Sentences with phrase «eligible charter school districts»

As of Nov. 30, the PSF guaranteed payments on 3,374 issues from more than 800 school districts, and 36 issues from 19 eligible charter school districts, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Not exact matches

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.

We also find that the students applying to charter schools in New York City are more likely to be black and eligible for a free or reduced - price lunch program than students in the public schools in the district.

Only 41 percent of school districts and 60 percent of eligible charter schools signed on for changes needed to participate in the Obama administration's Race to the Top contest in which states can win extra federal funding to ease the impact of steep budget cuts.

Romney's major proposal would expand school choice by essentially turning $ 15 billion in Title I funding and $ 12 billion in IDEA funds into «vouchers» that eligible students could spend to attend any district, charter, or private school (state law permitting) or for tutoring programs or digital courses.

Those schools were made part of a «Recovery School District,» run by the state but eligible to become charters if they wished.

SDP works with over 10 school districts and charter management organizations that collectively serve over 1.5 million students, 65 percent of whom are eligible for free or reduced lunch and 82 percent of whom are ethnic minorities.

Although the two charter schools primarily serve African American families eligible for free or reduced - price school lunches, South Side neighborhood district schools likely experience a higher degree of disadvantage.

The figure is a maximum estimate — a representation of the most dollars school districts would have to share if all of their area charter schools were eligible for capital aid, said Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., a Hialeah Republican who is the House pre-K-12 education budget chairman.

In those cases where the local districts don't have to share their money, area charter schools would still get capital aid from the state — $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local money.

All Minnesota school districts and public charter schools must attempt to collect reimbursement for some special education services for children who are eligible for Medical Assistance or MN Care.

Table 1 presents the mean SAT scores in Verbal and Math, plus the percentage of students eligible for FREE lunch (not Free and Reduced because the negative influence on achievement comes from FREE lunch eligibility), percentage of students who are limited English proficient (LEP) and the percentage of students with special needs for districts located in the A, B, (NJ's poorest communities) and I, J DFG's (NJ's wealthiest communities), plus those for charter schools (denoted by an «R» on the scatter plots).

About a third of the eligible students in the district's boundaries attend the charter; the others are at neighboring districts or other nearby charter schools.

A majority of the faculty and eligible staff at Chavez Prep voted to become members of the AFT, which, pending certification of the election by the National Labor Relations Board, would make the school the only charter school in the District of Columbia with a union.

Because of the new law passed earlier this year allowing students in school districts rated «C,» «D,» or «F» to cross district lines to attend a charter school, students from every neighboring school district outside of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District would be eligible to aschool districts rated «C,» «D,» or «F» to cross district lines to attend a charter school, students from every neighboring school district outside of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District would be eligible todistrict lines to attend a charter school, students from every neighboring school district outside of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District would be eligible to aschool, students from every neighboring school district outside of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District would be eligible to aschool district outside of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District would be eligible todistrict outside of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District would be eligible to aSchool District would be eligible toDistrict would be eligible to attend.

Students with special needs who attended a district or charter school during the previous semester or who are entering kindergarten or first grade are eligible.

Although we are a public school, CT charters are not eligible for state funds that are available to traditional CT public school districts or RESCs.

Parents of eligible children apply for an Education Savings Account instead of enrolling their children at their assigned district school or at a public charter school.

District and Charter Educators Throughout New York City are Eligible to Participate in New Program Designed to Raise Achievement in NYC Schools.

Charter schools occupying school district, state, or federal facilities, or charter schools receiving facilities through Proposition 39 (in accordance with Education Code Section 47614) are not eligible for reimbursement through Charter schools occupying school district, state, or federal facilities, or charter schools receiving facilities through Proposition 39 (in accordance with Education Code Section 47614) are not eligible for reimbursement through charter schools receiving facilities through Proposition 39 (in accordance with Education Code Section 47614) are not eligible for reimbursement through SB 740.

However, in the case of a charter lab school, the charter lab school shall be open to any student eligible to attend the lab school as provided in Florida Statute 1002.32, or who resides in the school district in which the charter lab school is located.

The hypersegregated Stamford charter schools contain larger proportions of Black and Latinx students, those eligible for free / reduced price meals, and those with disabilities compared to the local Stamford public school district.

The issue was personal: In 2010, Cochran's years of low test scores resulted in placement on the district's list of campuses eligible for takeover by charter schools or other groups with a credible improvement plan.

In 1995, Act 192 created a statewide pilot program that allowed up to eight school districts to volunteer to either grant charters to eligible groups or apply to operate a charter school themselves.

It is also notable because New York law requires each charter school to enroll and retain students with disabilities (as well as English Language Learners and students eligible for free or reduced price lunch) in numbers comparable to those of traditional district schools in order to earn renewal at the end of its charter term.

DPI said in the letter that a preliminary, but reliable look at the way schools measure up under the new formula shows no school districts are now eligible for a new program lawmakers also created during the last budget cycle that would give county executives the power to turn such schools in their county into private voucher schools or independent charter schools.

Under the Prop. 39 regulations, school districts are required to make final offers of facilities to eligible charter schools by April 1.

The new law also ensures that state charter schools are eligible for RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) services and membership; provides an increase in capital funds for brick and mortar state charter schools located in the boundaries of a local school district where the capital revenue (per student) exceeds the state average total capital (per student); increases per - student capital funding for virtual schools to offset certain technology costs; and provides a Department of Education and State Charter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter scharter schools are eligible for RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) services and membership; provides an increase in capital funds for brick and mortar state charter schools located in the boundaries of a local school district where the capital revenue (per student) exceeds the state average total capital (per student); increases per - student capital funding for virtual schools to offset certain technology costs; and provides a Department of Education and State Charter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter scharter schools located in the boundaries of a local school district where the capital revenue (per student) exceeds the state average total capital (per student); increases per - student capital funding for virtual schools to offset certain technology costs; and provides a Department of Education and State Charter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter scschool district where the capital revenue (per student) exceeds the state average total capital (per student); increases per - student capital funding for virtual schools to offset certain technology costs; and provides a Department of Education and State Charter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter sCharter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter scSchool Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter scharter schools.

Eligible organizations would have to operate existing charter schools with better test results than district schools.

Mastery is also expected to file an application to open schools in Camden under the state's Urban Hope Act, a new law that defines a different kind of charter school, one that operates within the confines of the district but is also eligible for greater funding.

The Board will consider a resolution about whether to permit charter schools located in Oakland, but authorized by Alameda County, to be eligible for funding under the G1 allocation formula (approved for district schools and district authorized charter schools).

For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner and special education enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64

New Hampshire statutes prohibit more than 10 % of the resident pupils in any grade in a (non-charter) public school district to be eligible to transfer to a charter school without the approval of the local school board in the town where the child resides.

But they stopped short of explaining that when public school systems convert to charter status they immediately become eligible for additional state financial aid that can be millions of dollars per district.

Charter schools would be eligible for state transportation funds if the local school district refused to provide them with transportation services.

«We are pleased that the district has agreed to terms that will ensure that all public school students are eligible for their fair share of funding in the spirit intended, and as voters mandated» when they passed the parcel tax, said Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the charter schools association.

A charter school approved under this section shall supply a mailing in the most prevalent languages of the district the charter is authorized to serve to a third party mail house and pay for it to be copied and mailed to eligible students.

«Mr. Kayser chooses to ignore the fact that 76 % of students who graduate from charter schools in L.A. Unified are eligible for college admission, compared to just 18 % of students who graduate from district schools,» Marquez continued.

Under Prop. 39 regulations, school districts are required to make preliminary offers of facilities space to eligible charter schools by February 1.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

According to Russ Weikle, director of the California Department of Education's Career and College Transition Division, school districts, county offices of education, community college districts and public charter schools are eligible to apply for some 50 grants ranging from $ 600,000 up to $ 15 million for larger regional programs.

New York's charter school law requires that SED and SUNY set targets for enrolling and retaining students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students who are eligible for free or reduced lunch at rates that are «comparable» to those of the local school district or city school district.

* UPDATE: On October 10th, 2017 OUSD's school board clarified that all district and charters schools serving grades 6,7, or 8 are eligible for Measure G1 funds.

In Idaho 34 percent of the state's charter students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch, while 42 percent of district school students are eligible.

Charter schools are supposed to be open to any student eligible for admission within the district.

Eligible providers should include local education agencies (school districts, charter schools), and Head Start programs, child care agencies, and community - based providers of prekindergarten programs in partnership with local education agencies.

Eligible homebuyers who qualify for down payment assistance must be first time homebuyers employed at any K - 12 California public or charter school, school district offices, and county or continuation schools.

CalHFA School Teacher & Employee Assistance Program — STEAP provides down payment assistance to eligible teachers, administrators, school district employees, and support staff at K - 12 public and charter schools, district offices, and continuation scSchool Teacher & Employee Assistance Program — STEAP provides down payment assistance to eligible teachers, administrators, school district employees, and support staff at K - 12 public and charter schools, district offices, and continuation scschool district employees, and support staff at K - 12 public and charter schools, district offices, and continuation schools.

Eligible homebuyer should be employed in ANY K - 12 California public school, charter school, school district office or county continuation school.

Eligible buyers must be employed at any K - 12 California public or charter school, school district offices, and county or continuation schools.