Sentences with phrase «permit school districts and charter schools»

Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.15 GIFTED and TALENTED STUDENTS PROGRAM (a) and (b), permit school districts and charter schools to identify students who are gifted and talented, develop and evaluate programs to serve them locally and provide staff development to ensure that they have access to challenging educational programs.

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«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

Stipulates that a school district shall permit any charter school granted approval to co-locate and to use such services and facilities without cost (S.6356 - D / A.8556 - D, Part BB)

Uncomfortable sending their daughters to the neighborhood school, the Wheatons applied for slots at a local, well - regarded charter school, and requested (and were granted) transfer permits for both to attend the neighboring El Segundo school district.

In 2009, Mayor Menino tacitly supported an increase in the number of «proven» Commonwealth charter schools that could operate in Boston as part of a broader education - reform bill that invested school districts with greater authority to intervene in low - performing schools and permitted districts to establish a few Horace Mann charter schools without the required union sign - off.

The department should remember that while many states permit linking teachers to student test scores, few districts actually do so, and that while Virginia and Mississippi have each had a charter law for more than a decade, combined they have only five charter schools.

Today, forty - one states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools.

Romney's major proposal would expand school choice by essentially turning $ 15 billion in Title I funding and $ 12 billion in IDEA funds into «vouchers» that eligible students could spend to attend any district, charter, or private school (state law permitting) or for tutoring programs or digital courses.

Selective admission is permitted at OPSB district and charter schools and at BESE charter schools, but not at RSD schools.

42 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation permitting charter schools, which operate outside the traditional school governance structure and exercise a high level of autonomy in exchange for more stringent accountability.

Two years ago, the district renewed the charters of several ALS schools for 15 - year terms — which state law permits for charters with «exemplary academic programming and fiscal management.»

Mitt Romney has pledged that if elected president he will enact a voucher program that would allow parents of low - income and special needs students «to choose from any district or public charter school, or a private school where permitted by state law.»

Additionally, charter schools are currently only permitted in «D» and «F» rated districts (without local school board approval).

Conversely, the first vote on SB 2161 in the Senate would have allowed any student in the state to cross district lines and would have permitted charter schools to open in school districts rated «C.» The compromise bill that ultimately passed, SB 2161, allows students in school districts rated «C,» «D,» or «F» to cross district lines to attend a charter school.

SB 2161: This would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at market value.

An estimated 150 teachers, school administrators, parents and others from around the state came to the conference at the University of Washington Tacoma to learn about charters, which are public schools that permit significant decisions to be made at a school level, rather than by a school district or state officials.

The current law permits charter schools in «D» and «F» rated districts.

The continued debate over charter schools, which are now permitted in 40 states and the District of Columbia, has political overtones.

Charter Schools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketCharter Schools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketSchools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketcharter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketschools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at marketcharter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at market value.

Today, 43 states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools and more than 60 private school choice programs are in place.

Also, often times charter schools are permitted from hiring certified teachers, contributing to the formula of lower performing school districts and lower student achievement in these classrooms.

The Board will consider a resolution about whether to permit charter schools located in Oakland, but authorized by Alameda County, to be eligible for funding under the G1 allocation formula (approved for district schools and district authorized charter schools).

Facility Planning Navigating the Zoning; Land Use and Permitting Process; Acquiring Facilities; Facility Master Planning; District Facility Options; Prop 39, Alternative Agreements and Surplus Property; SB 740; Charter School Facilities Financing; Hiring and Working with Brokers and Other Real Estate Professionals; Negotiating Leases; State and Federal Facilities Programs; Charters and School Districts Working Together on Local School Bond Programs

Each district shall be permitted to supply a mailing to the third party mail house and pay for it to be copied and mailed to families of students from said district enrolled in the commonwealth charter school.

The resolution also proposes that local school boards be permitted to weigh in on new charter applications in their districts, and to recoup public dollars when students transfer back to Buffalo public schools from a charter school in the district.