Sentences with phrase «administer federal school»

This won't come as a surprise to anyone who has worked in one of these agencies or tracked their struggles to improve failing schools under NCLB, turn around the troubled districts that they've taken over, ensure that new educator evaluation systems end the «widget effect,» complete Race to the Top deliverables on time, or successfully administer federal School Improvement Grants.

«Assuring that school districts — which house school food authorities - have sufficient capacity to efficiently and effectively administer federal school lunch and breakfast programs is vital to the success of those programs and to our students,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, executive director, National School Boards Association.

The report received a cautious endorsement from the Department of Agriculture, which administers the federal school lunch program.

Onslow County's CFO Hollamon explained that the local school district uses its own fair share of per pupil funds — that was divvied up and distributed to the district after charter schools also got their fair share from the state — to support the indirect costs associated with administering the federal school lunch program.

With policies to handle unpaid meals all over the map, the USDA, which administers the federal school meal program, will soon require that all school districts have a policy on what to do when kids can't pay — a growing problem.

Applications are due to the State - level agency administering the Federal school meal programs by August 31, 2015, to ensure implementation of CEP for the 2015 - 2016 school year.

Not exact matches

This allows a student to earn money to help pay education expenses through a part - time job administered by schools participating in the Federal Work - study Program.

Promulgated by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the agency which administers the state's federal school lunch program, the «Texas School Nutrition Policy» regulates the time and place in which competitive foods and beverages may be sold and also sets nutrition standards for those school lunch program, the «Texas School Nutrition Policy» regulates the time and place in which competitive foods and beverages may be sold and also sets nutrition standards for those School Nutrition Policy» regulates the time and place in which competitive foods and beverages may be sold and also sets nutrition standards for those items.

But given that the National School Lunch Program already IS the ultimate nanny state program — a daily, free or reduced price hand - out of food, administered by the federal government — why is merely improving the food served so controversial on the right?

The bill would change federal policy and allow Tribes to administer federal programs that provide free, healthy meals to children in schools, while simultaneously helping to alleviate some of the hurdles Tribes face in trying to access hunger and nutrition services.

Elia and her aides noted that federal law requires state tests to be administered to students annually, regardless of whether assessments are also used in rating job performance of school employees.

What's more, a 2005 federal transportation bill allocated an additional 612 million for a new national Safe Routes to School program, requiring all states to hire a coordinator to administer funds to communities for new bike lanes, pathways, sidewalks, and education and promotion campaigns in elementary and middle schools.

For one thing, in getting a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Indiana (like other states) promised the Obama administration it would adopt standards that met federal criteria; align curricula and teaching; select, pilot, and administer new tests aligned to the standards; and integrate the standards into both school - and teacher - accountability systems.

Children should receive a second dose of the vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella upon entering school to supplement the measles vaccine first administered at age 15 months, the federal Centers for Disease Control has recommended.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

The final awards were announced here last week for the 18 - month period that ends June 30 by the schools and libraries division of the Universal Service Administrative Co., which is administering the federal program.

Generally, the staff in these positions administer federal programs that distribute federal funding to school districts and ensure that districts comply with federal rules.

In an initial review of how the department administered funds under the emergency federal aid approved by Congress, the inspectors found that department officials visited affected areas and reviewed all available data to verify whether a particular school district was entitled to the federal money, the report says.

A significant portion of respondents (71 percent) backs a voluntary national testing program that the federal government would administer to fourth - and eighth - grade students to measure the performance of U.S. public schools.

School library collections are frozen in the 1970s because that's when a major change in funding occurred: Federal money previously aimed specifically at library materials was reallocated to block grants that are administered on the local level.

Fifty percent of the programs funding comes from a 21st Century Community Center grant, a federal program administered through the Vermont Department of Education, and the other half comes from the school budget, donations, other grants and community partnerships.

As part of ongoing efforts to determine the root cause, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (the equivalent of the U.S. federal government's Department of Education) called for a regrading of a subset of standardized tests administered during 2010 and 2011.

VDOE assists schools and school divisions in administering programs authorized by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended.

The EOCEP encourages instruction in the specific academic standards for the courses, encourages student achievement, and documents the level of students» mastery of the academic standards.To meet federal accountability requirements, the EOCEP in mathematics, English / language arts and science will be administered to all public school students by the third year of high school, including those students as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and by Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

This bill requires each school board to annually provide parents or guardians with a copy of or instructions on how to access a summary of the pupil examinations administered under state and federal law.

On the issue of assessments, federal regulations should support the authority granted, through ESSA, to local school board members, as locally elected officials, to participate in the process of determining the type of assessments that are administered at the local level.

Federal School Improvement Grants are usually passed through the state and on to school districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themsSchool Improvement Grants are usually passed through the state and on to school districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themsschool districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themselves.

Gentzel calls for the elimination of overly prescriptive requirements, urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to «grant autonomy and relief for school districts to successfully administer school meal programs by enacting policy to make implementation feasible within available federal resources.»

Our analysis was based on data from the federal Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and its supplemental Teacher Follow - Up Survey (TFS).1 When we originally undertook our study, six cycles of SASS / TFS had been administered over a 20 - year period — 1987 — 88, 1990 — 91, 1993 — 94, 1999 — 2000, 2003 — 04, and 2007 — 08.

Centrist Democrat school reformers along with the more - sensible of movement conservative counterparts, governors from both parties, and civil rights - oriented players are opposed to proposals from true - believers to abolish No Child's testing provision, which rightfully requires states to administer reading, math, and science exams in exchange for federal education subsidies.

We finally offered our permission to the school district to again administer an intelligence test provided the district would classify our son as a «special needs» student who would then qualify for full accommodation of his educational needs under our state and federal laws.

Finally, this substitute amendment requires, beginning in the 2016 - 17 school year, each school board and independent charter school to annually provide the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district or the independent charter school with a copy of, or access to, a summary of the pupil examinations that it is required to administer under state and federal law, as well any examinations the school board or operator requires to assess pupil, school, or school district performance.

In an unfortunate circumstance for middle school students taking the Algebra I end - of - course (EOC) exam, the commissioner reluctantly recommended that school districts either plan on administering multiple math tests to students taking Algebra I in middle school or understand the potential federal accountability consequences of testing these students only on the Algebra I EOC.

Relay does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other criterion specified by federal, state or local laws, in the administration of its admissions, employment and educational policies or scholarship, loan, and other school - administered programs.

New Schools for New Orleans, the organization administering the federal i3 grant that finances the Intercultural takeover, wanted a commitment from the board to provide transportation for all current Intercultural students.

The guidance — jointly released by the U.S. attorney general and the secretary of education on January 8 — includes specific examples that demonstrate how schools can administer student discipline without discrimination, guiding principles that detail discipline best practices, information about federal school discipline and climate technical assistance, and an online catalog of school discipline laws and regulations for each of the 50 states.

What they need, at minimum, is a one - year waiver from federal testing requirements so that instead of wasting this school year administering the same old damaging and worthless high - stakes tests, they start planning for the future.

The testing requirement, however, was a federal mandate demanding that the State administer an «approved exam» to 95 % of all public school students.

They must administer the same federal - and state - mandated tests as school districts.

Trump has said he wants to spend $ 20 billion to help states expand voucher programs, and the people who administer the only federally funded voucher program currently operating, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, say they expect to get more federal money soon to expand by «hundreds of new students» for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

E-Rate: is the commonly used name for the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

This required notice must include a summary of the pupil examinations the school board is required to administer under state and federal law, as well any examinations the school board requires to assess pupil, school, or school district performance.

The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice (Departments) are issuing this guidance to assist public elementary and secondary schools in meeting their obligations under Federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.

Under federal mandate, schools must administer a home language survey at the time of entrance.

Here's the deal: Federal law does say that districts should administer tests to at least 95 % of students and that states should test all students in reading and math from grades 3 - 8 and at least once in high school, with a suggestion for additional high school testing as appropriate.

The Title IV programs administered by the University of San Diego School of Law are: Federal Direct Loans (Subsidized and / or Non-subsidized), Federal Direct Graduate PLUS loans, and Federal Work Study.

Loan servicers disburse loans funds, monitor loans while the borrowers are in school, update borrower contact information, send out bills and statements, collect payments, process deferments and forbearances, respond to borrower inquiries and ensure that the loans are administered in compliance with federal regulations and guarantee agency requirements.

Basically the federal government would provide the funding and administering of the loans directly to the schools and drop the banks out of the process.

Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, administers the federal student financial aid — grants, loans, and work - study programs — available for education beyond high Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, administers the federal student financial aid — grants, loans, and work - study programs — available for education beyond high federal student financial aid — grants, loans, and work - study programs — available for education beyond high school.

This would force the Department of Education to crack the whip on schools to lower their prices, tighten federal lending limits (or impose them where currently there are none), and administer the lending system — including forgiveness programs like what Trump has proposed — in a fair manner.