Sentences with phrase «school bill approved»

Voters shouldn't be misled by opponents of charter schools, who would use R - 55 to repeal the modest charter school bill approved by the legislature and signed by Gov. Gary Locke last spring.

Referendum 55 will ask voters to decide whether the charter schools bill approved this year should become law.

Not exact matches

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

But after the facility fumigated the food, federal inspectors offered a clean bill of health and approved shipment to school cafeterias across Illinois.

Yesterday the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2015 spending bill with controversial language, drafted by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - AL), which would allow struggling schools to request a 12 - month waiver from complying with healthier school food standards.

Later this month the Republican - dominated U.S. House likely will approve a cost - cutting bill that would dismantle the 48 - year - old National School Lunch Program, giving control of school - based feeding programs to individual sSchool Lunch Program, giving control of school - based feeding programs to individual sschool - based feeding programs to individual states.

The Pre-Tertiary Bill approved by Cabinet proposes the devolution of the management of Basic Schools to the Assemblies and management of Senior High Schools at Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ministry of Education (MoE) Headquarters.

State lawmakers yesterday approved measures to renew Kendra's Law and allow medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder — but Mayor Bill de Blasio's future control of the NYC schools remained an unsettled issue.

Georgia lawmakers approved a bill that stripped out a tax break proposal highly coveted by Delta Air Lines — the most stinging punishment that America's pro-gun forces have leveled so far on one of the many corporations recalibrating their positions on firearms after the Florida high school massacre.

Mayor Bill de Blasio took another step today to reverse the previous administration's schools agenda, withdrawing nine co-locations approved last year, including three for Eva Moskowitz's Success Academies.

At the end of last year's legislative session the state senate approved a bill directing the New York City Police Department to put an officer in every public and private school under their jurisdiction.

A similar bill (A2699) introduced by Assemblyman Philip Steck (D - Albany) would require simple majorities to approve an override, provided that 60 percent of school board members voted to authorize it.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

In the weeks after the budget was approved, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers introduced bills that would either exempt some top - performing school districts from aspects of the evaluations to pushing back deadlines for their adoption.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the gun control issue.

Bill de Blasio's plan to charge rent to charter schools is rankling advocates, and helping prompt the Bloomberg's administration to hurry and approve two dozen co-locations.

ALBANY — The Republican - led state Senate on Monday approved bills intended to improve school safety in the wake of the latest school shooting massacre, but only after voting down a number of Democratic gun - control proposals and trading insults.

Any bill that comes from the legislature would ultimately have to be approved by Governor Rick Scott, who has said that he opposes the «school marshal» portion of the bill.

One proposal in the Senate would have extended mayoral control for a year and mandated that city school budgets be approved by Albany, a bill that de Blasio called «unacceptable.»

CUNY's Board of Trustees, chaired by Cuomo appointee Bill Thompson, and CUNY Chancellor James Milliken, recently approved the new union school.

Albany legislators have approved a bill to restore the full term of an East Ramapo school trustee after it was cut in half due to a technical error.

Cuomo will reportedly veto a controversial special education bill today that requires school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer - funded tuition for students at private schools.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

Lawmakers also approved a bill that would require testing for lead in public school water, and that awaits Cuomo's signature as well.

Here's Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, explaining his bill that would essentially do away with the last in, first out requirement for firing public school teachers approved by the Senate Education Committee this morning and could come up for a vote by the full Senate this afternoon.

A bill backed by Republican Sen. Jack Martins would exempt the state's top performing school districts from the newly approved teacher evaluation criteria.

Senate Democrats aren't the only ones seeking changes to what was approved in the budget: Republicans and Democrats in both chambers have introduced bills aimed at extending the deadline for developing regulations for the teacher evaluations as well unlinking the enactment of the standards on the local level to a boost in school aid.

ALBANY — The tensions between the Jewish and black and Hispanic communities in Rockland County's troubled East Ramapo school district were mirrored Thursday in the state Assembly, where lawmakers debated and ultimately approved by an unusually low margin a bill establishing state oversight of the public schools.

Cuomo, gave his final approval to the spending bill that was approved by state lawmakers last month, at a bill signing ceremony before an auditorium of high school students in Queens.

If school districts go off the text of the budget bill and assume there will be no state aid increase, they may need to issue layoff notices before the state budget is approved.

The repeal bill would make school districts» use of state assessments in evaluating teachers and principals optional rather than mandatory, and would allow districts to use alternative exams of their own choosing, provided such tests were approved by the commissioner.

The 31 - page document, apparently drafted after the Senate and Assembly approved one - house budget bills of their own last week, lays out in intricate detail where each chamber and the governor stand on dozens of outstanding budget issues, from billions of dollars in school aid to cuts in welfare checks to rules for marine fishery licenses.

All 13 charter schools that applied to offer Mayor Bill de Blasio's pre-kindergarten program this fall have been approved, a Department of Education official confirmed Monday.

The state Senate has approved a bill giving a five year extension of mayoral control, but additionally providing for increases in then number of charter schools.

The Council also approved a bill to require the Department of Education to submit a yearly report to the Council about special education services available in the city's public schools.

She also touted legislation recently approved by the Senate to address school safety, like bills to fund armed school resource officers and make security upgrades.

New York just made history when the City Council approved the nation's first bills of their kind to provide free tampons and pads in all public schools, homeless

Earlier this week, an Assembly bill was approved that extends the ability of counties to keep a higher sales tax in place, while also continuing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's control over the city's vast school system for another two yebill was approved that extends the ability of counties to keep a higher sales tax in place, while also continuing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's control over the city's vast school system for another two yeBill de Blasio's control over the city's vast school system for another two years.

Questions asked included whether Cardinal Dolan supports the income tax surcharge that is part of the mayor's plan, what the 1,700 seats offered by the Archdiocese are currently used for, pending education tax credit bills, how the mayor expects to get his pre-K plan approved despite continuing disagreement with Governor Cuomo, guidelines governing church / state separation, how enough sufficiently - credentialed teachers can be in place for September and whether the pressure over his charter school actions is causing Mayor de Blasio to change his views.

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Washington — As bills to outlaw abortion and to end school busing moved toward legislative action last week, the Senate approved a measure endorsing voluntary prayer in public schools.

A bill that will loosen the state's policy toward home schools was approved by Washington lawmakers last week and is expected to be signed by Gov. Booth Gardner.

The bill was launched in the legislature almost immediately after state voters last month approved a new school - finance system.

The bill, which House members also approved last Tuesday, includes provisions for the establishment of a Center for Educational Excellence at Indiana University; a $ 96 - million fund to encourage top students to become teachers; a $ 24 - million program of federal merit scholarships; and a $ 100 - million fund to train school administrators.

By a 10 - 2 vote, the Senate education committee approved a bill last week that would not only change the state tests students take, but also erase several years» worth of judgments about school effectiveness that have been made based on the test scores.

The Senate last week appeared poised to approve a tax bill that includes several provisions aiding schools and children.

Approved school - choice bill to allow students to transfer to public schools outside their home districts.

Following a spirited debate about federal spending priorities in education, the House education committee approved a bill last week that would authorize new money to help districts improve school facilities, including making them more environmentally friendly.

Setting up a confrontation with the federal government over the cost of educating military dependents, a committee of the Illinois House has approved a bill to allow some school districts to carve military bases out of their boundaries.

South Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill requiring all school districts to offer sex education.