Sentences with phrase «control over districts»

State education agency leaders too often wring their hands about not having any control over districts instead of finding ways to take advantage of the current leverage they have, writes Robin Lake.

Freedom from state oversight is a key element of his plan that includes giving local leaders more control over their districts as well as giving high - performing schools near autonomy from Sacramento.

Kentucky, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Texas have also adopted measures that enable state officials to assume control over districts that are perceived as failing for academic and political as well as financial reasons, according to the National Governors» Association.

But the state party has no control over districts that are wholly contained in a single county — only in those that cross county lines.

Relying on data that showed L.A.'s progress would still leave about 40 percent of students performing below grade level by 2014, Villaraigosa pushed at first for complete control over the district.

Is state control over district flexibility in creating and implementing their own evaluation system low, moderate, or high?

The Educators 4 Excellence group was formed by Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, who were frustrated by a lack of control over district policy decisions while teaching in a traditional public school in New York City.

Destroying a camera will give you more control over the district.

Not exact matches

The Centre will build upon innovative and cost - effective conservation initiatives such as the Ontario Green Button, a program launched by the Ministry of Energy and MaRS Discovery District that gives consumers greater visibility and control over their energy usage.

As for Jerusalem, Barak's «generous offer» gave Israel sovereignty and full control over its illegally built settlements in about 40 percent of East Jerusalem, plus the Jewish and Armenian quarters of the Old City, the Mount of Olives, the Palestinian Silwan district and the Haram al - Sharif precinct, all of which would have remained under Israel security control.

Holmes said it is unknown if the existing parks would be turned over to the park district or kept under village control.

There is no provision, as some had speculated, for doming Soldier Field or for giving the park district control over a new stadium elsewhere in the city.

-- There would be lack of city control over improvements in and around Soldier Field, which the agreement treats more «as profit centers for the park district rather than enhanced park and recreational facilities.

City Council members responded that before they turned over control of the club, they first wanted to see financial data showing the Park District could collect enough fees to pay the mortgage.

Central to the conflicts was a growing struggle between Netsch and Madison over control of the park district.

The park district also should have design control over whatever is built.

Control of the land would then be handed over to the Park District, according to the deal.

The board took steps Wednesday to strengthen its control over park policy and over the park district «s more than 5,000 employees, most of whom were loyal to former Supt. Edmund Kelly, a Washington foe who resigned July 20, a month after the new board stripped him of power.

Critics, though, accused the former mayor of wanting his own personal park district because he could not exert control over the Oakbrook Terrace Park Ddistrict because he could not exert control over the Oakbrook Terrace Park DistrictDistrict.

Jesse Madison, the new chief of the Chicago Park District, gave the press a tour of former Supt. Edmund Kelly «s suite of offices Wednesday and a look at the controversial file cabinets which Kelly had reportedly emptied during his struggle to retain control over the vast park system.

Orlando Coryell, a La Grange resident who has spent $ 15,000 in a separate suit against the Park District over the sale of Gordon Park, said he was opposed to «private development on public land when the public is denied use of it and the public is denied control and... ownership.»

Park Board members told the council in a joint meeting that they need a clearer understanding of the guidelines of the lease and would like more control over city - owned park sites maintained by the district.

This may appear to be a cheaper method of dealing with a food service provider, but in fact the school district would have much less control over the individual meal items Aramark is serving.

Three days before adjournment, legislative supporters of Vrdolyak livened up an otherwise mundane session by moving to preserve Kelly «s control over the park district and its thousands of patronage jobs.

Intense fighting over control of Rangel's potential new district between Assemblyman Keith Wright — a potential Rangel successor and chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party — and Assemblyman Carl Heastie, chair of the Bronx Democratic Party — has reportedly been holding up the Assembly Democrats» efforts to draw their House map.

With nagging questions over the leadership of the Buffalo Public School District, and some suggesting full mayoral control is the answer, a Buffalo - area state senator has drafted compromise legislation that would give the mayor «input.»

If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.

His coalition with Republicans for control of the Senate has resulted in larger offices for members and significant say over what bills come to the Senate floor, which can include money for individual IDC member districts.

Addressing the media during the registration exercise at Sege in the Ada West District on Thursday, Mr Thomas Boateng Quaison, Head, Monitoring and Evaluation, LEAP Project, said beneficiaries would be migrated onto the e-zwich platform where they would have greater control over the management of their funds as they would decide when to access their funds.

Former Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr on Thursday announced his bid for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County, a seat that is at the center of a fight over control for the chamber.

Lavine, a former LaFayette School District superintendent, said she would seek mayoral control over the Syracuse City School District.

They cited the Republican candidate's plans to hire additional police officers and institute mayoral control over the Syracuse City School District as reasons for the endorsement.

The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's teachers union is encouraging the movement as well over concerns of how the results will impact performance evaluations.

«We're a lot more comfortable with some of the modifications that have been suggested, especially giving more control to the local school districts and not turning it over to some outside group to determine the fate of the school.»

Local control over co-location decisions: Community Education Councils should be empowered to approve all co-locations of schools in their community school districts and, in the case of high schools — which normally fall outside the jurisdiction of the parent councils — all schools geographically located in their community districts.

The office of the Electoral Commission was closed down on Thursday when police and military could not control a crowd incident of the two political parties disagreeing over a group of people who had come from Damongo in the West Gonja District to transfer their votes in the Yapie - Kusawgu constituency.

There is only so much belt - tightening we can do when the majority of taxes you pay go to school and special districts we have no control over.

More important, it would also give individual school districts local control over the implementation.

Her proposal of mayoral control over the Syracuse City School District, though, has been met with controversy.

The Conservatives now control over 200 English County, Borough and District councils, which puts them in their strongest position since 1978.

The arguments come nearly six months after the court heard a dispute over Wisconsin legislative districts that Democrats claim were drawn to maximize Republican control in a state that is closely divided between the parties.

Sen. Marc Panepinto, who is no fan of the push for mayoral control over the troubled Buffalo public school district, suggested during a CapTon interview last night that there are forces bigger than a certain local assemblywoman behind the effort.

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Senator Buruji Kashamu representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the Senate are at daggers drawn over the control of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

That makes things complicated for the Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a big fight over control of the chamber next year — a battle that will be waged with all legislators representing newly - drawn districts.

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

Newly disclosed records show Suffolk district attorney employees have received $ 3.25 million in bonuses since 2012 — $ 550,000 more than reported previously — as county lawmakers prepare for a hearing today on a bill to tighten legislative control over how proceeds from seized criminal assets are spent.

Squinting into a bright noon sun, the former LaFayette School Superintendent reiterated the main talking points that have defined her candidacy up to now: more police on the streets to fight crime, mayoral control over a struggling school district, and ethics reform.

It's still not known whether the governor would get his wish to have greater control over the exact school aid distributions for New York City schools and large upstate school districts, including Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Tenney said she supports taking a look at the federal background check system and argued that the shooting should not change the dynamics of the debate over gun control in her district which encompasses cities like Utica, Rome and Binghamton.

U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood refused to order the state's Department of Financial Services to turn over files on Anthony Bonomo, the malpractice executive ousted from control of Physicians Reciprocal Insurers for mismanagement after testifying for the prosecution at Skelos» first trial.