Sentences with phrase «among school districts in the state»

Arizona's auditor general has documented similar activities among school districts in the state over the years, but the agency recently conducted the first financial audit of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts — the nation's first education savings account program.

Although most of the DCL is devoted to differences among schools in the same district, the Office for Civil Rights emphasizes that it will also examine differences within schools as well as differences among school districts in a state.

Not exact matches

Elk Grove High School was among the very first high schools in the state of California, and is certainly the oldest of the nine high schools in the Elk Grove Union High School District.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schoolIn her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and scSchool Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schoolin the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schoolin target states, school districts and scschool districts and schools.

Districts that participate in the NSLP are required, among other things, to have food safety programs and participate in health inspections by state or local health departments at least twice annually.4 School food safety plans must comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance and hazard analysis and critical control point principles and apply those to any location where school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating othDistricts that participate in the NSLP are required, among other things, to have food safety programs and participate in health inspections by state or local health departments at least twice annually.4 School food safety plans must comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance and hazard analysis and critical control point principles and apply those to any location where school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating other School food safety plans must comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance and hazard analysis and critical control point principles and apply those to any location where school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating other school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating other school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating othdistricts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating other food.6

This annual report analyzes participation in the School Breakfast Program among low - income children nationally and in each state and the District of Columbia for the 2016 - 2017 schoolSchool Breakfast Program among low - income children nationally and in each state and the District of Columbia for the 2016 - 2017 schoolschool year.

Since New York has among the highest taxes in the nation, residents would have to essentially pay a federal tax on money already taxed by the state, local governments and school districts.

From the University of Edinburgh website, stating their policies for Humanities and Social Sciences, among a variety of other criteria: «08 Additional credit is given to students who:... * Apply from schools in the local area (defined as City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders, Fife, Falkirk and district, Clackmannanshire) and applicants from schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and Wear).

The Hempstead School Board unanimously accepted the recommendations of a state - appointed consultant who had blamed entrenched divisions among district leaders for falling academic performance and increasing safety concerns in the 8,000 - student system.

The Alliance for Quality Education looked at the school aid in the state budget allotted to 161 of the poorest schools among the over 700 districts in New York.

We're thinking Success Academy Bronx 2, a charter that ranks second in math among all New York state schools, even though it's located in America's poorest congressional district.

In June, during the waning days of the legislative session, school districts through the state School Boards Association had quietly circulated a memo among lawmakers that raised concerns about the cost to schools already strapped by the state's 2 - percent tax cap unless residents vote to suspend thschool districts through the state School Boards Association had quietly circulated a memo among lawmakers that raised concerns about the cost to schools already strapped by the state's 2 - percent tax cap unless residents vote to suspend thSchool Boards Association had quietly circulated a memo among lawmakers that raised concerns about the cost to schools already strapped by the state's 2 - percent tax cap unless residents vote to suspend the cap.

The cap, which enjoys broad popular support, faces its biggest hurdle among those in the base of the Assembly Democrats, who say a cap would harm school districts who are already facing deep cuts due to a reduction in state aid.

New York City is among just a handful of 700 school districts that have not yet submitted a teacher evaluation agreement to the State, a failure that could cost City schools between $ 250 and $ 300 million in state funState, a failure that could cost City schools between $ 250 and $ 300 million in state funstate funding.

Among the key findings of the state comptroller's office audit of the Willsboro Central School District: The district overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financiDistrict: The district overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financidistrict overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financidistrict has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financidistrict officials did not develop a multi-year financial plan.

Western New York has independent school districts with several ranking among the top in New York State.

Among those asking for the state to make changes is Shelly Chizzonite, a counselor in the East Syracuse Minoa School District.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

City school results still fall well below state proficiency levels but sit within the middle of the pack among the five biggest urban districts in the state.

Dr. Tisch said that among the things she was proudest of was creating alternative pathways to graduation for students who wanted to focus on the arts or a career - related skill, advocating for undocumented students to receive tuition assistance at city and state colleges, and pushing for state oversight of the troubled East Ramapo school district in Rockland County.

For example, a 2005 report in Illinois found almost no opposition to arts education among principals and district superintendents, yet there were large disparities in school offerings around the state.

States like California and districts like Boston, Denver and Houston, among others, have been transitioning to a finance model that gives principals greater authority over their schools» budgets in exchange for being held accountable for student outcomes.

But any state choosing this option would experience changes in how Title I funds get divided among and within its school districts — even if all poor students were to attend public schools.

Spending: Connecticut spends well above the national average of $ 7,734 per pupil, ranking sixth among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an expenditure of $ 9,188 in the 2001 - 02 school year.

One of the consequences of the high - stakes state assessments that were mandated in NCLB and the requirement for a fifth indicator of school success in the present - day successor of NCLB (The Every Student Succeeds Act) is a preeminent concern among school and district leaders with how to measure student soft skills in a way that lends itself to grading teachers and schools.

The state ranks 40th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in education spending per student, at $ 7,041 in the 2001 - 02 school year.

The Colorado legislature has approved a complex — and unconventional — school - finance formula that seeks to correct disparities in education spending among the state's 176 school districts.

Do opt - outs tend to be concentrated among relatively affluent districts, or are they most common in schools that have historically performed poorly on state tests?

It showed that among the 16 states studied, there was wide variation in charter quality, and that while lots of charters were doing well, lots were doing worse than local district schools.

The state of Arizona faces a severe disruption in its budget, and some of its school districts face the loss of millions of dollars in federal impact aid, because the U.S. Education Department has declared the state's system for equalizing resources among districts inadequate.

Key players in Texas» school - finance debate have offered sharply different views on the need for new state spending to achieve court - ordered equity among rich and poor districts.

Montana lawmakers have revamped the state's school - finance system in an effort to comply with a ruling by the state supreme court, but lawyers for property - poor districts contend that the measure does not go far enough to equalize spending among schools.

Among the 10 most rural states, only Arkansas has charter schools, thanks in part to this powerful alliance with rural districts (although Reimagine Prep will open the first Mississippi charter school, in Jackson, in the fall of 2015).

Individuals, school districts, cities, states, and charities are among those that have challenged the Scouts» policy against accepting acknowledged homosexuals and those who refuse to affirm a belief in God.

On February 14, 2005, State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse, who had overseen the case from the beginning, awarded the city a staggering $ 5.6 billion more per year for its schools, a 43 percent increase to the city's $ 12.9 billion school budget, an amount that would raise per - pupil spending to more than $ 18,000 per year and make New York City's huge school district (with more than a third of the children in the state) among the richest in the state, if not the couState Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse, who had overseen the case from the beginning, awarded the city a staggering $ 5.6 billion more per year for its schools, a 43 percent increase to the city's $ 12.9 billion school budget, an amount that would raise per - pupil spending to more than $ 18,000 per year and make New York City's huge school district (with more than a third of the children in the state) among the richest in the state, if not the coustate) among the richest in the state, if not the coustate, if not the country.

As part of the scale - up project launched by the New American Schools Development Corporation, four states and seven school districts have agreed to replicate one or more of the nine NASDC designs, Roots and Wings among them, in at least 30 percent of their schools over the next fiveSchools Development Corporation, four states and seven school districts have agreed to replicate one or more of the nine NASDC designs, Roots and Wings among them, in at least 30 percent of their schools over the next fiveschools over the next five years.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

Most public schools in New Orleans are administered by the RSD, but among other public schools are those run directly by the traditional school district (the Orleans Parish School Board, or OPSB), OPSB - authorized charter schools, and charter schools authorized by the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (school district (the Orleans Parish School Board, or OPSB), OPSB - authorized charter schools, and charter schools authorized by the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (School Board, or OPSB), OPSB - authorized charter schools, and charter schools authorized by the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).

It says that to get federal money, districts have to prove a few things — among them, that they're using state and local dollars to provide roughly the same services to kids in poor and non-poor schools alike.

Thomas Dee and Brian Jacob, for example, report that exit exam requirements reduced high school graduation rates by about 2 percentage points, with larger effects in states with more difficult examinations, and with effects concentrated among black students and among students in districts with large percentages of students of color.

In moving to the Common Core State Standards this year, California school districts had to choose between offering a blended or «integrated» approach to math or a traditional sequence of courses, setting off strong, sometimes passionate disagreements among parents and teachers.

Martin West, a professor of education at Harvard, states that «weaker scores among voucher recipients may be a result of the fact that public school performance is improving, particularly in the District, where math and reading scores at traditional public and public charter schools have increased quickly over the past decade.»

As The Wichita Eagle explains, the suit was filed by four school districts but the ruling applies to all of Kansas» public schools: «The districts claimed the state had failed in its constitutional duty to provide «suitable» funding for public education on two counts: Ensuring adequate state funding overall, and equitably distributing it among districts.»

In those cases where the local districts don't have to share their money, area charter schools would still get capital aid from the state — $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local moneIn those cases where the local districts don't have to share their money, area charter schools would still get capital aid from the state — $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local monein 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local money.

New Hampshire's attorney general will argue that public education is a state and local responsibility but that the state is not obligated to ensure equal funding among school districts, an opinion some local school - board members are preparing to support in the lawsuit over the legality of the state's school - funding method.

A coalition of school districts in Kentucky has announced plans to file suit against the state within three weeks, in what it calls the «last chance» to achieve equal funding among school systems in that state.

With $ 6,779 in per - pupil spending in the 2001 - 02 school year, the state ranks 42nd among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Allowing a new state district to take over six schools a year from among the 78 in the state's two bottom performance tiers, the legislation passed in late May 2015 and was signed by Sandoval on June 3.

Howell neglects to mention that among the 14 largest urban districts in Massachusetts, Worcester had the second highest percentage (68 percent) of schools meeting state targets for making «adequate yearly progress» under the law; the statewide average was 48 percent.

Schools in Litzow's Eastside district are among the top - rated in the state but the lawmaker understands the need to improve public education everywhere in this state.