Sentences with phrase «funded special education programs»

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced what he calls «a major shift» in how the government evaluates the effectiveness of federally funded special education programs.

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«They undoubtedly are dependent on some special legislation or some under - the - table benefits with Medicaid and with education programs going forward that the federal deficit will have to fund,» he says.

In 2017, the North Carolina General Assembly budgeted $ 3 million to fund an Education Savings Account program for the families of children with special needs.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

As debate continues over how to fund universal pre-kindergarten in New York State, an Assemblymember from the Hudson Valley wants to ensure that funding for special education programs is part of the plan.

Cuomo would transfer most of that cost to local school districts, the way other special education programs are funded through a complex school aid formula that takes into account district taxpayers» relative wealth.

The authors found that an investment of $ 1,110 per child in the More at Four preschool program (now called NC Pre-K)-- the funding level in 2009 — reduced the likelihood of third - grade special education placements by 32 percent.

2012 — 2016 Co-Principal Investigator: Center for Research in Online Learning for Students with Disabilities Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

2010 — 2015 Co-Principal Investigator: Center for Implementation of Technology in Education (CITEd II) Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Special Programs (OSEP).

2009 — 2014 Principal Investigator: National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Special Programs (OSEP).

Funds from those programs include support for transportation, special education, early - childhood education, and other programs.

Currently I am a Principal Investigator of Project ESCOLAR (Etext Supports for Collaborative Online Learning and Academic Reading) a five year grant funded by the Office of Special education Programs (OSEP) to develop, test, evaluate, refine, and disseminate Collaborative Online Projects designed to support academic reading of science content for middle school students with learning disabilities.

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Educators will not be guaranteed full federal funding for special education programs if the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee haseducation programs if the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee hasEducation and the Workforce Committee has his way.

The Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education created and funds a PBIS technical center to disseminate information about effective school - wide disciplinary practices and provide support to schools and districts to implement them.

Measures on knotty issues expected to be the heart of the Individuals with Disabilities Act revision — reducing paperwork related to the law, disciplining special education students, «fully funding» the law, and offering a voucher program for students with disabilities — will...

These dollars were split into a few large categories: supersized spending for the Title I and special - education formula programs, and a «state stabilization fund» that essentially amounted to revenue sharing.

The National Institute for Urban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school disSpecial Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school disspecial education in the nation's urban school deducation in the nation's urban school districts.

Cambridge, Mass — The elimination by the Reagan Administration last year of the $ 6 - million federal program for the gifted and talented, along with the reluctance of state legislators to appropriate funds for such programs, may hamper schools» commitment to providing special programs for gifted students, several researchers and educators told the National Commission on Excellence in Education last week.

It recommends that charter schools consider outlining special education programs and policies before opening, and to determine early how special education funding works.

While some schools benefit from certain categorical funds (e.g., magnet dollars, STEM, or tech - voc dollars), many don't qualify for other state and federal programs, such as Title I, bilingual education, and special education.

Governor Romney has made the expansion of school choice for disadvantaged students central to his campaign, calling for the expansion of the Washington, D.C., voucher program and for allowing low - income and special education students to use federal funds to enroll in private schools.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

In an attempt to exploit technology that can help struggling readers, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Programs (OSEP) funded the Center on Emergent Technology, Disability and Middle School Reading.

1) Its special education program and its policies of «positive discrimination» funds to pay for services such as special resource teachers.

The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), analogous to NCER, funds studies on special education through solicited grant prSpecial Education Research (NCSER), analogous to NCER, funds studies on special education through solicited grant Education Research (NCSER), analogous to NCER, funds studies on special education through solicited grant prspecial education through solicited grant education through solicited grant programs.

Rafferty's strategy to creatively fund literacy interventions included revamping the central office by cutting the number of administrators for special programs, such as bilingual and special education, by 10.

This special report, funded by the USDOE National Initiatives Grant of the Charter Schools Program and administered by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter special report, funded by the USDOE National Initiatives Grant of the Charter Schools Program and administered by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter Special Education, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charteEducation, is a supplement to a series of special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter special education primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charteeducation primers, Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter Special Education in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charteEducation in Charter Schools, created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter special education in the charteeducation in the charter sector.

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The TechMatrix is funded through a grant by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Award #H327Z060003.

In July 2014, Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc. and Fund Education Now amended a five - year - old lawsuit alleging the state has failed to adequately fund public education, to include new claims concerning the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and the McKay voucher program for students with special neFund Education Now amended a five - year - old lawsuit alleging the state has failed to adequately fund public education, to include new claims concerning the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and the McKay voucher program for students with speciEducation Now amended a five - year - old lawsuit alleging the state has failed to adequately fund public education, to include new claims concerning the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and the McKay voucher program for students with special nefund public education, to include new claims concerning the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and the McKay voucher program for students with specieducation, to include new claims concerning the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and the McKay voucher program for students with specialProgram and the McKay voucher program for students with specialprogram for students with special needs.

Districts can use these funds in compliance with IDEA requirements to provide special education programs and services to students with disabilities.

Many favored projects — including special education state grants, charter schools, and new programs to train teachers — also were granted significant funding gains this year.

Programs serving the nation's economically disadvantaged students and those with disabilities are receiving massive funding boosts through the federal stimulus package — $ 13 billion for Title I aid and $ 11.3 billion for special education — but how school districts choose to use the money may set them up for problems when it dries up.

For the third year in a row, the state legislature has level - funded the Special Needs Education Scholarship Account program leaving hundreds of children on a waiting list, waiting for another year, hoping to get a scholarship.

Through the Long Island Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center (LI RSE - TASC), a State Education department grant funded program, a dedicated initiative is being implemented to support student and teacher self - determination.

The state legislature also passed HB 7069, a school funding bill that includes an additional $ 30 million for the Gardiner Scholarship Program, an education savings account program for students with specialProgram, an education savings account program for students with specialprogram for students with special needs.

Finally, principals advocated to boost funding for Title I programs and Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to make sure that Congress fulfills its obligation to «fully fund» state grants to help meet the costs that are associated with educating special needs students.

This 2001 report by Deborah Smith, Georgine Pion, Naomi Tyler, Paul Sindelar and Michael Rosenberg describes the findings of a national study funded by the U. S. Office of Special Education Programs of the supply f and demand for individuals with doctoral degrees in special eduSpecial Education Programs of the supply f and demand for individuals with doctoral degrees in special eEducation Programs of the supply f and demand for individuals with doctoral degrees in special eduspecial educationeducation.

Among the many bad budget recommendations included in Governor Dannel Malloy state spending plan is a proposal that would leave Connecticut's cities and towns without the resources they need to properly fund mandated programs for students who require special education services.

The Douglas County Schools special education program went downhill due to corporate reforms, and they appear to have made funding cuts to programs for students with disabilities.

The North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto to enact Senate Bill 257, a budget bill that includes additional funding for the state's two school voucher programs as well as a new education savings account (ESA) for children with special needs.

This legislation (HB 394) would create a pilot program providing parents of students with special needs the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with funds to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

The study was funded in part by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, Grant #H023E90020, and by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Core Grant #HD15052, Douglas Fuchs, Project Director.

But the Democratic governor also wants a $ 52.9 million cut in funding for special education, after - school programs, reading tutors and other services in low - performing public schools across the state.

The Impact of LEA Status on Special Education in Charter Schools discusses how a charter school's legal status as part of a larger local education agency («LEA») or as its own independent LEA affects the autonomy, funding, and programming of thEducation in Charter Schools discusses how a charter school's legal status as part of a larger local education agency («LEA») or as its own independent LEA affects the autonomy, funding, and programming of theducation agency («LEA») or as its own independent LEA affects the autonomy, funding, and programming of the school.

Her administrative Experiences also include: Director of Magnet School Programs, District One; Director of the Bilingual Multicultural Institute, and Director of the Office of Bilingual Special Education Funded Programs, New York City Board of Education.

Research Connections was prepared with funding form the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, under contract no.

Neither students with mild disabilities nor their counterparts without disabilities learn math the way commercial or district math curricula are organized, according to a study funded by the Office of Special Education Programs of the US Department of Education.

Migrant education funds support high quality education programs that meet the special needs of migratory children to help them succeed academically in a regular school program, meet the same academic and content standards that all children are expected to meet, and graduate from high school.