However, these critics generally fail to consider the reduction in expenses associated with students switching
out of the district school system, wrongly assuming that all or most school costs are fixed.
In 2015 - 16, 67 percent of charter school students identified as students of color, compared to 51
percent of district school students.
Later this week, the state will release its annual list of reward schools and that list will include a significant increase in the
number of district schools over last year.
Performance - based compensation systems should be developed and implemented as one component
of the district school improvement plan and be linked to policies for recruiting and retaining highly effective principals.
He remembers a parent that called for help getting her child transferred out
of a district school after the school had three principals in one year.
Instead, they talk in general terms about «protecting district enrollment» (as if students themselves are
property of the district school), or limiting when and where charters can operate.
Likewise, when a student switches
out of a district school to accept a tax - credit scholarship, that reduces the state's expenditures.
Each school principal shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the district school superintendent, pursuant to the
rules of the district school board.
Sumter County superintendent Richard Shirley told the board that the Florida
Association of District School Superintendents supports changing the amendment.
On the state English language arts test, 68 percent of Celerity Troika students met or exceeded standards, compared to 38 percent
of district schools in its area, according to the district staff report.
«[As amended April 1972] The legislature shall provide by law for the
establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable; and such schools shall be free and without charge for tuition to all children between the ages of 4 and 20 years; and no sectarian instruction shall be allowed therein.
In Idaho 34 percent of the state's charter students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch, while 42 percent
of district school students are eligible.
Referring to the red tape and often maddening work rules she faced as
principal of a district school, Icahn 3 principal Marcy Glattstein notes: «Coming from the DOE, what I appreciate most about Icahn is that it's human.
The State Board of Education shall by majority vote accept or reject the
decision of the district school board no later than 90 calendar days after an appeal is filed in accordance with State Board of Education rule.
«City Hall's effort to impose red tape on our schools without authority shows that the de Blasio administration never really embraced the idea that charter schools are supposed to be
independent of the district school system,» Ms. Moskowitz, said in a statement.
The state supreme court barred the legislature from diverting funds that it had already committed to meet the basic funding requirements
of the district school system, but otherwise left the door open to various funding possibilities.
The Florida Association
of District Schools report states this may be the reality, despite the Legislature having increased funding for SROs by almost $ 98 million to $ 162 million next academic year.
Success Academy co-location proposals are often controversial, as the popular charter schools tend to grow quickly and limit
growth of the district school they share space with.
The voucher program began in 2009, when a group of conservative candidates won
control of the district school board and began a sweeping effort to privatize the education system in Douglas County — one of the wealthiest in the country.