Sentences with phrase «majority of state»

NCUA, with the backing of the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, also operates and manages the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, insuring the deposits of nearly 90 million account holders in all federal credit unions and the majority of state - chartered credit unions.

Since the majority of the state's population is centered in the eastern half of state, along I - 35 stretching into Oklahoma City, the highways have experienced increased congestion.

And to the South (west), the New Jersey Education Association, «representing the vast majority of the state's 200,000 teachers — ramped up its opposition to the coming PARCC tests, even promoting what it called parents» rights to have their children refuse to take the state tests altogether.»

The majority of state and local funds for schools for day - to - day operations flows through state - determined school finance formulas.

Hundreds of charter school students, parents, educators and supporters attended the rally hosted by the Texas Charter Schools Association, of which the majority of the state's charter schools are a member.

Despite two years in which school reform was at the forefront of the political debate in New Jersey, a majority of the state's residents are happy with the education provided by their local public schools, according to a poll released Tuesday.

But once provided a description of ESAs, we found the majority of state legislators» say they would support ESAs, and the rest of the nation agrees.

However, the majority of state lawmakers» views on other types of school choice do not appear to be aligned with the American public.

After the charter takeover of NOLA public schools post Katrina, the state began issuing letter grades for all schools in 2011, and 79 percent of charter schools in the New Orleans district received a «D» or «F.» In 2014, RSD - New Orleans schools are still performing below the vast majority of the state's other districts at the fourth and eighth grades in subjects tested by the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, including English language arts, math and science.

SI&A has held contracts for more than a decade with the majority of the state's school districts and county boards of education for a diversity of back - office services and products.

Furthermore, the vast majority of state programs target low - income students, students in failing schools, or students with disabilities.

Rivera, a Cleveland State University graduate who wrestled on the varsity team there, was nominated for the interim position with support of the Republican majority of the state school board all but guaranteed.

We have to agree with the parents and students in the 21 Colorado school districts who brought the lawsuit, and with the majority of the state's 178 school districts that endorsed the Lobato case.

The Madison School District was among a majority of the state's 424 school districts that saw accountability scores improve from last year.

«It shows how out of touch the policy is with the majority of the state,» he said.

Charles, wants her constituents to know that «the state budget that was recently enacted includes a provision tying an overwhelming majority of state school funding to what is known as an «evidenced - based model.»»

The study by the New Jersey Charter Schools Association and two other charter school groups, found a majority of the state's charter schools are «outdated,» most don't have their own athletic fields or access to one that's nearby and many students do not attend class in specialized instructional spaces such as science labs, art or music rooms.

The vast majority of state colleges and universities admit most of their applicants, and do not require minimum scores for admission that represent college readiness.

While the race application drew support from 100 school districts and more than 200 charter schools, the vast majority of the state's local educational agencies did not sign on.

In 1991, 133 of 176 school districts, representing the large majority of the state's population, levied a uniform property tax of 40.080 mills.

However, the majority of state constitutions protect against the mixing of public education dollars and religious schools.

In the majority of state legislatures, though, parent - trigger laws have not generated the major education movement that former California state Sen. Gloria Romero envisioned in 2010 when she authored the nation's first law dubbed the «parent trigger,» with help from Parent Revolution Executive Director and former Clinton administration official Ben Austin.

However, a low increase in per - pupil funding for K - 12 districts was seen as extremely troubling for a majority of the state's districts.

While awareness of the benefits of SEL may be greater than ever before, it has not spurred a majority of state policymakers to act systemically to entrench it at the school level.

Furthermore, the majority of state pension funds are non-portable.

Joined by justices Steven C. González and Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Fairhurst argued that, while the state has some funds restricted to support only «common schools,» the majority of state education money — 72 percent — is not restricted.

In Florida, charter schools do have to adhere to state accountability measures — such as having all their students take the FCAT and employing state - certified teachers — but are exempt from a majority of the state's school laws.

Recommendation: The Arizona Legislature should allocate adequate resources to the ASBCS so that it can fulfill its obligations as the regulatory body overseeing the majority of the state's charter schools and ensure that it is sufficiently staffed to meet the technical tracking needed to effectively meet the recommendations in this report.

«The majority of state school teachers believe state school students are in the minority at Oxbridge when in fact they are around 60 %.

The nation as a whole earns a grade of C - plus, with a majority of state grades residing in the C - minus to C - plus range.

When Hollywood director Rob Reiner proposed a ballot initiative (Proposition 82 in 2006) calling for an income tax increase to make preschool universal and free for all of the state's four - year - olds, the governor sided with opponents, who noted that the measure would use precious potential tax revenue to pay for a service that a majority of the state's youngsters already received.

One of the key ways we can monitor test quality is by releasing the vast majority of state test items for public review, a goal which the New York State Education Department moved closer to recently.

The Oregon legislature drafted the new tax proposal in a special session last month, stipulating that a majority of the state's cities, counties, and school districts must signal their backing for a statewide vote before it can be held, in March or May of next...

Their response ignores the egregious errors in implementation that we identified, namely the fact that they threw out a majority of the state observations, miscoded outcome information, and completely confused the sequence of test introduction and achievement measurement in several states.

The overwhelming majority of state constitutions make no mention whatsoever of school districts or local school boards.

The Massachusetts legislature gave its final endorsement to a controversial constitutional amendment that, if approved by a majority of the state's voters later this year, would permit state aid to private - school students.

The vast majority of state accountability systems simply report the average scores for each school, sometimes disaggregating by racial and ethnic groups.

Courts have differed when a state grants funding to parents who then to choose where to spend it, with the majority of state courts understanding this as «indirect» and a minority finding it to be «direct.»

The majority of the state's freshmen students (86 percent) stay in New England.

The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains.

The implementation and rollout of the Healthy Michigan Plan, which expanded Medicaid at a time when both the governor and the majority of the state legislature are Republican, holds lessons for other «red» states, say the researchers.

New York Democrats — who dominate the state Assembly, hold every statewide elected office and form a majority of the state's congressional delegation — are not happy.

I am very confident that this time round, two - thirds majority of state assemblies will vote in support of financial autonomy for state legislatures.

She was either supposed to glide toward easy re-election as the only woman in the Republican majority of the State Senate or she was to step aside gracefully after seven terms to make room for a younger and more conservative Republican, 47 - year - old Assemblyman George E. Pataki.

The majority of state lawmakers have not commented publicly about the dispute.

A majority of state residents approve of the job incumbent Governor Maggie Hassan is doing.

While Democrats technically reclaimed a majority of state Senate seats through a special election Tuesday, a deeply fractured party picture remains.

But labor contracts for the vast majority of the state's 190,000 employees expire on March 31, giving Mr. Cuomo an opening to seek changes at a time of public unease toward government workers» benefits.

Gains in New York City and its suburbs account for the vast majority of the state's job growth in the past few years, according to an August report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

For the vast majority of state legislators, it is the beginning of a new session, for the newly elected lawmakers, it is the beginning of a new career.