Sentences with phrase «allowed local school boards»

The legislation allowed local school boards to make sweeping changes to address looming funding cuts as well as to introduce instructional reform that could improve outcomes across their districts.

The statute that created the Excellence Commission allowed local school boards to petition the state board of education to retain exclusive authority to sanction charter schools within their districts.

«We must allow local school boards to ban AIDS carriers from the public schools.»

Codes 53A - 1a - 107 (2003) and 53A -13-109 (2004) allow local school boards and administrators to provide training as needed in the imparting of civic and character education.

Although North Carolina law allows local school boards to permit corporal punishment, under legislation passed in 2011, parents have the right to opt out of corporal punishment for their children in public schools.

At Mr. Fuller's request, the Governor proposed expanding the state's charter - school law — which now allows 10 districts to charter one school each — to allow local school boards to charter as many schools as they desire.

The state board will be responsible for deciding whether to allow local school board to approve charter contracts.

The bill allows local school boards to offer a 3 - year certificate of eligibility to a person interested in becoming a career and technical educator in an identified specialty area.

The focus on multiple competencies also allows local school boards to prioritize programs and allocate resources as their specific situation dictates.

This year, Peterson helped get a law change through the Legislature that allows local school boards to create new «innovation» schools that operate independently from many of the state and local rules that govern schools.

If passed, would allow local school boards to start due process procedures without waiting for criminal proceedings to be complete.

A bill under consideration in the California legislature would allow local school boards to replace standardized tests given in 11th grade with a college entrance exam like the SAT or...

Now the law allows the local school boards to identify where schools are needed, provide design and construction specifications to the builders and then lease the facility upon completion.

Not exact matches

Federal regulations serve as the baseline for school nutrition programs thus allowing state governments and local school boards an element of local control.

The most appropriate role for the federal government may be to provide resources to states through categorical formula funding or a competitive grant program that would allow policy design to fit the local context rather than try to act as a national school board from Washington, DC.

But they claim that using statewide data allows them to consider the fact that the states, not local school boards, are the ultimate political entities responsible for public education within their boundaries.

This measure would allow a newly - created state commission or approved local school boards to authorize qualifying nonreligious, nonprofit organizations to operate public charter schools, limited to forty schools over five years.

Charter Schools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attSchools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attschools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend....

The existing law - passed in 2011 - allows parents to convert a low - performing district public school to a charter if a majority of parents signs a petition, but local school boards have to sign off on the conversion.

The new legislation would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval).

Under a New Jersey statute that allowed local school districts to fund the transportation of children to and from schools, the Board of Education of Ewing Township authorized reimbursement to parents forced to bus their children to school using regular public transportation.

«We will continue to advocate on behalf of America's 90,000 school board members for final legislation that allows local education leaders to stimulate innovation and creative thinking to improve student achievement versus imposing a one - size - fits - all approach,» said Gentzel.

SB 2161: This would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at market value.

While the ever - expanding role of the U.S. Department of Education in state and local level matters remains a concern, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) acknowledges benefits of the proposed revisions to the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program, extending the grant period from three to five years, and allowing local education agencies to use SIG funds to implement, in one or more SIG eligible schools, a state - determined intervention model.

The charter school law that passed in 2001 allows the Indianapolis mayor, public state universities and local school boards to act as authorizers.

Earlier this month, he signed legislation allowing local school governing boards to close failing schools, convert them to charter schools, or fire a failing school's principal and half the staff.

Allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval).

Charter Schools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketSchools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketschools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at market value.

Again school district programs are protected because local boards can create criteria establishing district needs that allow more «qualified» teachers (defined by specific training and credentials) to be skipped over and more senior teachers laid off.

The Federation urges the minister to set provincial reporting policy only, and to allow local schools and school boards to develop local report cards that meet their needs and goals.

The State / RSD has no honest intention of allowing any eligible schools to return to local control (OPSB), and with the right key people in place (seeding), these boards (e.g., FirstLine — loaded with the likes of St. Etienne, Rosenthal, etc.), will ensure the continuation of State control.

Given the compressed timeframe in which the dissolution of the SRC must take place in order for the District to regain local control by the beginning of the 2018 - 2019 school year and the difficulty the District would likely face getting legislative approval from Harrisburg to change its charter to allow an elected school board in the next few weeks, Education Voters of PA supports mayoral control of the school board at this time.

In closing, the B.C. Teachers» Federation would like to reiterate its advice to the minister to set provincial reporting policy only and to allow local schools and school boards to develop local report cards that meet their needs and goals.

Local school officials were told that they were not allowed to inform parents, teachers, their local Board of Education or the public about the SBAC results until they are released by the sLocal school officials were told that they were not allowed to inform parents, teachers, their local Board of Education or the public about the SBAC results until they are released by the slocal Board of Education or the public about the SBAC results until they are released by the state.

Malloy's proposal was to allow the Commissioner of Education to override local boards of education and take control of Commissioner Network Schools by requiring local or regional boards of education to «enter into a turnaround agreement with the department regarding all aspects of school operation and management, without limitation.»

During a recent panel cohosted by the Fordham Institute, network members focused on their experiences in hybrid roles that allowed them to split time between the classroom and working with their local school boards to shape school policies.

Of course, that overlooks one of the major problems and that is how does a publicly elected municipal board of education legally allow a charter school to be set up in its district when that charter school doesn't even allow a local elected board to citizens to oversee it.

State Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, who sits on the state school board, said state law has allowed for «local charters» in prior years, but no proposals ever got off the ground.

(i)(1) Not more than 120 charter schools shall be allowed to operate in the commonwealth at any time, excluding those approved pursuant to paragraph (3); provided, however, that of the 120 charter schools, not more than 48 shall be Horace Mann charter schools; provided, however, notwithstanding subsection (c) the 14 new Horace Mann charter schools shall not be subject to the requirement of an agreement with the local collective bargaining unit prior to board approval; provided, further, that after the charter for these 14 new Horace Mann charter schools have been granted by the board, the schools shall develop a memorandum of understanding with the school committee and the local union regarding any waivers to applicable collective bargaining agreements; provided, further, that if an agreement is not reached on the memorandum of understanding at least 30 days before the scheduled opening of the school, the charter school shall operate under the terms of its charter until an agreement is reached; provided, further, that not less 4 of the new Horace Mann charter schools shall be located in a municipality with more than 500,000 residents; and not more than 72 shall be commonwealth charter schools.

Local school boards also allow for community participation in that decision - making process.

State aid would be siphoned from local public school aid and shifted to private schools up to 150 percent of the per - pupil payment (again allowing school boards to raise local property taxes to make it up).

South Carolina allowed those who did not pass to appeal to their local school boards through the end of 2015.

* HB 4237 would allow districts to hold a referendum if the charter commission overturned the decision of a local school board.

He could also campaign for Amendment 8, which would allow an alternative process for approving public schools, including charter schools, rather than by local school boards, and Amendment 12, which would impose a six - year lobbying ban on former state elected officials, state agencies heads and local elected officials.

The State School Board's recent decision to eliminate physical education, arts and health courses as core statewide requirements for middle - school students is seen as a way to give local districts more flexibility in designing curriculum, which is a positive development in the context of allowing more local control over education pSchool Board's recent decision to eliminate physical education, arts and health courses as core statewide requirements for middle - school students is seen as a way to give local districts more flexibility in designing curriculum, which is a positive development in the context of allowing more local control over education pschool students is seen as a way to give local districts more flexibility in designing curriculum, which is a positive development in the context of allowing more local control over education policy.

We also most strongly urge lawmakers to oppose changes in the PA charter law that would allow charter schools to expand without the approval of local school boards.

That law gradually changed, allowing for the creation of startup charter schools — whose applications local school boards would deny time and time again.

We haven't seen this latest corruption of democratic ideals in Connecticut — yet — but you can be sure that if the charter schools don't get what they want from the State Board of Education, Governor Malloy and the Connecticut Legislature, we'll see more and more proposals allowing charter schools to side - step the fundamental concepts of local control and governance.

A broad coalition of more than 40 community and advocacy groups is jumping into LA Unified's prolonged spending debate, urging the board to allow individual schools, rather than centralized administrators, to decide how to spend the billions of dollars coming into the district from Gov. Jerry Brown «s Local Control Funding Formula program.

Each local school board resolution resulted in media coverage in each city and town, and allowed local canvassers and phone bankers to gain traction.