Sentences with phrase «owned by local school districts»

They should ensure charter public schools have free or low - cost access to vacant buildings owned by local school districts, municipalities, or the state.

Not exact matches

The Northfield parks ceded away both tracts in 1976 under the Techny Agreement, a boundary pact in which local school and park districts and the Villages of Northfield, Northbrook and Glenview divided up Techny, a vast, undeveloped tract owned by two Catholic orders.

Pointing to more than $ 40 million owed to local schools in the 43rd Council District, including $ 4 million owed to his own alma maters P.S. 185 and J.H.S. 259, Brannan has mounted an online social media campaign calling on parents and educators to see education dollars owed to individual schools using a new database created by advocates.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

In April, Clifton Park residents rejected the sale of the land owned by the Shenendehowa School District to a local developer.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Once the locally - developed alternative assessments are officially endorsed by their local school boards, any of the state's 115 school districts can pick and choose from those alternatives for use in their own school districts in lieu of the portfolio system.

By working with parents to examine their privilege and understand that their impact matters more than their intentions, Integrated Schools prepares parents to support meaningfully integrated classrooms that reflect the diversity of their district as well as school communities that respect ALL families and are galvanized around supporting ALL children Through national organizing to promote local action, we support, educate, develop and mobilize families to «live their values,» disrupt segregation, and leverage their choices for the well - being and futures for their own children, for all children, and for our democracy.

In the petition filed in Travis County District Court, TCTA argues the commissioner exceeded his authority by dictating specific criteria that local school districts must use in developing their own appraisal systems.

That means charter schools bring millions of dollars into a community for their own operation, as well as free up millions for local school districts by taking students, but leaving the funds.

Yet public school districts have no alternatives; almost all of them are joined by statute to state pension systems (or, sometimes, to their own local pension systems).

BEECH GROVE, Ind. — A local high school student is taking school security into her own hands by launching a fundraising effort for her district.

Each charter school is governed by its own local school community, which often includes parents and teachers — rather than a district.

Charter schools operate outside of the local school district, and are instead governed by their own school board.

Oklahoma State Representative Scooter Park said that «HB2957 is a step in the right direction — driven by the support of Superintendents across the state, we can continue to remove the costly and time - consuming portions of the TLE system such as unnecessary data collection requirements as well as open the door for local school districts to develop their own qualitative evaluation system for their teachers according to their choice of a valid, reliable, research based and evidence - based qualitative measure.»

Each charter school is governed by its own local school community, rather than a district.