Sentences with phrase «increased local accountability»

However, we will need to respond to additional responsibility with increased local accountability.

Not exact matches

«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.
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.
The hearing is centered around increasing accountability, closing glaring loopholes, and implementing a public financing system for state and local elections.
If — as the pundits suggest — the May 7 election produces another form of coalition government, tensions surrounding what to do about the provision of places for all are likely to increase along with the ongoing debates into local accountability over education.
«We are committed to establishing a worldwide educational system by simultaneously raising the standards of learning, affording greater autonomy at the local school level, and creating increased accountability for student success,» said Lillian Gonzalez, the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity,...
This all means inevitable increased direct accountability to match new levels of autonomy, an increase in the number of small / medium MATs adopting corporate governance and management structures, the centralisation of some functions and leadership responsibilities and a need to develop internal capacity to respond the new local complexity in the system.
Increased local autonomy, more complex operations and more rigorous direct accountability mean that all schools require highly skilled specialists to support head teachers and governors.
The 1909 law, which is still in place, was intended to improve education by providing increased state involvement in public schools while still permitting considerable local control and accountability.
Moreover, this complexity has led to great variance in the amount of funding that is provided to local communities across the country relative to their population of disadvantaged students, and the system's increasing bureaucratic complexity has clouded transparency and public understanding, thereby undermining accountability for the largest federal K - 12 program.
(Calif.) Confronted with a host of new policies and conditions created by a wholesale restructuring of the school testing and accountability system, local educational agencies submitted 416 waiver applications last year — a 30 percent increase over 2016.
[Read more...] about Does Your Local Control Accountability Plan Deliver on the Promise of Improved or Increased Services for English Learners?
Tomorrow, the LAUSD school board will ratify the 2015 - 16 budget, along with the district's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), increasing an investment in restorative justice to $ 7.2 million from $ 4.2 million.
Local education agencies translated increased accountability into decreased identification.
«This ensures accountability to local voters who have rejected revenue increases within the last three years.»
The Local Control and Accountability Plan summarizes a three - year plan for meeting student needs, including increasing or improving services for foster children, English learners and students in poverty.
We supported the efforts of legislators to advance student learning and school innovation, increase student choice within the public school system, and strengthen access, transparency, local autonomy, and democratic accountability.
The cluster would have secured waivers, or flexibility, from certain state and local rules and regulations, in exchange for a higher level of accountability for increasing student achievement.
Lastly, Lempert notes that although modifications were made to the Local Control Accountability Plan template, work to increase transparency for public stakeholders still remains.
Findings explicitly called for replacing the «fundamentally flawed» status quo with a system that would «improve the alignment between the accountability system and the decision - making responsibilities, increasing flexibility at the local level.»
Fung finds that LSCs increase accountability between local officials and the communities they serve, help build social capital, and encourage low - income, minority parents to become more involved in their community.
• Until and unless there is sufficient accountability of charter school operations, including increased federal support for state and local oversight agencies, we believe that states and districts are acting responsibly in capping the number of charter schools and should not be punished for doing so.
It also increases transparency and accountability for local funding, helping parents and other stakeholders better understand funding allocations, she said.
Outside London, confusion over repeated changes to local government have largely failed to ensure increased transparency and accountability.
Captured camera footage from surveillance systems and engaged local law enforcement on internal and external losses, resulting in increased staff accountability and awareness.
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