Lawmakers got a glimpse of reports on education lottery proceeds, the local education funding dispute resolution process, the $ 79 million cost to meet current standards for school nurses, and a public school construction needs survey and recommendations for construction funding options
for certain school districts.
An increase in federal funding
for certain school districts will help several districts in New York, including one in Orange County near West Point.
Additional student funding
for certain school district characteristics should be added because district expenses operate on economies of scale.
Not exact matches
«This is an issue we're trying to resolve,» said Michael Cook, a spokesman
for the Las Cruces, N.M., Public
School District, which he said was trying to make
certain that any student who can't afford the main meal on the menu «is served some kind of alternative» rather than go hungry.
When implemented thoughtfully and effectively, the AP program may benefit
certain students and allow
for common assessments across
schools and
districts.
Medical insurance may cover
certain components of the camp day, but if a child already has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), the child's
school district will often pay
for or contribute towards the camp program.
School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kit
School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from
certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public
for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening
school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kit
school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection
for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when
districts allow
for - profit groups to use
school kit
school kitchens.
Under the proposal, municipalities and
school districts that stay within the two - percent cap would then be eligible
for a
certain amount of aid to lower their tax levy to prior year levels in the program's first two years.
PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh City
School District will be facing no cuts but plans on restricting certain programs for next school
School District will be facing no cuts but plans on restricting
certain programs
for next
schoolschool year.
Growth in the tax levy
for school districts allows them
certain exemptions, including capital expenditures, payment in lieu of taxes and pension growth.
Sen. Marc Panepinto, who is no fan of the push
for mayoral control over the troubled Buffalo public
school district, suggested during a CapTon interview last night that there are forces bigger than a
certain local assemblywoman behind the effort.
Capping charters in a
certain neighborhood,
for instance, is a shot aimed directly at parents in Harlem — where a proliferation of charters is starting to offer real alternatives to failing
district schools.
Legislation signed in December by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that made
school tax exemptions
for available to
certain veterans took effect with little advance notice, making it difficult
for school boards tasked with deciding whether their
districts would participate in the program to make well - researched and educated decisions.
Because
districts are allowed to go above that number
for certain capital expenses, the average increase requested
for school budgets this year is about 1.5 percent, according to the School Boards Associ
school budgets this year is about 1.5 percent, according to the
School Boards Associ
School Boards Association.
At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring
certain public
schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city
school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education
schools and programs within such city
school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes
for homeless students.
School districts around the country are experimenting with programs that allow students to home school for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public s
School districts around the country are experimenting with programs that allow students to home
school for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public s
school for part of the day but take
certain classes at the local public
schoolschool.
The study, «Resegregation and Equity in Oklahoma City,» authored by Jennifer Jellison of the Harvard Project on
School Desegregation, examined the assumptions underlying the Supreme Court's 1991 Oklahoma City - based Dowell decision, a landmark decision that
for the first time sanctioned a return to segregated
schooling by stating that
districts may be released from a desegregation order if they had met
certain conditions.
In planning
for the 1988 survey — which provides the only federal data on civil - rights compliance in education — O.C.R. has quietly inched back toward its old method, rescinding a change that allowed large
districts to sample only
certain schools and designing the sample to include more
districts that have not been surveyed recently.
Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the
District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange
for embracing
certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and
school turnarounds.
McGraw - Hill sells textbooks to students; Marriott charges them
for school lunches; Coca - Cola holds exclusive «pouring rights» in
certain districts.
After all, there are traditional «public
district schools» that have admissions criteria (e.g Bronx
School of Science), charge
for various services (e.g. music, AP tests), or are open only to families who inhabit
certain neighborhoods (e.g. all of them).
We purposely chose
schools that were very different (big / small, urban / rural, traditional / progressive,
district / charter) so we could be
certain we were designing a solution that worked
for everyone.
Based on that experience, she sees real danger in
school districts» «hunger»
for teachers to fill
certain slots, because it presses them to let untrained individuals teach as long as they promise to take a
certain number of education courses.
«The question, and one that needs to be empirically investigated, is «Are we overproducing
certain kinds of teachers
school districts aren't looking
for and under - producing
certain types of teachers that
schools and other types of employers are desperately looking
for?»»
BOULDER, CO (February 15, 2018)-- The Academic and Behavioral Consequences of Discipline Policy Reform: Evidence from Philadelphia, published by the Fordham Institute, investigated the impact of a reform in the
School District of Philadelphia that eliminated suspensions
for certain low - level misbehaviors.
While states,
districts, and
schools have long collected
certain education data
for accountability purposes and in an attempt to be more data - driven, there is growing interest in leveraging new digital learning tools, online services, educational «apps,» and other technologies in the classroom.
To make adequate yearly progress, or AYP, under the federal law,
schools and
districts must meet annual targets
for the percentage of students who score at least at the proficient level on state reading and mathematics tests, both
for the student population as a whole and
for certain subgroups of students.
A report from the Fordham Institute investigated the impact of a reform in the
School District of Philadelphia that eliminated suspensions
for certain low - level misbehaviors.
Based on performance criteria established by the commissioner,
certain school districts may be required to submit their description of academic intervention services
for specific
schools to the department
for review and approval.
The Department of Education has issued final rules underscoring that
school districts must accommodate the Boy Scouts of America and
certain other youth groups that ask to use
schools for meetings and recruitment.
«Obviously,
for Pearson to own a company in our space took a
certain amount of bravery — to say, this is something that ultimately will benefit our
school district customers,» notes Dreyer.
The state can set expectations that
districts will reopen
schools as charters under
certain conditions,
for instance, or that
districts will open new
schools to increase their capacity to serve students otherwise stuck in their lowest - performing
schools.
Concentrating students with disabilities in a
certain cluster of
schools is not good
for kids, and because these students represent higher - than - average costs, this imbalance is not financially sustainable
for districts.
As with its other initiatives, the foundation is likely to pursue its new programs confidently, via a series of grant solicitations that offer generous funding in return
for a pledge from the
school or the
district to meet
certain requirements.
District leaders developed a set of indicators to track demographic changes and performance, and they used these indicators to designate certain schools as at - risk of declining performance, thus qualifying for additional district support (e.g., staffing, program, f
District leaders developed a set of indicators to track demographic changes and performance, and they used these indicators to designate
certain schools as at - risk of declining performance, thus qualifying
for additional
district support (e.g., staffing, program, f
district support (e.g., staffing, program, funding).
For these seven
schools the authors collected comprehensive data about the how and why
districts and
schools pursued
certain strategies to overcome turnaround implementation obstacles related to the five practices.
Also, in accordance with Section 1001.20, Florida Statutes, under
certain conditions the OIG is responsible
for conducting, coordinating or requesting investigations into allegations of waste, fraud, or financial mismanagement within the
school districts, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, or the Florida College System institu
school districts, the Florida
School for the Deaf and the Blind, or the Florida College System institu
School for the Deaf and the Blind, or the Florida College System institutions.
Other regional
school district leaders were not as
certain as Redinger about applying
for a charter
school.
The Military Education Savings Act proposes creating ESAs
for certain military - connected students, which could decimate funding
for school districts eligible
for Impact Aid.
The bill repeals
certain aspects of ESEA, such as requirements
for how much states and
school districts must spend before receiving federal funding, and eliminating more than 65 federal education programs.
For example, in gathering a normative sample for a state assessment a certain number of students from each grade level in each county or school district could be select
For example, in gathering a normative sample
for a state assessment a certain number of students from each grade level in each county or school district could be select
for a state assessment a
certain number of students from each grade level in each county or
school district could be selected.
Right now, local
school districts get money
for their traditional public
schools from a variety of funding sources — many of which require the
schools receiving the funds to provide
certain programs (things like Head Start, More at Four, and Junior ROTC).
Following parent complaints, Madison
School District officials say they are working to rectify a situation in which
certain students face negative consequences
for having opted out of the state's standardized test.
Since 2004,
school districts in California have been eligible to obtain
certain reimbursements from the state controller's office
for enforcing the Stull Act dating back to 1997.
Since the 2008 - 09
school year, the state has provided additional funding
for small, rural
districts outside of their revenue limits through sparsity aid, as a way to lessen
certain challenges experienced by rural
districts with both a small pupil membership and a sparsely populated area.
The California Office to Reform Education, a group of nine California
school districts, including LAUSD, met with federal officials this week to make a last pitch
for a No Child Left Behind waiver, which would exempt those
districts from meeting
certain requirements.
One such provision is the proposal that would withhold state funding
for public
school students in a
school district that fails to meet and report
certain aspects of Act 10.
Meanwhile, with many
district leaders requesting greater flexibility over curriculum, calendars and spending, local
schools have been largely rebuffed by state lawmakers, board members said, although Hall's
district includes allowances
for an «Innovation Zone» or «I - Zone» opening up charter - like flexibilities
for certain low - performing
schools.
The Board holds four meetings a year at
district schools that coincide with student presentations and
certain meetings are held at Niskayuna High
School for special events and recognitions.
US Grant Funds $ 20,000 Teacher Bonuses at «High - Need» LA
Schools Los Angeles Unified Schools Superintendent John Deasy said that a $ 49 million federal grant awarded to the district this week to improve teacher effectiveness will help pay for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need s
Schools Los Angeles Unified
Schools Superintendent John Deasy said that a $ 49 million federal grant awarded to the district this week to improve teacher effectiveness will help pay for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need s
Schools Superintendent John Deasy said that a $ 49 million federal grant awarded to the
district this week to improve teacher effectiveness will help pay
for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus
for certain teachers at high - need
schoolsschools.