Proponents say the August start dates allow more instruction time before students take mandatory state achievement tests and Advanced Placement and college-entrance exams.
When Massachusetts became a mandatory insurance state, the caterer began offering Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA HMO.
He stated that Ohio is a mandatory abuse reporting state, so any suspected abuse had to be reported by law.
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At Bloomberg's urging in 2007, the state passed mandatory minimum sentencing laws for gun convictions.
This was Jenna Bush's second alcohol-related offence in just over a month in a state that imposes mandatory prison sentences for a third offence.
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Not every state has a mandatory land fill ban on their electronics, meaning that in some states it is legal to throw stuff out without any regard for environmental or health damage.
Right now, Washington sets a floor on mandatory benefits, but then each state gets to push it higher with no penalty for imposing requirements that raise costs.
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Some state programs also legislate mandatory renewable portfolio standards that require electric utility companies to purchase designated amounts of energy from wind, solar and bio-fuel providers, typically at premium costs that are passed on to customers.
The stimulus package the Democrats are now working on would work differently: It could provide states with funds to cover mandatory Medicaid spending, which would help state governments avoid cuts to education and other programs, Democratic leadership aides said.
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When banks become members of the Federal Reserve System, which is mandatory for national banks and voluntary for state banks, they have to purchase stock in their local Federal Reserve Bank equal to six percent of their own capital and surplus.
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Although some contend that we already adhere to some of the navigational practices found in LOST, either because we recognize them as customary international law or consider ourselves bound to such practices by previous (non-LOST) treaty commitments, this Treaty alters the framework entirely by requiring state parties to submit to mandatory dispute resolution mechanisms, the rulings of which are binding and without appeal.
If they do not undertake to do so voluntarily, state legislatures should make such a policy mandatory.
Under the state's electoral law a recount is mandatory if the results of the two candidates differ by 0.5% or less.
New York State has already made the new H1N1 swine flu shots mandatory for health care workers.
If parents have the ability to take money from the trust, or if there is a mandatory distribution of income, that could render them ineligible depending on the state, Mr. Frigon says.
The State Bank and the Ministry of Agriculture took measures to raise the mandatory support price for farmers, trying to increase next year's cane yield.
Last year's presidential election was touted as such a sign, but in the end Mr Mubarak ran against state-funded candidates whose programmes included such ideas as making the fez mandatory headgear and moving the capital to Alexandria.
City and state officials have said no one was sent to poor communities to ensure people knew about mandatory evacuation orders.
As a mandatory requirement, each team must consist of 14 Indian domestic players and four local players from the same state.
Now that may be in danger too as the committee found that of 14 mines from the nearby state of Jharkhand where Vedanta had been sourcing its bauxite from, only one had all the mandatory approvals and legal clearances.
At the moment, Costco cannot buy directly from out-of-state vineyards, but must go through Washington's three-tier distribution system, complete with mandatory mark-ups.
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