Sentences with phrase «encourage schools and school districts»

On April 2 of 1999, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D - CA), introduced a congressional resolution to encourage schools and school districts to reconsider early morning start times to be more in sync with teens» biological makeup.

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Statute 120B.22 (2005) encourages each district to provide ongoing in - service for district school personnel to help students identify violence in the family and community, so students may learn to resolve conflict in effective, nonviolent ways.

Guidance Materials: The Department of Education is required by Statute 18.1003.453 to provide on its website links to information regarding the nutritional content of foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in accordance with the dietary guidelines of the United States Department of Agriculture and provide examples of wellness classes that offer nutrition education for teachers and school support staff and encourage school districts to offer classes that are taught by a licensed nutritional professional for the school nutrition department.

HB 1224 (2008) encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including physical education (PE), nutrition, and mental health counseling.

Education Code 32270 (2003) establishes a statewide school safety cadre to facilitate interagency coordination and collaboration among school districts, youth - serving agencies, community - based organizations, and law enforcement agencies to improve school attendance, encourage good citizenship, and reduce school violence, crimes, gang membership and violence, truancy, bullying, and discrimination and harassment.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED): Code 22-2-125 (2005) encourages each school district to acquire an AED for placement in each public school and each athletic facility maintained by a school district at a location separate from the public school.

Held on Oct. 4, Taste Washington Day is an opportunity to encourage the collaboration of school districts and their local agricultural community to provide healthy school meals throughout the school year.

Multiple schools within a district are encouraged to apply, and must participate in NSLP and SBP; free / reduced eligibility must be greater than 40 percent to be eligible, and priority selection will be granted to schools with a student enrollment greater than 500 students.

In a subsequent interview by Dana Woldow with Justin Gagnon, CEO of Choicelunch (a private school meal catering company), Gagnon, too, was very critical of the grain and meat limits, arguing that they encourage districts to increase the use of fats and fillers.

To encourage schools to offer organic and locally grown foods, the District government would reimburse schools an extra 5 cents per lunch to comply with a «farm - to - school» provision.

to reform school lunch procedures would permit school districts to ban sale of such foods at any time and would encourage the sale of fruits, fruit juices, milk and other nutritious foods in vending machines.

School social workers can help increase school breakfast participation by encouraging schools in their district to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer breakfast for free to all students (particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school mSchool social workers can help increase school breakfast participation by encouraging schools in their district to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer breakfast for free to all students (particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school mschool breakfast participation by encouraging schools in their district to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer breakfast for free to all students (particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school mschool districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school mschool meals).

School nurses can help increase student nutritional intake through school breakfast participation by encouraging their school (s) to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer nutritious breakfasts at no cost to all students, particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school School nurses can help increase student nutritional intake through school breakfast participation by encouraging their school (s) to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer nutritious breakfasts at no cost to all students, particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school school breakfast participation by encouraging their school (s) to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer nutritious breakfasts at no cost to all students, particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school school (s) to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer nutritious breakfasts at no cost to all students, particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school school meals.

These include encouraging eligible afterschool programs to maximize service by providing suppers instead of or in addition to snacks, recruiting more school districts to provide afterschool suppers and snacks, simplifying the administration of the Afterschool Supper Program, serving meals during weekends, holidays, and school closures, and improving meal quality.

Further, Jackson says bus drivers are employees of the school district, and students are «allowed and encouraged» to carry epinephrine auto - injectors on the bus with physician and parental permission.

GOALS: (1) Educate parents on key issues that affect academic success; (2) Provide resources necessary for academic success; (3) Empower, equip and educate parents on becoming self advocates; (4) Encourage success in school programs through a collaborative process within the district, school and community.

We encourage schools and districts to try innovations in their school breakfast models to help increase student participation through new delivery methods and enhanced menu offerings.

While the bill encourages school districts to follow federally determined nutrition standards and source locally grown produce, some question if it goes far enough.

The Cherokee County School District is celebrating National School Breakfast Week (March 5 - 9) with special menus and activities to encourage more children to enjoy a healthy breakfast!

Chicago Public Schools encourages monthly birthday celebrations to pare down sweet treats in school and touts healthy snacks, a district spokeswoman said.

Cuomo unveiled a revised version of the legislation on Tuesday, which would provide $ 150 million in tax credits annually for donations that benefit public and private schools, and encourage low - income students to attend either a private school or a public school in another district.

«Hopefully encouraging districts to invest in things like school resource officers and other security measures like door locks and cameras and so forth,» said Maziarz.

Counseling services will be available through the Springville - Griffith School District, and superintendent Kimberly Moritz is encouraging anyone affected by the loss to seek assistance.

Trump had sought $ 1 billion to encourage public school districts to adopt choice - friendly policies, and another $ 250 million to expand private - school voucher programs.

To help achieve the Governor's goal of encouraging efficiency and results, the Executive Budget allocates $ 250 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to school districts that demonstrate significant improvement in their student performance outcomes and another $ 250 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to school districts that undertake long - term structural changes which reduce costs and improve efficiency.

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.

From June 26 to July 21, municipalities and school districts are encouraged to propose shared services agreements among themselves.

The Workforce Diversity Taskforce will be tasked with evaluating the notification and posting procedures for exams and hiring to ensure they are clear to all audiences, suggesting locations for posting announcements that would encourage broader participation, and helping to more broadly promote awareness for the wide variety of employment opportunities in county and local government as well as other civil divisions such as local school, fire, and library districts.

«I want to encourage people to embrace the agenda of Dr. (Kriner) Cash and I hope that whomever sits on the school board after July 1st will listen to him and work with him to help move this district forward,» Sampson said.

The Education Enrichment Fund (EEF) Advisory Committee invites applications for mini-grants of up to $ 1,000 to support initiatives that enrich student learning, instructional programs and learning tools, encourage innovative professional development, and promote the standard of excellence in the Niskayuna Central School District.

Following the actions of the Trump Administration to diminish protections for transgender students, the Commissioner and Attorney General strongly encourage districts and their school attorneys to review SED's guidance on protecting transgender students, as well as our agencies» joint guidance on how to ensure districts comply with their duties under DASA as to all students.

Attridge said the city school district is enthusiastic about recycling and, for now, she said she'll keep encouraging all schools to move to «single - stream.»

The administration also plans to support the transition of military veterans and retired law enforcement into new careers in education and will encourage state attorneys general to audit school districts for compliance with state emergency preparedness activities.

De Blasio is also seeking to replicate city schools chancellor Carmen Fariña's Learning Partners program to encourage inter-district collaboration for charter and district schools.

Elia is traveling to school districts to explaining changes to state assessments, encourages students and parents not to opt out.

Especially as school districts look at implementing Next Generation Science Standards, and researchers are encouraged to do more outreach for broader impact, a better understanding of the mental models of STEM ed and the value of designing an online classroom can be useful.

In The Hechinger Report [2], 29 % of New York school districts encouraged BYOD already in 2014, and another 20 % were developing such a program.

I encourage any district or school thinking about social media policies to look at what you already have in place and develop or adopt best practices.

• Encouraging innovative strategies, such as micro-charter schools to provide school choice and access to courses not readily available district - wide.

Arizona shows signs of a virtuous circle: suburban charters and private choice programs helped to encourage school districts to offer open enrollment.

Bound up in this is the need for school districts to provide adequate professional training and development for substitutes, who are in short supply, and to encourage a positive working relationship between classroom teachers and their substitutes.

If it falls in line with the school or district Acceptable Use Policy, encourage the use of personal devices and even provide charging stations.

City School Overnight Safaris Promote Student Attendance In Sacramento, California, an unusual alliance between the school district, a zoo, and the National Guard has resulted in a successful program that encourages fifth graders to come to school and behaveSchool Overnight Safaris Promote Student Attendance In Sacramento, California, an unusual alliance between the school district, a zoo, and the National Guard has resulted in a successful program that encourages fifth graders to come to school and behaveschool district, a zoo, and the National Guard has resulted in a successful program that encourages fifth graders to come to school and behaveschool and behave well.

We encourage school - based, district, and mixed teams that leverage the collective expertise of those who work directly with students and those whose decisions influence the structures and systems that define how teaching and learning happens.

We also encourage district - wide teams to apply, as well as teams of college faculty (particularly from schools of education), and teams from organizations that support teachers

For more than a decade after Brown, southern states and school districts did little to desegregate their schools, and the Court tolerated this foot dragging and in some ways encouraged it by proclaiming, ambiguously, that desegregation had to occur with «all deliberate speed.»

School districts across the country reported last week that teachers were encouraged to allow their students to sort through their feelings about the verdict and its...

Under the new legislation, school districts will be encouraged to work together, and order together on certain items, to «achieve economies of scale.»

Sixteen Arizona school districts are encouraging parents and businesses to delay participation in an annual career - awareness program because they claim it disrupts the academic year.

School districts then apply to their states, and those that receive funds will be encouraged to spend them in ways that meet those four core criteria.