Sentence examples for discretion to include from inspiring English sources

To qualify for help under the programme a family must have a parent out of work, children absent from school and involved in anti social behaviour or crime, although councils have discretion to include families for other reasons, for example where parents are mentally ill.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have used that discretion to include a slew of circumstances, like someone being evicted from his or her home, having a close family member die, or suffering a natural disaster.

The city's solicitor has discretion not to include these clauses in settlements and makes the decision to do so on a case-by-case basis, said Howard Libit, Baltimore's director of strategic planning and policy.

Some jurisdictions allow for judicial discretion on whether to include juveniles or permit youths to petition to be removed after a number of years.

Judge Terry P. Lewis of Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Fla., ruled that the secretary of state, Katherine Harris, a Republican, had properly exercised her discretion in refusing to include hand-counted votes in the total for the state.

While Ms. Harris said she was basing her position on the ruling today in the Leon County Circuit Court, Judge Terry P. Lewis said she had discretion on whether to include any recounts in the final tally.

The court further ruled that the secretary, after "considering all attendant facts and circumstances," could exercise her discretion in deciding whether to include the late amended returns in the statewide certification.

Both General Welsh and General Rice acknowledged that one problem is that Air Force commanders have discretion in deciding whether to include episodes of sexual harassment on the service records of Air Force personnel.

The initial prescribing indicator in surgical prophylaxis was less successful in providing consistent national data as there was local discretion on which procedures to include.

The review of the surgical prophylaxis indicator to focus on colorectal surgery from April 2011 has achieved a consistency of approach not possible when there was local discretion over which procedures to include.

"In accordance with state law, a local educational agency (LEA) has discretion over whether or not to include data from statewide assessments in determining a teacher's student growth rating," Delisle wrote.