Sentences with phrase «urged state»

Yesterday, the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun urged the state board of education «to be patient and not be panicked into rushing to lower standards because of one year's disappointing test results.»

The company urged state officials, for instance, not to count last school year's performance against alternative schools, because the state made the rating more rigorous.

A Maryland task force on teen - age pregnancy has urged the state to adopt «effective» preventive measures in the hope of «dramatically» reducing the number of teen - age pregnancies.

Acknowledging that the Goals 2000: Educate America Act «has some political baggage,» a senior Education Department official last week urged state officials and members of the business community to redouble their efforts on behalf of the standards - based school - reform strategy and of school reform in general.

Educators, policymakers, and members of the arts - education community urged the state lawmakers to express their support for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to their U.S. representatives, and to advocate inclusion of the arts in local school curricula.

The commission, appointed by Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun, urged the state department of education, along with schools and districts, to establish statewide standards for student outcomes and to develop performance - based assessments linked to those standards.

He urged state lawmakers to create a voucher program that would allow kids to use public dollars for private school tuition.

He also urged state lawmakers to authorize the use of a transparent growth model to see how well schools are really doing to improve student achievement.

She urged state governor Phil Murphy to «expeditiously sign this legislation into law».

The report also urged state agencies to factor sea level rise and storm surge predictions into transportation and infrastructure plans.

The agency urged the state to increase monitoring.

As the industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors in Kogi state hits one month on Wednesday, the Nigeria Medical Association, has urged the State Government to do the needful by meeting their demands to avoid brain drain that has already started in the health sector.

The former NBA chairman urged state governments in the country to take the issue of corruption seriously by taking steps to sanitise their adminstration.

Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier in the day urged the state Education Department to issue the directive, calling the administration's action a «misguided».

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Henshaw urged the state government to make its budgets open for the sake of transparency and accountability, adding that members of the public should be allowed to participate in governance of their state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier in the day urged the state Education Department to issue the directive, calling the administration's decision a «misguided action.»

Candidates including Margaret Chin, Laurie Cumbo, Carlos Menchaca and Mark Levine gathered on the steps of City Hall today to say that their wins were a testament to the strength of the city's public financing system, and urged the state to follow suit.

They urged state leaders not to move the children's facility into the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.

Speaking in Buffalo, Friday morning, the group urged the state senate and Governor Cuomo to pass a law that would provide for twelve weeks of paid leave for various circumstances.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew urged state lawmakers in Albany to deliver the long - delayed $ 2 billion owed to New York City public schools as a result of the 2006 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit.

In 2010, when there were lengthy ballot challenges after the election, Cuomo urged the state's chief judge to expedite court action in order to have the races decided by the end of the year.

For that reason, county lawmakers urged the state delegation to work to pass reforms that allow them to opt out of offering the program altogether.

Councilman Robert Jackson urged state officials to deny Cathie Black a waiver that is required for her certification.

Miner urged state legislators to reassess «the economic model for cities» and to «provide assistance for local governments, as New York state is only as strong as the cities that represent it.»

The assemblyman also urged state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the higher prices last year.

Mulgrew urged the state Senate to bring to a vote the city's request for permission to tax the wealthy.

NYSUT, meanwhile, again urged the state to fully fund schools under the terms of a 2007 settlement in the high - profile Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, which required the state to fix its school funding formula and fulfill its constitutional obligation to provide a «sound, basic education» to all children.

Another lawmaker, Ben Ololo (Nembe 2), urged the state Assembly to make provision for the prosecution and arrest of those involved in the sponsorship and hiring of the services of suspected cult members in the state, saying the development would save Bayelsa youths from early grave.

Cuomo also urged the state Assembly to tell him what solution they want, with a goal of getting the declaration into the state budget that is due on April 1.

ALBANY — Drug policy advocates urged state lawmakers Monday to approve legislation creating «supervised consumption sites» for opioid addicts to safely shoot up.

Mulgrew urged state lawmakers to reject Gov. Cuomo's proposals to increase charter funding, permit more charters to open in New York City and increase rent subsidies for charters.

He urged state lawmakers not only to fund the creation of new community schools, but also to allocate the resources for current community schools and school - based health centers to thrive.

He urged state and Entergy officials to work with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to address the leak's cause.

Former patient Marissa Divincenzo urged state legislators to reject the plan.

Residents and elected officials for years have unsuccessfully urged the state and the Thruway Authority to move the Williamsville toll barrier to the east of Transit Road.

He urged the state chapters of the party not to bar anybody coming into the party, saying that the door had been opened for them (defectors).

In a radio interview, a Brooklyn church appearance, and on Twitter, de Blasio urged the state Legislature to extend the so - called mayoral control law before the end of this year's legislative session on Wednesday.

DiNapoli and others have urged the state to take a conservative approach to revenue estimates; these latest numbers suggest why that is a prudent approach.

Outgoing Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Monday urged state officials to not consider a contentious tunnel option for replacing the deteriorating stretch of Interstate 81 in the city.

The mayor urged state officials on Monday to remove a recommended «Orange» tunnel alternative from consideration in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

De Blasio's administration urged the state's highest court to allow New York City to impose former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on large sugary drinks in restaurants and other venues.

Speaking with the children of the slain father, who was recently killed by his wife, the bereaved urged the state government to temper justice with mercy on their mother, Mrs Omotayo Salawudeen, saying life has not been easy for them since the death of their father.

A group of Republican and Democratic sheriffs from around the state on Friday urged state leaders to adopt a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system.

Specifically, Mulgrew urged state lawmakers to impose a «claw - back» tax on large corporations that pass the savings from their federal tax breaks along to top executives and shareholders instead of financing new jobs and higher salaries for workers.

Those who testified say more light needs to shine on the secretive group and even urged the state ethics commission to start an investigation.

In his fifth State of the County speech and first since winning re-election last year, Bellone urged state lawmakers to put the water fee question to voters in November.

Additionally, Governor Paterson urged the State's Congressional Delegation to continue to work with Senate colleagues to secure final passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

In the final week of budget negotiations, advocates and homeless New Yorkers urged State leaders to release the supportive housing funds in the final budget.

The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board urged a state judge on Friday to compel the Staten Island district attorney to hand over the minutes of the grand jury proceedings in the death of Eric Garner.