Sentences with phrase «waiver requests just»
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan approved Maine and Pennsylvania's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver requests just in time for the start of the new school year.
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During the recession, when unemployment was high and job - training programs were scarce, states were able to request waivers for these work requirements, and many governors did just that.
In March, the NYS Education Department requested a waiver from the federal law, allowing for developmentally appropriate testing standards for child with serious disabilities, and a second year of prep time for English Language Learners for children just starting to learn English.
And yet just the other day, Governor Malloy, Commissioner Pryor and the Connecticut State Board of Education were talking about changes and flexibility associated with Connecticut's absurd teacher evaluation system, but there was virtually no mention that the federal waiver Malloy, Pryor and the state requested and received puts severe limitations on just how much «flexibility» Connecticut has in some of these areas.
Turns out it's because the Federal Communications Commission has been granting waivers for years at the request of the Electronic Software Association, and in fact, it's just granted another.