Sentences with phrase «schools expansion act»

Clinton also signed into law the «Charter Schools Expansion Act of 1998,» authored by CSDC's President and CEO, former Congressman Frank Riggs, when Riggs was chairman of the House of Representatives» Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

Based on member feedback, we provided a webinar to help our schools understand how to get access to the Charter School Expansion Act (CSEA) grant, which is intended to address special education enrollment discrepancies

Charter schools that opened after 1998 or have experienced a significant increase in their special education enrollment are eligible to submit data to the Department through the Charter School Expansion Act (CSEA) grant.

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Nonprofits and schools can embrace new provisions included in the 2010 child nutrition reauthorization law — the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act — that support summer food expansion and outreach efforts.

Other budget provisions: The budget agreement also includes: an expansion of the state's Tuition Assistance Program for college students and their families; a 12 percent increase in aid to cities and local governments; a $ 3.8 billion transportation bond act; an increase of $ 1.1 billion in aid to schools; and an expansion of the EPIC program, which gives seniors access to reduced - rate prescription drugs.

Green's feature debut is an expansion of his 2015 short Stop, but the film is told through differing views: the bystander who filmed the act, a black police officer, and a high - school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.

The GOP's gains in the Senate and the House of Representatives could pave the way for some sharply contested education proposals, such as an expansion of private school vouchers, and discourage major legislative challenges to the No Child Left Behind Act.

The governor now, however, views the expansion of charter schools, which were initially created under the state's 1993 Education Reform Act, as a cornerstone of his improvement plan.

Most of the legal changes needed for the expansion of the academies programme and to allow groups to set up free schools were passed in the Academies Act, which went through Parliament in the summer.

As a leader in charter school representation since the passage of California's Charter Schools Act of 1992, we represent more than half of the charter schools in the state, offering expertise in every facet of charter school creation, expansion, and opeSchools Act of 1992, we represent more than half of the charter schools in the state, offering expertise in every facet of charter school creation, expansion, and opeschools in the state, offering expertise in every facet of charter school creation, expansion, and operation.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

Evers earlier this year praised Walker's budget proposal, but until now the two have been at odds over how much money the state and property taxpayers should send to schools, the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers and on Walker's signature piece of legislation known as Act 10, which nearly eliminated collective bargaining for public school teachers and resulted in massive membership losses for the state's largest teachers union, which has heavily backed Evers.

• School Expansion, Growth & Strategic Planning • State and Federal Employment Law • School Board and Nonprofit Governance • Administrative Law & Appeals of State and Federal Agency Decisions and Actions • Special Investigations & Legal / Compliance Audits • Policy Guidance and Development • Constitutional Challenges and Claims • School Employee and School Board Training • Litigation in Federal and State Courts • Administrative Hearings and Appeals Before State and Federal Agencies • Public Entity Purchasing and Procurement; Business Transactions; & Contract Negotiation, Review and Drafting • Construction Law, AIA Construction Contracts, Review and Drafting • Real Estate Transactions and Condemnation • Special Education under IDEA and Section 504 • Student Rights & Discipline Issues and Hearings • State and Federal Claims of Discrimination • State and Federal Civil Rights • Administrative Grievances and Hearings • False Claims Act / Qui Tam Defense for Local Government Entities

Given the rapid and continuing expansion of the charter school industry and the tremendous investment of public dollars, New York must act now to reform its oversight system.

The common school, the Merrill Land - Grant Act that provided every state with the resources to build colleges for agriculture and manufacturing, the creation of public high schools, and the G.I. Bill which established that military veterans should have access to higher education are key elements of the expansion of educational opportunity.

The 2001 passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act inaugurated an expansion of testing by requiring states that received federal funding to assess students in all grades between third and eighth, and one year in high school.

Our Philadelphia founding member, Helen Gym, shared news reports that her group, Parents United for Public Education, and others have filed an ethics complaint against the William Penn Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group, alleging that BCG was acting as a lobbyist when it developed a plan for the School District of Philadelphia including major school closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundSchool District of Philadelphia including major school closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundschool closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundation.

«That includes the expansion of our Inter-District School Choice program, the passage of the Urban Hope Act, the agreement on a groundbreaking contract in Newark, and the regulations on teacher and principal evaluations we will be introducing in the coming months,» she said in an email.

Both the All Students Achieving through Reform (All STAR) Act and the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act provided additional funding for the replication and expansion of quality charter sSchools Act provided additional funding for the replication and expansion of quality charter schoolsschools.

Funding under Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act provides districts with formula grants in order to support teachers, school leaders, and preparation programs.36 States can reserve up to 5 percent of their funding for the expansion of teacher preparation programs.37 In addition, public universities should leverage existing grant opportunities.

An Academies Act, passed in the summer, paved the way for groups of parents, teachers and charities to set up their own «free schools», and for the expansion of the academies programme, under which schools are being encouraged to «opt out» of local authority control.

It also is working for passage of the Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act, a bill that would provide veterinary schools with competitive grants to increase capacity in these shortage areas.

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The Education Legislation Amendment Act 2008 maintains commitments to initiatives such as the Sporting Chance program, as well as supporting the expansion of intensive literacy and numeracy programs for Indigenous students, professional development support to assist teachers to develop Individual Learning Plans for their Indigenous students, an additional 200 teachers in the Northern Territory and the provision of three new boarding college facilities for Indigenous secondary school students in the Northern Territory.