Sentences with phrase «regents vote»

Now that the news standards are out, there will be a public comment period before the full Board of Regents vote at their June meeting.

It's true that neither the Regents vote of the governor's task force recommend ending the new teacher evaluation rules altogether.

«New York Regents Vote to Exclude State Tests in Teacher Evaluations,» read another.

Also at noon, a media briefing is held to discuss the recent Board of Regents vote to begin the process to permit qualified non-citizens to obtain professional licenses, with speakers including LatinoJustice PRLDEF Deputy General Counsel Jose Perez, CUNY School of Law Profs. Janet Calvo and Natalie Gomez - Velez, and NY Immigration Coalition Director of Regional Advocacy Jackie Vimo, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, 99 Hudson St., # 14, Manhattan.

Also at noon, advocates from CUNY Law, the New York Immigration Coalition and others discuss the recent state Board of Regents vote to begin the process to permit qualified non-citizens to obtain professional licenses, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, 99 Hudson St. # 14, Manhattan.

The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to waive the residency rule on Tuesday.

The regents voted to disband UAB's program, and momentum was shot.

Tuesday's Board of Regents votes came one day after the governor's office released a new report on the Common Core implementation.

The State Board of Regents voted to permit schools who find the deadline too tight to apply for a waiver for a one year delay.

(The Board of Regents itself voted last month to make it easier to pass one of the state's certification exams.)

The Board of Regents voted in April to allow student - teachers who fail the new exam, called the edTPA, to take an old, less rigorous exam instead for two years.

Despite months of protest, tens of thousands of letters and e-mails and passionate testimony by parents and educators, the New York State Board of Regents voted on Nov. 16 to implement a series of «cost containment» proposals that affect some of the most vulnerable students.

The Regents voted on Monday to adopt the monitors» recommendations.

The governor, in a reversal of his previous policies, endorsed those recommendations, and the Board of Regents voted to adopt them, ending years of failed policy and ushering in a new day for teachers, our students and our schools.

The Board of Regents voted 15 to 1 to...

In New York, the Board of Regents voted Monday to eliminate a requirement that aspiring teachers pass a literacy test in order to become certified.

In the University of California's first major admissions - policy decision since its board of regents voted in 1995 to end race - based admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students in every graduating high school class in the state.

New York's discussion of teacher discipline comes one week after the state's Board of Regents voted to adapt a new teacher evaluation system that requires districts to use standardized test scores to evaluate 40 percent of teacher review scores — 20 percent from state tests, with the other 20 precent from either district or state tests.

And yesterday, with little warning (Chalkbeat: «after it was added to their meeting agenda without prior notice or public comment») a committee of the Board of Regents voted to try to get rid of math and ELA as well.

At the end of 2015, the State Board of Regents voted to put a moratorium on the use of Common Core - aligned tests in evaluations for four years.

«This is not an administration that believes in using tests alone to evaluate teachers,» John B. King Jr., the newly appointed education commissioner, said before the Regents voted.

The Regents voted on Monday to adopt the monitors» recommendations.

The New York State Board of Regents voted to adopt the state's new regulations for evaluating teachers and principals.

The ACVIM Foundation's Board of Regents voted in December 2016 to terminate the fundraising arm because of «a lack of financial viability and an unsustainable business model,» according to a letter sent to -LSB-...]

The ACVIM Foundation's Board of Regents voted in December 2016 to terminate the fundraising arm because of «a lack of financial viability and an unsustainable business model,» according to a letter sent to more than 2,600 diplomates.

The University of Georgia is planning to buy a 169 - acre tropical forest in Costa Rica and a 13th - century convent in Cortona, Italy, for permanent study - abroad programs.A committee of the state Board of Regents voted unanimously in early May to give the school permission to proceed with the acquisition of both properties.

Not exact matches

So when the 50,000 - seat, $ 7.6 million stadium was completed in 1975, the Board of Regents filibustered, voting to delay naming the stadium until its debts were paid off.

The Maryland Terrapins will take a huge step in the process of switching conferences from the ACC to the Big Ten Monday, according to multiple reports, when the university's Board of Regents will vote on the move.

Maryland was also a founding member of the ACC, and some members of the Board of Regents could vote to stay.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

In recent times, that has meant that Assembly Democrats have the greatest influence in choosing Regents, since numerically they are the largest voting block in the entire legislature.

The Democrats realize that changing four of 17 Regents is not necessarily going to impact the outcome of policy votes.

Some Assembly members are leaning toward unseating the Regents, with one suggesting she wouldn't vote at all.

The conference needs every vote they can get to keep the Regents in their chairs.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia and Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa condemned the vote, saying they «strongly disapprove» of the committee's actions.

The Regents were set to vote to delay the effects of Common Core on high school seniors for five more years, until 2022, and to offer teachers some protections if they are fired during the next two years.

At the December Board of Regents meeting, members voted to postpone the effects of the tests on teacher evaluations until for at least four more years.

The New York State Board of Regents at the last minute reversed course and decided not to hold a final vote on some changes to weaken implementation of the Common Core standards in New York.

The Board of Regents, New York State's highest education authority, voted to make it easier for some students with disabilities to graduate from high school.

At least eight of the 17 members of the Board of Regents appear ready to try to modify or amend the teacher - evaluation plan passed by the Legislature and are set to vote on the plan during their meeting this coming week.

Betty Rosa, a former superintendent of schools in the Bronx, is expected to be voted chancellor of the New York Board of Regents this month, education officials familiar with the process said.

Update: The Regents didn't vote to approve to implement these provisions, but directed SED to develop the rules.

Reaction to the Regents» vote on the fate of the proposed Truxton Academy Charter School is also expected to come up during the meeting.

The moratorium, made through emergency regulations, went into effect immediately, and after a public hearing period, the Regents will vote at their February meeting on whether to make the changes permanent.

A Regents panel voted to allow teachers and principals who could be fired based on poor student performance on Common Core exams this year or last year to defend themselves by citing the botched rollout of the tough new curriculum.

It's expected that nearly all Republicans in the legislature will vote «no» and many Democrats in the Senate also say they won't back the Regents nominees.

The state Board of Regents at the last minute reversed course and decided not to hold a final vote on some changes to weaken implementation of the Common Core standards in New York.

In past Regents elections, Assembly Democrats have had enough votes to approve Regents members of their choice.

The State Board of Regents, which is essentially appointed by the Assembly Democrats because they have the largest voting bloc in the legislature, developed a waiver.