Sentences with phrase «year moratorium on»

Act 48 had placed a one - year moratorium on Part I of the non-judicial foreclosure law, now Act 182 has been completely eliminated Part I.

The students learned how the state Senate works upon hearing an unrecorded voice vote of yea or nay actually passed a two - year moratorium on selling AR - 15 assault rifles like the one used in the school shooting.

On a voice vote (no record) they voted to impose a two - year moratorium on the sale of the AR - 15.

The Department of Defense directive should have declared a five - year moratorium on the deployment of autonomous weapons.

In response, The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), developed model legislation that calls for a five - year moratorium on the sale of a life policy after it has been purchased.

The bill, if enacted would impose a three - year moratorium on the permitting of all onshore and offshore wind applications.

Indonesia announced a two year moratorium on granting new concessions of rainforest and peat forest for clearing in Oslo, Norway, however concessions already granted to companies will not be stopped.

Policies such as China's three - year moratorium on new coal mine approvals could also help reduce black carbon air pollution.

The effort helped the law to pass, providing a one - year moratorium on cutting down native forests.

Raymond Pierrehumberg, a contributor to RealClimate, called for a 10 - year moratorium on any geo - engineering plan, cautioning his colleagues that further research should only serve as a supplement to efforts aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions.

There was even a bill to effectively outlaw utility - scale wind and solar in Wyoming, and a defiant measure seeking a two - year moratorium on new wind projects in North Dakota.

For example, members of North Dakota's state Senate deleted language calling for a two - year moratorium on new wind projects.

Progress Energy, an energy company serving approximately 3.1 million customers in the Southeast, announces a two - year moratorium on the construction of new coal - fired power plants.

Canada, Norway, Russia, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, China, and the European Union joined the United States in signing a 16 - year moratorium on commercial fishing in a zone of 1.01 million square miles, an area the size of the Mediterranean Sea.

Tripa was widely seen as a test case for Indonesia's commitment to a two - year moratorium on new logging and plantation concessions across 14.5 million hectares of forest and peatlands.

Under the agreement, Indonesia will establish a two - year moratorium on new forestry concessions in primary forest areas and peatlands beginning in January 2011.

Democrats put forward an amendment to the 2012 Internal Environment Appropriations Bill that would have stripped a rider placing a 20 year moratorium on any uranium mining near the national park.

In May 2011, the Ministry of Forestry put into effect a two - year moratorium on the designation of new forest concessions in primary natural forests and peatlands.

Last month, Indonesia began to finally detail its plan, which includes a two - year moratorium on new forestry concession on rainforest lands and peat swamps and will be supported over the next five years by a one billion dollar contribution by Norway, under the Scandinavian nation's International Climate and Forests Initiative.

They are the last remaining marine areas in Norway off limits to the oil industry, which could change this year when the 20 - year moratorium on drilling in the area expires.

Then just a week later, the Uruguayan Senate unanimously approved a four - year moratorium on fracking!

The resolution calls for a three to five year moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea to allow the stocks to increase.

After nearly two years of debate, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to announce approval of a 20 - year moratorium on new uranium mining claims.

The good news is that with 3/4 of a 40 year moratorium on fishing for Atlantic sturgeon in U.S. waters, it's likely they will rebound at least part way.

It is appalling that while the federal government is pushing offshore oil drilling and mountaintop - removal coal mining, proposing to strip - mine shale oil and tar sands and to dramatically expand the production of high - level nuclear waste, they have declared a two - year moratorium on new solar electric power plants on public lands — which have some of the best solar energy resources in the world — for «environmental reasons».

Most important, by far, is Nieto's presidential - level affirmation that Mexico will turn what was to be a two - year moratorium on deadly gill nets in vaquita habitat into a permanent ban.

XCALAK / MAHAHUAL (MAJAHUAL)- After April 1st there is a 3 year moratorium on conch harvesting in this Costa Maya area and Chinchorro Banks.

ACPA was successful in working with the governments to secure a five - year moratorium on cross-border transport of dogs for the trade in 2014, and focuses on strengthening enforcement of the ban and training of relevant officials, as well as raising public awareness of the ban and the health risks of the dog meat trade, especially rabies.

Congress placed a one - year moratorium on risk - based premiums starting Oct. 1, 2008, as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act.

However, to the dismay of teachers, Governor Cuomo balked at a proposal by legislators to impose a two - year moratorium on the use of Common Core standardized test scores in teacher evaluations, saying, «There is a difference between remedying the system for students and parents and using this situation as yet another excuse to stop the teacher - evaluation process.»

They will gather shortly before a public hearing on Senate Bill 1096, which proposes a two - year moratorium on new public charter schools across the state.

ASCD has released a statement on testing and accountability, urging policymakers to institute a two - year moratorium on using state standardized assessments for high - stakes accountability purposes.

However, after blowback from teacher union leaders and suburban parents aiming the weapon of test refusal squarely at Cuomo's political aspirations, the Governor folded and declared a four - year moratorium on that linkage.

She supports a three - year moratorium on standardized testing and teacher assessments and denounces charter schools.

This was written by Vicki Phillips, Director of Education, College Ready, in which she (on behalf of the Foundation) called for a two - year moratorium on the use of test scores for educator evaluation.

In December 2014, Cuomo vetoed his own bill that placed a two year moratorium on the use of test scores in teacher evaluations.

Similarly, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), which is arguably the leading international educator organization comprised of 125,000 members in more than 130 nations, also recently released a policy brief that also calls for a two - year moratorium on high stakes use of state tests — including their use for educator evaluations.

In Chicago, the 5 - year moratorium on public school closings which began 2013 is about to expire and the mayor is talking about shuttering 50 more.

Will you consider a three - year moratorium on high stakes testing?

The battlegrounds are the classrooms, the kitchen table, and auditoriums packed with parents and teachers who are demanding a three - year moratorium on high - stakes testing, but will settle for the resignation of New York State (NYS) Commissioner of Education John B. King, Jr. and the head of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Decker is among a group of legislators calling for a three - year moratorium on the «high - stakes» consequences of state testing, including using scores for teacher evaluations, graduation requirements and district accountability ratings.

And thanks to the influence of the local teachers union — United Teachers Los Angeles — the deal, if approved, will put a three - year moratorium on the district's successful charter school program (this in a district where the graduation rate is a pathetic 56 percent).

Yesterday, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced its support for a two - year moratorium on tying results from assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards to teacher evaluations or student promotions to the next grade level.

Behavioral Health Services was specifically designed to support the Board Resolution 2014/15 -35, which institutes a one - year moratorium on out - of - school suspensions for elementary grade students.

Then he backed a four - year moratorium on the use of any test scores in teacher evaluations.

The nation's other major teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers, has also expressed concern about the implementation of Common Core and has called for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes testing.

Democratic legislators, buffeted by New Jersey's largest teachers» union, were pushing for a two - year moratorium on using the standards but were satisfied with Christie's commission.

A two - year moratorium on using state assessments for high - stakes purposes is needed.

Imposing a three - year moratorium on closures and adding social services to 5 % of schools will not bring about the kind of scalable, system - wide changes parents and advocates are desperately hoping for.

The Gates Foundation has recommended a two - year moratorium on using test scores in teacher evaluations, and the Education Department allowed states a one - year delay.