Sentences with phrase «control whether districts»

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With park officials spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to clarify ownership, some anglers, boaters and property owners wonder whether the Park District would now try to control their right to time, sun and space on the lake.

On «Daily Rundown,» Israel said the government shutdown in October — which for a few weeks altered the perception of whether Democrats could conceivably gain control of the House in 2014 — proves that having candidates in place in competitively drawn districts will be key to Democrats» strategy in November.

Voters in the Nassau County Senate district formerly represented by Dean Skelos could determine whether Democrats gain total control of state government pending the outcome of a special election behind held today.

Republicans control the redistricting process in Texas but it's not clear yet whether they can make Farenthold's district any better.

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.

In this portion of the debate, the conversation turned to the Syracuse City School District, and whether the mayor should be in control of city schools.

In one of the races that will determine whether or not the GOP retakes control of the New York State Senate this November, Scarsdale resident Bob Cohen, 55, has been chosen by the GOP to challenge 25 year Democratic veteran State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer to represent the 37th district.

«The BTF looks for whether he follows through on returning control to the local districts as opposed to control by the state,» he said, pointing to concerns about teacher evaluations and the role of charter schools.

The state investigation, led by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, focuses on whether the de Blasio Administration illegally funneled big bucks campaign contributions to upstate campaign committees in an unsuccessful bid to regain Democratic control of the state senate in 2014, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.

It is uncertain whether other school districts can replicate these effects, because they depend on factors that many have little control over (including the local supply of high - performing teachers), as well as those they do control (for instance, the introduction of meaningful teacher evaluation).

In USA Today, Greg Toppo looks at why states sometimes step in and take control of school districts and whether it is likely to become more common.

One of the most significant local contests on the Nov. 5 ballot is in Cleveland, where citizens will decide whether to keep a 4 - year - old system of mayoral control of their district or return to an elected school board.

As a parent, I would like to offer the governing bodies of New Orleans public schools some useful advice when deciding whether the Orleans Parish School District should control charter schools.

For parents, community activists, teachers and school board members involved in determining goals and spending priorities for a district's annual Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, the dashboard offers detailed information on whether performance on each indicator is progressing — or not.

Zimmer was asked whether the district is concerned about control of the money that is allocated per student.

Thus, there is no controlling legal authority expressly stating whether costs related to the Common Core Technology Project would constitute the construction, replacement or furnishing and equipping of school facilities for purposes of Proposition 39... the District should remain aware that there is no controlling legal authority expressly stating what constitutes the «equipping of school facilities» for purposes of Proposition 39.

A school website, whether it is the district website or a school level website, is the news channel that you control.

Yet, district officials continue to ask whether they should require schools to comply with their centralized decisions and mandates, or let an individual school control its own fate.

The staff of the State Board of Education will decide in the next several weeks whether to tinker further with regulations governing the Local Control and Accountability Plans — the accountability and budget plans that school districts completed for the first time in June.

The Appellate Court panel ruled that citizens in Camden have a right to determine whether the school board is elected or appointed, but said that either way, the board will continue to serve in an advisory role while the district remains under state control.

Local school districts have no say in whether charter schools are created, where they are located, which children they educate or refuse to educate, nor do local boards of education have control over any other charter school policy or practice.

Standardized test results form the backbone of the school performance scores that determine whether a school can be taken over by the state Recovery School District, whether a school has improved enough to return to local control and whether charters can stay open.

Rhode Island's procedure for having a dog declared «vicious» is as follows: 1) the complainant calls the local animal control officer; 2) the officer investigates the complaint and holds a hearing to examine the circumstances; 3) he then declares whether the animal in question is «vicious» or not; 4) if the owner of the dog disagrees with his verdict, he may appeal to District Court.

The 2nd Circuit sent that case back to the District Court to determine whether, on the current record, YouTube had knowledge or awareness of any specific infringements or willfully blinded itself to specific infringements or had the right and ability to control infringing activity within the meaning of § 512 (c)(1)(B).