Sentences with phrase «say on charter applications»

The legislation was also criticized last week by Bill Cobey, the Republican chairman of the State Board of Education, which has final say on charter applications today, although no representative from the Department of Public Instruction was on hand to address either bill.

Not exact matches

The Assembly continues to have «concerns,» according to the governor, who said he will submit an application regardless of whether there's an agreement on lifting the charter school cap because «you never know, we might win.»

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

On Friday, deputy mayor Richard Buery said the city received fewer pre-K applications from charters than he expected.

On October 7, the day of the next school board meeting and with the board still unaware of Moran's plans (she had e-mailed the plan to her colleagues the night before, but according to Education Week, some board members and Acting Superintendent Watson said they hadn't had a chance to read the application before the meeting), New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin announced that he would ask the governor for help in creating a citywide charter school system.

Elliot Smalley, SCPCSD Superintendent, was quoted saying «On this last day of our application cycle, it is clear that education and community leaders are stepping up like never before to create high quality, innovative charter schools in the state of South Carolina.

And earlier this year, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said states «that do not have public charter laws or put artificial caps on the growth of charter schools will jeopardize their applications.»

Grier said Houston's application will build on a turnaround plan known as Apollo 20, which aims to apply the qualities of high - performing charter schools to underperforming public schools.

Merriman said charters around the city are working on initiatives to enroll more kids with disabilities and English language learners, including online applications in many languages and charter schools designed for kids with autism.

The message, he said, is that school boards should consider charter applications based on merit, regardless of politics.

(3) In any fiscal year, if the board determines based on student performance data collected pursuant to section 1I, said district is in the lowest 10 per cent of all statewide student performance scores released in the 2 consecutive school years before the date the charter school application is submitted, the school district's total charter school tuition payment to commonwealth charter schools may exceed 9 per cent of the district's net school spending but shall not exceed 18 per cent.

«I think it's interesting... that the people on the board who have run [charter] schools successfully, that changed the trajectory of kids» lives in low - income communities --[they] are saying this [charter application] is not at the level that our kids deserve,» said Quigley, who identifies as one of the people he describes.

Superintendent Robert Gross said the board is slated to vote on the charter school application in early February.

In response to Banner questions on why unified enrollment was necessary, given the availability of a common charter application, a Boston Compact spokesperson issued a statement attributed to collaboration officer Rachel Weinstein that said that unified enrollment is meant to simplify enrollment and application processes, create consistent enrollment policies and procedures across district and charter schools and provide Boston students with «fairer access to high quality schools.»

Therefore, the Belgian migration authorities were bound by the Charter when deciding on X and X's application for a visa with limited territorial application under Article 25 of the Visa Code, even if this Article grants a margin of discretion to the said authorities.

In yet another application of R. v Jordan, on March 17, Justice Peter Wilkie of the Ontario Court of Justice stayed a charge in R. v. Stephenson's Rental Services, saying the right of the defendant to be tried within a reasonable time under s. 11 (b) of the Charter had been breached.