Sentences with phrase «charter board officials»

Charter board officials and advocates have long argued that location can't be a factor in school approvals because real estate is so hard to find that schools often don't have much choice.

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While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.

The Hempstead school board Monday night voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

The Hempstead school board voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

Martins has proposed a new Code of Ethics that would include more expansive financial disclosure requirements from elected officials and policymakers; strengthening the county's Ethics Board to conduct more through investigations of misconduct, and changing the county charter to allow indicted elected officials to be recalled from office through a public referendum.

Students at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schools safe.

The line - up is always kept secret and nothing is «official» until we're on the ground (or in the air, if you happen to catch the LA charter flight that offers up the schedule upon boarding).

Each should begin with a solid charter base (at least 5 percent market share), a policy environment that will enable growth (fair funding, nondistrict authorizers, and no legislated caps), and a favorable political environment (friendly elected officials and editorial boards, a positive experience with charters to date, and unorganized opposition).

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In Tacoma (about 29,000 students), school officials and School Board members also are curious how charter schools could help them meet academic goals, but they are taking a more cautious approach.

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And while the overall numbers are somewhat muddled in the data, state officials still reported increasingly white charter schools this year, so much so that the state's Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, a GOP champion of school choice, asked to pull a demographics report from the State Board of Education's agenda in January because it was too negative.

According to news reports, Knopf, in her official capacity, visited with school boards and school administrators across Vermont and reported back that there was little support for some of the Race to the Top policies including the effort to add more and more charter schools.

At the center of those efforts is Richard Buery, de Blasio's deputy mayor for special projects.Buery, considered by City Hall officials to be a much - needed bridge to the charter world, has real charter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he gcharter world, has real charter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he gcharter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he gCharter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he grew up.

Washington State Charter Schools Association lawyers have been preparing a motion that asks justices to reconsider their Sept. 4 ruling that charters can't receive public funds because they answer to appointed officials, not elected school boards.

LA Unified officials and school board members put politics aside Tuesday, agreeing to long - sought policy changes for charter schools and paving the way for unanimous board votes that ended up saving about a dozen independent charter schools from denials.

«It's my pleasure to be joined by a bipartisan group of my house colleagues, school board members, educators and charter school officials to introduce House Bill 21,» Huberty announced at a press conference in March.

Both CCSA and CCSA Advocates work together to thwart legislative efforts that would increase charter oversight, such as AB 709 that would make charter board meetings public, allow the public to inspect charter school records, and prohibit charter school officials from having a financial interest in contracts that they enter into in their official capacity.

Officials with the N.C. Office of Charter Schools, which oversees management of the state's public charters and reports to the State Board of Education, do not keep data on out - of - state charter lCharter Schools, which oversees management of the state's public charters and reports to the State Board of Education, do not keep data on out - of - state charter lcharter leaders.

The implication being, I suppose, that no one but a high - ranking charter school corporate official can speak effectively on behalf of Connecticut's charter schools and having Comer on the board is a good idea, despite the very real and perceived conflict of interest that Comer brings with her to Connecticut's education policy setting board.

The New Orleans Advocate: Union election is a go at Lusher Charter School, national labor board official rules http://bit.ly/1OhslhE

These charter public school supporters will be at the meeting to discuss the charter petitions for both schools, respond to intimidation tactics used by District officials and ask SJUSD Board members for a vote.

DPI officials presented sobering reports to the N.C. State Board of Education this month that detailed high withdrawal rates at North Carolina's two virtual charters, both of which are run by for - profit companies dogged by allegations of lagging student performance in other states.

What: Parents, teachers and supporters of Perseverance Preparatory School and Promise Academy - two proposed charter public schools - will be at the SJUSD Board Meeting to discuss the charter school petitions and recent intimidation tactics used by District officials.

Such is the tense, and oft - times hostile, relationship these days between state school officials and charter proponents such as Hawkes, a state Senate appointee to the CSAB who's one of many charter advocates lashing out at the state board this week.

That legislation would have ordered state officials to fund charters directly like city - school administrative units, or subgroups of public schools governed by local boards.

Under the law, charters can be authorized either by a local school board or by the new charter commission, but local officials must first undergo a review process and obtain permission from the Washington State Board of Educaboard or by the new charter commission, but local officials must first undergo a review process and obtain permission from the Washington State Board of EducaBoard of Education.

State officials have agreed to grant a three - year renewal to PACE Academy's charter, months after the State Board of Education voted to terminate the Carrboro school's charter.

With regard to the school board term limit proposal in Amendment 8, Speaker Corcoran neglects to mention that this is one of the «bundled» amendments that will also establish a state governed charter school authorization board that can circumvent the power of our own locally elected officials in addition to establishing a parallel «public» school system that will not answer to local school boards, which is only another ploy to redirect precious, scant taxpayer dollars to entities that have little oversight or accountability.

In the case of Options Charter School in Washington, D.C., an official with the District of Columbia charter school board is accused not only of failing to hold the school accountable but also of participating in a scheme that enriched others at the expense of students and taxCharter School in Washington, D.C., an official with the District of Columbia charter school board is accused not only of failing to hold the school accountable but also of participating in a scheme that enriched others at the expense of students and taxcharter school board is accused not only of failing to hold the school accountable but also of participating in a scheme that enriched others at the expense of students and taxpayers.

State education officials are recommending that a new board and administration take over Andrew Wilson Charter, an F school in Broadmoor.

Lusher Charter School and several other charter schools in the city are continuing to negotiate with the Orleans Parish School Board over their governing agreement for the coming year, officials said TCharter School and several other charter schools in the city are continuing to negotiate with the Orleans Parish School Board over their governing agreement for the coming year, officials said Tcharter schools in the city are continuing to negotiate with the Orleans Parish School Board over their governing agreement for the coming year, officials said Tuesday.

Audubon Charter School has two new options for a temporary campus during a planned two - year renovation of its Broadway building — modular buildings in a parking lot behind the school board offices in Algiers or the site of the former Jean Gordon school near the University of New Orleans campus — but a deadline is looming in about two weeks for a decision, officials said.

A lengthy process of back - and - forth conversations, letters, and resolutions between Orleans Parish School Board and the Recovery School District seem to preclude an official announcement, as Einstein leaders say it is still awaiting word from Orleans Parish on its ability to charter two schools.

It's been supported with documentation for years that the government is trying to dismantle public education to force students into charter schools that have no school boards with elected officials in order to have complete control over education.

However, despite that opposition from the local officials responsible for education policy and despite the fact that Connecticut doesn't even fund its existing public schools adequately and the fact that the State of Connecticut is facing a massive $ 1.4 billion projected budget deficit next year, Governor Malloy's former Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education approved four new charter school proposals last spring.

This is also one of the reasons why some district officials and board members are worried about the increase in charter schools.

The department shall maintain a written detailed summary of interviews it conducts with final charter applicants and include that summary with the final application materials that are provided to the board, local school officials and the public.

(6) incur temporary debt in anticipation of receipt of funds; provided that a Horace Mann school shall obtain the approval of the local school committee and appropriate local appropriating authorities and officials relative to any proposed lien or encumbrance upon public school property or relative to any financial obligation for which the local school district shall become legally obligated; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the terms of repayment of any charter school's debt shall not exceed the duration of the school's charter without the approval of the board;

Six weeks ago LA teachers union officials told the LA Unified school board that independent charter schools were costing the district about $ 500 million each year.

The charter school industry is spending record amounts to lobby government officials and buy local boards of education.

Comer, who works as the Chief Operations Officer for the FUSE / Jumoke Academy charter school management company, and previously worked for Commissioner Stefan Pryor's Achievement First, Inc, one of the nation's largest charter school management companies, will be filling the State Board of Education seat that was most recently held by an official from the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.

(u) Notwithstanding this section or any other general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of chapter 268A: (i) a charter school shall be deemed to be a state agency; and (ii) the appointing official of a member of the board of trustees of a charter school shall be deemed to be the commissioner.

The bill gave the authority to approve charter schools to the state legislature instead of keeping it in the hands of the officials at State Board of Education, who are appointed by the governor, and would make charter schools responsible under the Freedom of Information laws to disclose the same information as all other publicly funded entities.

15) California: Montbello United may get a new charter school in August, even though school board officials are in the dark about the company that runs it.

Last year, the legislature passed a law to address those issues, including expanding the Washington State Charter School Commission, an independent state agency, to include two elected officials: the state superintendent of public instruction and the chair of the state board of education.

He could also campaign for Amendment 8, which would allow an alternative process for approving public schools, including charter schools, rather than by local school boards, and Amendment 12, which would impose a six - year lobbying ban on former state elected officials, state agencies heads and local elected officials.

Since 2009, the New Jersey Charter Schools Association has proudly hosted the only professional development conference dedicated to bringing together the entire New Jersey charter school community, including current and future school operators, administrators, teachers, support staff, business officials, board trustees, stakeholders, board attorneys, parents, vendors, and service proCharter Schools Association has proudly hosted the only professional development conference dedicated to bringing together the entire New Jersey charter school community, including current and future school operators, administrators, teachers, support staff, business officials, board trustees, stakeholders, board attorneys, parents, vendors, and service procharter school community, including current and future school operators, administrators, teachers, support staff, business officials, board trustees, stakeholders, board attorneys, parents, vendors, and service providers.

Thelma Jackson, the Board Chair of SOAR Academy in Tacoma, Wash., said officials from charter schools across the state held a conference call to discuss the court ruling and its effects.