Sentences with phrase «school boards associations»

«Schools have zero leeway when it comes to pension plans,» Lisa Davis, executive director of the Westchester - Putnam School Boards Association, explains.

Singh is a fierce advocate of diversity and equity issues at the Peel District School Board and at the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA).

The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association states: «Their argument is that per student grants paid to a Catholic school division for non-Catholic students is discriminatory against public schools under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association responded to the decision and said it's»... obviously disappointed with Justice Layh's decision».

The school board association said that it will take time to go over the 230 - page decision to see what it means for Catholic education in the province and for families who choose Catholic education.

The National School Boards Association has been particularly vocal about this point, saying that it will actually cost school districts an additional 11 to 25 cents to cover the Institute of Medicine's nutritional recommendations, which call for increasing the minimum amounts of fruits and vegetables as well as for weekly requirements for «dark green and orange vegetables.»

Additional Accountability Requirements: None Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: A collaborative between the Commissioner of Education and the state school boards association that created the Nutrition and Fitness Policy Guidelines (2004), a model school fitness and nutrition policy consistent with the 16 V.S.A. 216 (2004).

It's hard to predict how much political traction Noem's bill will attain, though I did note in the Civil Eats piece that it already has the endorsement of the National School Boards Association and the School Superintendents» Association.

The National School Board Association (NSBA), long aligned with the SNA on these nutritional roll - backs, yesterday released the results of a survey of 650 school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.»

There will also be a discussion of how state school board associations can engage with other local stakeholders — advocates, parents, and members of the school community — to bring BIC to more districts in your state.

Our long time school board member (and now President - Elect of the California School Board Association) Jill Wynns was the genius behind this policy.

Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the school boards association, said it was «disappointing» that the law «does not provide adequate funding,» which she said would «challenge schools» ability to provide school nutrition by adding a new funding burden for schools at a time when there are critical budget shortfalls.»

The American Association of School Administrators, the National School Boards Association and the Council of the Great City Schools opposed the bill, saying it would impose a host of requirements without providing schools money to pay for them.

Calculations by the nonprofit National School Boards Association suggest the guidelines could add 11 cents to 25 cents per meal; the new rules, by contrast, would raise the federal reimbursement by only 6 cents.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

NYS Athletic Trainers» Association Focused on Academic Adjustments following a Concussion during the 2013 NYS School Board Association Convention

The New York State Athletic Trainers» Association (NYSATA) has come full - circle with its current public outreach initiative by again operating an educational exhibit booth at the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) conference in Rochester, from October 24 - 26, 2013.

The National School Boards Association and the School Nutrition Association, which represents 55,000 school food workers and gets about half of its revenue from the industry, backed a rider in the last omnibus spending bill to block future limits until there is more science to justify them.

Winners will be recognized at the National School Boards Association's Annual Conference in Denver on Saturday.

Ms. Poole participated throughout the School Board - initiated VILLA parent academy program launched this school year in collaboration with the Georgia School Boards Association.

It's a measure that is also strongly opposed by the New York School Boards Association, which believes the bill would put in place the state's «first private voucher system.»

Roughly 92 percent of school budgets passed yesterday, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

The state School Boards Association, Council of School Superintendents, United Teachers, and the School Administrators have filed yet another lawsuit against Gov. David Paterson, challenging the legality and constitutionality of his decision to withhold $ 2.1 billion worth of payments scheduled for March 31.

It's back to the bad old days of late uncertainty and delay, and as Tim Kremer of the School Boards Association and Bob Lowry of the Council of School Superintendents told us on CapTon last night, this is the first late budget under the 2 percent tax cap.

Also, Tim Kremer from the NYS School Boards Association breaks down the school budget results across the state.

Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association Timothy G. Kremer said, «We welcome Governor Cuomo's willingness to tackle mandate relief for schools.

The State School Boards Association's Tim Kremer said schools need the additional aid because their costs are rising.

As mayors prepared to make their case, the state School Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on average.

Julie Marlette is director of governmental relations at the New York State School Boards Association, which supports the bill and is urging Governor Cuomo to sign.

Earlier this week, 97.6 percent of school budgets passed acrossed the state, according to Tim Kremer of the New York State School Boards Association.

A study by the New York State School Boards Association finds three quarters of the state's school districts would have exceeded the new 2 % property tax cap, had it been in effect for the current school year budget.

«We need to think through the election rhetoric about imposing a property tax cap,» School Boards Association Executive Director Timothy Kremer said in a newsletter article outlining the projections.

Tim Kremer with the New York State School Boards Association said while he gives the governor credit for trying to remedy the situation, there could be all sorts of unforeseen consequences in both options.

Sherry Johnson, the executive director of the Monroe County School Board Association, says voter turnout has decreased over the years since the tax cap was implemented.

As school districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

The New York State Teacher of the Year Program is administered by the New York State Education Department and sponsored by New York State United Teachers (NYSUT); United Federation of Teachers (UFT); New York State Parents and Teachers Association (NYSPTA); New York State Association for School Curriculum Development (NYSASCD); New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA); School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS); New York State Association of Teacher Educators (NYSATE); New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NYACTE); Voya Financial; the SMARTer Kids Foundation; SMART Technologies and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

(Airs 5/22 & 5/24) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State School Boards Association Executive Director Tim Kremer.

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi, Tim Kremer from the School Boards Association, and Bob Lowry from the Council of School Superintendents discuss the governor's proposals.

Plus interviews with Green party's Howie Hawkins, NYS School Boards Association's Tim Kremer and NYS Council of School Superintendents» Bob Lowry, Susan Goodwillie of the Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project and Terry Hubbard — the mother of an inmate dealing with mental illness — and Harvey Rosenthal from the NYS Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services.

In February 2012, for example, the New York State Council of School Superintendents and New York State School Boards Association sent a joint letter to Cuomo, warning that the hurried process would pressure local superintendents and boards into making concessions to unions and weakening the system.

The executive director of the NYS School Boards Association, Tim Kremer, joined us to talk more about the group's shared service initiative.

Head of the state School Boards Association, Tim Kremer, joined us to discuss.

But what was interesting, too, about the report, is the long list of provided statements from the Business Council, the New York Council of Mayors, the state School Boards Association and Unshackle Upstate called Let NY Work.

School budget votes and school board elections are being held across New York on Tuesday, and the New York State School Boards Association says more schools are seeking to convince voters to override the state's tax cap.

«The quality of education for thousands of students in a district could be jeopardized over the mere misfiling of paperwork,» said David Albert, a spokesman for the New York School Boards Association.

Overall in New York State, voters approved 97.6 percent of school district budgets on Tuesday, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

The speakers at the event were Nyack Superintendent of Schools Dr. James Montesano and Ann Byrne a 30 - year member of the Nanuet Board of Education, member and past president of the New York State School Boards and Northeast Director for the National School Boards Association.

Tim Kremer, with the New York State School Boards Association, says the proposal pulls the rug out from under the education system.

Tim Kremer, with the New York State School Boards Association, says the extra time was something they lobbied for.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports on SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher remarks with New York State School Boards Association Executive Director Timothy Kremer.