Sentences with phrase «for failing school districts»

Mayoral control is commonly proposed as a solution for failing school districts like Syracuse's, which faces low graduation rates and test scores.

Mayoral control isn't proven to be the ideal solution for failing school districts.

That may mean more money for a failing school district at the expense of a high - performing school district.

Not exact matches

Cafeteria managers across the state had complained for a year about food that reeked of ammonia, but state and federal regulators failed to alert school districts.

Close on the heels of Sodexo's $ 21 million settlement with the state of New York for failing to properly pass on rebates and volume discounts to the school districts it serves, two assembly members in New Jersey have petitioned that state's attorney... [Continue reading]

Despite their importance as alternative options for parents and students in failing districts, many parochial schools in New York State are experiencing financial hardship, and parents can face steep costs to enroll their children in such schools.

Third, to ensure ongoing compliance with the implementation of the evaluation system, school districts will continue to remain ineligible for annual state education aid increases if the district fails to implement their approved evaluation system.

Leaders in the Geneva Joint 4 School District are considering what to do next after failing to persuade voters to approve $ 5.55 million for space and security upgrades.

It also allows the groups to push for charters as an alternative to district schools by justifying the existence of charters by the existence of failing non-charter schools.

Under Cuomo's community schools proposal, the 17 districts with schools that are deemed to be «failing» or «persistently struggling» by the state would be eligible for part of $ 75 million that supports efforts to establish community schools.

AUSTIN — Attorneys for hundreds of school districts urged a state judge Tuesday to again overturn Texas» school finance system, arguing that the Legislature failed last year to fix problems that have plagued the system.

Other expenses include a few thousand on school supplies, which he handed out in his district a few weeks ago, $ 14,000 in contributions to other political campaigns, and $ 3,243 to the State Board of Elections for violation fees (Espada has a history of failing to file his campaign disclosure reports.)

Cuomo is proposing a $ 28 million bailout for the Yonkers school district in Westchester County, using money from a new $ 100 million fund to help failing schools in upstate.

Some members of the District Parent Coordinating Council are ready to force the issue of failing schools in Buffalo by filing complaints this week with the state and federal governments asking for a federal receiver or special master to run the school system.

Central to those actions will be finalizing plans for five district schools at risk of an outside takeover if they fail to show serious improvement by the end of the school year.

The Hempstead Union Free School District, under scrutiny for failing to enroll more than 30 immigrant children at the start of the school year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these stuSchool District, under scrutiny for failing to enroll more than 30 immigrant children at the start of the school year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these stuschool year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these students.

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.

The Senate's inclusion of a «district inspector» for the city's public school system comes after de Blasio tried and failed to unseat the Republican majority in the Senate in the 2014 elections.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

Dec. 29: A state audit finds the district awarded $ 1.3 million in contracts without going through the bidding process, overpaid Superintendent Susan Johnson by $ 32,769 for the 2012 - 13 school year, routinely held closed - door meetings to the exclusion of the public and failed to screen and provide services for some special - needs children.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

An October 2014 rally in Manhattan focused on failing district schools as an indirect means to advocate for more charters, but the «Don't Steal Possible» slogan revealed little about the group's specific policy goals to improve struggling schools.

The Buffalo Public School District is under pressure to improve failing schools and boost graduation rates and it's a contentious time for school leadeSchool District is under pressure to improve failing schools and boost graduation rates and it's a contentious time for school leadeschool leadership.

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a $ 28 million bailout for the Yonkers school district in Westchester County, using money from a new $ 100 million fund to help failing schools in Upstate New York.

«The governor plans for major interventions for the City of Buffalo school district as well as the school districts that are failing all over the state,» said Hochul during a recent appearance in downtown Buffalo.

... According to court documents, Christie's budget fails to meet the funding requirements set forth by the School Funding Reform Act of 2008, a spending formula that guarantees financial support for all New Jersey public school distSchool Funding Reform Act of 2008, a spending formula that guarantees financial support for all New Jersey public school distschool districts.

Interim Buffalo School Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education DeparSchool Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Deparschool district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Department.

Under then - Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., the district regularly failed to comply with state mandates and develop plans for turning around its struggling schools.

Of those 18 Syracuse City School District schools, 10 have qualified as failing repeatedly for a decade, according to Cuomo's report.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

«The court concludes that the plaintiffs have failed to establish their claim that the state has not met its constitutional obligation to provide the students in the eight small city school districts with the opportunity for a sound, basic education,» O'Connor wrote in her ruling.

«Courts have begun to hold school districts that fail to protect students from discrimination... liable for violating constitutional rights,» Carter said.

«The mayor speaks to collaborations with the Mt. Vernon City School District, however he has failed to sign upwards to two million dollars in checks for tax collections from the comptroller's office, which could be used to pay city school district employees and or services,» Council President Griffith telSchool District, however he has failed to sign upwards to two million dollars in checks for tax collections from the comptroller's office, which could be used to pay city school district employees and or services,» Council President Griffith tDistrict, however he has failed to sign upwards to two million dollars in checks for tax collections from the comptroller's office, which could be used to pay city school district employees and or services,» Council President Griffith telschool district employees and or services,» Council President Griffith tdistrict employees and or services,» Council President Griffith tells BW.

For example, in the Athens Area School District, student gains topped 87 percent, and of the eighty - nine Quakertown students who failed tenth - grade math, 72 percent are now getting A's, B's, or C's in their junior year.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Richard Niehaus ruled this month that the education department failed to conduct legally required hearings before implementing the Educational Management Information System, which was designed to gather demographic data and achievement scores for individual districts and schools.

I uncover no support for the hypothesis that school districts failing to supplement the state grants placed African American students in lower - quality programs, either in kindergarten or in later grades.

The investigation by the school district's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) found that Moten and other faculty members «knew of the practice, allowed it to go on for a time, and failed to report it.»

If a school or district fails to meet the threshold for a second consecutive year, there will be a reduction in its summative score of 2 percent.

In a new article for Education Next, Boston College professor Shep Melnick says OCR is on shaky legal ground, since its «Letter» fails to take into account the landmark Rodriguez v. San Antonio Board of Education (1973), which ruled that neither the Constitution nor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 require equal distribution of school resources across school districts.

She's permitted some school districts that have failed to reach proficiency targets to continue to provide tutoring to students, and given leeway when it comes to using alternative assessments for special education students.

U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced on Aug. 4 that Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Utah will be allowed to let districts provide supplemental educational services, or SES, to eligible students whose Title I schools fail to make adequate yearly progress for two years.

But, the jury concluded, the ulti0 mate responsibility for the district's need to seek bankruptcy protection earlier this spring belonged to a school board that failed to control the district...

The President's budget contains support for urban and rural school districts undertaking tough reforms including ending social promotion and fixing failing schools.

If the superintendents of failing school districts were as adept at fixing schools as they are at making excuses for their poor performance, America would have the best education system in the world.

The record is clear that most districts could make it much easier, and more attractive, for parents to move their children from failing schools.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.

These obstacles are compounded by the fact that few districts are making it easy for parents to exercise their right to choose or to avail themselves of the related option that offers «supplemental services,» such as after - school tutoring, to students who remain in schools that have failed to improve student performance.

Several hundred students in the Lancaster Independent School District in Texas learned a tough lesson this month, when they were suspended for failing to complete assigned homework over the winter break.

In October 2001, even before the federal bill had passed, the district sent letters to parents of students in three high schools it expected to land on the failing list, notifying them that the transfer option might be available for the next fall.

Looking at test results in fall 2002, the district concluded that an additional middle school was likely to fall onto the failing list for the 2003 - 04 school year.