Sentences with phrase «in local charter»

As a result, 21 L.A. Unified charters have signed up with the El Dorado County Office of Education, which agreed to oversee special education in local charter schools from hundreds of miles away in exchange for a small percentage of state funds.

On the flip side, several leaders in the local charter school and business communites say they are thrilled by Ferebee's willingness to collaborate and to slim down the central office.

Although he's cultivated many admirers in the local charter school and business communities, other groups are more ambivalent.

There are two methods at work in MNPS and in local charter schools.

Legislation to update and tighten the rules could help, particularly legislation requiring multi-year leases, and requiring districts to guarantee space large enough for all students in a local charter school, regardless of their home district.

James Merriman, C.E.O. of the New York City Charter School Center, said, adding that the question «worries everybody» in the local charter community.

The Hempstead school board voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

The Hempstead school board Monday night voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

As a taxpayer I am sick of paying for the unchecked growth of charters.I even got a flyer today offering a $ 100 incentive for those referring students to enroll in a local charter school.The charter school industry seems well funded enough to pay for all these ads — how about donating the funds for these ads to reduce local taxes — listen to local taxpayers!.

She was in a local charter school from age 3 through 3rd grade, and always took a lunch from home.

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A 1980 charter signed by 11 restaurants (7 in Marseille) dictates what kinds of fish form the basis of an authentic local bouillabaisse.

It begins in the morning with a half - day charter fishing trip, the «First Hand», led by a local Key West captain, where participants fish the Gulf and Atlantic for grouper and snapper, among many other species, while learning about which catch methods and techniques work best for each species.

In response, local celebrity chefs including Neil Perry and Kylie Kwong have signed on to the GM Free Chefs» Charter, launched in collaboration with Greenpeace in SydneIn response, local celebrity chefs including Neil Perry and Kylie Kwong have signed on to the GM Free Chefs» Charter, launched in collaboration with Greenpeace in Sydnein collaboration with Greenpeace in Sydnein Sydney.

In addition, each school district and charter school is required to establish a district School Health Advisory Council that shall meet at least 2 times annually to make recommendations to the local school board in the development or revision, implementation and evaluation of their wellness policIn addition, each school district and charter school is required to establish a district School Health Advisory Council that shall meet at least 2 times annually to make recommendations to the local school board in the development or revision, implementation and evaluation of their wellness policin the development or revision, implementation and evaluation of their wellness policy.

Fields lives in the South Bronx, and three of her kids receive free lunches at their local charter school.

In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy Charter School are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems as well.

He and predecessor David Paterson remain the only state or local politicians in New York who've received donations from individual members of the family, though they have also made some sizable checks to charter school groups that support Senate Republicans.

The proposed charter school has hundreds of local supporters and backing from SUNY New Paltz and the Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement.

Should the County Executive, his or her appointed Director of Budget and Management, or anyone fail to provide information including but not limited to the budget reports requested in subsection (f) above, the chair of the Commission shall notify the clerk of the Erie County Legislature and the chair of the Erie County Legislature, in writing, and the Chair of the Legislature shall compel that such information be provided to the Commission by exercising the powers available to the Legislature, in particular those powers to subpoena and require the production of evidence as outlined in article 2, section 202, paragraph h of Local Law No.1 - 1959, as amended, constituting the Erie County Charter.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

Ms. Evans is a licensed captain who ran a charter fishing business with her late husband, and is a founding member of the Fisherman's Emergency Fund, a nonprofit «dedicated to providing a safety net to the local fishing community in times of devastating loss,» according to a release she sent out last week.

Additionally, national banks and federally chartered corporations may not make contributions in connection with any election, including state and local elections.

Flanagan, in a lengthy statement, reiterated his support for making the state's cap on local property tax increases permanent as well as the passage of an education investment tax credit along with a lifting of the cap on charter schools.

At 3 p.m., Cuomo and AFL - CIO President Richard Trumka join union members to support IBEW Local 3 against Charter Communications / Spectrum in their fight for a fair contract, Cadman Plaza Park, (near the Brooklyn Bridge walkway entrance), Brooklyn.

Participants in today's Summer Reading announcement event included local elected officials, the storybook character Maisy and 40 kindergarten students from Enterprise Charter School in Buffalo.

Two charter schools serve local students: Academy Charter School, with 750 students in kindergarten through seventh grade last year, and Evergreen Academy, with 300 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in 201charter schools serve local students: Academy Charter School, with 750 students in kindergarten through seventh grade last year, and Evergreen Academy, with 300 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in 201Charter School, with 750 students in kindergarten through seventh grade last year, and Evergreen Academy, with 300 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in 2014 - 15.

NYSUT and its largest local affiliate, the UF, today sued to block the SUNY Charter Schools Committee from implementing illegal regulations that undermine the teaching profession by allowing unqualified teachers to work in SUNY - authorized charter sCharter Schools Committee from implementing illegal regulations that undermine the teaching profession by allowing unqualified teachers to work in SUNY - authorized charter scharter schools.

ALBANY — At a rally on the Capitol steps, Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate leaders intimated that charter schools would get a boost in the budget, while down the street, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his push for the inclusion of a local tax increase to fund pre-kindergarten programs.

Cuomo's staff lent a hand in comparing the two rallies, tweeting pictures of the two locations and pitching local reporters on the numbers, arguing that far more people were gathered at the charter rally.

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That's why we put forward with six names, Local Law 12 - 2, which obviously worked because we got the other side of the aisle voting for it, too,» said Mills, who maintains the Charter Revision contains other positive changes, including a stronger Ethics Board, and full pay for County employees in the military who get called up for active duty.

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Cuomo, a political fixture since before his father was elected governor in 1982, wants to require legislators to disclose all of their outside income, raise the cap on charter schools and cap spending by local governments.

Republicans defended the increase in charter school funding as part of an agreement included in a separate education bill (HB 7055) that will let school districts keep their local property taxes for maintenance and construction rather than share it with charter schools.

The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools.»

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

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The AU Committee of Experts seeks to promote and protect the rights enshrined in the Charter particularly; collect and document information, commission inter disciplinary assessment of situations on African problems in the fields of the rights and welfare of the child, organize meetings, encourage national and local institutions concerned with the rights and welfare of the child and where necessary, give its views and make recommendations to Government.

Students from a local charter school recently took part in their first ever Twitter - based book club.

Twenty - eight local children lost at least one parent in the burning wreckage of the chartered DC - 9 and a whole community was left reeling and stunned.

That difference was the result of some $ 5,500 per student in local tax dollars going to district schools that charters such as Omega did not receive — all this in addition to money for facilities and other outlays that were also denied to Ohio charters.

Under the terms of their charter, which is typically up for renewal every five years, charter schools are expected to deliver improved academic results in return for freedom from many state and local mandates.

For example, in 2011, charter schools in Washington, D.C., paid $ 3.2 million in rent to the D.C. archdiocese, which distributed it to support local parishes in 2011 — a substantial portion ($ 900,000 a year) went toward tuition assistance for students in remaining Catholic schools.

In Atlanta, for example, media reports indicated that local boards were denying charter applications and setting up legal obstacles to charter school formation.

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eyIn this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eyin six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

Part of the answer certainly lies in the policy arena — giving charter schools equitable access to funding (including capital funds), cutting unnecessary regulations, ensuring that institutions other than local school boards can issue charters in every jurisdiction.

We can not say for sure with our data, but it may be that parents are more likely to support charter schools in heavily unionized states, perhaps in a desire for more local control and less bureaucracy, or a desire for curricular and personnel policies that are less influenced by the union.

The study, «Leveraging Local Innovation: The Case of Michigan's Charter Schools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of their own.

Charter schools in Michigan are failing to use their freedom from state and local regulations to forge new directions in public education, according to a report released last week by Michigan State University.

Two types of charter schools operate in Massachusetts: Horace Mann charter schools are effectively «in - district» charters whose applications must first be approved by a host school district and, with a few exceptions, the local teachers union.