Sentences with phrase «unfunded educational mandates»

Immediately, she declared a moratorium on any unfunded educational mandates.

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While the study found that high schools in the state were meeting the law's minimum guidelines - likely left purposefully vague as a necessary legislative compromise for an unfunded mandate - Chrisman and her co-authors thus expressed the hope that further revisions of the law would beef up the educational requirements for athletes and parents.

«Ultimately it's become an unfunded mandate for our counties so this would really create a win - win - win by offering much better programs for the kids who need the special needs programming at that age and support our counties and allow the school system to do what the school system does, which is provide educational programs,» says Barrett.

At a time when education is acknowledged as a priority for America's success and competitiveness, NSBA believes that it is imperative that federal policy — including implementation of the child nutrition reauthorization — assures that educational systems are supported, not undermined by unfunded mandates or under - resourced requirements.

State legislatures have piled on educational requirements for a variety of entry - level jobs (nurse's aides, child care workers, teachers, etc.) while cutting state funding for public colleges and increasing tuition: unfunded job mandates.