Sentences with phrase «waiver requirements for»

Other states, like California and Montana, have criticized the administration's waiver requirements for replacing one set of mandates with another set that would be costly to implement.

For example, if a Member enrolls in the Status Match Challenge on June 1 and has until September 1 to complete the challenge, spending $ 25,000 in eligible purchases between January 1 and September 1 will meet the MQD Waiver requirement for the Status Match Challenge, waiving the MQD requirement.

Yesterday we learned that, as of January 1 2018, Delta has increased it's MQD waiver requirement for Diamond Status to $ 250,000 in credit card spend.

Not exact matches

Husky Energy - a Canadian oil giant backed by a Hong Kong billionaire - will also be seeking an exemption, this one covering the 2018 requirements for its small Superior, Wisconsin plant, spokesman Mel Duval told Reuters, disclosing the waiver for the first time.

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.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans became the sixth plaintiff to lob a complaint against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule when the insurer filed a suit in late September challenging the class - action waiver requirement under the rule's best interest contract exemption, or BICE.

Importers of such samples may apply for a waiver from the COLA requirements from TTB in the form of a letter request.

The PGA Tour and Euro Tours already prohibit players from gambling on their events, but this waiver requirement was a first for the R&A at the Open Championship.

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Interest groups expect the agreement to be somewhere between relaxing whole grain and future sodium requirements, as proposed by Sen. John Hoeven (R - N.D.), and a one - year waiver from all new standards for schools losing money, as proposed by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - Ala.).

While children in the U.S. are often required to be current on their vaccinations or receive a special waiver in order to attend public school, there is no requirement for adult vaccinations, despite several diseases that continue to present dangers.

Further, it is the intention of this legislature to provide for a waiver of the item pricing requirement for certain stores which maintain a very high degree of computer - assisted pricing accuracy and which provide certain other services to permit consumers to record and verify individual item prices.

In addition, they said the state is in the process of asking the U.S. Department of Education for another waiver to ease testing requirements for ESL students and students with disabilities.

City Housing Authority officials engaged in a «nefarious scheme» to exempt apartments from requirements that they be annually inspected for lead paint — even though they can't confirm those units qualified for such a waiver, an amended lawsuit claims.

The final deal did not include a delay for the development of a new teacher evaluation system, meaning districts who are not able to meet the requirements by the November deadline will have to apply for a waiver.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial pick, the president of Hearst Magazines, needs the waiver because she has no educational experience — a requirement for the job.

Black was granted a waiver by the state Monday to make up for the fact that she lacks any education experience — a requirement for the job.

Lawyers for the parents, who filed three separate lawsuits in Albany County Supreme Court this month, argued that State Education Commissioner David Steiner erred in granting Black a waiver from a requirement that she possess a master's degree — something they said he doesn't have the power to do.

Lawyers for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state Education Commissioner David Steiner say she has exceptional skills as a manager and leader and deserved a waiver from the usual requirements.

Nelson, along with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and 10 other Democratic members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to CMS Director Seema Verma urging her to reject a proposed amendment to a state Medicaid «waiver» that would exempt Florida from a federal requirement that gives people up to 90 days following a health problem to apply for Medicaid coverage.

«The [waiver] decision ignores the fact that the regulations don't allow the waiving of these requirements,» said Norman Siegel, a lawyer for the parents.

She was the first chancellor in almost two decades who met all the formal requirements for the job and didn't need a state waiver.

The law allows for waivers to be granted to «exceptionally qualified persons» who do not satisfy those conditions «but whose exceptional training and experience are the substantial equivalent of such requirements.»

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A waiver process exists for contractors who can prove they've made a strong effort to recruit local and disadvantaged workers but were unable to meet the threshold requirements.

The waiver of the requirement for the use of valid drivers» licenses issued by appropriate Ghanaian authorities in Article 13 of the agreement, smacks of wanton disregard for Ghanaian law and seeks to impose American law on the country.

President Barack Obama recently enacted changes that allow states to request waivers for some of the legal requirements of NCLB, including the 2014 deadline, stating that the strictures of the law were hampering academic progress in some schools.

Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Enhanced Polar System Program.

The end of NCLB's requirements and of the Obama administration's «ESEA waivers» has occasioned both celebration and angst, while creating many opportunities for states to act.

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

The Obama administration has made a number of adjustments to its initial waiver requirements, especially in the area of teacher evaluation, which has been the biggest struggle for states.

The U.S. Department of Education so far has granted conditional waivers to 26 states from mandates such as the 2013 - 14 deadline for bringing all students to proficiency on state tests and the NCLB law's teacher - quality requirements.

The Obama administration has used its Race to the Top program and unprecedented, far - reaching conditions for states seeking «waivers» from the No Child Left Behind Act's most destructive requirements as excuses to micromanage what states are doing on teacher evaluation, school turnarounds, and much else.

In this case, there is no allegation that the DOE has refused a district request for a waiver of NCLB requirements.

Likewise, in New York State, a large portion of private schools have sought waivers from the state's requirement that all schools participate in the Regents examinations — for which the state will publicly report the scores.

It was only when the development of assessments began, and the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) No Child Left Behind waiver process included clear requirements for evaluating teachers based partly on student test scores, that the unions began to balk.

The administration also embedded these requirements and definitions in subsequent grant competitions, its proposal to reauthorize NCLB, and, starting in 2011, conditions for states seeking NCLB waivers.

It was not difficult for opponents to cast Common Core as a federal initiative, given 1) the Obama administration's use of RttT incentives (and later, waivers to NCLB requirements) to encourage states to adopt the standards and 2) the administration's funding of the consortia.

(Sec. 8013) The bill modifies application and reporting requirements for SEAs and LEAs to request waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements from ED.

Finally, we reduced those cost estimates by 20 percent, assuming that a small percentage of programs currently operating fewer hours than the new requirement, or operating double session programs will apply for and receive a waiver under § 1302.24.

[23] The designated ESEA requirements that can be set aside in states that obtain such waivers include some of the most significant outcome accountability requirements, such as the requirement that states set performance standards for schools and LEAs aiming toward a goal of 100 percent student proficiency in reading and mathematics by the end of the 2013 - 14 school year and take a variety of specific actions with respect to all schools and districts that fail to make adequate yearly progress toward this goal.

And waivers from the No Child Left Behind law have allowed states to «unlawfully» waive accountability requirements in exchange for adopting the Common Core.

The primary purposes of both AYP requirements under the ESEA statute and alternative state performance measures in waiver states are to determine whether schools are making sufficient progress and to select low - performing schools for interventions or especially high - performing schools for rewards.

Q: Have any other states obtained a federal waiver for the requirement that students take just one test statewide?

The waiver plan and its requirement for CCSS will refocus states» attention on competing with each other rather than first ensuring that all of their own students are succeeding academically.

In her Nov. 22 letter (starts on page 6), Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle wrote, «The requirements to determine whether schools have made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and to identify schools for improvement, corrective action and restructuring have not been waived, and any State laws or regulations, including those related to AYP or school improvement status, are not affected by the waivers granted to your district.»

Within the proposed NCLB waiver plan, a state must comply with three requirements to become eligible for the waiver.

of the 2016 Appropriation Act states, «To provide additional flexibility, notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1 - 79.1, Code of Virginia, any school division that was granted a waiver regarding the opening date of the school year for the 2011 - 12 school year under the good cause requirements shall continue to be granted a waiver for the 2016 - 17 school year and the 2017 - 2018 school year.»

Michigan is one of 42 states to receive a waiver from the 13 - year - old federal law in exchange for implementing requirements like career - and college - ready standards, stronger school accountability standards and a system to evaluate teachers and identify underperforming ones.

The requirements of the NCLB waiver plan raise some serious implications for these students that educators must approach with caution.