Sentences with phrase «charter schools controls»

While some say capping the number of charter schools controls the quality of education, others say the caps are arbitrary and limit opportunity.

Charter schools control their own budgets and hiring and firing and are also usually exempt from some regulations governing public schools.

In the early 2010s, several low - performing or brand - new schools sites were turned over to charter school control.

That is the way to keep costs down and teachers aligned to curriculum changes and charter school control.

Many private, parochial, and charter schools control enrollment, and choose not to work with students exhibiting disciplinary problems.

In contrast, charter schools control enrollment — in both direct and subtle ways.

In a report issued late last year by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the charter school industry bragged that as of 2014 - 2015 there were 17 U.S. cities in which charter schools controlled at least 30 % of all students.

Not exact matches

Automated External Defibrillator (AED): Code 3313.717 allows the board of education of each school district and the administrative authority of each chartered nonpublic school to require the placement of an AED in each school under the control of the board or authority.

Beginning a few years ago, the KIPP charter schools in New York City started to emphasize a curriculum of seven «character strengths»: grit, zest, optimism, self - control, gratitude, social intelligence and curiosity.

A school district or charter school may not delay eligibility or otherwise prevent a student participating in controlled open enrollment, or a choice program, from being immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.

Mayoral control has improved outcomes, but it's not so overwhelmingly positive that the Assembly should cave and give Flanagan / Senate GOP all the charter schools and millions in additional taxpayer monies they crave.

Update X2: Bloomberg spokesman Mark Botnick also calls to point out that Bloomberg and Silver also worked closely on similarly significant issues like the charter schools issue and both times for mayoral control.

Republicans may seek to press de Blasio on altering the program or find a way to strengthen charter schools in mayoral control's reapproval.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said that efforts in the state Senate to tie mayoral control of the New York City school system to an expansion of charter schools is «a load of crap.»

The Republican - controlled Senate, meanwhile, backs extending mayoral control, but also wants to strengthen and expand charter schools in the state — a premise that is backed by the governor in a NY1 interview on Thursday.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

What we're looking at now is an extremely active post-budget session, with everything on the table — from the charter cap and DREAM / EITC to the NYC rent laws and mayoral control over the NYC school system, both of which sunset early in the summer.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, is staunchly opposed to any mayoral control agreement that also includes a charter school provision.

No group in NYC has amassed more political clout than the teachers union, which has scored a new contract for its members, helped block charter schools from expanding, pushed for the renewal of mayoral control of city schools, and ensured the city education budget continues to soar.

Heastie has been clear that he will not do any deal on mayoral control that includes a link to charter schools.

The bitter stand - off over mayoral control of city schools continued over the weekend with state Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan slamming NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for his resistance to charter schools and de Blasio arguing charters shouldn't be part of negotiations.

«I will continue to work to extend mayoral control because I believe very strongly in the accountability it provides, but I also believe that the 50,000 boys and girls in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx who are now on waiting lists for a seat inside a charter school deserve the best possible education we can provide,» Flanagan said in the statement.

The Senate had sought to extend mayoral control with an expansion of charter schools — a provision viewed as untenable for Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Former Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan threw de Blasio a curveball when he joined the mayor on a teleconference to back renewal of mayoral control of schools — but said he also supports adding charter schools.

But charter schools will be getting an additional $ 25 million, from an allocation controlled by Republicans in the State Senate.

Faced with losing the ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.

The issue of mayoral control was deadlocked because the Republican - led Senate wanted to tie it to an increase in the number of charter schools allowed to operate in New York City.

While Cuomo offered no firm date for when Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats might reach an agreement on mayoral control and charter schools, he expressed confidence that sales taxes would be renewed one way or another.

Mayor Bill de Blasio dug in his heels on charter schools Monday, as the fierce debate threatened to cost him control of the city's school system and bring back the bad old days of the Board of Ed.

The fight over control of the Senate came into relief this month when a prominent political donor and charter school benefactor, Dan Loeb, wrote on Facebook that Stewart - Cousins has been worse for people of color than the Ku Klux Klan.

The State Education Department rejected 15 charter school applications for reasons of quality control and not politics, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch insisted.

As part of a deal to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, state and city leaders will allow the reuse of 22 charter contracts that have been revoked or surrendered by charter schools that closed or never opened.

The Senate had sought to link an extension of mayoral control to expanding charter schools, which Heastie rejected.

While the Assembly bill introduced Friday would extend mayoral control over the schools for three years, the Senate has been pushing a one - year extender that would be tied to an increase in the number of city charter schools.

Opportunities to open new charter schools will be part of the discussions on extending mayoral control,» the Flanagan insider said.

Some education reform advocates are advocating that the renewal of mayoral control in the city be linked to lifting or eliminating the state's cap on charter schools.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

Flanagan has also argued recently that any extension of mayoral control should be linked to an expansion of charter schools — a linkage rejected by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx).

The bill backed by the Assembly does not include any legislation strengthening charter schools, which Senate Republicans are seeking in the trio of measures introduced on Sunday for mayoral control.

Speaker Carl Heastie laid down the brightest marker yet on Monday he insisted to reporters the Democratic - led Assembly won't strike an agreement on extending mayoral control in New York City that also strengthens charter schools.

The measure backed by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan would tie mayoral control to raising the statewide cap on charter schools.

The Republican - controlled Senate today will consider a trio of bills designed to extend the life of mayoral control of New York City schools and strengthen charter schools in the process.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Sunday introduced a trio of bills that would extend mayoral control of New York City schools and bolster charter schools at the same time as the legislative session begins to wind down.

A group supportive of charter schools and education reform that backed Republicans in key state Senate races spent $ 4.2 million on advertising, mail and GOTV to help give the GOP conference full control of the chamber.

Still left undone is an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, which Senate Republicans are linking to an expansion of charter schools — an approach Cuomo has spoken favorably of in recent days.

But he has sought an expansion of charter schools in the mayoral control talks, which is opposed by the Democratic - led Assembly.

The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of New York.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has said he does not want to link charter schools and mayoral control, and walked briskly out of the meeting, telling reporters, «nothing new, nothing new.»

They said talks continue on extending mayoral control of New York City schools and, at the urging of Flanagan and Cuomo, increasing the amount of charter schools in the five boroughs.

Then on Sunday, he pledged not to grant a long - term extension of mayoral control «without first ensuring that all students have opportunities,» the punctuating sentence of a statement in support of charter schools and against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's charter policies.