Sentences with phrase «more school choice bills»

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But much major legislation failed to get through in time, including Shirley Williams» education bill, which would have extended parental choice, made school governors more representative and introduce maintenance grants for 16 - to - 18 year - olds.

Thirteen states enacted new K - 12 school choice programs in 2011 and more than two dozen states are considering similar bills

Some conservatives want more school choice in the bill, yet most choice advocates themselves want to keep Uncle Sam at bay, understanding that he has a tendency to hug favored reforms to death.

While we are disappointed that certain bills that would have provided parents with more options in the education of their child did not advance or were weakened, there are still a number of important school choice and education reform measures that will be discussed over the next two months.

Ravitch, a nationally renowned expert on education who was appointed to key educational posts in both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations, was once one of the strongest advocates for more educational accountability standards and a strong advocate of choice schools.

«But in order to ensure another leg of the school choice stool is complete and to continue ensuring working families have even more options — regardless of their income or zip code — we need to enact Senate Bill 1 and provide opportunity scholarships to our families now.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public educchoice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public educChoice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.

Starting in 2011 and expanded in 2013, Indiana joined this movement by enacting three bills — House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1001, HEA 1002 and HEA 1003 — which, when taken together, create one of the more comprehensive school choice programs in the nation (collectively the «Indiana Choice Legislation&rachoice programs in the nation (collectively the «Indiana Choice Legislation&raChoice Legislation»).

The state attorney general's office formally nudged a Las Vegas judge on Friday to move more quickly on a case that challenges the constitutionality of Nevada's controversial new school choice bill.

Since the Florida gathering, lawmakers in the North Carolina legislature have introduced more than 20 bills related to school choice.

ATLANTA, GA — On Thursday, March, 15, more than 150 charter school students, parents, school leaders, teachers, advocates and other organizations that support school choice will rally at the Georgia Capitol in support of Georgia House Bill 787 and the inclusion of funding for HB 430 in the 2019 state budget.

However, the candidate did note his support of public school choice (via charter schools): «As chair of the House Education Committee, David introduced an omnibus education bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing Children First.

A bill filed in the state Senate, «NC Comprehensive School Accountability,» seeks to strengthen oversight for the voucher program, but it only deals with limiting the choices of standardized tests private schools can administer in an effort to make students» academic progress more comparable and more easily understood.