• State policy makers track trends on the condition of children in Rhode Island cities and towns • Nonprofits, community organizations, and state agencies use the information for grant applications to bring resources to Rhode Island to improve children's lives •
Local government and school district leaders use the information to plan education and outreach programs and to allocate resources
Not exact matches
County
leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other
local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.
The flat tax cap this year has led
school district officials
and local government leaders to urge state lawmakers
and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider linking the cap to inflation, which has been typically under 2 percent since it was enacted in 2011.
In fact, Reading
School District superintendent Melissa Jamula, the daughter of a former Reading police captain, is by all accounts a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community and local and state government
District superintendent Melissa Jamula, the daughter of a former Reading police captain, is by all accounts a powerful advocate for the
district with the local business community and local and state government
district with the
local business community
and local and state
government leaders.
Reading
School District Superintendent Melissa Jamula is, by all accounts, a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community as well as local and state government
District Superintendent Melissa Jamula is, by all accounts, a powerful advocate for the
district with the local business community as well as local and state government
district with the
local business community as well as
local and state
government leaders.
In an effort to help
school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities
and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state
and local education
leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics,
government, economics, geography, literature, art, music
and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculum.
The MCAS success is rooted in a covenant struck in 1993 by
leaders in state
government,
local school districts,
and businesses.