Sentences with phrase «financing school facilities»

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

And some GOP members of Congress said that labor laws unnecessarily drive up the cost of federally financed school facilities.

Construction bonding authority — a technical, and often obscure, source of capital funding for school districts — has emerged as a hot ticket for those looking to finance school facilities work under the federal government's economic - stimulus program.

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The school recently added the N. MurrayEdwards Finance and Trading Lab, an18 - seat facility equipped with stock - tradingand risk - management technology to aidstudents enrolled in Haskayne's investment, risk management and capital - budgetingcourses.

The strudy produced findings, recommendations, timetables, and estimated expenses in ten interrelated dimensions of school food service operations: facilities, finances, food and health, wellness policy, teaching and learning, the dining experience, procurement, waste management, professional development, and marketing and communications.

You shouldn't only have access to music because your parents have got the money to finance it, or because you go to a school with lavish private facilities.

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De Blasio noted the current cap allows for almost two dozen new charter schools by 2019, and insisted that the city has allowed the existing privately run, publicly financed facilities to grow.

Let's explore the sources and consequences of the iron grip school districts typically enjoy over the financing, development, ownership, and deployment of public school facilities — and some promising strategies for breaking it.

Outstanding Progress The following three awards are presented to the schools that have made outstanding progress in the management of its facilities, finances and human resources and can demonstrate an increase in the educational performance of the school.

However, Congress has authorized funding to «test and demonstrate strategies for helping charter schools with varying degrees of creditworthiness gain access to financing for facilities.»

What if cities (rather than school districts) were to create corporations, authorize them to do financing, and assign them the task of managing the public - school facilities portfolio so that both district and charter schools could be housed?

However, he reports, «charter schools have become successful participants in the same bond markets that finance district facilities.»

``, Smith explores «the sources and consequences of the iron grip school districts typically enjoy over the financing, development, ownership, and deployment of public school facilities — and some promising strategies for breaking it.»

Finally, when schools do locate a facility, upfront costs can be prohibitive for schools that do not have the per - pupil revenue base or donor support to finance renovations.

«The new small schools actually only worked because we were making systemic changes,» says Cahill, to ensure «that teaching and learning, human resources, finance, facilities, accountability, procurement, partnerships would be coordinated and problems solved rather than going into the black hole of bureaucracy.»

Over the last five years, RIMA has marshaled local and national philanthropy; recruited school operators and educators into Rhode Island; provided staff support for facilities identification, finance, and development; formed and advocated for improved education policies at both the state and local levels; and served as a «help center» for questions about state laws, regulations, practices, and culture.

These include depriving charters of full per - pupil funding; denying them access to (or financing for) facilities; placing new restrictions on existing schools or moratoriums on future growth; and weakening charter laws.

The issue of adequate facilities is finding a prominent niche in the equity debate, several school - finance experts said last week.

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

Independent sector In the independent sector, the Award for Outstanding Progress, sponsored by Espresso Education and Channel 4 Learning, will be presented to the UK Independent school that has made outstanding progress in the management of its facilities, finances and human resources and can demonstrate an increase in the educational performance of the school.

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.

But the plaintiffs» claim was dismissed except for the portion regarding state financing for school facilities.

The syllabi devote about 30 percent of class sessions to operational issues like school law, school finance, and facilities management.

Our guests will discuss the most challenging aspects of securing and financing a facility for today's charter schools, examples of best practices that are helping solve this problem, and the impact of the facilities challenge on charter schools» academic performance.

Were policy advocates to solve the facilities financing problem, then charter school systems would have greater negotiating power with districts.

With respect to the per - pupil facilities aid program (under which the Secretary makes competitive matching grants to states to provide per - pupil financing to charter schools), the bill allows states to: (1) partner with organizations to provide up to 50 % of the state share of funding for the program; and (2) receive more than one program grant, so long as the amount of the grant funds provided to charter schools increases with each successive grant.

That includes Colorado and Florida, which gave charters access to local property tax levies; Texas, which gave charters state funding for facilities for the first time; and Illinois, which passed a comprehensive overhaul of its school finance system that brought greater equity to school statewide, and created a new tax credit scholarship program to boot.

CSDC offers a variety of financing programs that enable fledgling charter schools to secure and improve safe yet affordable facilities, streamlining an often complicated process that can otherwise drain resources away from the...

(April, 2017) Drawing on its facilities and financing expertise, Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) has partnered with Santa Fe South Schools to utilize NMTC financing for the purchase and gut renovation of the charter school's seventh location, a dedicated high school to be relocated to a 155,000 square foot abandoned mall on Oklahoma City's Southside.

CSDC has worked with 10 of those ranked charter high schools to help them efficiently and effectively finance, build and expand their school facilities, always with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement.

The Mind Trust has awarded longtime educator and principal Aleicha Ostler its Charter School Fellowship and has hired Oscar Gutierrez as Senior Director of Facility Strategy and Financing.

CSDC is committed to promoting innovation and excellence in education by financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

Shields also served as founding Executive Director of the Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority, where she successfully helped charter schools gain access to facility financing funds.

Despite strong headwinds from the nation's ongoing economic crisis and uncertainty in the financial markets, over the past year CSDC has delivered, through its innovative programs and services, facilities and financing solutions to 21 more charter schools for their 2011 - 2012 school...

He also managed the school's affiliated building company, including facilities financing and construction projects.

Commentary by Nelson Smith in Education Next (Hanover, MD, July 17, 2012) A very timely and informative article published in Education Week and written by Nelson Smith, a consultant on education policy and former E.D. of the DC Public Charter School Board and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, reinforces CSDC's mission and focus on financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools natiSchools, reinforces CSDC's mission and focus on financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools natischools nationally.

In 2000, CSDC formed an ad - hoc coalition of stakeholders and spearheaded the effort to create a limited federal role in assisting charter schools with the twin challenge of acquiring and financing facilities.

Over its decade - plus history, CSDC has provided or procured roughly $ 590 million in capital financing and facilities for over 225 charter schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia, improving the educational opportunities for over 30,000 children.

CSDC, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), is celebrating 20 years of promoting innovation and excellence in education by financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

Potential policies outlined in the model law include giving charter schools a right of first refusal to lease or buy unused school facilities, giving them access to statewide building aid or financing programs, and including charters in bonding and tax levy requests.

CSDC has a number of programs to help charter schools with their financing and facilities needs, including:

Suburban charter schools need greater support with facilities financing.

When the Aurora Expeditionary Learning Academy (AXL) in Aurora, CO refinanced higher cost debt through the Mountain West Charter Schools Fund, it was able to lower its overall facilities financing burden while funding additional improvements, resulting in more dollars for the classroom.

These tax credits were fully sourced to investors as part of the permanent financing of facilities for five charter schools in four states and Washington, D.C.

CSDC's tailored development services increase each school's capacity to plan and manage their finances to meet their facility needs while maximizing the dollars available for classroom teaching and learning.

Already CSDC has provided financing for over 170 separate charter school facility projects in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

Enlists expertise and competent leadership for all areas essential to charter school oversight - including, but not limited to, education leadership; curriculum, instruction, and assessment; special education, English learners, and other diverse learning needs; performance management and accountability; law; finance; facilities; and nonprofit governance and management - through staff, contractual relationships, and / or intra - or inter-agency collaborations.

There's a wide range of available apprenticeships that can be used in schools, for example, teaching assistant, early year's educator and school sports instructor apprenticeships, there are also apprenticeships in sectors that might suit non-teaching staff, for example, business and administration, catering and hospitality, facilities management, digital professions, accounting and finance.

As a 501 (c)(3) tax - exempt, nonprofit corporation and CDFI, CSDC has helped public charter schools acquire and finance facilities at the lowest possible cost, through below - market - rate credit enhancements and direct loans, as well as custom - developed lease - for - purchase facilities.