Sentences with phrase «public school enrollment statewide»

Demographer Steve Murdock, former director of the U.S. Census Bureau and ex-state demographer of Texas, is expected to testify about the explosion in the state's Hispanic population, which has caused public school enrollment statewide to grow by an average of 80,000 students per year.

However, even if participation reaches a peak of 21,000 students in the program's fourth year, it will represent less than 3 percent of public school enrollment statewide.

Not exact matches

Under a statewide open - enrollment policy, students can choose which public schools they attend.

The Statewide Review of Educational Opportunities (SREO) will examine demographic and enrollment trends across every type of public school to create what State Board executive director Donna Johnson calls a «snapshot» of all the educational programs available in the state.

[2] Statewide, the enrollment of the Hispanic population in charter schools is 9.4 percent, while the Hispanic enrollment within district public schools is 18.1 percent (cite SDE).

And they are fortunate to have the luxury with numerous public and private school choice programs available statewide, including public school open enrollment, charter schools, Education Savings Accounts, and tax credit scholarships.

Consider public charter schools, where enrollment is booming and reached a record 185,000 students statewide this year.

The gap between traditional K - 12 public school special education enrollment and charter special education enrollment in LEA and LEA - like charter schools is only 1.5 % (LEA charter schools enroll 8.7 % of students with disabilities compared to 10.3 % statewide; LEA - like charter schools serve 10.2 % compared to 11.7 % in Los Angeles Unified School Distschool special education enrollment and charter special education enrollment in LEA and LEA - like charter schools is only 1.5 % (LEA charter schools enroll 8.7 % of students with disabilities compared to 10.3 % statewide; LEA - like charter schools serve 10.2 % compared to 11.7 % in Los Angeles Unified School DistSchool District).

Conservatives have attacked the plan because of the limits on enrollment, while opponents of vouchers say they should not be allowed to expand statewide because over time participation in the program will grow and take resources away from public schools.

More than 3,540 students applied this year to receive a taxpayer - funded voucher to attend private and religious schools in the third year of the statewide program, more than triple the enrollment cap of 1,000, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction said in a report Thursday.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

Approvals under this law could expand statewide charter school enrollment by up to 1 % of the total statewide public school enrollment each year.

With the ultimate goal to inform the statewide conversation about education, EdNC has included a variety of data — from public school demographics to teacher turnover rates to student enrollment by school type.

(In other words, the statewide decline in public school enrollment can not be blamed on the rise of charter schools or cross-district choice.)

Both charters and «schools of choice» are public schools, and their enrollments are included in the statewide enrollment totals reported here.

Statewide, charter school students comprise 3 percent of public school enrollment.)