Sentences with phrase «appointed state school board»

Melcher, who said he is a «mutt» politically but aligns with Democrats on education, said he would be «OK» with an elected state school board, but «if it's going to be an appointed state school board I would be terrified.»

(Of course there's Louisiana, where Bobby Jindal — or, more precisely, Bobby Jindal's presidential aspiration — is up against the Republican legislature, the Jindal - appointed state school board, and the Jindal - appointed board of regents.

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Cash, formerly head of Memphis schools, was unanimously appointed to the superintendent's position on Tuesday by the Board of Education pending his certification by the state Education Department.

David Steiner, dean of the Hunter College School of Education, was appointed New York State education commissioner by the state Board of Regents on July 27, and is expected to take office on OcState education commissioner by the state Board of Regents on July 27, and is expected to take office on Ocstate Board of Regents on July 27, and is expected to take office on Oct. 1.

The state Education Department last year appointed a team of monitors that has been working with the district, the school board, and its new superintendent to put the district back on track and restore community trust.

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 state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members, which are the appointed officials tasked with crafting public education polices for schools in New York.

This law would set up a more flexible and functional system to allow the state to move in and appoint a caretaker school board if the NYS Schools Chancellor determines that the current one is not acting in the district's best interest, and a caretaker fiscal director to correct budgetary issues.

A state - appointed fiscal monitor of the East Ramapo school district in Rockland County wants the state to oversee the school board.

The Buffalo School Board delayed action Tuesday night on a contract for the district's new state - appointed distinguished educator.

With little time left in the State Legislature session, it's not clear if there is time for any action on Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes» proposal to shut down the elected city school board and replace it with one appointed by the mayor.

On Wednesday the Board of Education was reconstituted (with seven members, one appointed by each borough president and two by Bloomberg himself) and met for a nine - minute session, wherein they voted to retain Joel Klein as schools chancellor, and to disband themselves for good if and when the State Senate (ever) passes mayoral control for real.

The governor was quick not to answer a question last week about whether he'd like to change the way the state Board of Regents is appointed, fueling speculation he'll use today's speech to call for greater gubernatorial control of schools.

On Tuesday, May 26, the State Board of Regents on Tuesday afternoon unanimously voted to appoint Florida schools leader MaryEllen Elia as New York State's new education commissioner, replacing the departed John King.

An article in today's Journal News suggests that the arguments in Albany about the East Ramapo School Board revolve around the question as to whether State Intervention in appointing a monitor would be a «unique circumstance» or a «dangerous precedent».

The State - appointed fiscal monitor of the East Ramapo school district wants a legislative intervention that would give an appointee veto power over the board's «bad decisions.»

The state Public Employment Relations Board on May 15 rejected an appeal by the city's Department of Education of PERB's earlier decision to appoint a mediator to help resolve the issue of teacher evaluations in 33 schools.

One of the top recommendations by Mr. Walcott's three - person team was that the state appoint a monitor with the power to veto decisions by the locally elected school board.

The protocol was approved by the institutional review boards at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of the Louisiana State University System, as well as by a data and safety monitoring board appointed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

One lawyer hinted at success in having a school board attorney «from one of our [plaintiff] districts» appointed to the state supreme court (again, Kansas).

Others have suggested leaving a government - operated school system intact, but putting different people — mayors, [3] appointed boards, or state officials [4]-- in charge and using performance standards to focus the attention of educators on student learning, not distracting rules.

Brown was heavily backed in the 2010 election by the powerful California Teachers Association, and, soon after his election, he tipped his hand by appointing a CTA lobbyist to the state school board.

The move has shocked Georgia's education community — particularly the seven members of the state school board who were appointed by Mr. Miller.

(However, a number of states have recently authorized the mayors of big cities, such as Cleveland and Detroit, to appoint some or all of the members of their school boards, while New York gave the mayor of New York City the power to appoint a commissioner of education to run the city's schools.)

In New Orleans, the state board of education and its Recovery School District (RSD) oversee most of the schools; Congress created the appointed D.C. Public Charter School Board; and in Camden the state is in chboard of education and its Recovery School District (RSD) oversee most of the schools; Congress created the appointed D.C. Public Charter School Board; and in Camden the state is in chBoard; and in Camden the state is in charge.

To keep the district solvent, the state of California provided a $ 100 million line of credit and took over the district's operations, stripping the school board of all but advisory powers and appointing an administrator to replace Chaconas.

Though the Orleans Parish School Board would still maintain control over the budget and the hiring and firing of teachers, A&M would report directly to the state superintendent and have the authority to appoint the district's top financial officers.

The tentative plan would replace Baltimore's superintendent and school board with a team of executives and a new board appointed by both city and state officials, Ronald A. Peiffer, an assistant state superintendent, said last week.

Experts Say Penn State's Former President Was a Lesson in How Not to Lead The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 2012 «At the other extreme, said Richard Chait, a research professor at Harvard's graduate school of education, board members can become «self - appointed vigilantes,» looking to attack and expose an administration and delve into areas where they don't belong.»

The 2004 legislature gave Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich new power to appoint and remove members of the state board of education, the panel that sets statewide policy for schools.

For the second straight year, lawmakers killed a bill that would have required all of the state's local school superintendents to be appointed by their school boards by 2000.

In her previous role, Dr. Molina was appointed as a member of the California State Board of Education for five years while also serving as the Assistant Superintendent of Academic Improvement and Accountability for the Bakersfield City School District.

Appointed by one's state school boards association, an FRN member plays a critical role that involves a year - round commitment.

The Illinois State Board of Education took on sweeping authority to supervise special education at Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, voting to appoint an outside monitor who for at least three years will have to approve any changes to the district's special ed policies and procedures.

The only material difference between charter and traditional public schools is that the latter are not part of the local school - governance bureaucracy, whether a school board, a mayor or even a state - appointed superintendent.

Virginia was the last state in the country to have only appointed school boards.

Governor Hogan's original executive order — which the attorney general's office said he may not have had the authority to issue in the first place — established such limits, creating an unbroken summer break for Maryland public schools from June 15 to Labor Day, but also allowing the State Board of Education (to which the Governor appointed me and — so far — eight other members) to issue waivers to districts that present «compelling justification» for exceeding those limits.

James Sardin has been appointed an associate state superintendent and the director of the office of vocational and technical education by the Mississippi school board.

In addition to approved districts, a charter school commission appointed by the state Board of Education acts as an authorizer.

The organizations must win approval either from a local school board that applies to the state to become a charter authorizer, or from a recently appointed statewide charter commission.

WASN will be asking Vos and other legislators to help in having a school or community nurse appointed to the state's Board of Nursing.

Covington was recently appointed the head of Michigan's new Education Achievement Authority to run that state's struggling schools, with the power to cancel union contracts and override duly elected school board members.

During a discussion earlier this month at the state school board, newly appointed commissioner Pam Stewart said the state was weighing its testing options and would instead make a decision by March.

Currently, a little less than half of the state's superintendents are elected, while the rest are appointed by the local school board - as is common through most of the country.

The Illinois State Board of Education will appoint an outside monitor to oversee the special education program in Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

But now, Malloy has gone too far in ceding to the charter lobby the responsibility to appoint members to the state board responsible for regulating the charter schools themselves.

State Education Leader — The state education leader may be elected or appointed; they may also work equally with the state school board and governor, or independeState Education Leader — The state education leader may be elected or appointed; they may also work equally with the state school board and governor, or independestate education leader may be elected or appointed; they may also work equally with the state school board and governor, or independestate school board and governor, or independently.

The DOA board for voucher schools would consist of the state superintendent, four members appointed by the Governor and one each from the four Assembly and Senate leaders.

Connecticut's State Board of Education authorizes charter schools, which often appoint outsiders to their unelected boards.

Washington State Charter Schools Association lawyers have been preparing a motion that asks justices to reconsider their Sept. 4 ruling that charters can't receive public funds because they answer to appointed officials, not elected school boards.