In Idaho, the state superintendent of education plans to push a requirement that high school students take four or more online courses, following a bill that passed the Legislature last week to provide every student with a laptop, paid for from a state fund for educators' salaries.
Labor groups have pushed for a requirement to offer jobs to equally qualified Americans before hiring foreigners, a provision that the industry fiercely resisted.
Labor groups have pushed for a requirement to offer jobs to equally qualified Americans before hiring foreigners, a provision that the industry has fiercely resisted.
Senator Chris Dodd has pushed for a requirement of 100 hours of public service in high school.
The New York City Bar has pushed for a requirement that all lawyers take Diversity and Inclusion training.
And with the sharp growth of endowments in recent years — Harvard's hit $36.9 billion this summer — some politicians, notably Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, have pushed for a requirement that colleges spend 5percentt of their endowments.
Senior Afghan officials said that during the convention Dr. Abdullah, who stayed in Afghanistan during the fighting, pushed for a requirement that no cabinet minister be able to hold dual citizenship, as do Mr. Ghani and Interior Minister Ali Jalali, who also lived in exile.
The commissioner responsible for the update, Viviane Reding, has cited Facebook's data collection practices in pushing for a requirement that online businesses delete all information held on individuals at the user's request.
The chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense, John P. Murtha (D-Pa)., and his allies on the House Armed Services Committee are continuing to push for a requirement that the administration may deploy troops only from military units that are certified as combat-ready.
E-mails to Gov. Rick Perry's office, obtained by The Tribune through an open records request, indicated that lobbyists hired by the largest tutoring provider in the state, Tutors With Computers, pushed for such a requirement.
