Sentences with phrase «increasing local flexibility»

Unfortunately, this legislation does not do enough to define the federal role in terms of consolidating programs and increasing local flexibility to meet diverse circumstances.

Moreover, we propose to eliminate requirements for written plans, increase our focus on outcomes, and increase local flexibility to better match resources with family needs.

Not exact matches

«As chairman of the committee, I remain committed to continuing to look for ways to increase integrity within the program and to provide flexibility to local school and summer meal program operators.»

«Lawmakers have substantially increased funding support for our K - 12 schools, boosted pay for our best teachers, and given local schools more flexibility and freedom.

To live within the cap without disrupting public services, local governments and school districts need greater flexibility to restrain automatic pay increases and to restructure the most costly aspects of their collective bargaining agreements.

«We will... limit contributory Employment and Support Allowance for those in the Work Related Activity Group to one year... increase the age threshold for the shared - room rate in housing benefit... give local authorities greater flexibility to manage council tax... align the rules for the mobility and care elements of Disability Living Allowance.»

Washington — Last week, nearly six months after the Agriculture Department proposed, then withdrew, its controversial regulations for reducing local costs in the National School Lunch Program, it proposed new regulations, also designed to lower costs and increase flexibility for schools.

Interim teaching facilities give schools, colleges and local authorities the flexibility to increase school places to maintain the highest standards of teaching during major construction or refurbishment work or to meet a short - term surge in pupil numbers.

At the heart of this fundamental change is increasing local control and flexibility while emphasizing equity, continuous improvement, and support.

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.

«SWSS contracts are intended to provide local school districts with the flexibility they need to increase student achievement,» the Georgia Department of Education website says.

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.»

That is why we have begun to consider how to exercise our authority, if Congress does not reauthorize the ESEA soon, to invite requests for flexibility to support State and local reforms under section 9401 of the law, which authorizes the Department to waive most statutory and regulatory requirements if needed to «increase the quality of instruction for students; and improve the academic achievement of students.»

Specifically, that local funding truly prioritizes the students with the highest needs, and that increased financial flexibility for districts translates into more intentional and effective programs, strategies, and resources for at - risk students.

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.»

He advocated increasing investments in education, helping to pass Proposition 30 in 2012 and leading the effort to give local school districts more flexibility to make spending decisions.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides both significant flexibility and opportunity to state and local education agencies to increase access to high quality early learning programs, align and coordinate birth to third grade programs, and prepare and support highly effective teachers.

(A) In order to secure increased flexibility to respond to the varying needs and local conditions within the State, and in order to permit more effective and interrelated planning and operation of its REHABILITATION programs, the State may submit a consolidated REHABILITATION plan which includes the State's plan under section 101 (A) of this ACT and its program for persons with developmental disabilities under the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Amendments of 1970: Provided.

«With LM Wind Power, we'll be local in more markets, have greater flexibility in turbine design and supply and increased ability to reduce product costs, all of which are good for competition in the industry and the growth of wind power,» said Jérôme Pécresse, president and CEO of GE Renewable Energy.

Strategies such as the pooling of funds; increasing the flexibility of funding at the regional and local levels; developing longer term, cyclical funding options; capacity building and providing management support could all assist in the development of Indigenous governance structures.