Sentences with phrase «mandating public oversight»

Through a constitutional convention, we can demand transparency to backroom dealings in Albany by mandating public oversight of budgetary decisions and requiring narrow, set purposes for all money funneled into the budget.

Not exact matches

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Throughout the budget process, she said, «the Council's ability to fulfill its Charter - mandated review and oversight role was hindered by the administration's delay in providing vital information, despite public assurances that documents and data would be provided promptly.»

The panel, dubbed the NAACP Task Force on Quality Education, echoed Johnson's view — that while many argue that charter schools drain needed resources from traditional public schools, and some remain «discriminatory» based on students» behavior or relative academic strength, some are highly successful, especially in states that exercise legally mandated oversight.

Charter schools accepting public funds should be accountable to the same public agency and held to accountability and oversight requirements equivalent to those mandated for traditional public schools.

Why the lack of attention to oversight by the AG (who like the Law Society, is mandated to act in the public interest)?

WikiLeaks said the source, in a statement, set out policy questions that «urgently need to be debated in public, including whether the CIA's hacking capabilities exceed its mandated powers and the problem of public oversight of the agency.»