Sentences with phrase «for state school funding»

State school pupils do not sit the IGCSE currently because although they have been approved by Ofqual, the government has not approved them for state school funding.

«Local authorities should continue to exercise their arm's - length support for all state schools funded wholly or partially with public funds with particular emphasis on their work with disadvantaged pupils.»

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To learn about the state of financing for women - owned ventures, I spoke with Vonda White, serial entrepreneur and founder of Camp Pillsbury, a Minnesota - based boarding school that White acquired after overcoming all the hurdles associated with securing business funding.

At least 13 states, including Alaska, Illinois and Kentucky, have indicated they will be awarding funds on a first - come, first - served basis for the 2018 - 19 school year.

Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, discusses the need for states to bolster education spending and fund the American school system.

For example, the US Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund, which offered $ 4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the countFor example, the US Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund, which offered $ 4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the countfor school systems across the country.

In its early years, a number of her students in the program were teenagers who had come to the country, unauthorized, at a young age and finished high school, but then could not obtain citizenship or receive any state or federal funds for college.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

The problem is that the state - mandated pension plans for school - district employees are defined benefit plans, which means the amount of future benefits is guaranteed and has to be funded by the taxpayers and / or investment income.

Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

Indeed, as reported by the New York Times, states have promoted these tax credit programs to raise funds for private schools, even though the number of AMT filers is relatively small, approximately five percent of all filers.

One of the more promising innovations in state - level education policy has been the establishment of programs that encourage privately - funded scholarships for students attending private and religious elementary and secondary schools.

Raymond Abbott's name appeared as lead plaintiff in a court case brought by Camden and several other poor school districts against the State of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schState of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schstate provide equal funding for all schools.

Many state legislatures, for example, are funding computer networks to link public schools throughout America.

These Catholic claims prompted state constitutional amendments nationwide dictating that public funds for education could not be controlled by «any religious sect,» language carefully chosen to halt the Catholic drive while preserving public school instruction in nonsectarian Protestantism.

It found that 27 percent of the women were ordered into the facilities by an array of state employees: judges, probation officers, school truancy officials, social workers, doctors at psychiatric hospitals, or officials at state - funded shelters for unwed mothers and their babies.

«I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote — where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference — and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

These English state - funded «faith schools» are incredibly disturbing and sickening to me as I believe they serve as brainwashing mills for innocent little kids.»

Carlos Campo, Ashland University president Vincent Bacote, Wheaton University theology professor Kyle Duncan, former general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and lead counsel in the Hobby Lobby case Tom Farr, Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University Kellie Fiedorek, Alliance Defending Freedom Wayne Grudem, Phoenix Seminary Chad Hatfield, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary chancellor Thomas Kidd, Baylor University professor Daniel Mark, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Michael McConnell, Stanford University Law School Doug Napier, Alliance Defending Freedom Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference president Meir Soloveichik, Yeshiva University Rick Warren, Saddleback Church Thomas White, Cedarville University president

The evangelical organisation has been banned for handing out scripture to pupils at the state - funded Herington Elementary School in Kansas after humanists threatened legal action.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

An ESA is like a school voucher because it offers eligible families state - funded access to private school tuition, but unlike a school voucher, the ESA deposits money into an account that families can use for other expenses besides school tuition — for transportation or education - related technology, for example.

While there is a role for State / Federal involvement in local school food service, it is IMHO limited to [1] providing funding, especially to lower - income schools, to allow all schools to meet a minimum standard (NOT based on the needs of agri - business!

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Professional Development: The state provides funds for staff development in the area of HIV and offers other professional development opportunities for school nurses.

You may be eligible for state funding, such as these school breakfast grants offered in Illinois and Colorado.

Additional accountability requirements: N.J.S.A. 18A: 33 - 15 to 18 (2007) requires new school districts participating in any of the federally funded Child Nutrition Programs to submit their local policies to the state Department of Agriculture for a compliance check with the state's NJ School Nutrition / Wellness Policy (2005), which contains policy content requirements that go beyond Sectioschool districts participating in any of the federally funded Child Nutrition Programs to submit their local policies to the state Department of Agriculture for a compliance check with the state's NJ School Nutrition / Wellness Policy (2005), which contains policy content requirements that go beyond SectioSchool Nutrition / Wellness Policy (2005), which contains policy content requirements that go beyond Section 204.

Although the state has surplus funds, there has been no consideration for increasing state aid to help school districts finance the needed improvements to the school lunch programs.

By increasing children's participation in federal school breakfast and summer meals programs, the No Kid Hungry North Carolina program could not only offer kids more food but also could garner more federal funds for the state, according to WRAL.

You'll hear from the School Nutrition Foundation about funding available in the ten states listed above for BIC programs.

The act includes a requirement for all state - funded schools — including academies — to provide free school lunches on request for all pupils in reception, year 1...

The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, and Minister of State for Schools, David Laws, have today sent a joint letter to all state - funded primary school headteachers, about universal free school meals for infaState for Education, Michael Gove, and Minister of State for Schools, David Laws, have today sent a joint letter to all state - funded primary school headteachers, about universal free school meals for infaState for Schools, David Laws, have today sent a joint letter to all state - funded primary school headteachers, about universal free school meals for infastate - funded primary school headteachers, about universal free school meals for infants..

Today the following message went out to Local Authorities from the Department for Education: Summary: Free school meals will be introduced for all school children in reception, year 1 and year 2 in state - funded schools, and also to disadvantaged...

The grant will allow us to continue our work funding alternative breakfast programs; to date, the Partners for BIC have helped 36 school districts in 18 states feed over 63,000 additional students at school breakfast.

Byrd said the schools might be eligible for federal funding if they added instruction or tutoring to the school program, though Richardson and other state officials said they could not comment on that prospect without reviewing the academic program.

As states prepare to implement ESSA in the upcoming school year, many — like Kentucky — have been gathering feedback from stakeholders and creating state accountability plans, and school districts are beginning to identify priorities for funding at the school level.

For the last two years there has been a state funded program that reimburses schools for their Alaska food purchases (fish, milk, veggies, etcFor the last two years there has been a state funded program that reimburses schools for their Alaska food purchases (fish, milk, veggies, etcfor their Alaska food purchases (fish, milk, veggies, etc.).

Despite the federal funding for the American school lunch program, there are initiatives to get local (and state) grown food on the school lunch menus.

Legislation in Maryland supports 450 schools to implement a breakfast after the bell model combined with offering breakfast for free to all students through the state - funded Maryland Meals for Achievement program.

So far 47 states and the District of Columbia have sought federal funds for character education programs in schools.

Learn about possible opportunities in your state for funding Breakfast in the Classroom programs in high free and reduced schools and school districts.

HB 2156, which appropriates funds for a farm to school program and requires collaboration between the State Department of Agriculture and Department of Education, also passed committee on February 14th.

When asked how schools paid for the ovens, Carithers noted that in addition to using the funds from the sale of the fryers, the grants appeared to be an effective catalyst to motivate many schools to find creative funding methods from local, state, and federal sources.

Byrd mentioned offering classes at some schools after state officials ruled this week that the board could not receive federal funds for serving lunches when no classes were in session.

«The PTA's support — whether raising funds for schools» needs, logging thousands of volunteer hours or advocating for public schools locally and at the State Capitol — is invaluable to our success.

In addition to Annual Fund fundraising, ambassadors will be encouraging other SNA members in their state to apply for available scholarships, use resources provided for Breakfast in the Classroom and other Foundation programs, join in research efforts to develop best practices, and nominate individuals for the annual School Nutrition Hero awards.

If bringing breakfast to the classroom has been on your wish list, and you live in one of our ten target states — Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri, Utah, Texas, Idaho, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Nebraska — please register now for our Tuesday, March 28 webinar to learn how you can apply for grant funding for your school or district.

Free school meals will be introduced for all school children in reception, year 1 and year 2 in state - funded schools, and also to disadvantaged students in further education and sixth - form colleges, from September 2014.

This funding can come in the form of a state reimbursement for free and reduced price meals paid on top of the Federal reimbursement; for example, the state of California is supposed to give schools an extra.219 for every meal served to a qualifying low income child (in fact, due to the ongoing budget crisis in California, that reimbursement has not always been paid for every qualifying meal in recent years.)

In an interview with NY1's Erin Billups earlier today, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the charter schools legislation passed by his house in the wee hours of the morning a «good bill» that will enable the state to make a strong application for Round II of «Race to the Top» funding by June 1.