Sentences with phrase «required by the school system»

Each QAB member is assigned two to three schools and assists them in complying with the preparedness and reporting required by the school system.

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But after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the Obama administration tried to add some people to the background check system, by requiring the Social Security Administration to submit records of some beneficiaries with severe mental illness.

Contact the special education department of your local school system, which is required by law to provide assessment and services for children age 3 and older with special needs.

The Governor signed a law last year requiring all school districts to implement an evaluation system based on the statewide system approved by the State Education Department or risk losing their increase in education aidresulting in 99 percent compliance (687 out of 691 school districts implemented a system).

In his letter, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) accused the school system of failing to comply with state education law by not submitting the required forms showing a building - by - building breakdown of how it spends local, state and federal funds.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina has encouraged parents to «get more involved in their child's education» by joining the councils — which are required by state law to give input and oversight in a school system controlled by Mayor de Blasio.

Passed by the Council last July after extensive work by Councilman Cornegy along with parents and organizers from StudentsFirstNY, Avonte's Law required the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a system wide survey of school buildings to evaluate the need for additional safety equipment.

By next Nov. 15, when the districts» contributions will be due again, they could pay $ 413.7 million into the system, according to Newsday's projections, which are based on Teachers» Retirement System expectations of what it will require of school districts in coming system, according to Newsday's projections, which are based on Teachers» Retirement System expectations of what it will require of school districts in coming System expectations of what it will require of school districts in coming years.

Klein's spokeswoman said his bill dropped the letter - grade provision because schools are required by law to correct any violations, meaning that if they were to mirror the restaurant system, only a «Grade Pending» or an «A» could be awarded.

«There's no question that constipation that requires straining can put the cardiovascular system at risk by raising blood pressure,» according to a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

If an additional level of support was required, schools could also explore pro-active remote services which are focussed on freeing up network teams by performing automated or standardised tasks such as system updates and security checks; tasks which are necessary, but often overlooked when network teams are busy firefighting more pressing issues.

The threat landscape School systems are threatened by a growing array of risks and dangers that require informed and effective mitigation to avoid the potential loss and damage that can result.

NCLB dramatically expanded the law's scope by requiring that states introduce school - accountability systems that applied to all public schools and students in the state.

For example, although the schools CMU chartered were required by law to administer the state testing system, the Michigan Educational Assessment Program or MEAP, the results were wholly inadequate for making high - stakes decisions like closing schools.

Either high schools will really have to embrace family incentives by becoming significantly smaller and more informal, or they will have to admit that they are large, modern organizations that require explicit systems of rewards and sanctions to enhance productivity.

Even if they are enacted, however, they will face an uphill battle absent broader reforms to teacher compensation systems — reforms that may be encouraged from Washington but will ultimately require action by state legislatures and local school boards.

Although an estimated 98 percent of the country's school systems have policies requiring the evaluation of teachers, administrators are «woefully inadequate» at carrying the policies out, according to Jerry W. Valentine, one of two nationally - recognized experts on evaluation who spoke this month at a seminar here sponsored by the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education (nolpe).

Two Los Angeles charter school operators last week sued the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging that the school system has refused to provide them with adequate classroom space, as required by statschool operators last week sued the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging that the school system has refused to provide them with adequate classroom space, as required by statSchool District, alleging that the school system has refused to provide them with adequate classroom space, as required by statschool system has refused to provide them with adequate classroom space, as required by state law.

To focus schools on achievement requires shifting from a process - based accountability system to one driven by results.

Parents of children assigned to failing schools in the New York City and Albany, N.Y., systems claimed in a lawsuit last week that those districts had denied students the chance to transfer or receive supplemental services as required by the federal law.

Obviously, attaining these critical goals will require substantial resource infusions, especially for the high - need schools that historically have been treated inequitably by state education finance systems.

The conditions, behaviors, and practices required by an effective coaching program can affect the culture of a school or system, thus embedding instructional change within broader efforts to improve school - based culture and conditions.

By centralising all data required in an open system that is password protected, and can be accessed by numerous individuals at a time, the responsibilities that are part and parcel of the school office do not rest solely on one person's shoulderBy centralising all data required in an open system that is password protected, and can be accessed by numerous individuals at a time, the responsibilities that are part and parcel of the school office do not rest solely on one person's shoulderby numerous individuals at a time, the responsibilities that are part and parcel of the school office do not rest solely on one person's shoulders.

APA's «continuation» of the School Funding Task Force's report estimated that $ 7.998 billion was required to realize educational adequacy for the 2003 — 04 school year, which implied that Minnesota's public school system was underfunded by approximately $ 953 million during thatSchool Funding Task Force's report estimated that $ 7.998 billion was required to realize educational adequacy for the 2003 — 04 school year, which implied that Minnesota's public school system was underfunded by approximately $ 953 million during thatschool year, which implied that Minnesota's public school system was underfunded by approximately $ 953 million during thatschool system was underfunded by approximately $ 953 million during that year.

ESSA also requires state accountability systems to include «a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State; or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.»

Moe, for reasons I'll explain in a moment, thinks «reform unionism» is a pipe dream and that the only effective way to drive school improvement is by getting the system incentives to emphasize performance — which requires measures of student learning.

Research confirms that, by requiring states that had not previously implemented school accountability systems to do so, No Child Left Behind worked to generate modest improvements in student learning, concentrated in math and among the lowest - performing students — precisely those on whom the law was focused.

That program replaced another pre-pay system that the county had used since 1995, which required parents to write a check for each child, put account numbers on each check, seal them in individual envelopes, and send them to school by not - always - reliable student couriers.

Unlike most private schools, however, they are required to participate in state testing systems and can be closed by their authorizers if they fail to meet performance goals.

State and federal law require each public school district and each approved private school to report to OSPI all known incidents involving the possession of weapons on school premises, transportation systems, or in areas of facilities while being used exclusively by public or private schools.

The proposed regulations go beyond ESSA by requiring that a state's system of meaningful differentiation assign a single summative rating to each school based on all of the required indicators.

While the training and professional development required to pull this off was supported initially by a foundation grant, DCPS is expanding from 20 schools using this one - two punch and is incorporating this learning across the system.

Following similar action in the House of Representatives, the United States Senate voted today to pass a resolution under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the final regulations issued by the previous administration regarding implementation of school accountability and improvement systems, data reporting, and consolidated state plans required by the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA.

Changing governance arrangements clearly can make a difference in the way urban public school systems function, but such a strategy requires the right combination of ingredients - committed and skilled leadership by the mayor, willingness to use scarce resources, a stable coalition of supporters, appropriate education policies, and a cadre of competent, committed professionals to implement the reforms.

Obama has proposed a «Success in the Middle Act,» which would provide federal support to improve the education of middle school students in low - performing schools by requiring states to develop detailed plans to improve student achievement, develop and utilize early identification data systems to identify those students most at - risk of dropping out, and invest in proven strategies that reduce the number of drop outs.

Yet at least one thing remains clear: Under the new K - 12 federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are required to put in place new systems to identify low - performing schools for improvement by the 2017 - 18 school year.

The new evaluation system, if approved by the legislature, would require all Michigan schools to have an educator evaluation system in place by 2015 - 16.

Even the most flexible of those models — «transformation,» the one chosen by nearly three - quarters of participating schools — requires districts to devise teacher - evaluation systems that take student performance into account.

When all else fails, NEA points to the bogus «fiscal burden» of vouchers, charging that they increase costs «by requiring taxpayers to fund two school systems, one public and one private.»

Because they invariably have a high percentage of new hires, the lowest performing schools usually take the brunt of the layoffs under this system, destabilizing them further by requiring a revolving door of substitutes.

This required us to set up systems to collect large amounts of data not normally collected by independent schools.

And beyond the school and district accountability provisions spawned by No Child Left Behind and its kin, many states have upped the ante to incorporate teachers» contributions to their students» test performance into teacher evaluation systems, and these value - added measures require testing large numbers of students.

Each district school board shall provide funding for the professional development system as required by s. 1011.62 and the General Appropriations Act, and shall direct expenditures from other funding sources to continuously strengthen the system in order to increase student achievement and support instructional staff in enhancing rigor and relevance in the classroom.

Instructional and noninstructional personnel who are hired or contracted to fill positions that require direct contact with students in an alternative school that operates under contract with a district school system must, upon employment or engagement to provide services, undergo background screening as required under s. 1012.465 or s. 1012.56, whichever is applicable, by filing with the district school board for the school district to which the alternative school is under contract a complete set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an employee of the school or school district who is trained to take fingerprints.

Each school district must and a state supported public school or a private school may develop and maintain a system by which members of the instructional staff may demonstrate mastery of professional education competence as required by law.

The intent of this paper is to provide a context for understanding the role that IAL can play in raising the achievement of all students by meeting the individual learning needs of each student in PreK — 12 schools — and the research base required if school districts are to invest wisely in IAL systems.

Phillips expects the state might try to force the issue when charter schools authorized by the education department are up for renewal, requiring them to adopt the state's teacher evaluation system.

The required training programs for substitute teachers may be provided by Florida College System institutions, colleges of education, district school boards, educational consortia, or commercial vendors.

When an allegation of misconduct by instructional personnel or school administrators, as defined in s. 1012.01, is received, if the alleged misconduct affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student, the district school superintendent in consultation with the school principal, or upon the request of the Commissioner of Education, must immediately suspend the instructional personnel or school administrators from regularly assigned duties, with pay, and reassign the suspended personnel or administrators to positions that do not require direct contact with students in the district school system.

The data most useful to parents and policymakers focus on how well students and schools are doing; this is the kind of data required by No Child Left Behind and collected by state accountability systems.