The union that represents classified workers said it hoped state receivership would mean a rollback of a 15 percent employee pay cut approved by board members days
before the state takeover.
Instead, the District will revert to system of school governance that was in place
before the state takeover of the district — a 9 - member school board that is appointed by the mayor.
In 2008, Oakland Unified balanced its budget for the first time since
before the state takeover.
Because initial funding estimates were based on enrollment at the schools
before state takeover, the turnaround operators started last year with one of the highest per - pupil funding amounts in the state.
Not exact matches
Pending approval, the schools that have been yielding poor outcomes for 10 years or more will be allowed one year to show «demonstrable progress»
before being subject to a
state takeover.
Republican Rep. John Faso is not giving up on his push to require the
state to
takeover the local county government share of Medicaid costs, a provision that became a major sticking point for Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the final weeks
before the death of the American Health Care Act.
UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds testified
before the New York
State Assembly Committee on Education regarding Gov. Cuomo's proposal to implement state takeovers of public sch
State Assembly Committee on Education regarding Gov. Cuomo's proposal to implement
state takeovers of public sch
state takeovers of public schools.
So this is a final chance to compare
state figures on the school
before and after the
takeover.
State takeovers of districts and poor performing public schools were happening well
before the public charters came into existence.
Some in the audience said they wished the
state had held those meetings
before announcing a
takeover — not after.
This past spring, the Legislature changed how
takeovers work:
state law now requires districts to maintain a «C» grade for five consecutive years
before returning to local control — unless the Mississippi Board of Education decides otherwise.
Before state law changed to manicure the language used for
state takeovers, deeming them «districts of transformation,» they were called conservatorships.
Despite their ongoing lobbying, both
before and during the illegal
takeover and throughout the effort to persuade legislators to support Malloy's education reform bill, neither Lowney, Snow nor Excel Bridgeport registered to lobby with the Connecticut Office of
State Ethics, as required by law.