Sentences with phrase «of school districts across the state»

The organization Cook for America has partnered with a number of school districts across the state to redesign the operations and practices of school foodservice.
«Secretary Duncan's report saying New York is on the watch - list for failure is yet another warning that the inability of school districts across the state and their unions to come together has jeopardized the quality of our kids» education,» Cuomo said.
We are telling the Senate Republican Majority that this legislation has the full support of our conference and if they brought it to the floor today it would pass — helping hundreds of school districts across the state
Residents of school districts across the state go to the polls today to vote on budgets.
«Aid runs are necessary and critical to the local budget development process for the hundreds of school districts across the state
This complicates data collection, as data gathering can no longer happen through one centralized source, but now must happen through hundreds of school districts across each state.

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Cafeteria managers across the state had complained for a year about food that reeked of ammonia, but state and federal regulators failed to alert school districts.
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Schools can serve healthy lunches, but whether kids will eat them is a question that has been asked often since the 2012 - 13 school year, when districts across the United States raised the nutritional quality of meals to meet updated national standards.
While the new CT State Law requires all districts provide a number for concussions diagnosed in their students, the Norwalk School Concussion Project is going a step further and shedding the light on the various types of sport and non-sport concussions across our K - 12 schools.
This report provides a status report on community eligibility implementation nationally and across the states and the District of Columbia in the 2016 — 2017 school year, based on school and school district participation and enrollment in community eligibility District of Columbia in the 2016 — 2017 school year, based on school and school district participation and enrollment in community eligibility district participation and enrollment in community eligibility schools.
He also referenced the fact that New York is now one of three states placed on a watch list for losing hundreds of millions of Race to the Top dollars by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan because it has «hit a roadblock» on significant policy provisions of qualifying for the aid, including establishment of the peformance evaluation system and creation of a database to track student records across school districts.
Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core tests, according to a Newsday survey.
The programme which will kick off in April this year, with three hundred (300) Coding Centers across six (6) Education Districts in Lagos State to be commissioned, marking the beginning of the CodeLagos after - school programme in both public and private schools — primary, secondary & tertiary.
It is school district budget voting Tuesday across New York State, with a range of spending proposals, school board candidates and capital budget proposals being put to the voters for their approval.
«It's crucial for the majority of school districts across New York State who are unable to comply with this misguided policy that we act now before the end of session,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.
Unlike the gimmicks that preceded it, such as the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district speSchool Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district speschool district spending.
«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.
She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.
Because a similar freeze on charter school per - pupil tuition payments required from school districts was included in the rejected bill, districts will face higher costs of $ 70 million across the state.
«This toolkit is a valuable resource for communities, school districts and families across our state to help start serious conversations about the disease of addiction and the inherent dangers of drug use and experimentation.»
Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which district officials use to help shape their own budgets.
In a letter sent today, the Attorney General and Commissioner reminded school districts across New York State that — irrespective of the federal government's decision — they have independent duties under federal and state law to protect transgender students from discrimination and harassment in their schools and at all school functState that — irrespective of the federal government's decision — they have independent duties under federal and state law to protect transgender students from discrimination and harassment in their schools and at all school functstate law to protect transgender students from discrimination and harassment in their schools and at all school functions.
According to him, the upgrade of the public libraries in schools across the six education districts in the State was in line with the commitment of the present administration to expand access to knowledge for Lagosians.
«The passage of Proposal One is a big win for local governments, school districts, and taxpayers across New York State,» Cuomo said.
The measure also comes as school districts across the state on Tuesday reported high numbers of students choosing to opt out of the current round of English Language Arts standardized tests that will run for the next two weeks.
The vote in the Senate coincides with school districts across the state putting their budgets before voters, as well as the release of a report showing $ 7.6 billion in savings from the cap.
It's a safe bet that the property tax cap is here to stay, much to the chagrin of school district and local government officials across the state.
Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.
As the school year starts, many school districts across the state still need to grapple with the issue of a teacher evaluation system, especially if they want to continue to receive state aid.
«I've come here with organizers and public school parents and students from across the state to demand public schools in every district get the resources they need regardless of the students» zip code, regardless of the students» skin color.»
Since its implementation, school officials across the state have heavily criticized the state Department of Education for pushing the new mandates before local districts were ready for them, among other complaints
One day before voters decide school budgets across New York state, Schenectady School District officials welcomed elected leaders to Mont Pleasant Middle School to discuss the impact of a significant funding incschool budgets across New York state, Schenectady School District officials welcomed elected leaders to Mont Pleasant Middle School to discuss the impact of a significant funding incSchool District officials welcomed elected leaders to Mont Pleasant Middle School to discuss the impact of a significant funding incSchool to discuss the impact of a significant funding increase.
Tim Kremer, Executive Director of the New York School Boards Association, says districts across the state are being taken by surprise.
Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State
School superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and other professional school staSchool superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and other professional school staschool staffers.
The group says it has filed 2,500 public records requests with government agencies across the state, including tiny villages and school districts, asking for their «checkbooks» — records of all expenditures in a given year.
From its inception, the GEA has cost school districts all across my District, millions of dollars in badly needed state resources.
Many governments and school district across New York State are struggling with a lack of reserves and rising financial uncertainty, according to the New York State Comptroller's Office.
Schools across New York, including districts right here in Cortland County are owed millions of dollars in state aid.
The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.
After the proposition passed, state union representatives immediately lobbied the state attorney general to issue a «clarification» explaining that performance pay actually meant an across - the - board bonus for every teacher in a school or district, regardless of performance, and that funding classrooms directly actually meant passing the funding through the district first so the district, rather than the school, can make the major funding decisions.
It partners with all 67 Florida school districts to bring a complete high - school curriculum moderated by certified teachers to the homes of residents across the state, many of whom live on isolated produce farms or ranches.
This online resource is a highly organized repository of pacing calendars, classroom - tested lesson plans, presentations, and activities shared by teachers throughout the district, as well as 40 other partner districts and charter schools across the state.
Despite the challenges, states and districts are attempting to make it happen in tens of thousands of schools across the country.
[9] These weights mean two states with the same number of poor and non-poor students would get more Title I funds if those students are economically segregated across school districts.
The amount of money actually spent annually on children in school districts across the United States varies widely.
School Finance (2018) The School Finance Analysis examines both school spending and measures of financial equity, which capture the distribution of funding across districts within a School Finance (2018) The School Finance Analysis examines both school spending and measures of financial equity, which capture the distribution of funding across districts within a School Finance Analysis examines both school spending and measures of financial equity, which capture the distribution of funding across districts within a school spending and measures of financial equity, which capture the distribution of funding across districts within a state.
The Department of Education is seeking proposals for 21 comprehensive centers spread across the country that will provide expertise to states and school districts working to meet the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act.
It is my goal here to show how within an individual state (where, as most recently proposed, portability's fiscal impact would be), portability would change the distribution of Title I funds across all districts, and within a district, across schools currently participating in Title I versus those who do not.
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