Sentences with phrase «maintaining local control»

Our model would cut taxes for 2.7 million residents in 117 cities and towns while maintaining local control and education funding levels.
Astorino has said he is fighting the federal government because he wants to maintain local control in housing decisions in Westchester, a county where Cuomo lives as well.
It maintained local control with override provisions.
Genesys Enterprise resolves issues associated with the increasing geographical scope of clients, corporations, governments and institutions, while adhering to a multi-tiered hierarchy (or «federated» system), where total control is centralised but allows individual sites to maintain local control.
Given the growth of national charter school networks, such as the Challenge Foundation — a national group that funds a pair of schools, accounting for nearly 11 percent of the student population, in rural Rutherford County — proponents say it's essential to maintain some local control over charters.
She said allowing districts to determine staff salaries would help maintain this local control.

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Since Academy schools are not under the control of local authorities, it is a source of great wonder to me that all Catholic maintained schools have not opted for this status; it is an even greater wonder that the Catholic diocesan authorities are, it seems, actually discouraging the governors of Catholic schools from exercising their legal right to opt for Academy status.
If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.
In the wake of his victory in 1997 Tony Blair abolished what he derided as the «internal market» in the NHS, he scrapped fundholding GPs and deprived patients of the right to choose which NHS hospital treated them; in Education he scrapped Grant Maintained Schools, restored them to Local Authority control and abandoned the previous government's plans to give all schools a status similar to Grant Maintained Schools.
«The legislation is therefore a step forward in achieving and maintaining local, democratic control over this significant town asset for the benefit of all members of the community.»
We expanded mental health services in schools through partnership with Say Yes and others; maintained an active and robust rodent control program that is having positive results in communities across the county; continued a very popular rabies clinic program that has been attended by thousands of appreciative pets (and owners); and, along with partners, created the innovative Erie County Health Mall to improve local health outcomes.
But only one of the schools in each place is maintained by local authorities — the remaining schools in Birmingham are academies and independent Muslim schools in Tower Hamlets, outside of local authority control.
This confused system is made up of state schools that continue to be maintained by Local Education Authorities (LEAs), as well as academies and free schools, which are free from LEA control.
Through self - certification, these specialists can eliminate costly and time - consuming local authority building control procedures, whilst maintaining performance and legality.
Those who fear that replication efforts will produce cookie - cutter schools are right to worry, but they also have an obligation to encourage the creation of franchises that account for local context and preferences but still maintain quality controls.
We asked Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty to share thoughts and reactions to the election, during which Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate and — in an important local contest — a ballot question to expand the cap on charter schools was rejected by voters.
The commission plan maintains the thing we value — local control — and at the same time acknowledges a national crisis.»
Types of school The overall responsibility for health and safety in other types of school is as follows: for community schools, community special schools, voluntary controlled schools, maintained nursery schools and pupil referral units, the employer is the local education authority (LEA).
«The issue today,» she wrote, «is between those who want to federalize education policy and those who want to maintain state and local control of the public schools,» in keeping with their belief that, «the federal government is the enemy of public schools.»
Each takes control of a set of existing schools in a single city, maintains a close relationship with the local diocese, and focuses primarily on establishing long - term financial sustainability for existing schools rather than opening new ones.
The Tacoma School Board's original objection to charters focused on the loss of control, but Santorno agreed with Redinger that not becoming an authorizer may mean giving up whatever local control the district could maintain.
letting teachers teach, treating each student as an unique individual, limiting standardized testing, banning those with profit motives from our schools, addressing poverty as a roadblock to learning, and maintaining local, community control of schools.
Of the 26 maintained mainstream schools under local authority control in the area, seven have a predicted deficit by the end of this academic year, 10 are predicting one the end of 2018 - 19, and 12 by 2019 - 20.
This past spring, the Legislature changed how takeovers work: state law now requires districts to maintain a «C» grade for five consecutive years before returning to local control — unless the Mississippi Board of Education decides otherwise.
Similar to districts of transformation, once a district is placed in the ASD, it must maintain a «C» grade for five consecutive years before it can be released back to local control — although the state board can dictate how that local control looks.
You can also find information about trustees, local governors, the accounting officer and financial officer of each single or multi-academy trust, and about the governors of maintained, foundation, voluntary - aided or voluntary - controlled schools.
Those are charters that transfer from state control back to the oversight of a local school board but maintain their independent agency status.
As related to Arizona's teacher accountability system in particular, so far, the state department of education has at least tried to maintain some sanity in terms of its teacher accountability and related VAM - based policies, leaving much of this to be determined by and in the hands of districts and schools who still very much honor and appreciate their local control.
The ESSA is to reduce «the federal footprint and restore local control, while empowering parents and education leaders to hold schools accountable for effectively teaching students» within their states, and also «[reset] Washington's relationship with the nation's 100,000 public schools» and its nearly 50 million public school students and their 3.4 million public school teachers, while «sending significant power back to states and local districts while maintaining limited federal oversight of education.»
The consultation also shows that local authorities were concerned about their ability to meet the target because maintained schools have control over their own budget and recruitment.
If we can accomplish the two pivotal goals: elect the right people to office and support the locals in bringing value to members, then instituting equitable and learning - centered funding, getting teachers back in control of our profession, and maintaining a strong and vibrant CEA will become much more achievable.
Torlakson, a defendant in the Vergara case along with Gov. Jerry Brown, called for maintaining a steady course as the state continues its transition to the Common Core State Standards and a new funding formula based on local control.
Driver information is validated against the Commercial Driver License System (CDLIS) maintained by AAMVAnet, Inc. to ensure the driver has not been convicted of violating a local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control (other than a parking violation).
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In determining who should be awarded custody, the court may want to consider which party has paid attention to the animal's basic daily needs (food, shelter, physical care, exercise, grooming, flea control); who takes the animal to the veterinarian; who provides for social interactions (in the case of dogs) with other dogs and / or with people; who maintains appropriate supervision to assure that state and local regulations are complied with (licensing, not allowing the dog to run free and protecting against circumstances that would endanger her life or health); and who has the greatest ability to financially support the animal.
Like Volusia County in the Loggerhead Turtle cases, these local governments need to be aware that they could be found in violation of the ESA for allowing the take of endangered species by permitting cat colonies to be maintained, or if their animal control ordinance is deemed not to be specifically intended to protect endangered species from free - roaming cats in their jurisdiction.
Generous local leash laws make it more fun for your pet, while leashes are not specifically required physical control must be maintained.
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In a sign it will seek to maintain its monopolistic control of North Carolina's energy generation, Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good criticized solar net metering in a meeting with local reporters on January 22, 2014.
The Aqua orbit is controlled to maintain an ascending node equatorial crossing time of 13:30 local time.
3:15 — 4:45 p.m In - House Professional Conduct Panel In - house counsel from companies ranging in size from local startups to Fortune 500 companies examine ethical considerations that arise in coordinating outside counsel, managing internal controls and maintaining confidentiality during performance of their job duties, including negotiating major contracts and M&A activity.
Proponents of the UBE cite a number of factors that warrant a simpler licensing process while still allowing state supreme courts to maintain control over the attorneys practicing in their states: the job market has been tight; the practice of law has become more federal and even more global; testing students on three or four local essay topics in no way makes them practice - ready in those areas of law, which they typically learn once they start practicing; and young people today move more frequently early in their careers.
They maintained that this union representative, who visited Yellowknife for a total of 14 days on three occasions in the 4 months leading up to the explosion, had taken control over the strike and essentially enslaved Local 4's executive members.
Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.
BT's functional separation undertakings maintained full ownership of Openreach but provided the new division with control of the local loop portion of the network, as well as new offices, separate IT infrastructures, independent management and, most importantly, a new incentive structure at the division level.
Maintaining local networks can allow for more control (unless someone hacks it or someone is careless), but as a patient who has lived in three provinces and experienced my «local» and regular health care in more than one doctor's office or clinic in each of those provinces (I am not even including having tests at different hospitals), the delivery of medical care hasn't seemed «local» to me.
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