Sentences with phrase «operating under a waiver»

With 43 states (including the District of Columbia) currently operating under a waiver, recent years have seen substantial movement among state policymakers to develop systems — or improve existing ones — to evaluate the current performance of teachers in a fair and objective manner.

And although all but a handful of states operated under a waiver as of the 2015 --- 16 school year, the enactment of ESSA meant that all ESEA waivers expired in August 2016.50 Under waivers, states were empowered to make policy choices altering how accountability works for schools.

Not exact matches

As of Thursday, 135 school districts have approved plans, and the majority, 554 districts, are operating under hardship waivers, according to the state Education Department.

It also recommends that NSF not waiver from its commitment to build and operate the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, as well as the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array, which is currently under construction.

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June 2012 — More than half of states have been granted waivers, so the majority of the country is no longer operating under the NCLB law as written.

Five of these districts, operating under a U.S. Department of Education waiver, began collecting measures of growth mindset, among other socio - emotional skills, for all of the students between 3rd and 11th grade, through surveys.

In states operating Title I programs under ESEA accountability waivers, curriculum content standards and assessments must meet the additional requirement of evaluating whether students are «college and career - ready.»

States operating Title I programs under ESEA accountability waivers often combine some of the ESEA's designated subgroups, or use one or more new subgroups, for some or all of their primary accountability determinations.

This emphasis applies both to states where Title I is governed fully by the ESEA's statutory requirements and to the much larger number of states currently operating Title I programs under a series of accountability waivers granted since 2011 by the U.S. Secretary of Education.

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.

States operating Title I under ESEA accountability waivers must also continue making annual accountability determinations for all public schools, but they may base these decisions on «ambitious but achievable» annual targets.

In states operating under the provisions of the ESEA statute, as well as some states operating under ESEA accountability waivers, this is done by applying measures of adequate yearly progress (AYP).

Duncan took the astonishing step of issuing waivers directly to eight California districts this summer, allowing them to operate under a different set of federal policies than the other 1,000 districts in California.

Up to now, NCLB waivers have only gone to states, not to districts, and it would be complicated for the state to oversee districts operating under different sets of rules, according to the state chiefs assembled in DC earlier this week.

Last week, we told you about Steve Barr's interest in starting pilot schools, which are small schools with under 500 kids that operate within the district but can also obtain waivers from labor agreements — the closest thing to an autonomous charter.

But under a district waiver like the one that's being proposed, schools and teachers in LAUSD would be operating under a different set of federal rules than those in most of the rest of the state.

Giving LAUSD and other districts a waiver would show California what it's missing by operating under the current version of NCLB, which most states have gotten waivered — and perhaps create pressure on the state to reconsider its decision not to continue to pursue a statewide waiver.

Since 2011 states have been operating under individual flexibility waivers granted to individual states from certain federal requirements, while still meeting accountability, regulatory, administrative, and reporting standards.

GENE WILHOIT: What we will have is a group of states who, if successful in getting a waiver, will be operating under this system and another group of states who will be operating under No Child Left Behind.

(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.

CORE, along with a majority of states, has been operating under a federal waiver program that offered relief from the demands of NCLB in exchange for a number of conditions — one of them was to create new systems for student achievement and school accountability.

But as states began operating under the 15 percent «priority» and «focus» school structure under waivers, the number of identified schools dropped significantly.

However, net annual operating expenses for the Fund may exceed those contemplated by the waiver due to expenses that are not waived under the Expense Limitation Agreement.

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