Sentences with phrase «increasing local control of our school»

Finally, UrbEd works towards regaining and increasing local control of our school board here in the Philadelphia school district.

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Local control of increasing the state's minimum wage, school construction and paid family leave measures are part of the 2015 legislative agenda for the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

The government insists that in giving NHS trusts and schools more freedom to govern their affairs, as in the case of foundation hospitals and city academies, they are reducing Whitehall control and increasing participation of service users and local people.

«This study, one of only a few large studies to have follow - up beyond five years, demonstrates that patients who have head and neck cancers and who are being treated with radiation therapy alone have improved local - regional control and no increase in late toxicity when radiation therapy is delivered twice a day in two smaller doses which we call hyperfractionation,» said Jonathan J. Beitler, MD, MBA, FASTRO, lead author of the study and professor of radiation oncology, otolaryngology and hematology / medical oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

As schools move away from local authority control and the government gives them an increasing amount of autonomy to spend their budgets as they see fit the need for teachers, the reason for ICT heads and school leaders to visit Bett strengthens.

This is a local control debate that is sure to heat up as we stumble through the current financial crisis, with more and more proposals to increase the centralization of school governance and financing.

As schools move away from local authority control and have to manage the provision of school dinners we can expect to see an increase in the adoption of cashless catering systems.

This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of number of schools opting out of Local Authority control and becoming academies; employers in their own right.

Projected increases in funding under Proposition 98, which sets a minimum funding level for schools, plus more money to the district under the state's Local Control Funding Formula, should ease some of the tensions over the district's special treatment for Priority Sschools, plus more money to the district under the state's Local Control Funding Formula, should ease some of the tensions over the district's special treatment for Priority SchoolsSchools.

Unlike local - authority - run schools, they are exempt from teaching the national curriculum and have increased control over teachers» pay and conditions and the length of school terms and days.

Here and now, with local control funding and increasing recognition of the importance of educating the «whole child», we have enormous opportunities to ensure every child comes to school ready and able to learn, with the whole range of supports and opportunities they need and deserve.

The growing number of academies outside council control meant increasing numbers of schools had lacked any local oversight until RSCs were appointed in 2014, says the report.

With the advent of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the increased focus on student engagement and school climate, mental health services in schools are a cost - effective way to increase attendance and reduce suspensions / expulsions.

The budget increases school spending per student to $ 10,591 in 2016 - 17 — a boost of nearly $ 3,600 compared with 2011 - 12 levels, according a post on Brown's website: «The budget provides a fourth - year investment of more than $ 2.8 billion in the Local Control Funding Formula, which focuses on students with the greatest challenges to success, bringing the formula to 95 percent implementation.

For example, a part of the resolution informs us that charter schools «have contributed to the increased segregation rather than diverse integration of our public school system» and that weak oversight of charters «puts students and communities at risk of harm, public funds at risk of being wasted, and further erodes local control of public education.»

The schools are established as academies, independent of local authorities and with increased control over their curriculum, teachers» pay and conditions, and the length of school terms and days.

(8) And finally, a town can not cut funding to the network school — even if they have to cut their own school budget — and if they do get additional state funds or raise taxes to fund their remaining schools they MUST provide the Commissioner's Network school the same proportional increase in funding even though the local board of education doesn't control the network school nor is the network school unionized.

The $ 20 million in start - up funds for charter schools remains in the budget, Proposition 98 funding increased by $ 288 million in 2016 - 17 from the January proposal, and there is an additional investment in the Local Control Funding Formula of $ 154 million also from the January proposal that brings the formula to almost 96 % of full implementation.

Supporters of the District of Innovation concept in 2015 (including school board / administrator groups, along with affiliated associations such as Raise Your Hand Texas), expressed their desire for flexibility that would increase local control and the «freedom to innovate.»

The state's Local Control Funding Formula (LCCF), created in 2013, aims to boost the achievement of disadvantaged students by increasing funding to schools that have more students from low - income families, English language learners and foster youth.

ESSA has not increased local control of any policies governing a local district's public schools; nor has it increased the authority of a governor or state legislature, either.