Sentences with phrase «charter authorizing agencies»

The resolution is directed at the State University of New York and the state Board of Regents — New York's two charter authorizing agencies.

Charter schools are supervised and directed by, as well as accountable to, the public through charter authorizing agencies, according to federal regulations under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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These districts, or LEAs (Local Education Agencies), authorize just over half (52 percent) of all charter schools.

This agency was allowed to authorize charters anywhere in the state.

3) Information concerning the mechanisms that exist (if any) for an oversight entity (e.g., the SEA or an authorized public chartering agency) to review, approve, or monitor specific lottery practices, including establishment of weight amounts if applicable;

This flexibility is granted as part of a contract, or charter, with an authorizing agency that holds the school accountable for achieving its outlined charter goals, including supporting student achievement, within a certain period of time (usually five years).

Initiated in 1991 by a Minnesota law allowing private non-profit entities to receive public funding to operate schools if authorized by a state agency, the idea has spread to more than 40 states, and some 1.5 million students today attend charter schools.

In Minnesota, it took the legislature 18 years after passage of the state's charter law to counteract sloppy authorizing by placing more power in the hands of the state education agency.

Some charter schools are not authorized under a traditional school district, and are instead authorized under their own administrative agency or under an agency other than a regular, local school district.

Alumni from the NACSA Leaders Program are equipped with the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage the challenges authorizers face in aligning their agency's policies and practices with NACSA's Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing and advocate for policy that supports quality aAuthorizing and advocate for policy that supports quality authorizingauthorizing.

Political and Social Climate: A clear sense of this aspect of the climate relative to the establishment of charter schools in Michigan was gained by reading the background information and description of the establishment of the authorizing agencies, especially with reference to the authority of the universities to act as charter school authorizers.

A. It's a public school that operates under a contract, or charter, between the people who are to run the school and the public agency or official authorized to issue the charter.

States are furthering their expansion by launching state agencies charged with authorizing those schools (as well as allowing universities, city goverments and other institutions to authorize them) has also helped expand the presence of charters.

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Charter schools are tuition - free public schools that are governed by an independent contract or «charter» with an authorizing Charter schools are tuition - free public schools that are governed by an independent contract or «charter» with an authorizing charter» with an authorizing agency.

Charters in Washington are authorized by state agencies and governed by unelected boards.

Instructional and noninstructional personnel who are hired or contracted to fill positions in any charter school and members of the governing board of any charter school, in compliance with s. 1002.33 (12)(g), must, upon employment, engagement of services, or appointment, undergo background screening as required under s. 1012.465 or s. 1012.56, whichever is applicable, by filing with the district school board for the school district in which the charter school is located a complete set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an employee of the school or school district who is trained to take fingerprints.

The chartering authority, also known as the authorizing local educational agency (LEA), can be a school district, county office of education, or the State Board of Education (SBE).

However, authorizing agencies can hold charter schools accountable for such things as student achievement, the management and financial viability of the school, and complying with state reporting requirements.

Wall Street has generally been reluctant to buy up debt from charter schools, at least in part over concerns that funding can fluctuate and that an authorizing agency could terminate an operating agreement without regard to the terms of a bond.

What level of responsibility should an authorizing agency assume when it opens and receives funding for supervising a charter school?

Lawmakers are proposing expanding the entities that can authorize charter schools — beyond local school boards, UW - Milwaukee, UW - Parkside and the city of Milwaukee — to include all UW System campuses, state technical colleges and state Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, or CESAs.

They are governed by charter agreements of three to five years that are reviewed and renewed by their authorizing agency.

Charter schools are taxpayer - funded, independently operated and overseen by the agency that authorizes them.

More authorizing agencies correlates with more charter schools.

Traditionally hostile authorizing agencies have approved only 18 charters in Orange County.

The U.S. Department of Education says charters must have a binding contract with their authorizing agency on student performance.

The district now is managing relationships with the traditional school board, with the dozens of charter boards overseeing schools and with other authorizing agencies.

Although the mix of authorizing bodies varies by state, it may include state education agencies, local school districts, independent charter school boards, nonprofits, and even colleges and universities (as in Michigan).

In Texas, charters can be authorized by the local school district or by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Charter schools are free public schools open to all students and managed by organizations that are authorized by a public agency.

The Parents» Campaign supports allowing charters near chronically low - performing schools, requiring operators to have a successful track record, prohibiting for - profit companies from running charter schools, and ensuring the Mississippi State Board of Education is the only agency that can authorize charter schools.

These grants are awarded to state educational agencies and other state entities, charter management organizations (CMOs) and other non-profit organizations and represent the first cohort of new awards under the program's new authorizing statute, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

They were always envisioned as transitory, and can have their charter revoked if authorizing agencies conduct proper oversight.

Federal officials had argued that charters must have a binding contract with their authorizing agency on student performance.

Charter schools are public schools created through a contract with an authorized agency or local school district.

Charters are approved and regularly reviewed by an authorizing agency — typically a non-profit organization, government agency or university.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, argued that New York City's charter schools aren't representative of the nation's, because the state caps charter schools and agencies vet them thoroughly before authorizing them, assuring they are of higher quality than elsewhere.

Charter school administrators must annually determine if the charter school will conduct state testing programs dependently (testing with the school's authorizing agency) or independently (testing separately from its authorizing aCharter school administrators must annually determine if the charter school will conduct state testing programs dependently (testing with the school's authorizing agency) or independently (testing separately from its authorizing acharter school will conduct state testing programs dependently (testing with the school's authorizing agency) or independently (testing separately from its authorizing agency).

The charter lasts for a finite number of years, and for it to be renewed, the charter school must meet performance goals set by the state - authorized agency.

After working with County officials to develop and approve its grant process and guidelines, the proposal defining the policies and procedures for administering a grants program for the arts in Howard County, was put up for public comment for a period of one year and then accepted and enacted, with Howard Arts United being permanently designated in 1984 as the agency authorized to serve as the county arts council in accordance with provisions of the Howard County Charter and Howard County Code.

Specifically, we allow covered entities to use or disclose protected health information without individual agreement to federal, state, or local government agencies engaged in disaster relief activities, as well as to private disaster relief or disaster assistance organizations (such as the Red Cross) authorized by law or by their charters to assist in disaster relief efforts, to allow these organizations to carry out their responsibilities in a specific disaster situation.