Sentences with phrase «by vote of»

The Senate censured the history standards by a vote of 99 to 1.

(Texas)-- Directed by a vote of the State Board of Education late last month, Texas education officials posted Friday proposed rules governing high school graduation beginning next year.

And when DeVos was confirmed by a vote of 51 to 50, over unanimous Democratic opposition, Senator Cory Booker went on Facebook, «frustrated and saddened,» to sound a sorrowful note: «Somewhere in America, right now, there is a child who is wondering if this country stands up for them.»

Apparently Malloy feels that that notion of having to select someone who actually knows something about teachers and what is going on in the classroom would cramp his style, so the governor who will become the leader of the Democratic Governors Association next year vetoed a bill that passed the General Assembly's Education Committee 32 — 0, the Connecticut State Senate by a vote of 36 -0 and the Connecticut House of Representatives by a vote of 138 — 5.

By a vote of 6 - 0, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected a lawsuit challenging the legality of the state's cap on charter schools.

Steel parents voted 121 — 55 to oppose the Mastery takeover, while the School Advisory Council, in a decision rife with allegations of misconduct on both sides, narrowly backed it by a vote of 9 to 8.

The House of Representatives gave the charter schools bill final passage Wednesday night by a vote of 53 - 43, sending it to Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's desk.

Baton Rouge, La. — Following today's House floor vote on Senate Bill 432, which passed by a vote of 55 - 16, Democrats for Education Reform Louisiana state director, Eva Kemp, released the following statement:

The bill passed by a vote of 81 - 17, with three Democrats and 14 Republicans voting against the measure.

The application submitted by Idaho - based Athlos Academies to open two new charter schools in the Dallas area was vetoed by a vote of 12 - 2 at the Texas State Board of Education meeting on July 17th.

Thus far, it is the only new charter applicant to reapply after being denied by vote of the SRC at its February 22 meeting, obviously taking to heart the encouragement expressed by Commissioner Bill Green just after that vote.

The firestorm over standardized testing in the K - 12 accountability system that has been building in Texas for over two years is coming to a major showdown, and the primary context of the debate is with House Bill 5, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 145 - 2 and was passed out of the -LSB-...]

Last week the state Senate passed HB 1552 by a vote of 49 - 1; Wednesday the House passed the bill by a vote of 188 - 3.

But last November, state officials rejected those concerns by a vote of 8 - to - 1 and gave approval for the charter school.

Although the states that adopted Common Core's standards did so legally (usually by a vote of their state boards of education), many state policymakers deliberately minimized public awareness and discussion of the standards» academic deficits in order to ensure their passage and continue their use.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is extremely pleased to announce that the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bipartisan, bicameral bill by a vote of 359 - 64 with 11 U.S Representatives not voting to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177).

27a — 8 In the case of a proposal to establish a charter school by converting an existing public school or attendance center to charter school status, evidence that the proposed formation of the charter school has received majority support from certified teachers and from parents and guardians in the school or attendance center affected by the proposed charter, and, if applicable, from a local school council, shall be demonstrated by a petition in support of the charter school signed by certified teachers and a petition in support of the charter school signed by parents and guardians and, if applicable, by a vote of the local school council held at a public meeting.

S. 1177 passed the Senate on Wednesday, December 9 by a vote of 85 yeas to 12 nays and the House on Wednesday December 2 by an overwhelming majority.

Tonight, senators in the Bay State passed a reform measure by a vote of 28 - 11 after hours of debate and some 100 proposed amendments.

Rocketship responded by requesting a new petition from Alum Rock, a request that was denied by a vote of 3 - 2 by the Alum Rock School Board.

Voters also approved the bus purchase proposition by a vote of 1,675 to 513.

The firestorm over standardized testing in the K - 12 accountability system that has been building in Texas for over two years is coming to a major showdown, and the primary context of the debate is now House Bill 5, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 145 - 2 and, after several amendments, was passed by the Senate unanimously.

Section 1: Proposed Amendments approved by a vote of the membership shall take effect upon approval and will be published in Choice.

The UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholars Network began in November 2003, created by a vote of the members of the UCEA Plenum.

TOPEKA — After the Kansas House spent more than three hours Tuesday debating a bill that would have repealed the Common Core curriculum standards for English language arts and math in the state, it failed to receive first - round approval by a vote of 44 - 78.

That subcommittee had been created April 1 by vote of the Board of Education to evaluate and narrow down bids submitted from executive search firms interested in helping find Kentucky's next education commissioner.

It's actually the fictionalized story of Locke High School, the struggling South Central LA school that in 2007 - 2008 was wrestled away from the Los Angeles public school system (and the teachers union) by a vote of teachers.

The bill was passed by the Oregon Senate by a vote of 27 — 3, and by the House with a vote of 40 — 19.

By a vote of 9 - 2, the 11 - member panel, known as BESE, adopted a plan proposed by state Superintendent John White that will require private schools to hit roughly the same academic bar that public schools do in order to continue accepting more students through the program.

Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Larry Taylor, filed SB 2 which was heard and voted out of committee by a vote of 9 - 2 last week and this week the Senate passed the bill on a vote of 19 - 12.

The commission, by a vote of three - fourths of the membership, shall employ an executive director, who shall be exempt from career service.

Today, the House - Senate Conference Committee approved S. 1177 — the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) with amendments — by a vote of 39 Yeas to 1 Nay.

Special Needs ESA Bill Headed To Governor March 26, 2015 by Grant Callen Today, by a vote of 30 - 18, the Mississippi Senate voted to concur (agree) with the House of Representatives on Senate Bill 2695, the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act.

By a vote of 81 - 17, the Senate passed S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

In July, the Senate passed its own bill to reauthorize the law, by a vote of 95 - 0.

Washington — The House of Representatives, by a vote of 322 to 107, approved last week a $ 17.5 - billion budget for the Education Department in fiscal 1986, which began Oct. 1.

And in spring 2001, with strong bipartisan support, NCLB passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 381 to 41 and the Senate by a vote of 87 to 10.

In Brown v. Board of Education, by a vote of 9 - 0, the justices called for an absolute end to a pervasive consequence of America's racial divide.

As expected, Rep. Robert L. Livingston, R - La., was chosen to succeed retiring Rep. Newt Gingrich, R - Ga., as speaker of the House, a selection that must be confirmed by a vote of the full House in January.

The Senate Judiciary Committee last week approved the nomination of David H. Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 13 to 1.

The House approved the measure by a vote of 265 to 145 after defeating a less costly White House - backed substitute and two Democratic - sponsored amendments on church - state issues.

The House passed HR 1158 last week by a vote of 235 to 189, with 10 Democrats supporting it and three Republicans voting against it.

The measure passed Jan. 31 by a vote of 286 - 140, including 57 Republicans and nearly all Democrats.

The Louisiana Senate approved it by a vote of 26 - 12 on June 11.

Union members agreed to the pact by a vote of 3,822 to 641 on Nov. 2, four days after their leaders and school district and city officials pounded out the deal.

The House backed the bill by a vote of 363 to 47, while the Senate approved it on a voice vote.

Each Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST, we talk about a topic chosen by a vote of our participants.

The bill passed by a vote of 28 - 0 in the Senate and 59 - 33 in the House.

By a vote of 5 - 2, the Florida high court ruled Jan. 5 that a voucher program there violates the state constitution's provision requiring a «uniform» system of public...

The tuition bill easily passed the House by a vote of 104 - 6 on March 19.