Sentences with phrase «represented public school districts»

He has represented public school districts in state and federal court, as well as before state and federal administrative bodies.

Formed in 1967, the NSBA Council of School Attorneys provides information and practical assistance to attorneys who represent public school districts.

Alan Rupe, an attorney representing public school districts and students in Kansas, is questioned by the media after making oral arguments on school finance to the Kansas Supreme Court on May 10 in Topeka.

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In other business, the district voted unanimously to renew its contract with the South Cook Organization for Public Schools, a group that has lobbyists in the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary sSchools, a group that has lobbyists in the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary schoolsschools.

UPDATE: Ackerman released his own statement, calling the proposed 6th district a «fantastic district in Queens where I grew up, went to public school and college, and started my family and my business,» and said he looks forward to representing those constituents for «many more years to come.»

At 8:30 a.m., educators representing 11 state - supported schools serving deaf, blind and severely physically disabled students will kick off their lobby day, where they'll ask lawmakers to treat the students equally and increase state funding by 4.8 percent — the same percentage increase Cuomo has recommended for public school districts in his proposed 2015 - 16 executive budget, 3rd Floor Terrace, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Kevin Lafferty, who applied last week to replace Carl Paladino as the new Buffalo Public Schools board member representing the Park District, says it's important to have a voice on the board whose children attend school in the dDistrict, says it's important to have a voice on the board whose children attend school in the districtdistrict.

The Buffalo Public Schools — where six of the other eight board members sought Paladino's removal — has paid $ 122,474 for legal services to a Syracuse law firm hired to represent the district in the case, according to district records.

HARD TO MISREAD THIS MESSAGE — DeVos, in first visit to NYC schools, picks yeshivas, by POLITICO's Azi Paybarah, Eliza Shapiro and Caitlin Emma: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos came to New York City, whose 1.1 million public school children represent the country's largest school district, and walked into an all - girls private yeshiva in Manhattan's tony Upper East Side.

At a PEP hearing on the matter held last week Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the district where the school is located, said he supported the introduction of progressive public schools in the district.

Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D - Rockland) announced today that he is proposing a redistricting of the current East Ramapo School District that will partition territory to create a new public school district that better represents public school enrolSchool District that will partition territory to create a new public school district that better represents public school enrDistrict that will partition territory to create a new public school district that better represents public school enrolschool district that better represents public school enrdistrict that better represents public school enrolschool enrollment.

The Council of the Great City Schools, based in Washington, is a national policy and research organization in urban education that represents 65 urban public school districts.

By 2006, 21 other states and several local districts had begun similar programs, both to service homebound or other special - needs students and as an effort to lure home schoolers (and the tax dollars they represent) back into the public education system.

Also in 2010, Representative Phillip Owens, the chair of the House Education and Public Works Committee introduced a bill aimed at establishing a more sustainable funding policy for CSD, and despite being stalled by opponents representing traditional districts, the 2011 - 12 state budget included a funding increase for CSD schools.

Retirement benefits represent a large and growing cost for public school systems, as states and school districts struggle to pay down the large unfunded liabilities these plans have produced.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.

WASHINGTON — The inclusion of prayer at a public - school graduation exercise is consistent with the nation's long tradition of invoking God's name during ceremonial events and should be upheld as constitutional, lawyers representing the Bush Administration and a Rhode Island school district told the U.S. Supreme Court last week.

The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) highlighted AVID at a June 21st briefing on Capitol Hill with a presentation by Rob Gira ~ Executive Vice President ~ Quality ~ Research and Communication ~ from AVID National Center and several panelists representing AVID districts and schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (VA) ~ Fairfax City Public Schools (VA) and Pinellas Countschools in Fairfax County Public Schools (VA) ~ Fairfax City Public Schools (VA) and Pinellas CountSchools (VA) ~ Fairfax City Public Schools (VA) and Pinellas CountSchools (VA) and Pinellas County (FL).

A special public - school district set up to serve students with disabilities from a Hasidic Jewish village in New York State represents an unconstitutional government establishment of religion, a state judge has ruled.

Public school students can legally be disciplined for incidents that occur off - campus, according to attorney Greg Guercio of the Farmingdale firm Guercio and Guercio, which represents many districts.

«Any high school student taking economics could immediately recognize the fundamental flaws in their pricing structure,» said John E. Freund III, a Pennsylvania lawyer who represents a number of districts who are losing students to the online schools and the public financing that goes with them.

Some measures in the bill, such as new transparency requirements on finances and contracting, represent healthy new accountability bringing charters in line with district public schools.

He has represented clients before the Commissioner of Education, Public Employment Relations Commission and the courts in a variety of matters including tenure, seniority, pensions, special education, grievances, employee benefits and the myriad of other issues which confront school districts and administrators.

After graduating law school, Ms. Smeltzer worked in private practice representing local school districts and other public entities.

New Orleans (April 5, 2014)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New OrSchool Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New OrSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orschool districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orschool attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orleans.

The mean of these school - level values for each district tells us, for example, that a district with an imbalance score for any particular racial group that is positive has, on average, public high schools that over represent that group relative to their neighborhoods.

In other words, compared with districts that still practice zip code assignment of students to schools, are districts with public school choice systems more or less likely to have schools that over represent black students and under represent white students (or vice-versa) relative to the surrounding neighborhoods?

Principals from 22 states, the District of Columbia, and countries including Australia, India, and China, representing public, private, and religious schools, gathered together to discuss what it means to be a leader.

Later, Jewell groused that achievement school districts represent little more than a «new layer of bureaucracy that lacks the accountability to ensure public dollars are being spent effectively.»

The Council of School Attorneys (COSA) provides information and practical assistance to more than 3,000 attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts and state school boards associaSchool Attorneys (COSA) provides information and practical assistance to more than 3,000 attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts and state school boards associaschool districts and state school boards associaschool boards associations.

Since 2007, the number of districts strongly committed to socioeconomic integration has more than doubled, from 40 to 100 nationwide.75 These districts tend to be large and urban, and today, roughly 4 million students reside in a school district or charter school that considers socioeconomic status in their student assignment system — representing about 8 percent of total public school enrollment.76

Alexandria, Va. (April 18, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA's) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, MassachuSchool Boards Association's (NSBA's) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, MassachuSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, Massachuschool districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

The latest to issue a statement are thirteen school districts representing the Central Florida School Public Boards Coalschool districts representing the Central Florida School Public Boards CoalSchool Public Boards Coalition.

Nashville, TN (March 21, 2015)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in NashSchool Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in NashSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashschool districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashschool attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashville.

Those districts represent around 1,043,000 students, or 68 percent of the state's public school students.

We served our first public school on January 1, 2014, and now represent over 200 public school districts.

The Legislature intends that this section allow school districts to tap the wealth of talent and expertise represented in Florida's citizens who may wish to teach part - time in a Florida public school by permitting school districts to issue adjunct certificates to qualified applicants.

The Education Practices Commission consists of 25 members, including 8 teachers; 5 administrators, at least one of whom shall represent a private school; 7 lay citizens, 5 of whom shall be parents of public school students and who are unrelated to public school employees and 2 of whom shall be former district school board members; and 5 sworn law enforcement officials, appointed by the State Board of Education from nominations by the Commissioner of Education and subject to Senate confirmation.

Boston Public schools is quickly becoming one of the most diverse school districts in the country: Our 57,000 students reflect Boston's vibrant blend of cultures, representing 140 countries and speaking 80 languages.

Providing information and practical assistance to more than 3,000 attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts and state school boards associations.

Charters like PUC Schools and district school systems across the country are facing a common problem: Even though students of color represent half of the public school student population, the teacher workforce is still overwhelmingly white.

There are 4 traditional public school district options for Monroe county students - eAchieve Academy represents a 5th, with flexible course offerings to address the needs of all students.

Those districts, including the state's three largest — Wake County, Charlotte - Mecklenburg and Guilford County — represent more than 538,000 students, or 35 percent of the state's public school students.

Great Public Schools Now, the outside group seeking to expand the number of LA Unified schools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsSchools Now, the outside group seeking to expand the number of LA Unified schools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsschools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsschools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsschools» the organization intends to replicate in the years ahead.

Washburn county has 4 traditional public school districts - and eAchieve Academy represents another, offering free online courses for elementary, middle and high school students enrolled in:

The Coalition, representing more than two dozen national education organizations, calls for establishing meaningful public reporting and accountability requirements regarding student achievement beyond reading, math, and science at the school, district, and state levels.

The HOT APPROACH to teaching and learning has emerged through a strong network of 47 + Connecticut urban, suburban and rural public schools representing all Congressional Districts.

The 5 - 1 vote in closed session, with Scott Schmerelson voting no and Kelly Gonez absent because she was representing the board at a California School Boards Association conference, authorized the district to file an unfair labor practice action with the Public Employment Relations Board if UTLA stops negotiating.

In a Common Core survey conducted last October by the Consortium for the Implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the County Offices of Education, which covered 818 districts representing 83 percent of California's public school enrollment, only about one - third of school districts have created a scope and sequence for the the Common Core standards in either English Language Arts or mathematics for at least some grades.

The forum was attended by over 160 participants, representing 13 school district and 34 non-profit and public agencies from the Bay Area and Northern California.