Sentences with phrase «by individual school boards»

Charter Schools have flexibility from many education regulations and are governed by individual school boards.

Not exact matches

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

Additional Accountability Requirements: The Statewide School Wellness Policy (2005) adopted by the State Board of Education requires school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school School Wellness Policy (2005) adopted by the State Board of Education requires school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school school level.

The justices voted, 6 to 3, that charter schools — which are publicly funded but privately run — are not «common schools» because their governing boards are not elected but are appointed by the founders of the individual schools.

In a statement from the School Board, Nate Kuzma, general counsel for the district, stated: «The Buffalo City School District, Board of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl PalaBoard, Nate Kuzma, general counsel for the district, stated: «The Buffalo City School District, Board of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl PalaBoard of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl Palaboard members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl PalaBoard Member Carl Paladino.

A draft version of the questionnaire was reviewed by numerous individuals affiliated with the PSM initiative, including members of the Board of Directors of the National Professional Science Master's Association (NPSMA) and members of the Council of Graduate Schools PSM Advisory Board.

The first wave involved businesses starting individual school partnerships in the early 1980's, according to the report by the Conference Board, a national business association based in New York City.

The board, a nonprofit consulting organization funded by individual state membership fees and corporate gifts, aired those views in a 30 - page report citing «widespread erosion» of student achievement and academic standards throughout the region's 260 colleges and universities and suggesting that such problems at both the school and college levels threaten the stability of the New England...

Curriculum is sometimes mandated by school boards and state education agencies, and sometimes chosen directly by individual teachers.

Whilst we can never know for sure, there is certainly an argument that the «games» played by some schools such as using continual resits, sitting exams from more than one board or entering students for meaningless low value qualifications that did not «build the individual» or «contribute to the welfare of society by providing well rounded educated people to enter the workplace» have contributed to someone upon high saying «Enough»!

The department shall renew state - issued professional certificates for individuals who are not employed by a district school board of this state pursuant to criteria established in subsections (2), (3), and (4) and requirements specified in rules of the state board.

Each district school board shall renew state - issued professional certificates for individuals who hold a state - issued professional certificate and are employed by that district pursuant to criteria established in subsections (2), (3), and (4) and rules of the State Board of Educaboard shall renew state - issued professional certificates for individuals who hold a state - issued professional certificate and are employed by that district pursuant to criteria established in subsections (2), (3), and (4) and rules of the State Board of EducaBoard of Education.

The district school board shall distribute the annual bonus to each individual who meets the requirements of this paragraph and who is certified annually by the district to have demonstrated satisfactory teaching performance pursuant to s. 1012.34.

Beginning July 1, 2011, each individual newly hired as instructional personnel by the district school board shall be awarded a probationary contract.

An individual who holds an active National Board Certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and is assigned as a building administrator, a supervisor in a central office position, or a teacher who is teaching less than 50 percent of the regular school day shall be excluded from the incentive awards.

Has been recommended by the district school superintendent for the annual contract based upon the individual's evaluation under s. 1012.34 and approved by the district school board.

Distinguishing the earlier Brady decision, the court noted that funds were paid to the transportation system administered by the board of education, not directly to individual schools, and benefits flowed «toward the safety and welfare of elementary age school children and not into the accounts of non-public schools.»

An annual bonus equal to 10 percent of the prior fiscal year's statewide average salary for classroom teachers to be distributed to the school district to be paid to each individual who holds NBPTS certification and is employed by the district school board or by a public school within the school district.

In response to the publication by head teachers of the moderation reports, a spokeswoman for the AQA exam board said: «Ofqual found that while individual schools marked their controlled assessment work accurately according to the marking criteria, the national picture showed that some marking had been optimistic.

Existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of education or by the state board of education alone.

In the Senate version, SB2508, school districts will continue to be overseen by elected school boards, but individual public schools may be converted to charters managed by district school boards.

Some standards, which would be developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education, may include collective academic performance of a charter school, progress in the API yearly growth, as well as comparing individual pupils in similar demographics.

A few high - rated public schools run by the local board also participated for the first time but dropped out after the first round, returning to a selection process controlled by individual principals.

In a 1941 ruling in Chance v. Mississippi State Textbook Rating & Purchasing Board, the Mississippi Supreme Court held that loaning public textbooks to private school pupils does not violate Mississippi's Blaine Amendment because «the books belong to, and are controlled by, the state; they are merely loaned to the individual pupil therein designated.

Montana School Boards Association does not recommend, disqualify or influence the district's selection of candidates or the individual offered employment by the District.

Cut the public ed district administrators by 90 % and devolve power and control to the individual school buildings and teacher boards.

Julie Swan (pictured), executive director for general qualifications at Ofqual, said that lifting the ban on individual pupils appealing directly to exam boards «might be helpful for students who request a challenge» but are advised against by the school.

The amounts received by individual schools will be determined at the next school board meeting on September 10th.

Legislation that would have prohibited individuals serving on a charter school board from also making money from board decisions was vetoed Friday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A resolution by Tamar Galatzan to make sure individual school sites have greater control over how new revenue is spent was postponed by the Board in June.

The 15 - member group, created through Act 51 of 2014 (sponsored as House Bill 1738 by Rep. Bernie O'Neill), held 15 public hearings around the state over 11 months and heard from more than 110 individuals, including superintendents, school board presidents, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, national experts and parents before making their recommendations.

The Kindergarten Readiness Stakeholder Committee, convened by the Illinois State Board of Education, has issued recommendations for creating a statewide, research - based kindergarten assessment process to provide schools and educational leaders with age - appropriate information about children's developing knowledge and skills in A New Beginning: The Illinois Kindergarten Individual Development Survey

But the board becomes manager and regulator, making sure schools abide by policies meant to ensure equity and provide broad services, like managing the cost of particularly expensive special education students, that individual schools might not have the capacity or desire to do.

Frustrations from top IPS leaders vented at a school board meeting Thursday, August 26, aren't necessarily shared by everyone in the individual schools.

(ll) Individuals or groups may complain to a charter school's board of trustees concerning any claimed violations of the provisions of this section by the school.

Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the governing board may request assistance by contacting Thrive Public Schools during normal business hours at 4260 54th Street, San Diego, CA 92115, [phone] as far in advance as possible, but no later than 24 hours before the meeting.

Fulton school district staff cited poor governance that «resulted in the default on a $ 19 million bond, a self - perpetuating board membership structure that has been dominated by individuals who did not represent the community,» and a «general lack of transparency.»

In response to the heat generated by this announcement, the district produced handouts with individual school's numbers showing increased site - based budgeting numbers — handouts that were quickly shown by parents and school board members to be rife with errors.

That being said, the bill upsets the administrative chain of command in school districts by allowing teachers to unilaterally suspend and remove students from class without having to adhere to school board disciplinary policies, school district behavioral intervention plans, a student's individual educational plan or a student's service plan.

Disciplinary action in the Aspire schools is decided by the CMO's Board of Directors, and each individual school's Advisory School Council school's Advisory School Council School Council (ASC).

The Charter Schools Act of 1998 provides that existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of eduSchools Act of 1998 provides that existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of eduschools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of education.

The case against the regulator Ofqual and exam boards AQA and Edexcel had been brought by a total of 167 individual pupils, supported by 150 schools and 42 councils, plus six professional bodies, including teachers» unions.

A start - up charter school is a school started by private individuals, private organizations, or state and local public entities that operate the school according to the terms of a charter contract between the charter petitioner, local board of education, and the State Board of Educaboard of education, and the State Board of EducaBoard of Education.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

In order to become licensed as a home inspector, an individual must pass the licensing examination prescribed by the Board, have minimum net assets or a bond in an amount determined by the Board (not less than $ 5,000 nor more than $ 10,000) and meet certain educational conditions, including: 1) have a high school diploma or its equivalent, have been engaged as a licensed associate home inspector for at least one year, and have completed 100 home inspections for compensation; 2) have education and experience the Board considers to be equivalent to that in subpart 1.

The Deans and faculties of the degree granting schools will be presenting their proposed revenue generating plans for their individual schools; the proposals will be reviewed by the Board of Trustees with a decision slated for early 2013.

Decisions at the scale of cities, towns, school boards, corporate boards — even households — will, in a cumulative way, be enormously influential and are more apt to be directly shaped by the worldviews and priorities of individuals.

Within a narrow professional compass, individual school board employees can have a measure of expertise in the education profession, acquired by qualifications and training, and by experience, but these vary among individuals.

If a person establishes that he or she has experienced disadvantageous treatment because of a prohibited ground, then, at that point, the respondent can avoid liability under the Code if it can justify the disadvantageous treatment, including by establishing that the individual's Code - related needs could not be accommodated without undue hardship (see s. 11 and s. 17 of the Code, as well as Baber v. York Region District School Board, 2011 HRTO 213 (CanLII) at para. 88 to 95).

The definition of «worker» has been expanded to include individuals performing work or services for no monetary compensation under a program approved by a college or a secondary school board and certain other individuals receiving training from an employer.