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authorizer

American  
[aw-thuh-rahyz-er] / ˈɔ θəˌraɪz ər /

noun

authorizers plural
  1. someone or something that authorizes.


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With the entry of Erskine College as a new charter authorizer, we are expanding choice across the state.

From Washington Times Jan. 24, 2018

Michigan allows the schools to be chartered by a variety of institutions, including public universities, which run most of the schools, instead of making school districts the sole authorizer.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2016

John F. McAdams, a claims authorizer for Social Security in Philadelphia, says an undetermined number of widows are losing thousands of dollars over the long term.

From New York Times Sep. 11, 2015

A parent’s only recourse under this bill, he explained, is with the Jackson-based state charter authorizer.

From Washington Post Mar. 30, 2012

They can distinctly pray for the head, author, authorizer and prime supporter, of abjured Prelacy and Prelates, that God would bless him in his government, and yet not pray for the Prelates themselves.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed

They are why the Senate passed, 77-20, a National Defense Authorization Act delivering $32 billion above the OMB request and on top of the money authorizers included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

In fact, in the vast majority of states, higher-education authorizers don’t require colleges to report plans for such programs.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2021

School districts can apply to be charter-school authorizers, he wrote, and schools are authorized by the statewide Commission on Charter Schools, which includes elected officials like the state superintendent.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2017

These lessons have been gathered by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and states should use them to hold authorizers to high standards.

From US News Oct. 6, 2016

Pearson runs D.C.’s Public Charter School Board, regarded as among the leading authorizers in the country.

From Washington Post Sep. 8, 2016

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