Sentences with phrase «with waiver provisions»

Perhaps to its credit, Congress recognizes with waiver provisions the limitations of its own ability to tailor national laws to the needs of a huge, diverse, and constantly changing society.

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The good news is that the waiver provision did not make it into the CRomnibus, which means that, as of now at least, schools must continue to abide by all of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act's regulations, including the hotly contested provision which currently requires students to take 1/2 cup of fruits or vegetables with their lunch instead of being able to pass those foods by.

Democrats attempted to remove a provision from the agriculture appropriations bill that will give certain schools a waiver on compliance with nutrition standards.

«Without a waiver provision, this legislation is not consistent with the best interests of the city and particularly of its lowest - income communities,» said Kathryn Wylde, the group's president.

CORE and its member districts have partnered with TransformEd to assist member districts to fulfill public reporting obligations under its federally - approved waiver from No Child Left Behind school accountability provisions (NCLB waiver), approved by the US Department of Education (USDOE) on August 6th, 2013.

Anyone familiar with the NCLB provision cited as the authority for state waivers or the statutory language that gave rise to Race to the Top knows this Department is, shall we say, expansive when deducing its powers.

President Obama sparked much debate in Washington with his plan to grant states waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), conditional on their willingness to embrace certain reform proposals sketched out in the administration's March 2010 proposal, «A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.»

The Senate bill, which passed in early December, did not include many of the most concerning provisions, and the final bill, agreed to by House and Senate Republicans and now nearing a vote, preserves the tax - exempt status of graduate student tuition waivers and does away with the House bill's most serious impacts on higher education.

Following the introduction of Common Core, the Administration offered $ 4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top grant money, along with waivers from the onerous provisions of the widely derided No Child Left Behind Act.

As with NCLB, a state may request a waiver from the Secretary of Education for specific statutory or regulatory provisions under the ESSA.

Another Duncan policy granted states waivers of NCLB's requirements only if they agreed to comply with provisions similar to RTTT's.

On Monday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that he was moving forward with a plan to use his executive authority to work around NCLB's provisions by granting waivers to states that agree to sign on to specific reforms, which have yet to be announced.

No one should be surprised that the U.S. Department of Education's new guidance for 41 states to renew the waivers granted to them under the Obama Administration's effort to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act and its accountability provisions effectively allows states to get away with continuing their shortchanging of poor and minority children.

In TCTA's view, not only do these provisions exceed the parameters of current Texas law, particularly with regard to locally - developed teacher appraisal systems, but they are a holdover from Texas's ESEA waiver requirements, which are now null and void.

Superintendents in D.C. to Talk District Waiver With Duncan Superintendents representing a coalition of 10 California school districts, including LAUSD, are scheduled to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today to make a personal pitch for a district waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit nextWaiver With Duncan Superintendents representing a coalition of 10 California school districts, including LAUSD, are scheduled to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today to make a personal pitch for a district waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit next wWith Duncan Superintendents representing a coalition of 10 California school districts, including LAUSD, are scheduled to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today to make a personal pitch for a district waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit next wwith U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today to make a personal pitch for a district waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit nextwaiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit next week.

The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that five states — Delaware, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and South Carolina — had their waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act approved, along with Puerto Rico.

It is not just the long delay that argues for congressional action, but the extent to which the Obama administration has replaced the provisions of the bill with its own set of priorities implemented through Race to the Top and state waivers.

Even states who did not get grants were encouraged to adopt signature reforms with the offer of waivers from the most punitive provisions of NCLB.

Texas Commissioner of Education Michael Williams met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2013, about Texas» request for a waiver from certain provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act.

One lies with the Obama Administration's No Child waiver gambit, which has allowed 40 states and the District of Columbia to ignore No Child's accountability provision.

The waivers themselves cover more provisions than expected, but the new conditions for receiving them have frustrated educators who prefer a clean break with NCLB's more onerous mandates rather than swapping them for new requirements.

The secretary continued with an update on the Department of Education's waiver program to grant states flexibility from key No Child Left Behind provisions, which he described as «far too prescriptive [and] top - down from Washington.»

After all, as I have noted, the Obama administration's waiver gambit does what Sen. Tom Harkin (who chairs the committee) and onetime reformer and former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander (along with traditionalists such as the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers) have wanted to do for a while: Eviscerate the Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provisions that have spurred a decade of reforms that have led to more kids escaping poverty and prison without having to explain themselves before the public.

There's also a special provision directing the State Board of Education to study the requirement that charter schools have a $ 50,000 reserve fund in the event they are shut down, with special consideration of possibly providing some charters waivers for the $ 50k requirement.

Requests to exceed class size limits continue to dominate the State Board of Education's waiver calendar, with 10 districts this month seeking relief from various provisions of the laws aimed at maintaining low student - teacher ratios.

The Commissioner of Education may waive the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and the implementation plan provisions of this subsection for any local or regional board of education that has expressed an intent, not later than July 1, 2013, to adopt a teacher evaluation program for which such board requests a waiver in accordance with this subsection.»

With reauthorization of the law caught up in congressional deadlock, that's prompted Duncan to offer to issue waivers to states from NCLB's provisions.

Alexandria, VA - With reauthorization of No Child Left Behind taking much longer than expected, the American Association of School Administrators and the National School Boards Association have proposed a request for a blanket waiver from the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly referred to as No Child Left Behind, which would effectively eliminate the need to comply with all No Child Left Behind provisiWith reauthorization of No Child Left Behind taking much longer than expected, the American Association of School Administrators and the National School Boards Association have proposed a request for a blanket waiver from the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly referred to as No Child Left Behind, which would effectively eliminate the need to comply with all No Child Left Behind provisiwith all No Child Left Behind provisions.

So it would make senses that the administration would embarrass itself again — and stain both Duncan's and President Barack Obama's otherwise admirable reputations on the school reform front — by, yes, allowing Virginia (along with Arkansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Utah) to evade No Child's accountability provision as part of the administration's misguided waiver gambit.

But even the waiver provision is limited: Owners of any of the breeds named in the policy who do not live on base now can not move onto any Marine Corps base with their dogs.

As such, to the extent an occupier enters into a transaction with a person entering its premises to supply services, the provisions of the CPA would not apply and the occupier would be entitled to rely upon a waiver of liability pursuant to s. 3 (3) of the OLA.

If the settling defendant is based in a different jurisdiction than the plaintiff, the defendant should also consider including a choice of venue / jurisdiction provision and a waiver of personal service on the counterparty with respect to any complaint arising from breach of the settlement agreement (e.g., if a company based in San Francisco is sued in a Small Claims Court in New York and the San Francisco company agrees to settle the claim, it should consider including a provision in the agreement that the courts in San Francisco shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising from the breach of the settlement agreement, and the counterparty submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts).

With respect to class action waivers in arbitration clauses, recall that in 2010 the South Carolina Supreme Court invalidated a provision in an arbitration agreement requiring purchasers to waive their right to participate in a «class action or multi-plaintiff or claimant action in court or through arbitration.»

Further, the Application Judge determines that although the Respondent waived its right to insist on strict compliance with the terms of the renewal provision, it later revoked its waiver.

The no - waiver provision in section 11 of the Act did not apply because the agreement that the settlement agreement was not a mere «release», but rather a «settlement» with consideration.

No provision of this section, or of any other section of the Florida Statutes, whether read separately or in conjunction with any other provision, shall be construed to waive the immunity of the state or any of its agencies from suit in federal court, as such immunity is guaranteed by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, unless such waiver is explicitly and definitely stated to be a waiver of the immunity of the state and its agencies from suit in federal court.

Response: We agree with the comment supporting the proposed rule's provision to impose no requirements for the location or sponsorship of the IRB or privacy board that was convened to review a research proposal for the alteration or waiver of authorization criteria.

For Standard Life Provisions, the company offers Salary - based Benefit Schedules; Dependent Coverage; Waiver of Premium (in case employees become disabled and so that they can continue life insurance without any premium payments), Accelerated Death Benefits (for employees with a life expectancy of 12 months), Portability (for those who want to leave their employment), Conversion (for employees to convert term life insurance to a new policy), and Bereavement Counseling (for counseling services).

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Planned Parenthood also disagrees with adding the one year waiver provision to the final rule.