Sentences with phrase «means special districts»

This means special districts like Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District and Colorado Mountain College, who rely on property tax, keep losing money.

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«Which could be road improvements, I mean it's a dedicated special lighting district fund, but it helps on the bottom line of the budget,» she said.

His resignation means a special election would have to be called by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with District Attorney Dan Donovan, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and State Sen. Andrew Lanza expected to vie for the Republican nomination, the Daily News reported.

The special election to replace Tom Libous in the Senate will mean a faster timetable for fundraising and advertising in the Southern Tier district.

That means that voters could wind up voting in the special election for someone who lives outside the newly created district and would not be eligible to seek the same seat in November 2012.

After decades of not collecting fees or updating billing on more than a hundred special lighting districts, Syracuse is trying to update its regulation of ornamental street lights, but it means bills for thousands of city resident could skyrocket.

In between filling orders for whole turkeys and split chickens, Raitport shared his views on bike lanes, subsidized housing, taxes and what «Republican» really means — and why voters should choose him in the special election for the district's Assembly seat, set for May 5.

Federal courts have played a key role in the development of special education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, Summerspecial education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, SummerSpecial Education» legal beat, Summer 2017).

Shah noted that, «Cutting the special education budget for other reasons meant a district was running the risk of losing its share of federal funds.»

The reductions in state education aid — coupled with cuts approved in two special sessions last year — mean districts will receive about 5 percent less in 2008 - 09 than they did in the previous school year.

Although means - tested, Indiana's private choice programs create empty seats in suburban districts more than is the case in the Ohio programs, which reach only suburban special education students.

The Foundation Budget Review Commission said two decades of soaring costs for health care and special education services meant the state formula for aid to districts was underfunding schools by at least $ 1 billion a year.

The team, a majority of which shall be teachers, shall include the superintendent of the district for which the team was formed or his or her designee; school administrators upon designation by the administrators» collective bargaining organization; teachers upon designation by the teachers» collective bargaining organization; at least one parent upon designation by the established parent groups in the district, or, in their absence, by the chancellor in the case of a high school division, a special education division or a chancellor's district, or by the board of education of the community school district in the case of a community school district; one or more curriculum specialists, meaning a teacher or administrator whose primary job responsibility involves the development or evaluation of curricula, upon designation by either or both the teachers» collective bargaining organization, or by the chancellor in the case of a high school division, a special education division or a chancellor's district, or by the board of education of the community school district in the case of a community school district.

Table 1 presents the mean SAT scores in Verbal and Math, plus the percentage of students eligible for FREE lunch (not Free and Reduced because the negative influence on achievement comes from FREE lunch eligibility), percentage of students who are limited English proficient (LEP) and the percentage of students with special needs for districts located in the A, B, (NJ's poorest communities) and I, J DFG's (NJ's wealthiest communities), plus those for charter schools (denoted by an «R» on the scatter plots).

Advocates have also criticized what they describe as the limited scope of the state panel's inquiry — which was meant to determine whether the district's electronic system for individualized special education plans, data collection requirements, budget process or transportation policies unlawfully delayed or denied services.

That means that more than half of North Carolina's districts are being shortchanged on special education funding in comparison with districts that have fewer students classified as in need of special education services.

For California districts, that means a two - month reprieve from facing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to special education programs and Title I aid for low - income students, along with tens of millions in cuts to the preschool program Head Start, career and technical education and grants for teacher training.

The judge not only ordered the state to make sure «school needs» drive school funding, but also to: intervene with «unconditional authority» in troubled districts, restore the meaning of high school graduation, end arbitrary spending on special education and stop churning out «uselessly perfect teacher evaluations.»

«This designation for Palm Lane carries special meaning, and we wanted to share very publicly through this application our unwavering commitment to our families,» said district spokesman Keith Sterling.

For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner and special education enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64

However, the 100 percent MoE requirement for IDEA — in contrast to the 90 percent MoE requirement for Title I — means there is far less wiggle room for districts facing across - the - board funding shortfalls to reduce special education expenditures even if it is the equitable or reasonable thing to do and can be done without negatively impacting student services.

Murphy is the Chairman of the House Committee on Special Purpose Districts and a member of the Ways & Means Committee.

Over half of the state's unfilled teacher positions are in bilingual and Special Education, meaning English learners and students with special needs are less likely to have the supports they need, especially if they live in under - resourced districts with more low - income students or more students ofSpecial Education, meaning English learners and students with special needs are less likely to have the supports they need, especially if they live in under - resourced districts with more low - income students or more students ofspecial needs are less likely to have the supports they need, especially if they live in under - resourced districts with more low - income students or more students of color.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

The report also takes a special look at how low - income families choose schools, as politicians often tout school choice programs like New Orleans's as especially beneficial for families without the means to either opt for private schools or move into better school districts.