Not exact matches
-- School actions should
require approval by the Local School Councils comprised of parents, community residents,
teachers and school staff.
But that model
required the
approval of the
teachers union, and even with extra time, the city could not negotiate a deal.
A good federal tax credit, on the other hand, impacts everyone and doesn't
require state
approval, shielding it from
teachers unions and state and local pols who would otherwise try to muck it up.
... would
require approval from the D.C. Council and Congress, which seems politically unlikely given a Republican - led House with little interest in helping
teachers unions grow and strong bipartisan support for charter schools.
TCTA testified at the hearing, pointing out that since the law
requires that a local district innovation plan can not be adopted without the
approval of the majority of the district - level decision - making committee, it was critical for the rules to make clear that the law
requires the professional staff in a school district to nominate and elect professional staff representatives on the committee, with at least two - thirds of the elected representatives being classroom
teachers.
The bill actually does not eliminate the state tests but makes it an option and stipulates that districts must collectively bargain for assessments that also
require state
approval for use in the evaluations of
teachers and administrators.
High regulation was defined as «the state
requiring homeschool parents to send to the state notification of homeschooling or achievement test scores and / or evaluation by a professional and, in addition, having other requirements (e.g., curriculum
approval by the state,
teacher qualifications of parents, or home visits by state officials).»
States differ in the degree of involvement in designing and implementing
teacher evaluation systems: 13 states
require school districts to implement state - mandated evaluation systems with little flexibility, 21 states allow school systems to design their own evaluation systems with state
approval and 17 states fall somewhere in between.
The timeline is tight, with the final
approval scheduled for the fall, when districts are
required to have the evaluation systems in place and judging
teachers.
All
teachers must apply for licensure, submit
required identification documents, and are subject to
approval by the state's Department of Education.