Sentences with phrase «new charter schools»

An increase of $ 20 million for operational startup costs for new charter schools in 2016 and 2017, which will help offset the loss of federal funding.

The new law allows for new charter schools as well as the conversion of existing public schools in to charters.

In 2001 and 2002, however, the number of new charter schools opening in the fall actually declined compared with the previous year.

The district office has recommended denial for as many applications to open new charter schools in the last two months as they have in the last two years.

It replaces the previous moratorium on new charter schools with a request for charters to «voluntarily delay requesting action on new charter applications» until a new oversight scheme can be developed.

So what does this have to do with approving new charter schools?

Parents who pay for private schooling or who start new charter schools also make sacrifices in order to give their children a particular kind of education.

But the case must be empirical, too; why else should state and city leaders even think about replacing worn - out district schools with new charter schools?

In 2015, a successful union lawsuit shut down the state's new charter school law.

The office will have the ability to bypass local school boards and directly authorize new charter schools in districts with more than 25,000 students.

So the department will be able to do more of that, in addition to continuing to make grants to states to create new charter schools from scratch.

It's not enough to help launch new charter schools, we want to create and sustain great public charter schools.

No more new charter schools beyond the 130 presently operating; the only new ones allowed would be replacements for any that closed.

It is time to stop opening new charter schools until stronger laws are passed to ensure transparency and accountability for charters and the companies that manage them.

Now that summer has ended, thousands of students are going back to school this year as new charter school students.

The results suggest that new charter school students have an initial loss of learning in reading and math compared with their counterparts in traditional schools.

The last new charter school was granted approval in 2007.

An estimated 45,000 new charter school seats will be needed during the next four years just to meet current demand.

I examine a traditional public school, a district - turned - charter school run by an education management organization, and a relatively new charter school.

Many new charter schools face challenges with getting communities and families on board with their vision.

But for the most part, this brand new charter school looks like any other brick - and - mortar K - 9 school.

We are the only organization in the state offering this level of support to new charter school developers.

This fund gives new charter schools financial relief during their start - up years by providing access to resources that can be used for a variety of projects, including capital projects.

His proposal also requires new charter schools to enroll more special education, low - income, and limited English students.

Other cities are finding ways to get promising new charter schools to locate in the neighborhoods that need them most.

Fellows receive practice - based training and guidance while they are designing, launching, and sustaining new charter schools.

The state approved four new charter schools last year, after approving 16 in 2011.

Support for opening new charter schools dropped 12 percentage points — to 39 percent of those polled, only slightly above the 36 percent of the public who oppose new charters.

The number of new charter schools continues to grow across the state.

They disagreed on language that would add standards to the bill in order to check new charter schools for quality — so they went their separate ways.

These offices are involved in the very early stages of a charter school, and they often refer new charter schools to us so we can supply a quality facility to them.

This brings the total number of new charter schools approved in the last year to 33 — a 33 % increase.

The schools receive state funding passed along by their home school districts, which are responsible for oversight and must approve new charter schools.

Another state - funded $ 28 million grant cycle to start new charter schools has begun.

The commission is one group that can authorize new charter school groups.

In his 2016 - 2017 budget for the state, he included $ 20 million in funds for new charter schools.

During her campaign, she opposed a moratorium on opening new charter schools.

It is troubling to see grants and special bonds and funds go to brand new charter schools that will likely be used to warehouse children sitting in front of computers.

That was the same time that the state legislature lifted the cap on charter schools, giving DPI staff dozens of new charter school applications to review on top of an already heavy workload.

The ICSB Spring Application Cycle is currently closed and the ICSB is not accepting applications for new charter schools at this time.

After voting on the budget Tuesday night, commissioners were scheduled to hear a presentation about new charter school applications for 2019.

Parents spoke out against the Huntington Park City Council's proposal to temporarily ban new charter schools from opening.

Washington's new Charter School Commission elected a former Seattle School Board president as its chairman.

The state Senate has taken a welcome step toward bolstering quality education in New York with a bill that would authorize creation of hundreds of new charter schools across the state.

Following Massachusetts legislation to provide new charter school seats to «proven providers» like Excel, Excel Academy Chelsea opens in Chelsea, Massachusetts, providing an additional high - quality public school option for families in this community.

De Blasio noted the current cap allows for almost two dozen new charter schools by 2019, and insisted that the city has allowed the existing privately run, publicly financed facilities to grow.