Sentences with phrase «charter school accountability bill»

Rep. Mayo passed a similar charter school accountability bill in 2014, focusing on required governance training for the board members of charter schools.

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On Top of the News Bill Gates touts charter schools, accountability 06/29/10 Seattle Post Intelligencer

Prior to joining NewSchools, Secretary Peyser was Education Advisor to Governors Bill Weld, Jane Swift, and Mitt Romney, where he helped shape state policy regarding standards and assessments, school accountability, and charter schools.

Some measures in the bill, such as new transparency requirements on finances and contracting, represent healthy new accountability bringing charters in line with district public schools.

The bill would continue to extend all of ESEA's accountability measures to charter schools.

Jim Spady, a member of the state's Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission — known as the A + Commission — said he was disappointed by Billings» switch on charter schools.

While the bill isn't all that we had hoped for, it does eliminate some of the most damaging components of the previous law's high - states testing and accountability regime and gets rid of the School Improvement Grants program, whose school closure, chartering and reconstitution requirements have destabilized Black and Brown communities across the coSchool Improvement Grants program, whose school closure, chartering and reconstitution requirements have destabilized Black and Brown communities across the coschool closure, chartering and reconstitution requirements have destabilized Black and Brown communities across the country.

On June 17, 1994, Gov. Fife Symington signed into law House Bill 2002 — bringing charter - school education to Arizona and ushering - in a new era of school choice for parents and accountability for schools.

Now there is a bill awaiting the signature of Gov. Jerry Brown which would require more accountability and transparency from the state's charters schools.

Nearly a year in the works, this bill contains needed charter school oversight provisions that will strengthen accountability for both sponsors and schools, as well as increase operator transparency

When Bill Clinton talked about charter schools and accountability in 1992 he was sending a signal that he was a «New» Democrat and not beholden to the Democratic Party's interest group orthodoxy.

-- The Senate Education Committee today approved SB 645, a bill sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) that calls for the increase of accountability criteria for charter schools at the time of their rCharter Schools Association (CCSA) that calls for the increase of accountability criteria for charter schools at the time of their rSchools Association (CCSA) that calls for the increase of accountability criteria for charter schools at the time of their rcharter schools at the time of their rschools at the time of their renewal.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Microsoft Founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has donated tens of millions of dollars to charter schools, have both warned charter school operators that a lack of accountability for under - performing schools was giving the entire movement a black eye.

The bill arrived in the House containing some rare charter school accountability measures such as preventing operators from profiting off of third party real estate schemes.

The revised Assembly school accountability bill was released Tuesday and outlines a series of sanctions for persistently low - performing public schools, including converting them into charter schools or allowing the school board to hire an education management agency that would have the power to fire principals.

SACRAMENTO, California — The State Senate today approved SB 645, a bill sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) that would increase academic accountability in the state's charter schools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing sCharter Schools Association (CCSA) that would increase academic accountability in the state's charter schools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing sSchools Association (CCSA) that would increase academic accountability in the state's charter schools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing scharter schools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing sschools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing schoolsschools.

Supporters of a charter - school reform bill passed last year, House Bill 2, and of new evaluations for school sponsors say they aim to bring more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $ 1 billion annually to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students attending 374 charter schobill passed last year, House Bill 2, and of new evaluations for school sponsors say they aim to bring more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $ 1 billion annually to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students attending 374 charter schoBill 2, and of new evaluations for school sponsors say they aim to bring more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $ 1 billion annually to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students attending 374 charter schools.

The state Assembly could vote as early as next week on the latest version of a school accountability bill that outlines a series of sanctions for persistently low - performing public schools, including converting them into charter schools or allowing the school board to hire an education management agency that would have the power to fire principals.

Additionally, this bill demands greater accountability from both school district and charter school recipients of these supplemental funds over the education outcomes of African - American students.

Wisconsin's lowest - performing public schools would be forced to close or reopen as charter schools and the state's 2 - year - old accountability report card would be revamped under a bill unveiled Monday.

This «accountability» movement, backed by politicians such as Barack Obama and philanthropists including Bill Gates, has been closely associated with the rise of charter schools in the US and academies in Britain.

«Unfortunately, this morning the Senate Education and Youth Committee passed a gutted bill that would actually furnish less equitable funding to our public charter schools and imposes unreasonable measures of accountability,» said Tony Roberts, president and CEO of the Georgia Charter Schools Assoccharter schools and imposes unreasonable measures of accountability,» said Tony Roberts, president and CEO of the Georgia Charter Schools Assocschools and imposes unreasonable measures of accountability,» said Tony Roberts, president and CEO of the Georgia Charter Schools AssocCharter Schools AssocSchools Association.

4) Ohio: A major charter school reform bill has stalled for lack of Senate support, despite widespread criticism of Ohio's weak accountability system for charter schools.

Upon news of the bill's defeat, Achievement First's Co-CEO, Dacia Toll cheered on the legislators» decision to look the other way on real charter school accountability saying, «The moratorium on public charter schools would have been a huge step backward.»

This week you will be asked to consider HR10, a bill that funds more charter schools without putting into place adequate accountability requirements.

SB - 1362 is a bill that would help bring accountability for the public funds that charter schools receive.

PAA opposed the House charter expansion bill (see our position paper here) in part because of our concerns about the lack of equity, quality, parental rights, and accountability in many charter schools.

The bill, sponsored by State Sen. José Menéndez (D - San Antonio), incentivizes collaboration between school districts and charter schools with a potential increase in state funding and an exemption from accountability interventions.

Their bills would «fix» NCLB by strengthening state accountability systems, improving teacher and principal professional development programs, combining federal education programs and increasing the number of charter schools, they said on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.

The NEA also says it isn't clear in the bill that charters are subject to the same accountability requirements as other public schools.

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The bill revises numerous provisions related to charter schools and adds new academic accountability requirements for charter schools graded D or F, including the development and implementation of school improvement plans.

Included in this special Capitol Update message from Jed Wallace: * Legislative efforts to address charter school management and governance * CCSA reaches agreement on charter school governance, finance and operations * Bills provide clarity, address accountability, and increase access to quality facilities * Get more information, share your feedback * State budget passed; watch for new Budget Brief