Sentences with phrase «on the charter school application by»

◦ the school board fails to render a decision on the charter school application by the specified time

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The pressure is on for New York to pass a new charter - school law before submitting a new application to qualify for up to $ 700 million in federal «Race to the Top» funds by the June 1 deadline.

Building on a New York Post report from August, the coalition noted 45 applications for new charter school co-locations were rejected by the city.

On October 28, as the restraining order expired, the dissenting board members reversed course and OPSB unanimously approved 20 charter school applications, including 13 on the West Bank to be overseen by the Algiers Charter School Association (ACSAOn October 28, as the restraining order expired, the dissenting board members reversed course and OPSB unanimously approved 20 charter school applications, including 13 on the West Bank to be overseen by the Algiers Charter School Association charter school applications, including 13 on the West Bank to be overseen by the Algiers Charter School Association (school applications, including 13 on the West Bank to be overseen by the Algiers Charter School Association (ACSAon the West Bank to be overseen by the Algiers Charter School Association Charter School Association (School Association (ACSA).

Charter school authorizers are getting «choosier» about which applications for schools they will accept and are basing decisions not to renew charters more on student - achievement issues than previously recognized, an analysis by a pro-charter organization finds.

Fellows will also be required to develop an Independent Learning Project (ILP) / Portfolio based on fellowship experience and directly relating to innovations in new methods of instruction, integration of educational technology and its applications, charter school management and its operations, leadership and staff development, and other project options as determined by cohort leadership.

This committee reviews any proposed public charter school application that has been submitted by the applicant to the Board of Education and comments on the application's feasibility, curriculum and financial soundness.

Two other schools, Cape Fear Preparatory Academy (New Hanover) and Pine Springs Preparatory Academy (Wake), were recommended for approval by the Charter School Advisory Board (CSAB), which is tasked with reviewing applications and advising the State Board of Education on which are worthy of opening.

Included in the Capitol Update this week: * CCSA Submits Letter to Superintendent Torlakson Regarding PCSGP Concerns * Update on Actions Taken by the State Board of Education (SBE) * SB 740 Apportionments Posted by California Department of Education * Open Application Period for the Charter Schools Facilities Credit Enhancement Grant Program * Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Charter Schools in California!

The strategies some parents have employed to be included on a CEC are to submit an application for an appointed position by the borough presidents and / or encourage parents with children in both district and charter schools to apply for the CEC.

Under R - 55, charter public schools will be voted on by local school boards who are required to hold public hearings to review applications.

In the spring of 1997, with rising national interest in charter schools, Connecticut approved Common Ground's application to start a charter (one of ten it authorized)-- on the condition that it open by September.

The application submitted by Idaho - based Athlos Academies to open two new charter schools in the Dallas area was vetoed by a vote of 12 - 2 at the Texas State Board of Education meeting on July 17th.

However, to be considered for student enrollment, a completed application must be on file with the Polaris Charter School Office by the annual posted deadline for new applications.

Christy Wilhelm, an attorney for N.C. Learns, the non-profit group set up to house the online - only charter school, argued Wednesday that the school's application was mishandled by the N.C. State board of Education in 2012 when the board passed on making a decision.

SB 734 passed by the 2016 General Assembly amended the charter application section; added a section on the applicability of other laws, regulations, policies, and procedures; and amended sections relating to contracts between the local school board and the public charter school management committee to require:

«Though it would have been a better practice to give a written response to [North Carolina Virtual Academy]'s and N.C. Learn, Inc.'s charter school application on or by March 15, 2012, the SBE [State Board of Education] was not legally bound to do so because it had already explicated stated that virtual charter school applications were not being accepted for school year 2012 - 2013,» Jones wrote in his order.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

However, even if the bill passes and is signed into by Governor Malloy, McCluster and Perry can rest easy because as it is presently written the law only applies to charter school applications that are submitted on or after July 1, 2015.

The charter school application submitted by Steve Perry and approved by Governor Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education included the names of the members of the Governing Council of Steve Perry's new charter school...

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

Not less than 2 of the new commonwealth charters approved by the board in any year shall be granted for charter schools located in districts where overall student performance on the statewide assessment system approved by the board under section 1I of chapter 69 is in the lowest 10 per cent statewide in the 2 years preceding the charter application.

Backers of these reforms are particularly enamored of a new type of charter school represented by the Rocketship chain of schools — a low - budget operation that relies on young and inexperienced teachers rather than more veteran and expensive faculty, that reduces the curriculum to a near - exclusive focus on reading and math, and that replaces teachers with online learning and digital applications for a significant portion of the day.

The meeting had originally been scheduled to consider 34 charter school petitions — including 28 renewals — as part of a routine formality, in which the board signs off on staff recommendations after months of rigorous vetting of the applications by its charter division.

Proponents contend that caps help limit the growth of the sector, and thus control the overall quality of charter schools (by encouraging authorizers to be more discerning in approving applications and more rigorous in closing low - performing schools).79 On the other hand, opponents argue that charter school caps stifle the growth of high - quality schools and may deter high - performing operators from even applying to operate in the state.

New charter school applications submitted in the next month will be voted on by the SRC in February 2018.

While The Children's Guild DC Public Charter is a public school, it offers an innovative approach to learning by placing a strong emphasis on the integration of the arts and technology throughout the curriculum as well as engaging students in hands - on application of academics and social skills to everyday problems encountered in family life, groups, organizations, communities, the United States, and throughout the world.

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