Sentences with phrase «existing local charter schools»

A dozen of those schools found ways to stay open: Two campuses became separate charter schools; another two received waivers from the State Board of Education to remain open; and eight joined with other existing local charter schools.

Not exact matches

In the 24 states where online charter schools exist, some are locally operated by nonprofits using commercial platforms and content, some nonprofits contract with local partners for content and instructional services, and other nonprofits contract with national partners.

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.

Where such systems are deemed less than adequate, local voters should be allowed to choose between the enhancement of the existing school system or the establishment of charter schools.

If our charter did not exist, many parents would be left without an option and required to homeschool or send their children back to the local school district.

No matter the name or the office, the entity must have totally different powers and responsibilities than existing school boards — not to operate schools, but to use chartering, contracting, and memoranda of understanding in order to obtain the best possible mix of schools to meet the needs of local children.

The existing law - passed in 2011 - allows parents to convert a low - performing district public school to a charter if a majority of parents signs a petition, but local school boards have to sign off on the conversion.

As we document in Public Impact's new report for the Charter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opeCharter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opeCharter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opecharter operators.

If an existing public school converts to a charter school, it would continue to receive the same share of local levy funding, but not be required to pay rent to the local school district, according to initiative documentation.

Existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of education or by the state board of education alone.

27a — 8 In the case of a proposal to establish a charter school by converting an existing public school or attendance center to charter school status, evidence that the proposed formation of the charter school has received majority support from certified teachers and from parents and guardians in the school or attendance center affected by the proposed charter, and, if applicable, from a local school council, shall be demonstrated by a petition in support of the charter school signed by certified teachers and a petition in support of the charter school signed by parents and guardians and, if applicable, by a vote of the local school council held at a public meeting.

In instances of the conversion of an existing public school to a public charter school, a description of the enrollment priority process for current students of the school to be converted and their siblings if the local school board requires it.

In instances of the conversion of an existing public school to a public charter school, the local school board may require that current students of the school to be converted and their siblings be given enrollment priority over the lottery process.

New charters and enrollment expansions approved under this law would be exempt from existing limits on the number of charter schools, the number of students enrolled in them, and the amount of local school districts» spending allocated to them.

As a result of the Governor's plan, the additional money going to the existing charter schools (directly from the state and from the required local district transfer) will mean that each of the 6,000 charter school students will receive a net increase of $ 2,600 in funding.

However, despite that opposition from the local officials responsible for education policy and despite the fact that Connecticut doesn't even fund its existing public schools adequately and the fact that the State of Connecticut is facing a massive $ 1.4 billion projected budget deficit next year, Governor Malloy's former Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education approved four new charter school proposals last spring.

A local school board intending to open a new charter school or convert an existing charter school would still be required to adhere to state charter school law.

As CT Mirror reports, the two - year budget that was passed on July 3, 2015 allocates $ 12.4 million dollars to add about 700 seats to existing charter schools and to open two new charter schools this fall, one in Bridgeport and one Stamford, both of which are being opened despite the local boards of education voting against them.

For example, just two years after signing the compact, then - mayor Karl Dean, who's now running for governor of Tennessee, roamed the halls of the legislature pitching lawmakers on a bill to strip local elected school boards in Memphis and Nashville of our ability to reject charters, which drain resources from existing schools.

Perhaps one solution is for states and school districts to require the equivalent of an environmental impact statement, so local leaders, communities and families can understand the full impact a new charter school will have on the existing educational «ecosystem.»

The Charter Schools Act of 1998 provides that existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of eduCharter Schools Act of 1998 provides that existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of eduSchools Act of 1998 provides that existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of eduschools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of educharter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of education.