Sentences with phrase «approve the charter applications at»

Planners told the Buffalo News that the state was unlikely to approve the charter applications at the current time.

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The state school board last week, approved a resolution supporting legislation to allow charter schools, a step aimed at helping the state's application for $ 200 million in Race to the Top money.

Despite concerns expressed at Wednesday's meeting, the applications are likely to be approved, with a requirement set by the Republican - led legislature to open up two online charter schools as part of a four - year pilot program.

Through our QualityStart program, the NJCSA stands ready to help charter school founders & developers at any stage in the process — from those just gathering the support and community engagement to begin the application to those experienced developers looking to replicate a successful school in New Jersey; from already - approved charter applicants preparing for their first year to operating schools weathering the challenging (and rewarding!)

At their November meeting, the P - 12 Education Committee of the New York Board of Regents, upon the recommendation of Commissioner John B. King, Jr and the staff of the New York State Department of Education, voted to approve the application for the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

In January, SAISD trustees approved the district's application for New York - based charter group Democracy Prep to take over operations at chronically failing Stewart Elementary School this fall.

The North Carolina State Board of Education approved measures Thursday that will add rigor to the charter school application process and temporarily delay plans to renew the charter of a controversial school serving at - risk students in Morehead City.

The application approved Friday by the Alabama Public Charter School Commission, available at the website of the Alabama State Department of E...

Perry's charter application in New York was approved by the New York Board of Regents, despite the fact that the concepts, materials, programs, policies and operations that Perry says he will be using at these news charter schools were developed in the course of the work performed by the Hartford Board of Education employees making the information the property of the Hartford Board and Hartford's taxpayers and most definitely not the property of Steve Perry and his team.

If SoFi follows through on its plans to resubmit its application at a later date they may face an uphill battle; the FDIC hasn't approved any new ILC charters in over a decade.