Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has a long history of financial problems, including plunging
into state receivership in 2003 and, more recently, mid-year budget freezes and cuts.
Dr. Cash comes to the Buffalo Public Schools at a pivotal time, when 25 schools have been placed
into State Receivership, and the District works to negotiate a new contract with the Buffalo Teachers Union.
Not exact matches
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pushed for reform of the
state's «failing» schools, outlining the
receivership plan in his 2015 combined policy and budget address and in his 2016 address pushing for further funding to turn the schools
into community schools.
Waronker also noted that Hempstead's middle school may be placed
into independent
receivership after an evaluation next month by the
state education commissioner.
Mayor Bill de Blasio flunked two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top education proposals that would weaken his say over school policy — including one that would allow the
state to put failing city public schools
into receivership.
In Gov. Andrew Cuomo's angry ultimatum on education, he inserted $ 8 million
into his executive budget to fix the
state's lowest - performing schools using «
receivership,» a strategy with two decades worth of weak results.
At a
state Assembly hearing on
receivership, held, ironically, just after my visit, experienced educators and sociologists also testified that it takes more than a year or two to break the cycle of poverty and truly help students climb the ladder of success out of poverty and
into the middle class.
He reiterated the union's support for alternatives to
state receivership for struggling schools, such as transforming them
into community schools as New York City is doing as part of its School Renewal Program.
According to the governor's office, schools have to show improvement within one year, or the
state Education Department can take steps to put the schools
into receivership.
The city also has the option of turning the school
into a charter under
state receivership law, but the administration is highly unlikely to choose that option considering de Blasio's intermittent feud with the local charter sector.
The Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy was run by a for - profit company, Mosaica Education, until a lawsuit against Mosaica forced the company
into court
receivership in October 2014, according the most recent
state audit of the school.
The bottom 5 % of schools can indeed be taken over (sent
into «
receivership») by the
state.
Such districts include Boston, Fall River, New Bedford, Randolph and Salem, as well as the
state's two districts placed
into receivership: Holyoke and Lawrence.
In the last two years, the
state of Texas has put several smaller insurance companies
into receivership and wound down their operations.
In the last two years, the
state of Texas has put several smaller insurance companies
into receivership and wound down their operations.