Sentences with phrase «charter school approval»
His bill, HUR 759, seeks to create a state level charter school approval process that eliminates districts from the process.
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His bill, HUR 759, seeks to create a state level charter school approval process that...
said Cheryl Turner, director of Sugar Creek Charter School and a member of the charter advisory board to the Charlotte Observer following last year's low charter school approval numbers.
As the recommendations made by these review committees strongly influence school board decisions about charter school approval, this change concentrates charter school decision - making power in the superintendent's office, without increasing transparency, accountability or oversight by the school board.
This is a precarious moment for the public school choice movement in New Jersey because Gov. Phil Murphy has promised NJEA leaders that he will call for a «pause» in charter school approvals, despite the need and hunger for better options for children relegated to long - struggling schools.
His email followed a conversation with Sen. Jerry Tillman (R - Randolph) about the low number of charter school approvals.
* For readers who think that districts should be able to vote for charter school approvals, a position advocated for by Save Our Schools - NJ, imagine this scenario: an application is submitted for a charter school devoted to the needs of students of color in Lakewood and, per N.J.'s charter school funding law, Lakewood Public Schools would pay up to 90 % of tuition.
Aracely Chastain serves as the Coordinator for the Charter Schools Unit of the Orange County Department of Education in California, where she is responsible for continuous oversight, regulatory guidance and new charter school approval.
The charter school approval process is similarly marked by a lack of adequate oversight and scrutiny.
The charter school approval process should be designed to ensure that all charter schools opening in North Carolina have more in common with the best charter schools than with those that have failed and closed.