Sentences with phrase «authority over education decisions»

While Billy Long is relatively silent on higher education, he believes that state and local powers should have authority over education decisions.

Not exact matches

We do not differentiate between pre-16 and post-16 in the hospital education funding system, although local authorities» duties differ for young people aged 16 and over and this may affect their decisions on funding education for such young people (see section 7.8 for further information).

But former D.O.E. administrators and education experts say there's no question that the mayor's authority over charters has been partially absorbed by the state, leaving de Blasio's (and future mayors») hands tied when it comes to charter - related policy decisions that could shape his education agenda.

The Assembly bill, which was defended during floor debate by its lead sponsors, Rockland County Democrats Ellen Jaffee and Kenneth Zebrowski, would require state education officials to appoint a monitor who would have broad authority over district leaders» decisions for five years.

Academies have freedom from local authority control, which means they have autonomy over the decisions made and the education they deliver.

«[O] ur constitutions, past and present, have limited governmental authority over the public education of Georgia's children to that level of government closest and most responsive to the taxpayers and parents,» Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein wrote in the decision in Gwinnett County School District v. Cox.

Because it has discretion over how to administer the law, unclear language makes it easier for the US Department of Education to justify and make decisions to place requirements on the states through its rule - making authority.»

«It is important for the U.S. Supreme Court to take this case, as the Ninth Circuit opinion ignores 20 years of precedents on special education law and represents yet another example of a federal agency exceeding its authority over educational decision making,» NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel said.

Removes all flexibility / local control from districts and makes the Florida Department of Education the sole decision - making authority over teacher evaluations, pay schedules and working conditions

The monitor would have immense authority over the district's special education practices for at least three school years, and the state would oversee CPS special education budgets and staffing decisions for the coming academic term.