Sentences with phrase «about special education funding»

And as we've traveled across the state speaking in communities about school finance, concerns about special education funding have consistently been raised by a wide array of stakeholders.

Also, read our issue brief about Local Education Agency Status and learn more about special education funding in our report: «Getting Lost While Trying to Trying to Find the Money: Special Education Finance in Charter Schools.»

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Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

The Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education created and funds a PBIS technical center to disseminate information about effective school - wide disciplinary practices and provide support to schools and districts to implement them.

Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education last week agreed to provide federal and state agencies with information about «possible improprieties» regarding the expenditure of more than $ 500,000 in federal special - education funds by the state's superintendent of education, Thomas G.Education last week agreed to provide federal and state agencies with information about «possible improprieties» regarding the expenditure of more than $ 500,000 in federal special - education funds by the state's superintendent of education, Thomas G.education funds by the state's superintendent of education, Thomas G.education, Thomas G. Clausen.

The addition of about seven public schools with McKay funding within five miles of a public school improved the academic achievement of special education students by about.05 of a standard deviation.

The survey, conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, found that 23 of the 52 officials responding were concerned about finding adequate funding for their efforts.

This special report, funded by the USDOE National Initiatives Grant of the Charter Schools Program and administered by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter special report, funded by the USDOE National Initiatives Grant of the Charter Schools Program and administered by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter Special Education, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charteEducation, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charteeducation primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charteEducation in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter special education in the charteeducation in the charter sector.

The detailed story of her son, who is now grown and living in another state, must be saved for a different day, but the myriad questions that even the synopsis raises about accountability over federal special education and disability services funds is important to keep front and center during the current reform conversation.

States that fall short could lose federal funding earmarked for special education, which totals about $ 11.5 billion a year.

The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools is about to begin the first of two analyses of these state funding mechanisms.

July 24, 2013: NSBA Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee on FY2014 Labor, Health & Human Services Education Appropriations bill NSBA expresses concerns about funding cuts in proposed FY2014 appropriations for Title I grants for disadvantaged students and IDEA (special education) Education Appropriations bill NSBA expresses concerns about funding cuts in proposed FY2014 appropriations for Title I grants for disadvantaged students and IDEA (special education) education) programs.

Dr. Karen H. Jones, a professor of workforce education at the University of Georgia and ACTE's 2005 National Outstanding Career and Technical Educator, spoke to Catherine Imperatore of ACTE about the M.A.T.H. Today (Mathematics and Technology Happen Today) Project, a grant - funded three - year study of whether participation in computer - based mathematics programs would improve work - related math skills of students from special populations.

Superintendent Jim Merrill is asking the Board of Commissioners for $ 39 million in local funding, with about $ 1.5 million directed toward hiring more teachers, assistant teachers and special education experts.

Leaders in the district of about 47,000 students expect to lose $ 832,808 in special education funding, $ 921,000 in Title I funding — which supports schools with a large number of low - income students — and $ 300,000 in funding for programs that improve teacher quality, immigrant education and assist the homeless, among others.

A classic case for the debate about whom the American public education system serves more — parents and taxpayers or unionized employee special interests — is the issue of tax - funded teachers union release time.

Moukawsher, who heard months of expert testimony on public education from January 12 to June 3, made the same conclusion about special - education funding and what he concluded were lax standards for evaluating teachers and for promoting and graduating students who can not read.

In Winston - Salem / Forsyth Schools, an urban district that's seeing a prevalence rate of about one percentage point over the state funded rate, it's become increasingly difficult to recruit special education teachers, says finance director Kerry Crutchfield.

# 5: What is particularly offensive about Malloy's pro-charter school policies is that Connecticut's privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools refuse to educate their fair share of non-English speaking students or students with special education needs.

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That said, Brown's spending plan includes no new funding for special education aside from a cost of living increase of about 1.5 percent.

Research funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has identified a number of alternatives to whole - class instruction and ability grouping and provided information about their effectiveness.

Education outreach coordinators work as spokesmen for an educational institute in order to obtain funding for special projects, and to educate individuals and groups about the availability of services and facilities.