Sentences with phrase «local flexibility on»

«To ensure that local authorities can start planning their budgets for next year with certainty, I do not intend to proceed, for 2017 - 18, with proposals to create a new central schools block, allow local flexibility on the minimum funding guarantee or to ring - fence the schools block within the dedicated schools grant.

To ensure that local authorities can start planning their budgets for next year with certainty, I do not intend to proceed, for 2017 to 2018, with proposals to create a new central schools block, allow local flexibility on the minimum funding guarantee or to ring - fence the schools block within the dedicated schools grant.

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Fitch Ratings said on Monday that the House bill could add to the fiscal strain in some states and local jurisdictions by limiting their tax - raising flexibility.

Calls can be relayed to phone lines or routed via VoIP on smartphone or laptop applications, giving businesses situational flexibility: you might choose to use landlines for local calls and VoIP for long distance, saving on phone bills.

Although Francis almost certainly will not call for ditching the Church's policy of denying communion to Catholics who have divorced and remarried, his emphasis on pastoral care and compassion could offer local priests a work - around, with greater flexibility to address individual circumstances.

«We are traditionally the first job for many local teens and also offer flexibility for adults who work on a part - time basis.

Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee said the changes would «prevent overly burdensome and costly regulations and to provide greater flexibility for local school districts to improve the nutritional quality of meals.»

Local authorities will continue to have flexibility to fund AP in a variety of ways, depending on how it is organised locally.

«Since taking office, Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Bratton have focused on rebuilding the bonds between police officers and the neighborhoods they serve — and giving officers the tools and flexibility they need to connect with communities and local leaders,» spokesman Austin Finan said.

The impact on local authorities will be stark as their funding flexibility ebbs away, precipitated by the introduction of a national funding formula, designed to smooth out regional funding variations, in 2017.

Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangeLocal authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements

PASA's Club AfterZone, located in Providence middle schools, gives students the flexibility to alternate their on - site enrichment activities with an additional «learning time» session, during which students receive individual help on schoolwork from volunteers, many of whom are students at local colleges.

Since Congress began work on revamping the compensatory - education program in 1993, federal officials have promoted local decisionmaking and flexibility.

The House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight approved a bill last week that would give local governments more flexibility in using federal dollars.

In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement, the LGA has called on the Government to take advantage of councils» unique position in the community and give them a clear and strategic role in overseeing local schools systems, accompanied by appropriate resources, powers and flexibilities, so that they can support local school improvement and hold schools to account for education standards.

On the other hand, my experience also shows that in order to make use of the power of collaboration as a means of achieving both excellence and equity in schools, governments need to foster greater flexibility at the local level.

«In our submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement, we have called on the Government to take advantage of councils» unique position in the community and give them a clear and strategic role in overseeing local schools systems, accompanied by appropriate resources, powers and flexibilities, so that they can support local school improvement and hold schools to account for education standards.

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.

Focusing on math achievement, STEM, and CTE education beginning at earlier ages and giving local schools flexibility to implement these goals are critical to providing opportunities for ALL Montana students to succeed.»

Washington's high - risk designation specified that the State must submit, by May 1, 2014, final guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of ESEA flexibility, including requiring local educational agencies (LEAs) to use student achievement on CCR State assessments to measure student learning growth in those systems for teachers of tested grades and subjects.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

Local and state education leaders lobbied Wednesday the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform for more flexibility on how they use state funds.

The LAO's warning also comes as Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders begin negotiations over next year's budget, in which the governor wants to provide more flexibility to local districts on spending decisions.

A state legislative committee tasked with making recommendations to the General Assembly for how to improve public education in North Carolina issued a modest report on Tuesday, proposing more flexibility for local school districts in implementing third grade...

Although WakeEd has advocated for greater flexibility on setting class size limits, we are grateful that the General Assembly reached the compromise early enough in 2018 so local school districts like WCPSS could keep the fiscal 2018 - 19 budget development process on track.

The bill, expected to be taken up by the U.S. Senate as early as next week, contains specific legislative language on local governance that restores the balance between federal and local government and provides states and school districts the flexibility needed to support student learning and achievement.

Various states like Colorado and Indiana are «tussling with local leaders» on «flexibility in areas like accountability and assessments to school board members.»

The budget also proposes a $ 1.6 billion early education block grant that combines three existing programs to promote local flexibility, focusing on disadvantaged students and improved accountability.»

With the new flexibilities under ESSA, state and local policymakers have the opportunity to begin to translate the research on learning mindsets and skills into effective classroom practice.

The 74's Carolyn Phenicie reports that Secretary DeVos recently delivered what she called «tough love» to state chiefs on ESSA for «their failure in her assessment to embrace the law's flexibility and opportunities to address local challenges.»

Because of this, I have given local schools the flexibility they need to minimize the effect these tests have on various matters, such as teacher evaluation and compensation.

No change was made on final - form to provide local districts with the flexibility to include and involve teachers as necessary to develop an appropriate program.

Chiang's education ideas have centered on better accountability for charters, more education funding and more flexibility at the local level to raise funds, early education, and free community college.

Based on our member - approved resolutions and informed by an effort from 2013 in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the WASB has asked for resources to be provided with as much local flexibility as possible on how they can be used in recognition of the differences between the 422 school districts in Wisconsin.

Language changes providing flexibility to school divisions on the types of positions that can be funded using the state and local funds calculated for certain funded positions;

The State Department of Education would not comment on the nine school districts» decision to pursue their own waiver, though Torlakson did say California remained «committed to local flexibility and decision - making.»

Speaking on behalf of NSBA, Gentzel's recommendations address local governance and flexibility, underscoring the importance of community leadership and ownership of our country's public schools.

If state calendar law were changed instead to give LEAs flexibility to set the calendar based on the number of days and / or hours of the school year, then local districts would have the freedom to set their calendars based on factors unique to their districts.

These options have arisen organically in various New Hampshire schools due to the policy's flexibility and focus on local control rather than federal oversight.

«All that you are doing — other than raising the bar on content knowledge — is providing greater flexibility at the local level and allowing the potential pool of candidates to be expanded,» Redelman told the panel.

The coalition also called on legislators to restore the bill's original framework for helping the state's lowest - performing schools, saying the legislation should «include significant flexibility in redesigning local contracts» to help teachers and principals improve student achievement.

«As implementation begins, I look forward to seeing how local leaders are able to use the flexibility afforded by ESSA to innovate on behalf of their students.»

The California Way rests on the belief that educators want to excel, trusts them to improve when given the proper supports, and provides local schools and districts with the leeway and flexibility to deploy resources so they can improve.

NSBA therefore supports H.R. 1504, the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act, introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem (R - SD), which would restore local flexibility and authority to school districts struggling to comply with some provisions of HHFKA.

Watching intently are vocal advocacy groups who worry that too much local flexibility or insufficient transparency, especially for reporting on spending, may translate to diminished services for the very students the LCFF aims to accelerate.

«Their leadership on the Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act and the ESEA reauthorization amendment are extremely important to public school leaders across the country who deal daily with federal regulations that hinder their abilities to improve student achievement.

Connecticut's Field Test Flexibility waives the CSDE and local districts from the requirement of providing individual student reports regarding achievement on the SB - FT to parents, teachers, and principals.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District supports a ESEA reauthorization bill that provides school districts the flexibility and resources needed to respond to the educational challenges in local communities, and provides greater local flexibility in the use of ESEA funding for Titles I, II and III as states and school districts are in the best position to make spending decisions to facilitate local innovation and student achievement, without placing undue burdens on districts that would adversely impact effective governance; and

While still leaving local school districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, the District of Columbia should articulate policies that definitively discourage them from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

This flexibility is intended to build on and support the significant State and local reform efforts already under way in critical areas such as transitioning to college - and career - ready standards and assessments; developing systems of differentiated recognition, accountability, and support; and evaluating and supporting teacher and principal effectiveness.