Sentences with phrase «waiver from the law»

Places that agree to make changes can receive waivers from the law's requirements — and ensure that the federal funds upon which many depend, including Title I, will continue to flow.

That — some call it unreachable — target is one reason the Department of Education began granting waivers from the law.

The Obama administration began granting states waivers from the law in September 2011.

And the burdensome consequences associated with not meeting AYP are what drove the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to offer states waivers from the law, at least in part.

The Obama administration offered waivers from the law's requirement that states steadily increase the number of students graded proficient on standardized exams to 37 states that agreed to other accountability measures, including new evaluations for teachers and principals.

Forty - two states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have received federal waivers from the law in exchange for fulfilling other requirements to evaluate teachers and schools.

For the last three years, the Obama administration has given waivers from the law's most onerous conditions, including that every child in a school must be deemed proficient in reading and math by 2014.

Duncan helped usher in that innovation by giving states huge financial and policy incentives in the form of waivers from the law to boost the number of charter schools and prod states to adopt higher academic standards, which most states accomplished by signing on to the Common Core.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has indicated states may be able to apply this fall for waivers from the law's requirements if they develop their own accountability systems.

While LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy says that a federal waiver from the law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) could free up $ 80 million for student and teacher support services for the district — without reducing school accountability — and the Obama Administration has begun reviewing the LAUSD waiver request, state education officials and now some Washington think tankers are expressing concerns.

Because of the failure of No Child Left Behind, Secretary Duncan has allowed states to get waivers from the law.

While the Harkin - Enzi plan for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act is legislatively comatose, President Obama's gambit to issue waivers from the law that will effectively eviscerate its Adequate Yearly Progress provisions remain quite alive.

Minnesota is one of many states that has been granted waivers from the law.

Recently, the Obama administration has granted states waivers from the law's requirements in exchange for state - developed plans to improve student outcomes and close achievement gaps.

In 2011, the White House announced it would offer waivers from the law, but states that want them must agree to fulfill other requirements to evaluate teachers and schools.

The state was granted a waiver from the law in 2010 but not this year.

The Department of Defense this year denied a waiver from the law.

The Department of Defense denied the state a waiver from the law earlier this month.

Washington is the first state to lose its waiver from the law.

President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have repeatedly attacked the law, going so far as to grant waivers from the law to states who submit alternative accountability plans.