Sentences with phrase «equitable facilities funding»

Additionally, charter schools do not have access to equitable facilities funding or recurring and reliable state building aid for capital construction and renovation.

Bugg said achieving equitable facilities funding is one of the Center's top legislative priorities.

Director, Bay Area Facilities 510-344-7263 [email protected] Aron leads CCSA's facilities policy and advocacy work in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing support and assistance to charter schools seeking high quality public and private facilities options, and working to secure equitable facilities funding for Bay Area charter schools.

Not exact matches

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

The long - term funding solution is twofold: equitable funding and access to publicly financed school facilities.

They should continue to support funding for the replication and expansion of high - quality charter schools, and they should make new investments in research and support for parent information, equitable funding and facilities, and innovative, low - regulation approaches to equity and effectiveness in schools of choice.

Rural charter schools do not have equitable access to funding, transportation, and facilities.

«The current system of facilities funding leaves school districts unprepared to provide adequate and equitable school facilities... In total, the nation is underspending by $ 46 billion — an annual shortfall of 32 %,» the report states.

Through case studies of five states with varying facilities policies, Dr. Rivera's study examines the factors contributing to expanded state investment in equitable public school facilities and how those factors can be leveraged to encourage states that make minimal investments to expand their support for facilities funding.

Each year we partner with our members to carry the charter message to legislators at the Capitol for equity in the state budget, improved funding, and access to equitable facilities.

Thus, all schools — district schools and charter schools — should receive an equitable allocation of resources, including operating funds and facilities.

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

Texas must provide equitable access to funding for school facilities so that all districts have equal access to facilities revenue for equal tax effort.

Support new public funding to provide what is needed to build and maintain adequate and equitable school facilities.

The top issues identified by charter alumni so far include ensuring access to equitable facilities, sharing best practices, and startup funding.

Funding, staffing and other resources for equity - based excellence that are manifested in the existence of equitably assigned qualified staff, appropriate facilities, other environmental learning spaces, instructional hardware and software, instructional materials and equipment, and all other instructional supports, are distributed in an equitable and fair manner such that the notion that all diverse learners must achieve high academic standards and other school outcomes become possible.

Learn about how this school used collaboration as the foundation for their success in securing an equitable Prop. 39 facility and funds to achieve their community relations goals

They are ready to advocate on behalf of their schools to make sure their children get equitable funding and access to facilities funding.

Charters can help make this a reality, but not without equitable funding and access to facilities.»

A lack of equitable funding has prompted many charters to operate without being able to fully provide for their facilities, and must resort, as Riverhead did, to difficult - to - secure third - party funding.

Charter schools do not have equitable access to facilities or facilities funding, and often must pay for facilities out of their general operating funds.

Can you imagine how great the school would do if it received facilities aid or more equitable funding for its students?

These inequities are often more significant than reported, because charter schools do not have equitable access to facilities or facilities funding, and often must pay for facilities out of their general operating funds.

Once we * do * address poverty (with more than selfishness, denial and resignation), the next steps to excellent education for all (that is, great public schools) are also obvious and proven (over and over and over): 1) Sufficient & equitable funding 2) Decent facilities 3) Strong teacher training 4) An end to reliance on high - stakes assessments that narrow the curriculum & reduce instruction to drill - and - test tedium

This improvement in test scores is attributed to the fact that racial and socioeconomic integration creates more equitable access to experienced teachers, good facilities, more challenging curriculum, and more funding for students (Wells et al. 2016).