Sentences with phrase «different public boards»

Not exact matches

Generally, that includes senior leadership from different departments and sometimes past and present clients, government, media, community leaders, the general public, the board of directors and shareholders.

The New York Public Interest Research Group in a letter to the state Board of Elections identifies three different ways companies seek to circumvent the state's campaign limits through a network of limited liability companies.

The state has responded on a case - by - case basis, creating separate public authorities, commonly known as control boards, to oversee local financial workouts in six different localities.

Carol M. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Board Chair of the League of Conservation Voters said: «By building victories in different states and on multiple policies, we can demonstrate strong public support for climate action, demonstrate success that others will want to replicate, and drive down the costs of clean energy».

You could argue that public and charter schools are not that different, but that is dependent upon the locality and how rigidly and thoroughly the school board mandates every aspect of the school.

The board's new members, women with direct administrative experience in New York's public schools, want a new chief who has a different educational philosophy, experience and demeanor than former commissioner John King.

The goal of the Portland, Ore., public schools» multicultural - education programs, in the words of the district's school board, is to «develop in all students a better understanding and appreciation of the history, culture, and contributions to society of different ethnic groups and cultures.»

We had an interesting turn of events last year, in which the superintendent (a different one) was disliked by much of the staff and many parents — and the board, which still felt compelled to support her, was faced with some ugly meetings in which staff and public were mad at them.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

S4S has so far worked with more than half a million children, educators and parents in different settings — including public and private schools, Indigenous boarding schools and centres for children with HIV.

But the rate at which these types of conflicts are popping up is increasing, higher education researchers and administrators say, because governing boards, particularly at public universities, are different than they used to be.

Federal ADA regulations provide that a public entity, such as a school board, may not provide different benefits or services to individuals with disabilities or to any class of individuals with disabilities than is provided to others unless such action is necessary to provide qualified individuals with disabilities with benefits or services that are as effective as those provided to others.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and the State Board of Education are using multiple cues to send a uniform message: Parents shouldn't compare the new results with scores on past state standardized tests; this year's English language arts and math tests are, they say, more difficult, and are based on a different set of academic standards.

«While we obviously would have preferred a different decision from the National Board of the NAACP today, we are greatly encouraged to see how thousands of voices across this country representing the interests of historically underserved students have registered their clear support for charter schools continuing to grow and expand their positive impact on public education in communities across the United States.

Although our system of government demands the equal application of the law, Connecticut's State Board of Education and Stefan Pryor, the State's Commissioner of Education, recently revealed that there are actually two standards, one that applies to Connecticut's district public schools and a very different standard that applies to the state's charter schools.

The bill would allow the state board to develop a different method for identifying 100 low - performing public schools where children from low - income families would be eligible to seek scholarships for private schools instead.

Parents apply through a citywide lottery to scores of schools runs by dozens of boards; there are at least 15 different first days of public school across New Orleans.

Although the foundation implies that this market - based model will lead to the improvement of all schools in a system, a different endgame is clear through its philanthropic portfolio: The foundation endorses the eventual elimination of public education altogether, in favor of an across - the - board system of privately operated schools.

Our 2K rule of thumb (multiply your child's current age by $ 2,000) assumes the student is attending a public four - year college using the College Board estimate: $ 20,090 per year for four years, though the college savings calculator allows you to create a customized estimate if your costs are different.

18 Nov 2002 Equivalence Exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art An exhibition based on the results of two different residencies by the artist Terry O'Farrell — one a long - term project with older people; the other a short - term residency with young children — is now open to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. 11 Nov 2002 IMMA Announces Appointment of New Director The Chairperson and Board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art today (Monday 11 November 2002) announced the appointment of Enrique Juncosa, currently Deputy Director of the prestigious Reina Sofía National Museum of Modern Art (MNCARS) in Madrid, as the new Director of IMMA.

Wermers» Mood Board series consists of foldable baby changing stations (as found in public restrooms) filled with different types of terrazzo.

Wermers's «Mood Boards» consist of wall - hung baby - changing stations (as found in public restrooms) filled with different types of terrazzo.

While the role of general counsel has transformed across the board, it is a truism that every such role, in every company — whether private, listed, regulated or public — is different.

Regulatory boards are tasked with protecting the public from incompetent and unethical practitioners and the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists is no different.

I never could understand how Realtors and the public are best served with each city, next door to one another, belonging to different boards.