Sentences with phrase «proposed city charter»

The estimated financial savings of a proposed city charter change in Saratoga Springs have been disputed between supporters and opponents.

The Saratoga Springs Charter Review Commission is now sending information to homes in the Spa City about the proposed city charter on the ballot Election Day.

Last week, the Saratoga Springs Charter Review Commission released a financial snapshot of the proposed city charter that will go before voters on Election Day.

The Poloncarz administration said in a statement that, «It's worth keeping in mind that the County Executive's proposal was designed to be a stand - alone expansion of ECDOH's lead poisoning prevention program, and regardless of concerns about proposed City Charter changes it is a well - thought out plan to improve Erie County's response to lead poisoning.»

Not exact matches

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva MoskowCity's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowcity panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

In an exclusive interview with NY1's Michael Scotto, Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson predicted the mayor's Charter Commission will focus on term limits and possibly proposing the elimination of political primaries in the city.

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson is supporting a bill that would create a commission to take on more extensive charter review, parallel to a commission proposed by the mayor in his State of the City address.

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

De Blasio's Charter Revision Commission — which includes several donors to his campaigns, according to the New York Post — can propose changes to the city's governing document later this year on which New Yorkers would then vote.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The Queens Borough Board's evaluation of the proposed amendments is part of a six - month citywide public review process that began in late September as mandated by the City Charter, and includes separate reviews by Community Boards and Borough Presidents, as well as by the City Planning Commission around mid-December.

Voters in the city of Albany defeated proposed charter revisions, but the question of spending $ 200 million on a new high school will likely come down to absentee ballots.

Dennis Conta of the Wisconsin Charter Schools Association (from left), Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines and state Sen. Alberta Darling hold a press conference outside 38th Street School in Milwaukee Wednesday to announce proposed state legislation that would grant the city power to approve sales of vacant school buildings.

Parents and staff at Arturo Toscanini were livid roughly two years ago when the city proposed having a Success Academy charter school expand into the building, and Donohue maintains that closing his school is just a way to give more space in the building to Success Academy.

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (Sept. 8, 2017)---- The Mount Vernon City School District will host a public hearing on the charter application of the proposed Granville Academy Charter School on Tuesday, Oct. 3from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. at the Education Center at 165 N. Columbcharter application of the proposed Granville Academy Charter School on Tuesday, Oct. 3from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. at the Education Center at 165 N. ColumbCharter School on Tuesday, Oct. 3from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. at the Education Center at 165 N. Columbus Ave.

Late Friday afternoon, schools chancellor Carmen Fariña proposed a change to the city's capital plan that would divert $ 210 million from charter school construction and partnerships and toward pre-kindergarten expansion.

«Governor Cuomo's proposed changes would require New York City to cover more of the cost of charter - school facilities,» according to the IBO.

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

The Plattsburgh common council held a public hearing last week to take comments on a proposed change to the city charter that would alter the form of government.

In a potential boon for charter schools, Gov. Cuomo has proposed abolishing the cap that limits the sector's expansion in New York City.

«Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget reflects his deep understanding and appreciation of public schools and the important role charter schools play in the public education system, particularly for the highest needs students,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School charter schools play in the public education system, particularly for the highest needs students,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Charter School Center.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

Under the city charter, the mayor must present a proposed budget on Oct. 1 each year.

The United Federation of Teachers, in a proposed amendment to a City Council resolution, today called for charter schools seeking free space in New York City public school buildings to be required to make public financial data and political donations, along with student demographics, suspension rates, and teacher and student attrition.

Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the City address on Jan. 12 proposed merit pay for teachers, vowed to step up efforts to remove ineffective teachers, blamed the union for the breakdown of negotiations over a teacher evaluation system in 33 restart and transformation schools and announced that he would open 50 new charter schools in the next two years.

In January, Denno will be one of five returning councilors who supported the measure, which changes the city charter to give the council more power to prevent proposed developments from being killed when they don't pass muster with the five - person planning commission.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, the union of the city's teachers, said the proposed changes amounted to favoritism for charter schools at the expense of students in traditional public schools.

Although the State Assembly has passed a bill extending mayoral control of city public schools, Republicans in the State Senate have proposed bills that extend mayoral control only with conditions that favor charter and private schools.

In early 2016, spurred by a seemingly perpetual bankruptcy crisis at Detroit Public Schools (DPS)-- by this point, counting unfunded pension liabilities, the district was almost $ 1.7 billion in the red — the state senate narrowly passed a bill that would bail out the district and split it into two separate entities: the old DPS, which would exist to collect taxes and pay down debt, and a proposed new Detroit Education Commission (DEC) to oversee schooling in the city, including regulating the openings and closings of traditional public schools and charter schools.

«IPS is concerned about the ability of our city to absorb the number of charters that are being proposed.»

There is also the proposed Brass City Charter School in Waterbury.

Besides giving new authority to the chancellor, the mayor is also proposing to allow some charter schools — those located in «high need» areas of the city — to become neighborhood schools, which students living nearby would have a right to attend.

Kaleem Caire, former CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison and founder of One City Early Learning Centers, unsuccessfully proposed a charter school in 2011 in an effort to address a stubborn gap in academic achievement between black students and their white peers.

The story focused on The City of Richmond's proposed zoning ordinance that would require charter schools to obtain a conditional use permit in order to site a school.

And further up north, parents and communities are coming together to propose for new two new charter schools to open in the Redwood City area.

Lawmakers are proposing expanding the entities that can authorize charter schools — beyond local school boards, UW - Milwaukee, UW - Parkside and the city of Milwaukee — to include all UW System campuses, state technical colleges and state Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, or CESAs.

The proposed legislation included provisions to reverse Mr. de Blasio's decisions on school space, and it required the city to provide public classrooms to new and expanding charter schools or contribute to the cost of renting private buildings.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, the union of the city's teachers, said the proposed changes amounted to favoritism for charter schools at the expense of students in traditional public schools.

While DeVos» group, the Great Lakes Education Project, supported most of the changes, it pushed back hard against a proposed Detroit commission focused on improving both charters and traditional schools, contending it would be beholden to the city's mayor and school - district officials.

The planned redevelopment of the former Nine Inch Nails recording studio on Magazine Street and the proposed expansion of Audubon Charter School both return to a city board Wednesday morning seeking waivers required to start their projects.

Some of the parents pursuing the charter cluster proposed annexing three of the schools — Briar Vista and Fernbank Elementary Schools, as well as Druid Hills High — into the city of Atlanta.

Baltimore City schools CEO Gregory Thornton released Tuesday a proposed $ 1.2 billion budget that reduces per - pupil funding for charter schools and plans for rising expenses in salaries and health insurance.However, figures could change when additional...

Jumoke Academy in Hartford, Highville Charter School and Common Ground High School in New Haven, Brass City Charter School in Waterbury, Path Academy in Windham, Capital Preparatory Harbor School and The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport, ISAAC in New London, Elm City Montessori in New Haven, Achievement First public charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School and Common Ground High School in New Haven, Brass City Charter School in Waterbury, Path Academy in Windham, Capital Preparatory Harbor School and The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport, ISAAC in New London, Elm City Montessori in New Haven, Achievement First public charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School in Waterbury, Path Academy in Windham, Capital Preparatory Harbor School and The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport, ISAAC in New London, Elm City Montessori in New Haven, Achievement First public charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School.

Participants included Jumoke Academy in Hartford, Highville Charter School and Common Ground High School in New Haven, Brass City Charter School in Waterbury, Path Academy in Windham, Capital Preparatory Harbor School and The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport, ISAAC in New London, Elm City Montessori in New Haven, Achievement First public charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School and Common Ground High School in New Haven, Brass City Charter School in Waterbury, Path Academy in Windham, Capital Preparatory Harbor School and The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport, ISAAC in New London, Elm City Montessori in New Haven, Achievement First public charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School in Waterbury, Path Academy in Windham, Capital Preparatory Harbor School and The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport, ISAAC in New London, Elm City Montessori in New Haven, Achievement First public charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter charter schools, Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School for Excellence, Booker T. Washington Academy in New Haven, and the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter Charter School.

The resolution read that, «In New York City, Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School, proposed as a replication of an effective magnet school in Connecticut, will partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem to provide middle - and high - school students with a rigorous, year - round college preparatory curriculum..»