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It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.

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Separately, the Federal Communications Commission in 2013 asked for comments on whether U.S. standards need to be updated to protect people from mobile - phone radiation, and it hasn't acted.

Several experts questioned whether the practice is in keeping with the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which prohibits bias against people 40 or older in hiring or employment.

«The risk that the Russian government, whether acting on its own or in collaboration with Kaspersky, could capitalize on access provided by Kaspersky products to compromise federal information and information systems directly implicates U.S. national security.»

At issue is whether the federal government has violated the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which prevents the government from substantially burdening individuals of faith, unless it can prove a compelling interest.

Even with the act's regulations in place, there will probably be lingering questions about whether crowdfunding sites are serving merely as information portals or as securities broker - dealers that must register with federal regulators.

Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Carter Page, Jared Kushner, and Roger Stone were among those being looked at by federal investigators, reports said, amid the FBI and congressional probes into whether any Trump associates acted as agents of the Kremlin, wittingly or not.

Federal income and FICA (Federal Insurance Contribution Act) taxes are unavoidable regardless of whether you work at Boeing, Microsoft or your corner Starbucks.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

It based its finding on whether the plaintiffs were eligible for benefits on an interpretation of the federal Rehabilitation Act, which does not deal with the etiology of the illness.

Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is casting doubt on whether the state budget will include a health exchange required under the federal health care act, saying there is too much uncertainty to create it now.

«Whether the 1st defendant (Buhari) after compliance with the 1999 constitutional provision, the Electoral Act and the guidelines to the extent of winning the 2015 presidential election as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, need other further qualification to contest the 2019 presidential election.

At Friday's hearing, the Council was skeptical of the administration's plan, with Ferreras - Copeland questioning whether it addressed long - term budgetary concerns from federal cuts under the Affordable Care Act and the system's decline in revenue generation.

Delivering the ruling, Tsoho said, «The plaintiff raised two issues in the written address for determination, to wit: Whether or not the 1st defendant (Saraki) can reject a valid statutory appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Office (of the Chairman) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in accordance with the provisions of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004 and whether or not the 1st defendant is bound by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004, with respect to the confirmation of any appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.Whether or not the 1st defendant (Saraki) can reject a valid statutory appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Office (of the Chairman) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in accordance with the provisions of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004 and whether or not the 1st defendant is bound by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004, with respect to the confirmation of any appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.whether or not the 1st defendant is bound by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004, with respect to the confirmation of any appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.»

The voters surveyed had a variety of views on some of the big issues in the race, including the Affordable Care Act, immigration reform and whether the federal minimum wage should be raised.

ALBANY — Citing Lester Freeman's resignation from his state job, the federal government has dropped its inquiry into whether the Common Council candidate violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits many government employees from running in partisan elections.

«Depending on whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, passage of the Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (HR 3293) is either a simple reminder that federal dollars should be spent wisely, or an unwise and unwarranted intrusion into NSF's grantsmaking process.»

All of these changes hinge on whether or not Congress is able to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, more commonly known as No Child Left Behind, which sets policies for the federal role in education.

In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has examined whether this new drug for MS offers an added benefit over the appropriate comparator therapy specified by the Federal Joint Committee (G - BA).

Starting in 1996, when Congress passed the new Food Quality Protection Action with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments, it told EPA to develop a screening program using tests and other scientifically relevant information to determine whether substances have hormonal activity.

Yet a federal judge is only now preparing to rule whether BP and other companies involved with the Gulf operation violated the Clean Water Act.

(NaturalHealth365) According to the «Vaccinate All Children Act of 2015» (H.R. 2232), the United States federal government wants to take away all religious and philosophical exemptions or, in order words, require every school age child to get vaccinated — whether you like it or not.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

The high court will also use an employment - discrimination case from the private sector to clarify whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the main federal job - discrimination law, covers retaliation by employers against former employees as well as job applicants...

In her May 12, 2004, legal analysis of the federal No Child Left Behind law, a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Wisconsin Attorney General Peggy A. Lautenschlager raises questions about whether the law and its mandates are adequately funded.

Take a look at how states are carrying out federal requirements for calculating and reporting graduation rates under the No Child Left Behind Act and determining whether schools have made adequate progress.

This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter schools.

With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the issue of whether the federal government or the states should set standards has been settled decisively — in favor of the states.

State workers were left out of the original Social Security Act in 1935, initially because of concerns whether the federal government could tax state and local governments.

First, it explores whether the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) opens the possibility of investing in well - designed community schools to meet the educational needs of low - achieving students in high - poverty schools.

DeVos also demonstrated utter confusion about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act during her confirmation hearing in January, saying that states should be allowed to decide whether schools should get taxpayer funding if they do not follow federal law.

It's still unclear whether the revival of the Stull Act in Los Angeles or the rising federal pressure will lead to new evaluations in other California districts.

She left confusion as to whether the decades - long federal commitment to serving children with disabilities — the Individuals with Disabilities Enforcement Act (IDEA)-- should be a matter left to the states.

Whether through reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or using the Department of Education's waiver authority, federal policymakers must fix what No Child Left Behind got wrong, while salvaging what it got right: a focus on improving achievement and closing gaps for all groups of students.

At the Education Commission of the States conference, Ed Week asked «state chiefs (and a former chief who stepped down last month) whether they were drawing heavily on those waivers from the previously federal K - 12 law for their Every Student Succeeds Act plans.»

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last January, in which the federal government handed back to states the authority to decide whether to evaluate teachers with or without students» test scores, states have been dropping the value - added measure (VAM) or growth components (e.g., the Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) package) of their teacher evaluation systems, as formerly required by President Obama's Race to the Top initiative.

Members of Congress are asking for a federal investigation into whether schools across the country are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

But that association is likely to change significantly in the next year or so — whether or not Congress and the President actually agree in 2013 on a reauthorization of that law with the establishment of a new set of federal guidelines in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, states must report on whether disadvantaged students have a higher proportion of ineffective, out - of - field or inexperienced teachers than do their peers.

The hearing focused on what states have done so far to develop their consolidated state accountability plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and whether the federal government and the Department of Education (ED) need to do more or less to assist in their development and review.

The No Child Left Behind Act, the largest piece of education legislation on the federal level, for example, uses performance on math and reading exams to gauge whether schools are failing or succeeding — and which schools are closed or phased out.

Over the past two decades, major policy strategies including the federal No Child Left Behind Act and alternative pathways to teaching, as well as changes in the broader labor market, have altered the context in which academically skilled college graduates choose whether to enter teaching, and, if so, where to teach.

(a) Insert «1» after (a)» in subsection (a) and add at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: (2) No person acting under color of law shall --(A) in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedures applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same county, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote;

(B) deny the right of any individual to vote in any Federal election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election; or

A federal regulation which requires lenders to promote the availability of credit to all creditworthy applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age (provided the applicant has the capacity to contract); to whether all or part of the applicant's income derives from a public assistance program; or to whether the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Your student loan servicer — whether it is the federal government or a private company — is not going to be sending you unsolicited emails with special «act now» offers.

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The reason why students are often confused with whether or not a Sallie Mae student loan is private or federal is because in 2008 our congress approved the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act where the government took over 112 - billion dollars worth of private student loan debts (commercially originated debt).