Sentences with phrase «need fair districts»

With the latest scandals in the headlines we need fair districts openly arrived at that would guarantee competitive elections, not districts that guarantee jobs for the incumbent.

We need fair districts so we have competitive races throughout the state.

Not exact matches

Who cares if Elise Stefanik got fair treatment in our local newspaper, after all Matt Doheny needs to get elected to keep the Western part of District 21 relevant.

Asked by The New York Times last week if she would welcome a jail in her East Harlem district, Mark - Viverito said it was too early to decide but other communities may need to do their fair share because hers is saturated with social services facilities.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

The people of New York need and demand «fair dealing» and if the pols and the judge can't do it, then put it in a computer and generate neutral districts going north to south or east to west, on the basis of population alone and let people work together and compromise for their common good — that's what America is about and what American's are supposed to do — isn't it?

If Flanagan is so intent on keeping this seat he had better start realizing that our upstate rural school districts need a fair distribution of school aid.

«As reflected in the State's papers filed last week, the Governor will announce the date for the Special Election for New York's 11th Congressional District shortly, consistent with our constitutional obligation and in a manner that balances both the economic impact of the election as well as the need for fair representation,» a spokeswoman for Cuomo, Melissa Derosa, said in an email.

Ossining for Fair Funding Communications Director Jessica Vecchiarelli said: «With significant enrollment growth and substantial increases in student needs, we are simply asking that Ossining be put on a path to being funded at the same percentage level as the average district in New York State, at least 80 % of the fully phased - in Foundation Aid.

Senate because I believe New Yorkers need a process that draws fair and impartial district maps,

City Hall — New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, along with Rules Committee Chair Brad Lander and Council Members Barron, Vallone, Cabrera, Rosenthal, Reynoso announced a historic reform package proposal today that will help make the City Council more responsive to the needs of New Yorkers in all communities, more transparent in how it operates and more fair and inclusive for all members enabling them to better serve their districts.

The office of Ulster County District Attorney needs to be fair but tough on crime.

Should charter schools be required to enroll students labeled special needs at the same rate as local school districts, that is, educate their «fair share»?

In order to ensure that all students are being taught by effective teachers, school districts need a fair and consistent way to evaluate educators.

The report also found that since teacher salaries and benefits make up the bulk of school budgets, a fair funding system was needed to provide an equitable distribution of high - quality teachers in all districts.

Leverage more competitive and equitable salaries so districts serving high - need students have a fair shot at recruiting well - qualified educators.

Allocating funds based on students and student characteristics enables fair, flexible funding so districts can use funds as needed.

Characterizing its practice as a «general practice for a specialized clientele,» the firm provides legal advice and expertise to handle any and all needs of a school district, including fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

Providing a general law practice for a specialized clientele, Harben, Hartley & Hawkins meets all of the legal needs of school districts including: fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

Those included the location of charter facilities; the concern that charter schools were not serving their «fair share» of high - need students; and the impact of charters on the district's budget and teacher quality because of state - imposed constraints on the district's ability to dismiss ineffective teachers.

We made sure legislators understood the critical need for fair funding since charter kids from NYC to Buffalo still face a huge funding disparity compared to district school kids.

The more we coordinate, the more likely we will be able to create the multiple pathways that schools, districts, and states need to create high quality personalized, competency - based systems that produce different results — that are equitable and fair.

As the legislature deals with the need to provide fair funding for the common good, system components must be preserved, including recapture, school district - based adjustments (like small and sparse adjustment and cost of education index adjustments), weighted pupil funding for special population students (including compensatory education, bilingual education, special education, and gifted and talented), transportation and especially facilities.

«Hispanic, Vietnamese, Korean — we need them all,» said Ruth Wilson, the district personnel assistant who in recent months has attended job fairs at several local colleges to recruit teachers.

The result of their hard work was a new, thoroughly - planned and fair system for funding special education in Pennsylvania that would allocate all new state special education funding based on a three - tired system designed to match the state funding level with the actual cost of meeting the needs of students school districts are educating.

This past legislative session, these charter school and education reform entities spent in excess of $ 500,000 successfully persuading legislators to cut their own district's public school funding, at the same time they were sending even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's charter schools, despite the fact that these private institutions have traditionally refused to educate their fair share of students who need special education services, children who require help learning the English Language or those who have behavioral issues.

The new model also sets out to solve a perennial problem in the fair student funding model: Small schools don't have enough students to generate the funding they need to operate and the district has had to supplement their budgets.

We believe that the Success Academy's growth must be accompanied by increased public accountability to ensure that all NYC district students have fair and equal access to its opportunities for academic enrichment, as well as to ensure that the network is not abusing public funding that traditional public schools unquestionably need.

* I DO NOT believe that it is fair to identify a district or school as a «Low Performing School» based only on a «students with disabilities» subgroup that varies by having different disability clusters of students, at different ages, at different levels of severity and need, and in schools with different levels of resources.

Just this week, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court's certification of the case as a class action, and told the district court judge he needs to decide whether Google's snippets of text could be considered «fair use.»

It produces compact, convex districts that look fair, and no one needs to say a word — just accept the output of the computer.

Employers in Ontario will need to reconsider the manner in which they handle workplace issues involving disability management and human rights litigation after the Ontario Divisional Court recently upheld the 2012/2013 decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in Hamilton - Wentworth District School Board v. Fair, wherein the tribunal ordered Sharon Fair be reinstated into suitable alternative employment with her previous employer after approximately a decade had passed since her dismissal.

Technology Coordinator (1991 — 1996) • Implement a 5 - year, $ 24 million district - wide technology plan • Facilitate district - wide technology in - service programs and technology fairs • Conduct training needs assessment and developed and scheduled training programs • Supervise technical staff in the administration of training programs and daily operations • Instrumental in the development of the District's first technology plan anddistrict - wide technology plan • Facilitate district - wide technology in - service programs and technology fairs • Conduct training needs assessment and developed and scheduled training programs • Supervise technical staff in the administration of training programs and daily operations • Instrumental in the development of the District's first technology plan anddistrict - wide technology in - service programs and technology fairs • Conduct training needs assessment and developed and scheduled training programs • Supervise technical staff in the administration of training programs and daily operations • Instrumental in the development of the District's first technology plan andDistrict's first technology plan and website

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