Sentences with phrase «public charter law»

Over in Washington State, families and advocates are out in full force to protect their children's futures, campaigning fearlessly to enact a new public charter law that will permanently ensure that the 1,200 plus charter students will continue have access to expanded educational options.

And earlier this year, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said states «that do not have public charter laws or put artificial caps on the growth of charter schools will jeopardize their applications.»

Not exact matches

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Soon after the charter law passed, and Rainbow helped innovate a public Waldorf charter school in Monterey, CA and became its administrator.

A new state law in California will hold private and charter schools to the same sports safety standards as public schools.

In May 2010, the D.C. Council passed the Healthy Schools Act, a landmark law designed to improve the health and wellness of students attending D.C. public and public charter schools.

Also at 11 a.m., the City of Mount Vernon Department of Law Corporation Counsel Lawrence R. Porcari will hold a press conference to announce new anti-corruption and public ethics measures, which include full funding of an independent Inspector General as required by Mount Vernon charter, City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon — Accusations of impropriety continue for Mayor Richard Thomas, who is already facing corruption charges as the Mount Vernon Board of Ethics has accused Mayor Richard Thomas of collecting more than $ 100,000 as a trustee of the Amani Public Charter School in violation of state education law.

De Blasio's power over city schools has already been somewhat diminished by the new pro-charter state law dictating how the city must accommodate charters in both public and private space.

New City, NY — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County's bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter.

According to Erie County Charter, the Legislature will hold a public hearing on the proposed local law before the 11 members vote.

PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY New City, NY — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County's bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter.

«Name the issue — charter schools, taxes, public housing, law enforcement, regulation of car - sharing services — and Cuomo has gone out of his way to step on de Blasio's plans and sometimes humiliate him.»

-- The county auditor would be appointed by the county executive and approved by the legislature to a fixed term, subject to removal as delineated in the county charter or Public Officers law.

Its charter is to «review all city information policies, including but not limited to, policies regarding public access to city produced or maintained information, particularly, computerized information; (ii) the quality, structure, and costs to the public of such information; (iii) agency compliance with the various notice, comment, and hearing provisions of the charter and other laws applicable to city agencies; and (iv) the usefulness and availability of city documents, reports, and publications.»

The real estate people stand to make billions off killing or limiting rent control laws in NYC and the charter school charlatans are chomping at the bit at the prospect of putting an obscenely huge chunk of public education money in their pockets.

She helped organize a series of massive pro-charter rallies and met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ensure passage of a bill guaranteeing charters public or private space, a law that directly benefits her own network.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on June 15 a sweeping and controversial education bill that diverts public money to privately run charter schools.

In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first charter school law, these publicly funded but privately operated schools have become a highly sought - after alternative to traditional public education, particularly for underserved students in urban areas.

Under a 2014 law opposed by Mr. de Blasio and championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City is legally required to provide new charter schools free rent in public school buildings or pay for their rent in a private building.

The group claimed the de Blasio administration has «regularly refused» to grant charters space in public school buildings, despite a state law requiring them to do so.

Gov. Cuomo and the state Legislature subsequently approved a law requiring the city to provide charters space in public school facilities or pay for their rent at private space.

The county charter mandates that the law creating the referendum clear the legislature at least 60 days before the public vote.

But after consulting with the city Law Department, the commission found that the charter, in fact, did allow them to take the maps back from the Council and hold more public hearings.

State education law requires that the board of trustees of a charter school, with minimal exceptions, employ teachers who «shall be certified in accordance with the requirements applicable to other public schools.»

UFT lawyers argue that «while charter schools may receive some funding from private entities, they are overwhelmingly funded by public tax dollars and they are subject to the disclosure requirements applicable to government agencies under the New York state Freedom of Information Law.»

Last year, after Mr. de Blasio briefly blocked three Success schools from public space and threatened to charge the network rent, Mr. Cuomo pushed through a law guaranteeing all new or expanding charter schools in the city free space or money to find their own.

School districts held an exclusive franchise on public education services until 1991, when Minnesota passed the first law permitting public charter schools.

But the laws governing school facilities were written a century or more before charters existed, when there was only one kind of «public school» in this country.

Since Illinois passed its charter school law in 1996, Chicago's public school district officials have viewed charters as another path to district improvement, especially for its high schools, and even went so far as to support an increase on the city's charter cap from 15 to 30.

While the exact way forward may vary from one district to another, there should be no further delay in creating state laws and regulations that level the playing field between charters and other public schools.

It became the law in California in 2000 when voters passed Proposition 39, which requires that the Golden State's public - school facilities «be shared fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools.»

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

If the chartering strategy depends on disrupting the existing arrangements for how public education functions, then most charter laws have a structural flaw that will dramatically limit the ability of charter schools to deliver real change for educators and students.

Since the first law authorizing charter schools was passed in Minnesota in 1991, 39 other states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have all adopted legislation supporting public charters.

In reality, charters are public schools accountable to many laws governing common schools in Washington.

Although Commonwealth charters are authorized by BESE and subject to most state laws and regulations governing public schools, they are exempt from certain regulations related to teacher certification and tenure, and they are free from the confines of any preexisting collective - bargaining agreements.

South Carolina was among the first states to pass a charter school law, in 1996; today it has 44 charters (2 percent of total public school enrollment), as compared to hundreds of charter schools in some other states, such as California, Arizona, and Florida.

In 2010, the law was amended to double the number of charter students permitted in the state's lowest - performing districts, from about 9 percent to 18 percent of public school students.

Strong unions are more successful than weaker ones in opposing liberal charter legislation, but once a charter law is adopted, it seems that parents see charters as an avenue for reform in districts where unions have a strong hold on traditional public schools.

It may be that SAT scores, as a very public measure of school performance, lead to agitation for charter laws, but that charters themselves are more likely to target students at risk of dropping out, and therefore participation is more closely associated with dropout rates.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

While proposing a number of possible strategies, Smith says «there should be no further delay in creating state laws and regulations that level the playing field between charters and other public schools.

The ruling by District Judge John W. Coughlin in Denver was a victory for the state's charter law as well as for the proposed Thurgood Marshall Middle School, which is being spearheaded by Cordia Booth, a longtime teacher in the public schools.

James Forman Jr. is the cofounder of the Maya Angelou Public Charter School and a professor at Georgetown Law School.

A private Montessori school in rural Minnesota last week cleared a key hurdle on its way to becoming the nation's first «charter» school, able under state law to receive public funds while remaining free from most outside control.

However, far from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter schools, A — F grading of schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «authorizer shopping,» in which failing schools move to a new authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.

Given that the growth in for - profit schools has been mainly in contracting with public schools or charter schools to operate individual public schools as EMOs, how much they diverge often depends on state laws and school district contracts.

By giving these schools true control over their programs, staff, and curricula, and by opening them to all families, authors of the charter school law resurrected the true American vision of public schooling: equal access to great instruction and accountability for results.

This past July, the D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools filed suit in federal district court claiming that the District of Columbia has been underfunding charter schools in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal law.