Sentences with phrase «percent of school board members»

More than 84 percent of school board members who responded to a recent North Carolina School Boards Association survey said they support a bill making it a Class H felony to communicate a school threat.

Indeed, when asked about their feelings toward various reforms, over 85 percent of school board members cite PD as «extremely» or «very» important.

-RRB- introduced by Assemblyman Philip Steck (D - Albany) would require simple majorities to approve an override, provided that 60 percent of school board members voted to authorize it.

A similar bill (A2699) introduced by Assemblyman Philip Steck (D - Albany) would require simple majorities to approve an override, provided that 60 percent of school board members voted to authorize it.

Not exact matches

Former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is now a Buffalo school board member after winning 79 percent of the vote in yesterday's elections.

According to the National School Boards Association, 44 percent of members nationwide are women, twice the percentage for the U.S. House and Senate.

A poll of school board members around the state found 38 percent would consider seeking overrides of the state's cap on property tax increases, the New York State School Boards Association school board members around the state found 38 percent would consider seeking overrides of the state's cap on property tax increases, the New York State School Boards Association School Boards Association found.

Gantt won about 68 percent of the vote in the 137th district Democratic primary, where he faced city school board member Jose Cruz and county legislator John Lightfoot.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, he won 58 percent of the vote to defeat businessman and Roslyn School Board member Adam Haber.

Amedore appeared headed to the upper chamber in the New York state Legislature after leading with 54 percent of the vote nearly three hours after polls closed Tuesday night, but Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk, a Duanesberg school board member, claimed victory too.

The redistricting plan, which board members approved June 20, will impact 172 of the approximately 3,000 families, or 1.3 percent of the total school population, according to information provided by the consultant.

Some said they also kept tabs on officials involved in drug testing: 55 schools (70 percent) reported monitoring senior and mid-level officials responsible for hiring and firing, and 62 of them (81 percent) said they kept an eye on members of so - called institutional review boards, who approve human research proposals.

Local school - board members and school officials who participated in an August survey of their Presidential preference conducted by The American School Board Journal favored President Reagan by a 65 - percent to 32 - percent margin over the challenger Walter Moschool - board members and school officials who participated in an August survey of their Presidential preference conducted by The American School Board Journal favored President Reagan by a 65 - percent to 32 - percent margin over the challenger Walter Monboard members and school officials who participated in an August survey of their Presidential preference conducted by The American School Board Journal favored President Reagan by a 65 - percent to 32 - percent margin over the challenger Walter Moschool officials who participated in an August survey of their Presidential preference conducted by The American School Board Journal favored President Reagan by a 65 - percent to 32 - percent margin over the challenger Walter MoSchool Board Journal favored President Reagan by a 65 - percent to 32 - percent margin over the challenger Walter MonBoard Journal favored President Reagan by a 65 - percent to 32 - percent margin over the challenger Walter Mondale.

The board of the American Beverage Association, whose members collectively sell 85 percent of the soft drinks in the school vending market, approved the policy Aug. 16.

For example, in 2002, just 4 percent of registered voters in Dallas turned out to participate in July elections that replaced six school board members.

Under the plan prepared by the Governor's Commission on Excellence in Education — a 30 - member panel of school - board members, teachers, school administrators, and representatives of higher education, business, and government selected by Gov. Robert Kerrey — the state would provide at least 50 percent of the total cost of public education and would develop a new state - aid distribution formula...

Over 90 percent of South Carolina's 85 school boards have between 5 and 9 members, while the largest board has 11.

Laws about who can sit on charter boards vary around the country, but D.C.'s law limits charter boards to 15 unpaid members, with two seats reserved for school parents; 51 percent of members must be D.C. residents.

About 20 percent of a charter board's seats turn over every year, Lerner estimates, which means that D.C.'s charter schools need about 180 new board members each year.

Our survey response rate was strong (over 50 percent), and although this work is not causal, it reveals some tantalizing differences between board members of higher - and lower - performing schools, as well as a number of notable similarities — all of which raise questions and hypotheses worth exploring elsewhere.

In the University of California's first major admissions - policy decision since its board of regents voted in 1995 to end race - based admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students in every graduating high school class in the state.

Board members learned Tuesday afternoon that Mayor Greg Ballard intended to close the school after just 29 percent of students passed the spring ISTEP + test in both math and English.

(District of Columbia) It might not be surprising to learn that some school board members across the country paid for their services — most are not, but almost half, 48 percent — spend between 15 and 40 hours per month on district business.

Only 18 percent of the 292 school board members who took a recent N.C. School Boards Association survey said they'd support deploying the National Guard as a school safety oschool board members who took a recent N.C. School Boards Association survey said they'd support deploying the National Guard as a school safety oSchool Boards Association survey said they'd support deploying the National Guard as a school safety oschool safety option.

Seattle School Board members issued a vote of confidence in the district's top administrator Wednesday night, approving a five percent raise and a one - year contract extension for Superintendent Larry Nyland by a 6 - 1 vote.

Of the applications submitted for external review, nine of the 26 evaluated (37 percent) met the 85 percent cut score requirement and will proceed to the next step in the approval process, an interview with TEA Charter Division staff and members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1Of the applications submitted for external review, nine of the 26 evaluated (37 percent) met the 85 percent cut score requirement and will proceed to the next step in the approval process, an interview with TEA Charter Division staff and members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of the 26 evaluated (37 percent) met the 85 percent cut score requirement and will proceed to the next step in the approval process, an interview with TEA Charter Division staff and members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of Education (SBOE) Committee on School Initiatives, held during the week of May 8 - 1of May 8 - 11.

In Topeka, where 77 percent of the district's racially and ethnically diverse student population (39 percent white, 30 percent Hispanic, 19 percent black) is eligible for free or reduced - price meals, the school board began looking at trauma - informed care several years ago, says board member Peg McCarthy.

That was a stark message from the district's federal lobbyist, who told a district board committee this week that Washington is increasing national support for charter schools by nearly 32 percent but by only 6 percent for magnet schools, a difference that surprised some of the school board members.

Both numbers would seem to clearly surpass the 25 percent threshold allowed in state law, yet members of the State Board of Education have not taken any action against the two schools this year.

Some members of the State School Board contend federal funding accounts for less than 7 percent of the state's overall funding for education so the state should not be boot - strapped to federal laws that conflict with state law, rules or priorities.

Scott Richard, executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association and a member of the panel, said it is too soon to say whether making student growth count for 25 percent of the grade would answer the concerns of critics.

It also made good on a prediction school board members made a year ago, when they projected that 92 percent of the class of 2016 would go on to graduate.

Members of the LA Unified school board have reacted quite differently to the announcement that the Broad, Keck and Walton Family Foundations are planning to expand the number of charter schools in the district to serve well beyond the 101,000 students (nearly 16 percent) now enrolled in the district's 211 charters.

While those charter school failures hung over the heads of the advisory board members during the last application cycle, when they voted to approve just 15 percent of applications last year, that percentage climbed much higher for the latest application cycle.

The ultimate transformation in a city like this has got to be led not by seven school board members elected by less than 9 percent of the voters, or Eli Broad, but it's got to be a mayor pushing it, and it doesn't necessarily have to be mayoral control.

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