Sentences with phrase «by their local districts from»

California high school students who participate in these and other extra-curricular athletic activities may be excused by their local districts from having to take regular physical education courses required for graduation.

Not exact matches

The elementary school next to the park, from which I graduated the sixth grade, is being used by the local school district for other things.

The pensions are funded by local taxes, district fees, employee contributions and investment profits from that money.

Taylor had died before the local library existed, and there was little to be gleaned from public records held by the village of Round Lake Beach and the Park District.

Beginning with the administration of Supt. Forrest Claypool from 1993 to 1998, the district followed the advice of watchdog groups by cutting fat from the central office and putting more emphasis on local programs and upkeep.

Dozens of neighborhoods throughout the city will see their local school yards transformed from unsightly, asphalt patches with weeds growing through the cracks into grassy, park - like areas under capital improvement plans unveiled by the Chicago Park District.

We've talked before on The Lunch Tray about efforts by school districts to source at least some of their produce from local or regional producers.

The report was prepared by Michigan - based the Isaac Sports Group, or ISG, which spent the past six months meeting with local swim teams and park district officials from Oak Brook and Carol Stream, where there are indoor pools.

In addition, the memo says, debts too difficult to collect must be written off as operating losses and may not be covered by the food service account, but by finding money «which may come from the district's general fund, special funding from the state or other local sources, or any other non-Federal sources.»

Munchie gets a lot of attention — from locals commenting as the truck drives by to interest from national media outlets, the buzz helps raise awareness of and engagement in the district's school food service program.

The expanded use of school kitchens can benefit school districts and their communities by improving access to, knowledge of, and the ability to prepare healthy foods; helping to process and store fresh produce from community gardens; and even supporting local entrepreneurship.

Districts that participate in the NSLP are required, among other things, to have food safety programs and participate in health inspections by state or local health departments at least twice annually.4 School food safety plans must comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance and hazard analysis and critical control point principles and apply those to any location where school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating othDistricts that participate in the NSLP are required, among other things, to have food safety programs and participate in health inspections by state or local health departments at least twice annually.4 School food safety plans must comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance and hazard analysis and critical control point principles and apply those to any location where school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating othdistricts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating other food.6

The park district plans to spend $ 910,000 on the purchase, which will be covered by a $ 400,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Conservation and $ 418,000 in donations from local developers.

Southern Local School District students will benefit from a nutritious morning meal throughout the school year due to the grant funded by Walmart and awarded by the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom.

The organisation, in a report signed by its Director General, Dr Nwambu Gabriel and made available to journalists in Osogbo on Friday commended INEC for being proactive in the distribution of sensitive and nonsensitive election materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria in Osogbo to all the units in the 10 Local Governments Areas that constitute the senatorial district.

According to Common Cause NY, which is providing the data employed by local groups in these grassroots events, two of every three dollars Saland has received since 2005 came from donors who live outside his Hudson Valley district, and 96 percent of his contributions were higher than $ 200.

Since winning election to the House in New York's 4th District in 2014, she has subsequently spent thousands of dollars from the DA campaign account on ads, consulting services, and donations to local Democratic groups that have actively worked on her elections to the House, according to a report by Crain's New York.

«I am humbled by the incredible grassroots support from individuals across the district for the work we have been doing over the last six months to grow Central New York's middle class, create jobs and spur our local economy,» Maffei said in a statement.

The Team, chaired by Senior Advisor to the Governor Larry Schwartz, includes representatives from private industry, education, labor, and government and look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

In a letter sent to Cuomo on Monday, Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman asked for the power to independently investigate the killing of any unarmed civilian by a police officer in the state, effectively removing local district attorneys from the equation.

He said that his decision to contest was as a result of pressure being mounted on him by his supporters from the seven Local Government Areas under the district.

The Team, chaired by Senior Advisor to the Governor Larry Schwartz, will include representatives from private industry, education, labor, and government and look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

An official from Cuomo's office told POLITICO the proposal would focus more on the methodology of how districts are distributing funds, and wouldn't infringe on voter rights as local voters approve the district budget as a whole and not how resources are distributed by school building.

The chancellor would select a superintendent for any of the 32 Community School Districts from a field of three candidates proposed by the local Community Education Council.

Actual increases in tax collections imposed by districts may end up being more or less than 2 percent, depending on local factors such as bond issues to fund school reconstruction or repairs, which are exempt from the cap.

Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo, joined by county officials and leaders from local schools, announced Thursday a new program that would place deputies in local districts in the new year.

«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

«Getting permission from the state for a local income tax about one percent that would be paid by city residents, and also commuters coming into the city, that would be used for both the city side and school district side,» Humphrey said.

Erie County, NY - A local law intended to protect children from traumatic brain injury was clocked in by Democrat Legislator Patrick B Burke (7th District) on March 1, 2016 coinciding with Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness month.

Rockland County D.A.: Narcotics business linked to Puerto Rico BY BILL DEMAREST HAVERSTRAW — Tips from local residents fed up with open - air drug dealing in their neighborhood led to an investigation that has broken an alleged family - run cocaine ring that used the barbershop «Fine Line» as its base of operations, according to Rockland County District -LSB-...]

New York's political clubs represent the some of the most grassroots elements of local politics, and members typically try to influence elections by distributing voter cards at poll sites, and through mailings that advertise their endorsements for offices ranging from local district leaders to the Commander - in - Chief.

District Attorney William Fitzpatrick was joined by a number of local and federal law enforcement agencies to announce the sting arrests of nearly 30 people accused of profiting from or engaging in prostitution.

Cuomo only asking the people to support the cap without any mention of mandate relief is the hamburger bun without the burger and simply fuels the opposition's (they say mandate relief before tax cap) claim that tax cap alone is a big - government scheme to take power away from and defund local towns and school districts and increase the power of the larger state government which created the property tax problem in the first place by passing the mandates which are the biggest property tax drivers and now refuses to change those mandates.

The Community Service Society estimated the number of rent - regulated units in each legislative district by allocating the rent - regulated apartments from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey's sub-borough areas into legislative districts in proportion with the 2010 local census tract population.

From wikipedia: «An election district is the basic electoral administrative division, containing a maximum of 950 registered voters (although it may be as large as 1150 registered voters between redistricting) with boundaries determined by the local board of elections.»

ALBANY — The decision by the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to choose a campaign contributor to the governor for a $ 50 million development contract at Republic Airport in Farmingdale has generated opposition from a rival bidder, local civic groups and state Sen. Phil Boyle, who represents the district.

School tax levies — that is, revenue raised through local property taxation — will rise next year by an average 2.78 percent in Suffolk County and an average 2.42 percent both in Nassau County and statewide, according to figures from public school districts released last week by the state comptroller's office.

The largest check from a CWA local in 2015 ($ 15,000) went to the Working Families Party, which is closely connected to the union and co-chaired by District One political director Bob Master.

Flanked by several local politicians and supporters in Utica Monday, Myers, who's a county legislator from Broome County, at the other end of the sprawling 22nd District, promised to be very visible in the Mohawk Valley, if she's elected to Congress.

Kingsbridge - Morris Heights - University Heights - Fordham: District 14 In the Bronx's District 14, incumbent Fernando Cabrera, who is pastor at a local Christian congregation, easily held off a challenge from Randy Abreu, who was appointed to the Energy Department by Obama, to win a third term on the Council.

According to Cuomo, property tax levies imposed by fire districts rose more than any other local taxing authorities during the economic growth from 2002 to 2007.

VAND is managed by a Board of Directors with 13 voting members and our membership consists of Registered Dietitians Nutritionists (RDNs), Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTRs), and students from the five local districts statewide.

VAND is managed by a Board of Directors with 13 voting members and our membership consists of Registered Dietitians Nutritionists (RDNs), Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTRs) and students from five local districts statewide.

Using census data to sort districts within each state by the federal poverty rate among school - age children, the group identified the poorest and richest districts - those with the highest and lowest poverty rates, respectively, whose enrollments compose 25 percent of the state's total enrollment - and matched that information with education revenues from state and local (but not federal) sources.

Act 10, proposed by Governor Walker and enacted by the legislature in 2011, removed benefits from local collective bargaining, thereby giving districts greater freedom to shop for less - expensive plans and to negotiate premiums.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

The Denver school district must obey an order from the Colorado board of education and act quickly to approve a charter school proposed by a local teacher, a state judge ruled last week.

Instead of an impressionistic study of the sort offered by Mirel, the kinds of reports that would be helpful to education professionals, and ultimately to students, include evaluations of designs that track individual student performance year to year; the percentage of students reaching local and state standards; a more widely disseminated study of design implementation so others can benefit from lessons learned; and the establishment of a district - wide roadmap for bringing comprehensive school improvement to fruition.

The specific concept I use for MPS is the «revenue limit,» set by Wisconsin statute, which places a maximum on each district's combined revenues from local property taxes and state formula aid.