Sentences with phrase «law school expansion»

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Nonprofits and schools can embrace new provisions included in the 2010 child nutrition reauthorization law — the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act — that support summer food expansion and outreach efforts.

Prevention efforts in his proposal include expansion of a Staten Island school prevention program Citywide, creation of a «Synthetics Task Force» with federal, state and city law enforcement and «develop [ing] clearer standards for prescribing opioids.»

New Jersey's new governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris Christie.

Michael Mulgrew called the Senate GOP plan to tie the renewal of a law granting de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools «crap.»

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

Through the years, Silver became a leading voice for liberal causes, fighting for more school aid, prekindergarten expansion, a «millionaires» tax» on high earners and rollback of Rockefeller - era drug laws.

2.57 pm: My colleague Paul Owen has just been to a fringe meeting where David Laws was explaining his worries about the coalition's expansion of the academies programme and introduction of free schools.

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

Up north in underprivileged Newark, the Education Law Center is marshalling resources to launch an assault against the approval of a 7,500 - seat expansion of seven high - performing charter schools.

The Education Law Center appealed the school expansion decisions last spring but due to procedural delays did not file the initial brief until this month.

«Florida charter school law really allows for the opportunity for expansion.

Nationally, about 20 states have laws limiting the expansion of charter schools, according to the Center for Education Reform, a group that advocates for charter schools.

In the past three years, several states have implemented or changed laws to encourage the growth or expansion of charter schools.

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools...

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reportedschools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reportedSchools reported today.

Clinton also signed into law the «Charter Schools Expansion Act of 1998,» authored by CSDC's President and CEO, former Congressman Frank Riggs, when Riggs was chairman of the House of Representatives» Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

In addition, Mr. Gosnell said, there's reluctance to support round two since the union was pressured to support passage of a new charter - school - expansion law enacted to help Massachusetts win a Race to the Top grant, only to see the state end up losing in round one.

The school choice reforms adopted by the legislature this year are already receiving national attention with the Washington Times saying, «Mississippi parents and school choice advocates hit a trifecta last week» after expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program, and a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship Program occurred on the same day.

Reichgott Junge, as a Minnesota state senator in the early 1990s, was one of the chief sponsors of the nation's first charter school law, a legislative victory that presaged the expansion of charters across the country.

While some states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin and California began embracing the expansion of choice through the passage of charter school laws as well as the launch of voucher programs, it was the move by the Clinton administration during the 1990s to make charters a key part of federal education policy that helped spur states to expand choice in their own states.

Other hot - button issues likely to come up during this session include right - to - work legislation, a rewrite of campaign finance laws, changes to the state Government Accountability Board and John Doe investigations, expansion of the statewide voucher program and a school accountability bill.

Schools Week reported at least ten selective areas were preparing for expansion applications — before new Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to scrap the law banning new selective sSchools Week reported at least ten selective areas were preparing for expansion applications — before new Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to scrap the law banning new selective schoolsschools.

This means the expansion of vouchers, tax credit plans, and charters, as well as the passage of Parent Trigger laws, the embrace of homeschooling, and the creation of DIY schools that serve their children and those of their neighbors and even fellow parishioners.

Steve Fleischman writes in praise of the new federal education law for its expansion of the use of evidence to drive school improvement.

Yesterday both the House and Senate passed important legislation to expand school choice opportunities for Mississippi students, including expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program, and a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship Program.

Empower Mississippi recently celebrated the achievements of the past legislative session, including expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account, a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship program, and a move to all appointed school superintendents.

The report found: «A new $ 2.3 million ad boosting the expansion of charter schools in Massachusetts lists the campaign's top five donors on - screen, in accordance with state law.

Even if states remain in the driver's seat, Abe Feuerstein, a professor of education at Bucknell University who opposes the expansion of vouchers, still sees room for DeVos to use her new position to push state lawmakers to adopt robust school - choice laws.

«This bill is a good first step toward amending the current charter school law to support the expansion of high - quality charter schools,» said Donna Siminski, the association's director of policy and advocacy.

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«Strong charter laws feature independent, multiple authorizers, few limits on expansion, equitable funding, and high levels of school autonomy,» said Alison Consoletti Zgainer, CER Executive Vice President and the report's lead editor.

However, other traditional public schools have legal authority to levy taxes to finance their facility expansions, but Xavier and other public charter schools do not have tax levy authority under current state laws.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the law creating the nation's broadest school voucher program, clearing the way for a possible expansion.

New charters and enrollment expansions approved under this law would be exempt from existing limits on the number of charter schools, the number of students enrolled in them, and the amount of local school districts» spending allocated to them.

She initially backed No Child Left Behind, the law that mandated an expansion of testing and sanctions for schools with poor results.

But meanwhile, as a result of some «technical language» that was added to a 2010 education bill that passed and became law, the State Board of Education not only has the authority to allow Achievement First and a few other charter schools to expand BUT THEY MUST approve their immediate expansion plans.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

ALEC has promoted mass school closures through parent trigger laws and A-F grading systems for schools, while simultaneously promoting charter school expansion.

New charter schools and enrollment expansions approved under this proposed law would be subject to the same approval standards as other charter schools, and to recruitment, retention, and multilingual outreach requirements that currently apply to some charter schools.

The law requires the State Board of Education to approve the expansion requests from Achievement First and other charter schools regardless of whether the Department of Education believes it's a good idea.

What has been equally pervasive but received less buzz and more muted pushback, according to Education Week, is a spate of other K - 12 reform laws that have enacted voucher programs, allowed for the expansion of charter schools and altered academic standards.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

But its questions indicate some key priorities, asking whether candidates support changing the formula for funding schools, limiting charter - school expansion or applying a conflict - of - interest law that school boards must follow to charters, which are now exempt.

This proposed law would allow the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to approve up to 12 new charter schools or enrollment expansions in existing charter schools each year.

Despite their affinity for Connecticut's charter school industry, Connecticut's elected and appointed public officials have an obligation to stop the expansion of charter schools in Connecticut and require that these publicly - funded, but privately - owned education entities start abiding by our laws or close them down.

Charter School law and regulations, and data on all charter schools in Massachusetts, as well as information about proposed new charter schools or expansion of current charter schools can be found at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education here.

Forty - four states and the District of Columbia have now enacted charter school laws, and their expansion and influence is growing at the national level as well.

But the windfall also could mark the beginning of a deeper transformation of schools seven years after the No Child Left Behind law mandated an expansion of testing and new systems for school accountability.

In fact, without No Child, there would have never been an expansion of school choice and Parent Power — including the passage of Parent Trigger laws in six states and the expansion of school voucher programs — over the past two years.

Katz sees expansion of the ReInvent idea to other law schools but admits there's one issue: «If we prove this [model] is successful, there will be a lot of copycats, but the problem is law school faculty don't have the tools; there are no tech skills or design training, no entrepreneurs.»