Sentences with phrase «for students eligible for free school meals»

The evaluation of the TEEP programme showed no effect on GCSE English or maths scores in the low - performing schools that participated in the trial, nor did it have an impact for students eligible for free school meals, for either gender, or for students of different ability levels.

Ministers have outlined plans under which the government would pay the first year's tuition fees for students eligible for free school meals.

However, the attainment data which was collected indicated that there may be some evidence of promise for students eligible for free school meals.

Not exact matches

The increase in breakfast service will begin during the 2017 - 18 school year in schools with more than 70 percent of students eligible for free and reduced - price meals.

Any public school containing these grades with a minimum enrollment of 125 students per school site, have a breakfast program, and serve at least 40 % of its lunches to free and reduced price meals shall be eligible for a state financial supplement.

In a district with 22,000 students (67 percent eligible for free or reduced meals) located in a population - boom town (4th fastest growth in the US), everything starts in a 12,000 square foot central production facility where nearly 100 percent of the district's meals are prepared from scratch and sent out in bulk to schools.

The School Breakfast Program is one of several Child Nutrition Programs sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered by the Ohio Department of Education, which provides meal reimbursements for students eligible for free or reduced - price meals.

CEO allows schools to serve free breakfast and free lunch to all students when 40 percent or more of students are certified for free meals without a paper application, which includes students who are directly certified (through data matching) for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are automatically eligible for free school meals because of their status in foster care or Head Start, homeless, or migrant.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, up for a vote as early as today, would attempt to fix some of these problems through a variety of means, including allowing schools in high - poverty areas to offer free meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification raFree Kids Act of 2010, up for a vote as early as today, would attempt to fix some of these problems through a variety of means, including allowing schools in high - poverty areas to offer free meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rafree meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rafree meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rates.

For many schools, the problem of unpaid school meal charges stems more from students who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals, but consistently fail to bring their lunch money (sometimes parents forget to pay, and sometimes — particularly in this economy — they struggle to paFor many schools, the problem of unpaid school meal charges stems more from students who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals, but consistently fail to bring their lunch money (sometimes parents forget to pay, and sometimes — particularly in this economy — they struggle to pafor free or reduced price meals, but consistently fail to bring their lunch money (sometimes parents forget to pay, and sometimes — particularly in this economy — they struggle to pay).

Schools and child care centers must have 80 % or more students eligible for free or reduced priced school meals

If the number of kids who are eligible for free meals is high enough — and if a high percentage of the student body meets the criteria for other social services — that school may be eligible for free universal breakfast and lunch for all students.

This one is extraordinary: Schools with 40 % or more of children eligible for free or reduced - price meals will be able to serve free breakfasts and free lunches to every student in the school, regardless of family income.

Update: This post originally said that schools are eligible for CEP when 40 percent of their students qualify for free meals according to family income.

Within this school district, 28 % of students are non-Hispanic white, and 54 % are eligible for free and reduced - price meals.

«It is heartening to see that the most recent data shows a narrowing in the gap between learners eligible for free school meals and those who aren't, and this data supports the findings of the survey we undertook in the summer which showed how students from poorer backgrounds are benefiting from this important Welsh Liberal Democrat policy.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Silver CREST students eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) saw a larger increase in their best science GCSE (two thirds of a grade) compared to a matched control group who were also eligible for FSM.

What's more, students who were eligible for free school meals and took part in a CREST Silver Award were 38 per cent more likely to take a STEM subject at AS Level than the matched control group.

However, the two groups of schools enrolled similar percentages of students who received special - education services, were English language learners, or were eligible for free or reduced - price school meals.

«Some students would rather not eat anything than have people know they are eligible for free and reduced - price meals,» says Juliana Cohen, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health focused on nutrition.

These characteristics include, in addition to a variety of measures of student achievement as of 1996, the percentages of students in the school that are eligible for free school meals, those who are nonwhite, and those with special educational needs; the pupil - teacher ratio and the number of students enrolled; whether the school is all girls, all boys, a religious school, or in London; and several measures of the qualifications of the teaching staff.

The issues it highlighted included the labelling of «working class boys», as the DfE does not collect information on pupils» socio - economic status and the statistics quoted were actually about white make students who were eligible for free school meals in year 11.

Only 21 % of the 93.5 % of students in the UK not at private school receive tuition, and within these students are the staggeringly large 15 % of secondary school pupils in the UK who are eligible for Free School school receive tuition, and within these students are the staggeringly large 15 % of secondary school pupils in the UK who are eligible for Free School school pupils in the UK who are eligible for Free School School Meals.

Many public schools still do not provide free or reduced cost meals to students eligible to receive them, even though federal funding is available for those meals.

The school will make every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and prevent the overt identification of, students who are eligible for free and reduced - price school meals.

High percentages of students eligible for free school meals and students with special educational needs

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As community schools build out their comprehensive support for students, it doesn't hurt to go back to the basics: Is everyone who's eligible getting free school meals?

Students are eligible for free or reduced priced school meal benefits based on any one of the following:

To be eligible charter schools must serve a student population with at least 55 percent of their pupils eligible for free or reduced price meals (FRL), or they must be physically located in the attendance area of a public elementary school with 55 percent or more FRL qualified students.

A change in the 2015 - 16 State Budget now allows for schools that serve a population with 55 percent or more free and reduced price meal (FRPM) students to be eligible for this program.

Last year the gap between richer and poorer students reached a record high, with pupils eligible for free school meals — a long term indicator of poverty — said to be less than half as likely to go on to higher education than their most affluent peers.

Of those aged 11 - 16, 17 % of pupils who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) have received private tuition at some point in their schooling, compared with 26 % of students who do not receive FSM.

The hypersegregated Stamford charter schools contain larger proportions of Black and Latinx students, those eligible for free / reduced price meals, and those with disabilities compared to the local Stamford public school district.

As my Choice Watch report (Cotto & Feder, 2014) demonstrated, charter schools in Connecticut tend to serve a relatively more advantaged group of (mostly) Black and Latinx children including fewer children with disabilities, emerging bilingual children, and children eligible for free and reduced priced meals compared to the students in local public schools in the same cities as the charter schools.

Another important piece of research is this work from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which found in 2013 that grammar schools were disproportionately unlikely to admit bright students who were eligible for free school meals or from poorer neighbourhoods and disproportionately likely to admit children from private primary schools.

Students older than 16 in full - time education or training can buy subsidised bus tickets to colleges and sixth - forms for up to # 400, unless they are eligible for free school meals.

Middle and high schools where more than 40 % of students are eligible for free or reduced - price meals must serve breakfast either in the classroom, or through another alternative like grab and go carts.

In Topeka, where 77 percent of the district's racially and ethnically diverse student population (39 percent white, 30 percent Hispanic, 19 percent black) is eligible for free or reduced - price meals, the school board began looking at trauma - informed care several years ago, says board member Peg McCarthy.

Qualifying teachers who work at a school where 60 percent or more of students are eligible for free - and reduced - price meals earn an extra $ 10,000 right off the bat.

The LCFF first went into effect for the 2013 - 14 school year and is intended to drive extra money toward students who are English learners, eligible to receive a free or reduced - price meals or foster youth.

The universities with the most students who had been eligible for free school meals were urban, less selective institutions including London South Bank University (24.7 %) and the University of East London (23.1 %).

Each school receives an allocation according to the number of students aged 5 - 15 who are eligible for free school meals.

The idea is that students eligible for free school meals move to the head of the admissions queue, immediately behind looked after children, for any school in the country, regardless of catchment area.

The report found that 4.9 per cent of students eligible for free school meals achieved three A grades or better, compared to 11 per cent of their peers who were not eligible.

High poverty is identified as those schools where 76 percent to 100 percent of the student enrollment is eligible for free or reduced - price meals.

Sixty - eight percent of the district's student population is eligible for free or reduced priced meals and 87 school sites have 50 % of more of their students eligible for free or reduced priced meals.

Schoolwide Title 1 funding is available for schools with at least 60 % of students eligible for free and reduced meals.

His father's schooling experience has had a deep impact on Royster's leadership and where he places his priorities as schools chief in Greenville County, where nearly 60 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price meals.