Sentences with phrase «receiving federal accountability»

Now, with the information that there is precedent for Texas receiving a federal accountability waiver, and pressure from state leaders, TCTA and others, Morath plans to take the next step and apply for a waiver.

TCTA sent the letter after testifying for accountability relief at a Nov. 14 interim hearing of the House Public Education Committee, during which the ability to / precedent for receiving federal accountability waivers was questioned by Morath.

Simultaneously, TCTA contacted Sen. John Cornyn's office to let them know of the precedent for Texas receiving federal accountability waivers and the urgency of seeking one given real concerns about whether student test results from hurricane - impacted districts / schools would be accurate.

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and Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the federal watchdog agency to research and report on the economic subsidy that too - big - to - fail banks receive as a result of actual or perceived taxpayer support.

is pushing an amendment to the financial overhaul bill before the Senate that would broaden the Government Accountability Office's power to audit the Fed and compel the central bank to disclose details about the firms that received emergency federal aid during the financial crisis.

Many states need to revamp their policies for including limited - English - proficient students in state tests and accountability systems if they want to continue receiving all of their federal Title I aid, according to the Department of Education.

With key components from the old system as the foundation, ESSA (which Business Roundtable CEOs supported) is designed to move the federal government out of the decision - making process and give states the flexibility to design their own accountability systems and ensure all students receive an education that prepares them for college and career.

As most readers know, ESSA requires all fifty states and the District of Columbia to update their NCLB - era education policies and practices, including their school accountability systems, if they want to continue receiving federal funds.

States are required to develop accountability plans under ESSA to receive their share of federal Title I funding.

Michigan is one of 42 states to receive a waiver from the 13 - year - old federal law in exchange for implementing requirements like career - and college - ready standards, stronger school accountability standards and a system to evaluate teachers and identify underperforming ones.

But in the years since A Nation at Risk, the rhetoric of high expectations, accountability, and ensuring that all students - especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds - have an equal opportunity to receive quality education has been accompanied by a series of federal initiatives including Clinton's 1994 re-authorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary School Act, subsequent education «policy summits,» and George H. W. Bush's Goals 2000.

As states and districts work to develop new accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act, six California districts who received federal waivers under the Obama administration are getting the first hints of how more holistic accountability systems might work.

President Obama announced a new initiative that will require more accountability for Head Start programs that receive federal funding.

This is the issue behind the revealing exchange between DeVos and Sen. Tim Kaine (D - VA) at her confirmation hearing in which she refused to say that all schools receiving federal aid should be held to the same accountability standards and IDEA requirements.

Washington — About 85 percent of renowned teachers disagree that the federal government should provide greater school choice through vouchers, a new survey finds - and almost all of the surveyed teachers believe that charter schools and private schools that receive federal funds should be subject to the same accountability measures as public schools.

Despite the federal government's intention for accountability assessments to check whether students of color are receiving an equal education comparatively to their white peers, these biased assessment measures falsely position white students as intellectually superior to their black counterparts.

As the Center on Education Policy noted in its recent survey of states granted waivers under the gambit, there is already fears that they will have scotch the accountability systems they put in place after receiving the waivers and start all over again under a new version of the federal education law.

And after ducking Senator Tim Kaine's (D - Virginia) question about equal accountability for all schools receiving federal funds four times in person, she's said nothing to clarify her position.

TCTA's letter pointed to a Congressional Research Service report listing disaster - related federal waivers granted during 2005 - 2009, including two accountability waivers received by Texas in 2006, the same year that the then - commissioner issued «Not Rated» ratings to hurricane - impacted schools / districts.

Apparently, HISD was holding onto the EVAAS, despite the research surrounding the EVAAS in general and in Houston, in that they have received (and are still set to receive) over $ 4 million in federal grant funds that has required them to have value - added estimates as a component of their evaluation and accountability system (s).

The federal Education Department has already received waiver requests from 11 states, and one of the conditions for getting a waiver is developing a new accountability plan.

So for example if we roll back the new school accountability system, we have to change the waiver that we received from the federal government from the No Child Left Behind provisions, which is not going to be a minor, easy feat.

If Maine is successful in receiving federal SIG funding this year, schools that are categorized as «priority» under the State's Title I accountability system would be eligible to apply for the grant and would be contacted with more detail to proceed.

One of the many fronts in the school war has been the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states, as a condition of receiving federal school aid, to provide some of the direct oversight and accountability that the Equity Coalition seeks, especially in identifying failing schools.

All 50 states must submit accountability plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act in order to continue receiving education funding from the federal government.

As of July 1, 2015, veterans who have left the service within the last three years can pay in - state tuition rates at any school in the nation that receives federal funding, thanks to the Veterans Access, Choice, & Accountability Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2014.

The idea of teaching social skills received a potential boost from the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states to create school accountability systems that include at least one nonacademic indicator.