"There will be no statewide standards, with the duration and level of benefits left up to the district," he said.

Yet New York lags behind other states in providing statewide standards, testing and enforcement.

She established new statewide academic standards for public schools.

New Jersey has no statewide standards or regulations on either activity, although several are in the works.

The proposal would provide a statewide standard for health insurance coverage for experimental drugs and those in trial.

He received praise for successfully implementing a controversial statewide ergonomic standard.

"This ruling ought to soften up opposition to our effort to have a statewide standard."

Some doctors, however, have expressed concerns over the absence of statewide standards to define the master's degree curriculum.

Failing that, states should adopt a statewide standard.

Until recently local districts decided subjectively who got on the ladder, but a uniform statewide standard is now in effect.