the last Caucasians still in Zimbabwe to hold onto his family farm in the face of President Mugabe's plans for redistribution under a land reform program.

Reforms under the Obama plan now allow students to extend their repayment beyond the standard 10 - year schedules from the program's earlier years.

«Remember the Children: Mothers Balance Work and Child Care Under Welfare Reform,» a report from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University, offers the following preliminary findings about how families affected by welfare - to - work programs are faring:

Within a month after the program was announced, community leaders and reform - minded educators drew up a plan for a network of charter schools on the West Bank under the umbrella of the Algiers Charter Schools Association.

The partnership, founded a little over a year ago, is made up of 100 education and arts organizations, foundations, businesses, and government agencies that want to make sure the arts are not left out when districts and states craft reform plans under the federal Goals 2000 program.

A compromise that would permit seven states to try running school - meals programs under block grants ended a weeks - long legislative stalemate late last month, allowing passage of a massive welfare - reform bill.

In the case of Title I and IDEA, states were provided grants under their existing program agreements, meaning the federal government provided billions without extracting new reform promises.

In Baltimore, under schools CEO Andrés Alonso, reform's guiding principles include «Closing schools that don't work for our kids,» «Creating new options that have strong chances of success,» and «Expanding some programs that are already proving effective.»

The bill also would help states fund education and training programs under the Family Support Act, the 1988 welfare - reform law aimed at making welfare recipients self - sufficient.

The changes were necessary, argued Superintendent Donald W. Ingwerson, because the district's current busing program interferes with efforts to increase parental involvement and bring about other school improvements mandated under Kentucky's landmark education - reform law.

In this, the second annual national survey of U.S. adults conducted under the auspices of Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) at Harvard University, we observe a public that takes an increasingly critical view both of public schools as they exist today and, perhaps ironically, of many prominent reforms designed to improve them.

The numbers of young people graduating has shot up thanks to a host of «equity» focused reforms, such as re-engagement programs, the turnaround of chronically struggling districts, and strong regulation of traditional public and charter schools, wrought under a landmark Massachusetts Education Act.

Under Duncan's leadership at the Department, the Race to the Top program has the incentives, guidance, and flexibility it needs to support reforms in states.

Allowing students to attend schools near their parents» place of employment is particularly important when the selected school offers before - and after - school programs, concluded the 15 - member California Commission on School Governance and Management, which was authorized under the state's 1983 education - reform law.

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Second, can voucher programs be expected to enhance student performance or improve public education systems, based on the education reforms implemented in the nations that currently rank in the top five in the world in reading, math, and science under PISA?

Palacio's school receives extra funding under the Quality Education Investment Act, a union - backed program that offers additional funds to lower - performing schools to support research - based reforms.

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Aspire was an active participant in this reform and runs several schools under the program.

As documented under Section 1114 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESEA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «that desires to operate a schoolwide program shall first develop (or amend a plan for such a program that was in existence on the day before the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), in consultation with the local educational agency and its school support team or other technical assistance provider under section 1117, a comprehensive plan for reforming the total instructional program in the school that describes how the school will implement the components described in paragraph (1)».

Under his leadership, substantive educator preparation, certification, and ethics reform efforts were initiated, including tiered certification, Preparation Program Effectiveness Measures (PPEM), performance - based educational leadership, enhanced ethics instruction and assessment, and the current work in job - embedded professional learning.

The first post looked at the roots of the reform program in Indiana under then - Gov.

One encouraging sign in these scores was some progress in nearly two dozen of the state's very lowest performing schools that two years ago started receiving extra federal funding under the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program as long as they followed specific reforms.

Education historian Diane Ravitch, watching the debate, said in an email that the school - reform grants under Obama's «Race to the Top» program have «thus far improved nothing.»

As a result of this type of thinking, instead of dealing with the under - funding, Connecticut's new «education reform» law leads with a new teacher evaluation program.

The U. S. Department of Education, under NCLB, distinguished the Positive Action program as one of four programs in the nation «Approved» for the Whole School Reform model.

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49 USC 306, Federal - Aid Highway Act A person in the United States may not be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, a project, program, or activity because of race, color, national origin, or sex when any part of the project, program, or activity is financed through financial assistance under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 or Title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976.