Sentences with phrase «authority over school finance»

Lawmakers also turned aside an effort to pass a constitutional amendment that would have stripped the court of its authority over school finance and left all school funding decisions to the Legislature and governor.

Not exact matches

Inconsistent local authority policies on leasing finance have been a barrier to some schools in the past, but with growing independence comes a new generation of savvy business managers who are more comfortable negotiating the lease finance they need to cover assets that will depreciate over the next three years.

Academies were first introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government back in 2000 as a way to raise standards in schools by taking them away from the control of local authorities and offering more autonomy over finances and day to day school management.

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.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

Those presiding over school budgets — school business managers, finance directors, chief financial officers — may want to consider the implications of funding moving directly to their institutions without the intervention of local authorities and a local formula.

The TSNE MissionWorks Board of Directors has governing authority over and legal and fiduciary responsibility for the Connecticut School Finance Project.

With education reform dominating the nation's headlines, Al Lindseth has built a national reputation representing state and local school authorities in disputes over school finance and educational adequacy obligations outlined in both state and federal constitutions.