Sentences with phrase «school and the state capitol»

The quake caused $ 25 to 30 million in damages, including to Molalla High School and the State Capitol in Salem.

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Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the Capitol against a plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits to state workers.

MIAMI — Gun control legislation is moving at an unusually fast pace in the Florida Capitol following a deadly high school shooting, which has pushed state lawmakers and the governor to act after years of loosening restrictions on firearms.

Tallahassee, Florida (CNN) The Florida state House on Tuesday rejected a ban on many semiautomatic guns and large capacity magazines as dozens of survivors of last week's school shooting headed to the state Capitol to turn their grief into political action.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the state House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large - capacity magazines at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

«The PTA's support — whether raising funds for schools» needs, logging thousands of volunteer hours or advocating for public schools locally and at the State Capitol — is invaluable to our success.

At 3:15 p.m., Sen. Jose Peralta, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and advocates discuss legislation aimed at expanding the speed camera program in school zones in New York City, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 2:30 p.m., Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Union College alum with numerous school records for playing basketball, will honor the Men's Basketball Team and Head Coach Chris Murphy for capturing the 2017 Liberty League Men's Basketball Championship and winning a bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, Albany.

Education reform — loosely defined as support for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016 for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards for public school teachers.

(For the uninitiated, the Fort Orange Club, which is within about a block of the state Capitol, is a regular hangout of Senate Republicans — particularly those of the old school — while Prime is the preferred dinner / dinks locale for Klein and his fellow IDCers).

Labor, community and faith groups held a vigil at the Capitol Monday to call on lawmakers to pass a significant raise in the state's minimum wage, increasing support for public schools...

At 10:30 a.m., clergy members and education activists from around the state will deliver 800 + petition signatures to Cuomo calling for «full and fair» school funding ($ 2.2 billion in additional state aid), governor's office, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Regardless of how the WFP pyschodrama plays out, the Green Party will remain the choice this November for progressives who support a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, living wage jobs, climate action, strong public schools, and an end to corruption at the State Capitol.»

ALBANY — Members of the state Assembly had been told to prepare for a return to the Capitol on Friday for a session to take up legislation regarding mayoral control of schools and local tax extenders, members said, only to have the plans canceled several hours later.

Known as a «big ugly» in Capitol jargon, the bill extended rent regulations and the 421 - a real estate subsidy program, authorized $ 1.3 billion in property tax rebates, renewed mayoral control of New York City schools for another year, released $ 250 million for mandated expenses of non-public schools and demanded more transparency for controversial state testing.

Hundreds of school children, parents and union members held a rally and sit - in at the state Capitol to build momentum for more spending on schools in the state budget.

Once again, Eva Moskowitz, the ferocious founder and leader of the Success Academy charter school network, and a coalition of charter operators and advocates will bus thousands of kids, parents, and teachers to the state capitol for a noisy rally.

Thousands of students, teachers, political activists and others staged a massive protest Saturday at the state Capitol, expressing anger at gun violence, particularly in schools, and frustration that Congress has not enacted tougher restrictions.

Also at noon, members of AQE, Citizen Action, NYSUT, UFT and the WFP will hand - deliver a petition to Cuomo's office asking him to end his policies that have led to the most racially and economically segregated schools in the nation, War Room, Second Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Meanwhile, Libous returns to the Capitol while state lawmakers in both the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly sort out an extension of rent control laws for New York City as well as an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools and the creation of an education tax credit.

Also at 11 a.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and his colleagues will be joined by education advocates and professionals at a press conference to call for equitable education funding and the release of school aid runs, back of Assembly chamber, state Capitol, Albany.

At 1:30 p.m., parents, students, educators and advocates from the Alliance for Quality Education call on Sens. George Amedore and Jim Tedisco to to fund «real» Foundation Aid for public schools and not «need - neutral» aid, lobby outside state Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Also at 12:30 p.m., Assembly Education Chair Cathy Nolan and Sen. Kevin Parker will release letters signed by more than 70 legislators in both houses calling for $ 2.4 billion in new school aid with an emphasis on Foundation Aid, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo met privately at the state Capitol with school and government leaders from Hoosick Falls about ongoing efforts to deal with the discovery of a toxic chemical that contaminated public and private water supplies in the Rensselaer County community

At 11:45 a.m., clergy members join students, parents and education advocates to rally for a Moral Monday event to call on the state to provide Schenectady City Schools with adequate funding, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 11:30 a.m., students, parents and advocates meet with state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to discuss the need for after - school programs and to restore $ 22.3 million for Advantage After School in the state budget, state Capitol, Room 315, Aschool programs and to restore $ 22.3 million for Advantage After School in the state budget, state Capitol, Room 315, ASchool in the state budget, state Capitol, Room 315, Albany.

At 1:30 p.m., Sens. Tim Kennedy, Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Brad Hoylman, and John Brooks will join Erie County District Attorney John Flynn to discuss proposed corrective action regarding sexual abuse at private schools, Senate hallway, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Ryan Deitsch, 18, and other students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School meet with lawmakers on the House floor at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee on February 21.

The final skid off the highway of smooth administration came after a week of furious negotiations, mostly behind closed doors in various corners of the Capitol, about $ 150 - plus billion in spending, the governor's proposal for subsidized tuition at state colleges, and policies regarding charter schools.

Thousands of chanting students, including survivors of the Florida school shooting, rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday, demanding changes to gun laws and threatening to remove Republicans who refuse to address new gun - control measures.

ALBANY — At a rally on the Capitol steps, Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate leaders intimated that charter schools would get a boost in the budget, while down the street, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his push for the inclusion of a local tax increase to fund pre-kindergarten programs.

Supporters of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education tax credit were at the Capitol to persuade lawmakers that the credit, which would benefit donors to private and charter schools, should be approved as part of the state budget.

The Moral Mondays movement came to New York State on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schState on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schstate converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schstate Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schools.

Regardless of how the WFP pyschodrama plays out, the Green Party will remain the choice this November for progressives who support a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, living wage jobs, climate action, strong public schools, and an end to corruption at the State Capitol,» said Howie Hawkins, the Green nominee for Governor.

Capping a rocky week at the State Capitol, Senate Democrats tried a parliamentary move to force a vote on Skelos then argued and shouted as the clerk plowed forward, reading resolutions honoring high school championship teams.

It was the first time a state education commissioner has attended the advocacy day event at the state Capitol, which is designed to raise awareness for charter school issues and give parents and students an opportunity to speak directly with legislators in Albany.

Hundreds of public school students and parents have rallied at the New York state Capitol to urge lawmakers to boost school funding and reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education reforms.

On Wednesday, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where the Florida shooting occurred, along with parents and teachers are set to march on the state Capitol in Tallahassee to call for new gun laws.

The video showed images of Success parents and children — whose schools were closed for the rally — boarding buses and marching outside of the state Capitol.

A few years ago, I and dozens of others frustrated by the state's failure to resolve the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and provide the resources coming to the city schools as a result barricaded the entrance to the Capitol in Albany in an act of civil disobedience.

For example, in 1996 CMU saw the need for charter schools to have representation in the state capitol and with the media, which led to the founding of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, which now serves as the unified voice for Michigan's charter schools and was a major advocate for removing the cap.

As schoolchildren absorbed lectures on state history during tours of the Capitol here last week, California lawmakers were making history of their own by passing a school reform package that will raise the stakes for teachers, administrators, and students.

When charter school supporters marched in the city's streets and rallied at the state capitol in Albany, they won enthusiastic support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and favorable action in the state legislature.

Dr. Bruce Douglas, executive director of Connecticut's Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), an organization that oversees the state's magnet schools and provides services to school districts in the Hartford region, says he is pleased with the magnet school's first year.

National organizations such as EdChoice (formerly the Friedman Foundation, established in 1996) and the American Education Reform Foundation (founded in 1998) and Alliance for School Choice (founded in 2004), which later became affiliated with the American Federation for Children (founded in 2009), were the most prominent voices in state capitols, providing early leadership on choice - related policy and working to counter choice policy myths.

Marshall Tuck, a former Los Angeles charter schools executive who ran unsuccessfully for state superintendent in 2014, credited Vergara and its nine student plaintiffs for the change he's seen in the halls of the capitol.

The frontier in education has moved from Washington, D.C., to state capitols, districts and school communities.

We provide our scholars with opportunities each year to travel to their local city halls, state capitols, and Washington, D.C., to lobby our elected officials on issues ranging from charter school funding to the DREAM Act.

This week, they'll be marching with future colleagues at the state capitol in Raleigh, asking for better pay and better school funding.

Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, during a 2015 charter school rally outside the New York State Capitol in Albany.