Sentences with phrase «new waiver requirements»

Policymakers and practitioners alike express concern that NCLB's new waiver requirements will overshadow the individual needs of historically disadvantaged students and draw attention away from the achievement gap (Dervarics, 2011; Fensterwald, 2011; Stokes, 2012).

Not exact matches

Interest groups expect the agreement to be somewhere between relaxing whole grain and future sodium requirements, as proposed by Sen. John Hoeven (R - N.D.), and a one - year waiver from all new standards for schools losing money, as proposed by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - Ala.).

As I reported here back in March, House lawmakers were able to insert language in the Congressional report accompanying the 2014 Omnibus Spending Bill advising USDA to grant schools a one - year waiver on two important new school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» rules.

The final deal did not include a delay for the development of a new teacher evaluation system, meaning districts who are not able to meet the requirements by the November deadline will have to apply for a waiver.

Lawyers for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state Education Commissioner David Steiner say she has exceptional skills as a manager and leader and deserved a waiver from the usual requirements.

Often, these schools are taking advantage of the innovations offered by blended learning technology platforms and combining them with the regulatory freedom offered under charter school laws, waivers of seat time requirements, and teacher reforms to develop entirely new models of education.

What the Obama administration just did with education would be a mild case, in which waivers are combined with new requirements lacking a basis in law, but the more serious case is the Affordable Care Act, under which, without any warrant that I have been able to find in the law itself, the administration granted more than 1,400 waivers to labor unions and small businesses that were offering less insurance coverage than the law requires.

We see waivers on a variety of policy issues to accommodate implementation challenges, state - specific statutes or constitutional requirements, or to encourage innovation and new ideas.

Likewise, in New York State, a large portion of private schools have sought waivers from the state's requirement that all schools participate in the Regents examinations — for which the state will publicly report the scores.

Finally, we reduced those cost estimates by 20 percent, assuming that a small percentage of programs currently operating fewer hours than the new requirement, or operating double session programs will apply for and receive a waiver under § 1302.24.

In particular, the Obama administration, through its Race to the Top competitive grants and its waivers of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requirements, is putting pressure on states to incorporate student test scores as a significant component of any new teacher evaluation system.

In September 2011, President Obama announced ESEA Flexibility, a new public education waiver plan to grant state education agencies increased flexibility in meeting NCLB requirements.

(Calif.) School districts requested less than 300 waivers last year from state education requirements, continuing a four - year trend, according to a new report from the California Department of Education.

This past September the New York State Board of Regents requested a waiver from the requirements of the Every Child Succeeds Act (ESSA).

After months of negotiations, seven California school districts have received a one - year extension of the waivers from the federal government exempting them from key provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in return for meeting a slew of new requirements.

Arizona's state officials publicly sparred with the administration after it was threatened with being placed into high - risk status for refusing to count graduation rates for 20 percent of a school's ranking on the state's new accountability system (versus 15 percent), and for not revamping its teacher evaluation system to meet the waiver's requirement.

Texas adopts CA's strategy on NCLB waiver, prompting new risk SI&A Cabinet Report: California is no longer the only state trying to get relief from the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act without committing to the conditions set down by the Obama administration — Texas is trying to do the same thing.

The best indicator of the imperfections of NCLB is the large number of states that the federal government has awarded waivers from NCLB requirements in exchange for planning and pursuing new policies, such as enhanced teacher evaluation systems.

Part of the reason is because Indiana wasn't intervening in 15 percent of Title I schools before, says Hyslop, and had to do so to meet the requirements of the new waiver policy.

Districts across the state have already been working on phasing in new Common Core standards, one of the requirements for the waiver.

Second, the new superintendent began to recognize other instances in which district policies were likely to conflict with Dewey's approach — such as requirements for districtwide professional development — and in some cases, offered the school waivers even before the principal requested them.

The Obama administration offered waivers from the law's requirement that states steadily increase the number of students graded proficient on standardized exams to 37 states that agreed to other accountability measures, including new evaluations for teachers and principals.

The new federal education law grants the Department of Education the ability to waive certain NCLB or Waiver requirements in the interest of a smooth transition to the new law (ESSA) with a January 2017 cross-over target.

New Jersey is seeking a waiver from the Dept. of Education on the ESSA requirement for testing middle school students.

And now, most recently, to receive a waiver from the cornerstone requirement of NCLB — that all students be proficient in math and language arts by 2014 — states must create new teacher evaluation guidelines.

Developing the new system was a condition of an agreement the Texas commissioner of education made with the U.S. Department of Education in order to secure a waiver from certain requirements of the NCLB.

In its consolidated state plan submitted to the U.S. Department of Education on September 18, New York State Department of Education (NYSED) formally requested a waiver of two statutory requirements of Title I, Part A of ESSA which are critical to ensuring all students have equal access to a quality education.

«Given the lack of broad - based stakeholder input into the waiver, the unrealistic timelines for implementing the teacher evaluation system under the waiver, the lack of research - based support for evaluating teachers based on student performance on state tests, and the dearth of vetted alternative measures of student learning available to use for teachers other than those teaching grades 5 - 9 reading and math, we recommend the Legislature delay taking action to implement the waiver's teacher evaluation system requirements, and urge the commissioner to continue to negotiate for more flexibility in the waiver regarding the teacher evaluation requirements, as well as to seek an extension from USDE regarding the timeline under which to implement the new system,» Eaton testified.

Out of the 32 states approved for No Child Left Behind waivers, eight states have a conditional waiver, meaning they have not yet satisfied the Obama administration's requirements for a new principal / teacher evaluation system, incorporation of College and Career Readiness Standards and other stipulations.

One notable twist: although the department had previously indicated that states would have to use data to demonstrate improved student achievement and graduation rates to receive future NCLB waiver renewals, the new guidance contains no such data requirement.

The waivers themselves cover more provisions than expected, but the new conditions for receiving them have frustrated educators who prefer a clean break with NCLB's more onerous mandates rather than swapping them for new requirements.

Some states, like Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Maine, have said they simply need more time to develop plans that both meet the waiver requirements and respond to their unique state needs and contexts.

The new issue describes how major initiatives like the Race to the Top competition, the No Child Left Behind state waiver requirements, and the Common Core State Standards have propelled state efforts to rapidly overhaul their evaluation systems and link teacher ratings to student outcome data.

(i)(1) Not more than 120 charter schools shall be allowed to operate in the commonwealth at any time, excluding those approved pursuant to paragraph (3); provided, however, that of the 120 charter schools, not more than 48 shall be Horace Mann charter schools; provided, however, notwithstanding subsection (c) the 14 new Horace Mann charter schools shall not be subject to the requirement of an agreement with the local collective bargaining unit prior to board approval; provided, further, that after the charter for these 14 new Horace Mann charter schools have been granted by the board, the schools shall develop a memorandum of understanding with the school committee and the local union regarding any waivers to applicable collective bargaining agreements; provided, further, that if an agreement is not reached on the memorandum of understanding at least 30 days before the scheduled opening of the school, the charter school shall operate under the terms of its charter until an agreement is reached; provided, further, that not less 4 of the new Horace Mann charter schools shall be located in a municipality with more than 500,000 residents; and not more than 72 shall be commonwealth charter schools.

The CORE team found failures in the No Child Left Behind model; districts adopting the new assessment tools received a federal waiver from some of its requirements last year.

Innovation status, which provides a package of waivers to public schools to implement new school designs, has been enacted through legislation in states such as Colorado and Massachusetts.55 In addition, states should reform their systems of graduation requirements in order to reflect students» comprehension of material instead of how many hours they attend a course.

Department of Educations Extends Transition Flexibility Waivers for StatesThe Department of Education will consider, on a state - by - state basis, requests for flexibility in two areas: the timeline for using results of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - ready standards.

With most U.S. states having waivers from certain NCLB requirements, dashboards are shaping new accountability systems.

But that promise, which echoes a campaign pledge Obama made in a 2008 speech, might not square with the new NCLB waiver requirements he outlined.

Partially in response to such concerns, Sargrad said, the administration thought to use the process of renewing No Child Left Behind waivers to enforce equitable distribution, leading to the August announcement of the new requirements.

The new website launched today will provide access to each agency's Buy America provisions, requirements and waiver processes on one web site.

Topics include: waiver forms for TV production companies, new Canadian content requirements, and a new approach to blocking foreign countefeit goods.

Work requirements: Kentucky was the first state to formally introduce work requirements based on federal guidelines; according to The New York Times, «the waiver application seeks to require most non-disabled Medicaid beneficiaries age 19 to 64 to work at least 20 hours a week.