Sentences with phrase «local districts faced»

At the hearing in Springfield, state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch repeated warnings that state and local districts faced serious sanctions if most students don't take the test.

Only two local districts faced the same prospect at this time last year.

As Congress works to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which expired three years ago, states and local districts face burdensome and costly requirements under the law and must redirect scarce resources to avoid sanctions.

Not exact matches

Yet I don't think that failure has been due to a lack of commitment on the part of my district; rather, as explained to those of us on the Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, a district as large as ours (300 schools) faces unique challenges in relying on local sources to supply produce for its 200,000 meals served daily.

Stevens County, May 2014 WSDA worked closely with local partners to host an event in Northeast Washington, an area with some remote school districts that have previously faced challenges to getting fresh produce distribution.

76 AD Part B District Leaders Kim Moscaritolo & Adam Roberts are facing local activist Madeline Piel & Joshua Kravitz.

For 14 years, the local Council seat has belonged to Vincent Gentile, a popular Democrat facing term limits and now running a quixotic bid for Brooklyn district attorney.

«The state considers approximately one third of all districts in the state as high need, and the additional funding will benefit most school districts in the state, especially in the face of a state - imposed 2 percent property tax cap that restricts local revenues,» Moody's found.

Hawkins urged lawmakers to not extend Cuomo's 2 % property tax cap program, which he said does not relieve the fiscal crises faced by many local governments and school districts across the state.

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Now a combination of Quomo's low ball budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place school local school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options; cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made by our legislators in Albany.

Alcantara, who faces a three - way primary for the 31st Senate district nomination, was also given the nod from the Uniformed EMTs, Paramedics & Fire Inspectors Local 2507, Uniformed EMS Officers Union Local 3621 and the Uniformed Fire Alarm Dispatchers Benevolent Association.

Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

Let's face it, they're looking to talk to local Democratic activists outside their district mainly for one reason: money.

A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.

Another reliably Republican district that stretches from Schenectady to the Adirondacks will see Tedisco face off against Christian Klueg, the owner of a local real estate firm.

Whoever triumphs on Tuesday will almost certainly face a host of challengers in the September primary: district leaders Paul Newell and Jenifer Rajkumar, local community board chairwoman Gigi Li and Chinatown activist Don Lee have all announced their intentions to run.

While the two candidates may agree on many of the most serious issues facing the district, Woerner labeled Stallmer as a political insider, and touted her experience in small business and local government.

And if inflation trends continue, it is possible that some local governments with fiscal years beginning later in 2016, including school districts, could be faced with zero growth in property tax revenue.»

The local union abandoned the program in the face of a «surprise $ 180 million budget deficit,» and the district gave the money to charter schools instead.

In the Bronx, parent groups teamed up with the local teachers» union and the school district to tackle one of the most challenging issues facing struggling urban schools: supporting and retaining teachers.

In other words, the average school leader faces pressure from the school district, the state, the parents and the local community to get high test scores.

Looking forward, the 2010 — 11 and 2011 — 12 school years pack a one - two punch, with school district leaders facing the end of ARRA dollars and answering tough questions about programs and personnel that have been (and will be) cut, while trying to figure out what, if any, economic recovery is in store at the state and local levels.

Most notably, White and Kockler have pulled off these reforms in the face of strident political resistance to Common Core and without running afoul of districts and teachers in this staunch local - control state.

And though charters have taken to putting a good face on things by comparing themselves to their local district schools, which is fair, the truth about quality is uncomfortable.

With the U.S. economy trying to crawl back to recovery, an unemployment rate above 8 percent, and state and local governments facing the prospect of insolvency, many school districts have found it necessary to cut expenditures and personnel.

Districts in the most affluent quartile face cuts in state funding, but they are able to more than compensate for these reductions by increasing local funding.

The new Department of Education would also do well to invest in strategies to prevent harm to students in districts facing major enrollment losses, such as local district - charter partnerships.

Jersey City's public schools have faced some serious challenges, including being in a school district that just had local control restored after years of being administered by the state of New Jersey.

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In the face of pressure from local district supporters, two housing developments that had planned to provide land for charter schools instead gave it to district schools.

The federal government should not add to existing administrative and accounting challenges facing 15,000 local school districts.

What's at stake is the classroom experience and outcomes for over 40 million kids, as states and local school districts find themselves caught in the middle of this debate and continue to face troubles transitioning to a complex new system.

The agriculture incentive program, which subsidizes educational agencies that provide farm - based curriculum to some 74,000 students in 315 high schools statewide, is actually facing a nearly $ 8 million cut since local districts must match state funding, according to Aschwanden, a former member of the California State Board of Education under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

School districts along with state agencies face a challenging timeline for planning and implementing new requirements of the Local Control Funding Formula, according to a schedule presented to the California State Board of Education Wednesday.

But most importantly, this bill could bankrupt local school districts that would be required to pay for the CEQA analysis, and face huge legal liabilities if they were sued under the CEQA act; the districts — not the charters — could be liable as the zoning exemption approval agency.

As reform - minded governors of both parties could use the federal presence (both in the form of Race or the No Child Left Behind Act) to sustain their efforts, so can counterparts in school districts in their face - offs with NEA and AFT locals.

Miller said the discovery tours were incredibly useful for seeing the different kinds of challenges that each local school district faces.

However, to strengthen his hand in negotiations with the district, the principal also helped establish a network among the local charter schools so they could work together to advocate for common needs — such as access to facilities, personnel, and other resources — and respond collectively to some of the pressures they faced.

Since the inception of Using Data, Diana has been developing and delivering consultation, strategic planning and professional development workshops, including face - to - face training, online courses, and technical assistance for state agencies, districts, schools, and professional groups implementing a system of collaborative inquiry and continuous improvement of student learning using national and local data.

The intent of the series was to spark debate and encourage action on the part of local school districts to take the major problems facing education facilities to the national level.

The numbers are even more impressive given the funding challenges facing the district in recent years, where rising teacher pension costs and declining state support have forced endless borrowing, budget cuts and layoffs, escalating tensions with the local teachers union.

As the pressure to expand charter schools continues to mount, and the budgetary health of local districts continues to decline, teachers, administrators, parents, and activists on both sides of the charter school divide are facing off over a dwindling resource: money.

A change in local governance, however, will not address a very significant issue that the School District of Philadelphia faces: inadequate state funding to provide all students in the District with the educational opportunities they need to meet state standards and graduate ready for work or further education and a bright future.

Given the compressed timeframe in which the dissolution of the SRC must take place in order for the District to regain local control by the beginning of the 2018 - 2019 school year and the difficulty the District would likely face getting legislative approval from Harrisburg to change its charter to allow an elected school board in the next few weeks, Education Voters of PA supports mayoral control of the school board at this time.

As reported by MIRS News, Sen. Rick Jones, R - Grand Ledge, claimed that local school districts backed away from testifying in favor of SB 553, which he sponsored, after facing threats of financial retaliation from their ISD.

Roughly ten percent of the special needs student population statewide isn't covered by state funds, says DPI's Hussey, placing a heavy burden on local districts to come up with the extra resources necessary to serve them at a time when locals also face increased costs in other areas of educational need that they are trying to cover thanks to decreased state investments.

As we move into ESSA implementation, states and local districts are faced with both challenges and opportunities to plan comprehensive reforms that include systemic support for principals and other school leaders.

The Equity Lab has partnered with and led work alongside several national, regional and local education agencies across the education ecosystem including the Department of Education, district offices, individual schools, philanthropic groups, and education facing entities.