Sentences with phrase «in local accountability»

Yes, the push for attendance needs more oomph behind it than just including it in Local Accountability and Control Plans or posting stale information on the district website.

School districts may include interim assessment data as an input in local accountability systems

While school districts and charters now have greater discretion to allocate resources according to local needs, they also are required to describe how they are spending resources to improve student outcomes and implement the new standards in their local accountability plans.

Not exact matches

Lastly, the team examined the connection between character and swearing on a larger, cultural level by comparing the 2012 Integrity Analyses of 48 U.S. states from the Center for Public Integrity, which measured the level of transparency and accountability of local governments, to how frequently residents of that state swore in their Facebook posts.

In regard to health care delivery, the Party promises to develop and implement a decentralized model for health care services, which encourages local accountability and community participation.

But local expressions of the universal Church that organize for evangelism, ministry, discipleship, accountability, worship, etc. still exert an influence in our relationships, just not the primary one.

Instead, our role as Christian leaders within the community can be to actively engage in conversations around education equity issues like accountability, state vision, and transparency and accessibility in reporting so parents and community leaders alike have the needed information to know how to best support strengthening local schools.

By purposely separating yourself from participation in fellowship, and accountability to biblically qualified eldership, both of which are found in the context of the local church, it would seem that you are out of God's ordained scriptural order.

Representatives have also written letters in support of beginning farmer issues, organic agriculture issues, local food issues, and conservation accountability and crop insurance, among others.

Additional Accountability Requirements: None Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: A Local Wellness Policy Presentation created by a Department of Education staff member includes resources, guidelines, requirements, etc to aid districts in developing local wellness poliLocal Wellness Policy Presentation created by a Department of Education staff member includes resources, guidelines, requirements, etc to aid districts in developing local wellness polilocal wellness policies.

Additional accountability requirements: Revised Statute 158.856 (2005) requires each school food service director to annually assess school nutrition in the district and to issue a written report to local school board members, council members, and parents.

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 Section 204.

In addition newspapers often perform a different role in terms of local accountability than their broadcast equivalentIn addition newspapers often perform a different role in terms of local accountability than their broadcast equivalentin terms of local accountability than their broadcast equivalents.

«We agree with suggestions that the assignment of an appropriate share of revenue of the tax collected to Scotland, while not providing the total accountability nor the kinds of powers for specific policy objectives the Scottish Government seeks, does provide an indirect advantage to Scotland in that greater economic growth as a result of local policies would increase revenue.

As committee chair Margaret Hodge has said: «It is not acceptable that local people should be left in doubt about where responsibility and accountability lie.»

«It is not acceptable that local people should be left in doubt about where responsibility and accountability lie.

But it is the prospects for the local accountability offered by the press that many commentators worry about most — both in the UK and the US — if their financial decline continues.

He is also currently a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster teaching innovations in democratic practice, as well as a research assistant at INLOGOV, University of Birmingham researching accountability in local governance.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says that more women politicians on the state and local levels would lead to better government accountability, especially during a time when men are behaving badly in both New York City and Albany.

The goal of the coalition is to clean up Brooklyn politics and promote transparency, democracy, and accountability in the local Democratic Party.

There is a democratic deficit in these local - accountability arrangements.

This would provide transparency in the decision - making process, and accountability to the local community.»

«Labour ministers failed to ensure proper transparency and local accountability to keep it in check,» local government minister Grant Shapps said.

«In the national political climate, passions are certainly high on both sides, and there's a real risk that there isn't accountability at the local level.»

In a local system like ours, that accountability must also be local.

The role of local politics is integral to the success or otherwise of both the «Northern Powerhouse» and «city - region» agendas, especially in terms of democratic accountability and legitimacy.

In the medium to long term, we must amend the law and constitution to strengthen Parliament's ability to oversight the executive (in order to promote effective checks and balances); inject meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectivenesIn the medium to long term, we must amend the law and constitution to strengthen Parliament's ability to oversight the executive (in order to promote effective checks and balances); inject meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectivenesin order to promote effective checks and balances); inject meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectiveness.

Individually PCCs will revolutionise police accountability in their own local areas.

It will also serves as litmus test for full cycle of intervention adapting world best practices while considering our own local peculiarities, exhibiting the best of transparency, accountability and in full consideration of the protection and integrity of the affected persons.

It is also intended to lead to attitudinal and behavioral changes among district assembly staff and the citizenry to ensure transparency and accountability in the management of local revenue.

With Congressman Brian Higgins looking on at his side, Shawn Halloran of Local 3342 speaks in support of a bill known as the Social Security Accountability Act, introduced by Higgins on Tuesday.

«This agreement will bring greater transparency, and ensure accountability for these and other local development corporations operating in New York State.»

«I will dedicate myself to restoring responsibility, ethics and accountability to our government and will continue to be an independent - minded candidate and honor the values of the Independence Party and the trust they have put in me to represent our local community,» Halloran said.

This legislation would: create a uniform policy for all branches of state and local government and establish a dedicated unit to receive and investigate sexual harassment claims, ensure individual liability to promote greater accountability, prohibit confidentiality agreements unless the victim requests that his or her identity be kept private, and put in place necessary safeguards to allow government to recoup monies to rightly protect hardworking taxpayers from being on the hook for individual acts of sexual harassment.

This results in a more coordinated and accessible system which encourages local accountability.

On the NHS, localism would also be key, Mr Kennedy added: «Accountability and activity in the NHS should be radically decentralised so that local people know what's going on in their local health service.

And to drive up performance we will not just increase the freedoms and autonomy of our local NHS — giving hospital clinicians and GPs stronger incentives to work together and allowing foundation trusts the freedom to provide primary care services where this is in the interests of patients — but we will also increase accountability of local services to local people.

According to media reports, Nana Akufo Addo is quoted to have said in United Kingdom that «The time has come to bring accountability to local government through competitive politics.

What happened in those years is that the national Green Party structure was changed from a mass - membership party structure of dues - paying members organized in local chapters into a party structured like the Democrats and Republicans, as a federation of state parties with no direct national membership, dues, or structure of direct accountability to the rank - and - file members.

In relation to local government, I argued we need to restore proper governance arrangements for the party corresponding to local government structures, which would operate effectively and democratically, ensure accountability, oversee the operation of Labour groups in local government, their organisation and democratic functions, and review the operation of local campaign forums to ensure they meet the needs of both Labour groups and local partieIn relation to local government, I argued we need to restore proper governance arrangements for the party corresponding to local government structures, which would operate effectively and democratically, ensure accountability, oversee the operation of Labour groups in local government, their organisation and democratic functions, and review the operation of local campaign forums to ensure they meet the needs of both Labour groups and local partiein local government, their organisation and democratic functions, and review the operation of local campaign forums to ensure they meet the needs of both Labour groups and local parties.

CEJ is a non-profit based in the city of Buffalo that unites labor and community - based organizations to win needed policy changes related to economic development, corporate accountability and workers» rights at the local and state level.

She was national director of Washington, D.C. - based Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan organization working for «transparency and accountability» in federal, state and local governments with a focus on documenting how money is perverting democracy.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have strong local authorities working in partnership with schools under a devolved system of local accountability.

The audit's mission was detailed in an Oct. 6 letter to IDA CEO Sarah Reginelli from Jeffrey Leonard, chief examiner in the comptroller's Division of Local Government and School Accountability.

Our fight is not yet over to end insider trading in Congress and demand more accountability in our political system, to make our food supply safe for American families, and fix the trade policies that have left our local manufacturers competing on an unlevel playing field.

The Audit Commission will finally be closed in a local audit and accountability bill, controversial bills paving the way for HS2 will be introduced and the energy bill and water bill will continue their progress through the Commons after being carried over from the last session.

Edwards also provided examples of public agencies and state and local governments hiding incidents of high levels of lead in water without accountability across the United States, creating a false sense of security amongst people in cities.

Harrington also said that future research is needed to answer questions regarding accountability in other environments, such as in higher education and local and state government.

In 2002 the state legislature passed Act 88, shifting authorization of cybercharters from local districts to the state department of education and setting more rigorous requirements and accountability measures.

Thus local autonomy along with accountability is essential to success in education.