Sentences with phrase «over a district decision»

The Buffalo Teachers Federation is crying foul over a district decision to reduce the number of teachers at City Honors.

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But that decision may turn out to be lose - lose for the district, primarily because the annexation was illegal, and secondarily because residents are angry enough over the way it was handled to possibly torpedo the tax - increase.

As the three - year controversy over the gun club came to a head, questions arose about the legitimacy of the issue of lead - shot pollution, the possibility of an underlying anti-gun sentiment, and the role of Park District politics in the decision to seek the gun club «s ouster.

«Last night several of the park district officials were sitting down, and we all agreed with the decision that any further attempts to open the water slide were over, «Tookey said.

Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.

In the meantime, lawyers for the state, the City of Chicago and the Park District will argue in legal briefs whether a long - term delay should be imposed while the Appellate Court considers a full appeal of a Cook County Circuit Court decision rejecting Edgar's attempts to take over Meigs.

Though the Village Board's decision will allow the park district to move ahead with its nature sanctuary plans, some residents from the Lake Arlington neighborhood have suggested that the battle is far from over.

Tedisco says he will make a decision over the next few weeks on whether he will enter the race for the 49th Senate District.

ALBANY — Top Queens Democrats are backing Adrienne Adams over incumbent Democrat James Sanders in Tuesday's Senate District 10 primary, a decision Sanders says is «payback» for his penchant for skirting the party line.

January 13, 2010 (readMedia)-- On January 12th over 1,500 gun owners celebrated the Second Amendment in Albany and lobbied their representatives in the State Assembly and Senate to reform NYS gun laws and bring them into line with the landmark legal decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.

MANHATTAN — The state's top prosecutor should investigate Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s decision not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. over evidence they tried to sell condos by using inflated sales figures, one state lawmaker says.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has clashed with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his decision to appoint a special prosecutor over him to investigate former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The Grahama decision comes amid heightened concerns over the policing in the United State, the interactions between police and minorities and whether local elected district attorneys are able to pursue indictments against police officers in such incidents.

Local control over co-location decisions: Community Education Councils should be empowered to approve all co-locations of schools in their community school districts and, in the case of high schools — which normally fall outside the jurisdiction of the parent councils — all schools geographically located in their community districts.

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Dan Lamont, who has the case, has ordered the district attorney's office to retrieve records from the comptroller's office related to the decision not to invest with FA Technology Ventures and turn them over to Sekhar's attorney, Paul Clyne.

As the Lancaster community becomes more divided over whether the school district's nickname should remain the «Redskins,» school leaders are under increasing pressure to make a decision soon about whether to phase the name out completely.

But the plans have been rejected by Uttlesford district council and a decision over the proposals has been left to the inquiry.

The Assembly bill, which was defended during floor debate by its lead sponsors, Rockland County Democrats Ellen Jaffee and Kenneth Zebrowski, would require state education officials to appoint a monitor who would have broad authority over district leaders» decisions for five years.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington came in a lawsuit over public records brought by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog group, regarding its May 2013 request for information about the employment arrangement of Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide.

Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., whose district overlaps with over 80 % of the 17th Council District said, «Rafael Salamanca has remained dedicated to the people who live and work on our community here in the South Bronx, and I am very proud to support his decision to step up to represent the 17th Council Districtdistrict overlaps with over 80 % of the 17th Council District said, «Rafael Salamanca has remained dedicated to the people who live and work on our community here in the South Bronx, and I am very proud to support his decision to step up to represent the 17th Council DistrictDistrict said, «Rafael Salamanca has remained dedicated to the people who live and work on our community here in the South Bronx, and I am very proud to support his decision to step up to represent the 17th Council DistrictDistrict.»

Senator Michael Nozzolio, who is the Senate co-chair of the legislative redistricting task force, defends the decision, saying the Democratic Senators had to be squeezed together in order to create the first ever Asian American Majority district, and to place the city's Orthodox Jewish communities together in one district, instead of the present configuration which spreads them out over five separate districts.

In a prepared statement announcing his decision, Coughlan said while he is «humbled by the support so many have shown to my campaign over the last several months, I remain committed to this principle» that, in order for the Republicans to win back the district, the GOP candidate must also hold the Conservative and Independence lines.

The money has been delayed as part of a long - running fight over parental involvement in district decisions.

MacKay said local Indy committees (and remember, there has been a power struggle — particularly in NYC — over who controls the line) are responsible for making endorsements, with the executive committee stepping in to make decisions in districts that cross county lines.

State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava's (R) stunning Sunday decision to support Democrat Bill Owens over Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the special election in New York's 23rd district got us to thinking about where such a move fits into our Fix endorsement hierarchy.

Should Paladino win his appeal decision and return to the school board, it raised questions over who would truly represent the Park District.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who presided over the Pantaleo grand jury and is now running for Congress, urged the court to deny the petition for disclosure and later called Judge Garnett's decision «well - reasoned.»

Over the weekend, he submitted a letter to the four county Democratic chairs in the district informing them of his decision to bow out of the Democratic primary race.

The State - appointed fiscal monitor of the East Ramapo school district wants a legislative intervention that would give an appointee veto power over the board's «bad decisions.»

Watch for heightened debate - and finally some decisions - about recurring issues: the state's Brownfield Tax Credit program, justice reforms (see below), renewing the New York City mayor's power over its massive school district, and, of course, school funding.

Over the past few years, as cash - strapped states and school districts have faced tough budget decisions, spending on teacher compensation has come under the microscope.

In his study of court decisions on teacher terminations for competency, Zirkel found that «defendant districts prevailed over plaintiff teachers by better than a 3 - to - 1 ratio.»

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

A suburban Cincinnati district's decision to close school for two Jewish holidays this month has angered a group of parents who say the accommodation gives preference to one religion over another.

In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision by a local school board to deny a charter school application may be appealed to the state board of education or another institution, thus curbing school districts» control over the approval of charters even where school districts are given a role.

While such preferences could theoretically be set by district administrators or other policymakers, it is likely that principals would retain some autonomy over personnel decisions, so their preferences are important to investigate.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

Even more striking, the number of states requiring districts to consider teacher evaluations in tenure decisions grew from 0 to 23 over that same period.

Its June 2009 decision in Safford United School District v. Redding, in which eight justices agreed that a near strip - search of an 8th - grade girl suspected of concealing prescription - strength ibuprofen was unconstitutional, at first glance appears to be an exception — a sign that the courts will continue to watch over the shoulders of school officials to ensure that reasonableness and proportionality prevail.

Some districts do negotiate over who pays the contribution — the district or individual teachers — but under statewide pension systems, decisions about benefit structures and contribution levels are all made by state legislators, state comptrollers or treasurers, or even unelected pension boards.

In a 2 — 1 decision, the panel overturned the district court, determining that it had no jurisdiction over the voucher program.

The state's move effectively shifted control over spending decisions from the state legislature to local school districts and eliminated a slew of state - imposed spending rules that many local districts saw as impediments...

«A Time for Sight: The Debate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK in 1957.

Over time, key court decisions, as well as later revisions to the federal law and regulations issued by federal agencies, have spelled out the rights of students and the obligations of school districts.

So the law prohibits board members from hiring personal aides, leaving them with only a pool of staff answering to the full board, and it gives the superintendent full control over most personnel decisions and contracts, other than the collective bargaining contracts with district employees.

Those six words, if taken seriously and implemented with care, hold the potential to create and provide resources to sustain a new model for decision - making within state education agencies and school districts — a model that benefits students and taxpayers and, over time, enhances our knowledge of what works in education.

Over time, as it becomes clearer which programs consistently graduate high - performing principals, this new approach would create a robust marketplace that rewards institutional excellence and helps school districts make smart hiring decisions.

«As the nation's largest collective employer with over 6.9 million employees, the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges is a landmark decision that will impact school district employment policies and practices,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA Executive Director.

Further, the foundation, led by Steve Mittenthal, made the difficult decision to concentrate its limited funds on one district over a five - year period.

When the teachers had little authority or power over instructional decision - making, or when administrators were controlled by district staff, an «assessment - as - test» mentality drove instruction.