Sentences with phrase «school choice law allowing»

CARSON CITY — The legal battle over Nevada's school choice law allowing parents to tap into taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition is inching closer to climax before the state's highest court in a case being watched around the country, though resolution could be weeks or months away.

The legal battle over Nevada's school choice law allowing parents to tap into taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition is inching closer to climax before the state's highest court in a case being watched around the country.

Not exact matches

Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit from a special program at a school in a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents want.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.

Other Detroit families, around 14 percent, take advantage of Michigan's interdistrict choice law that allows them to send their children to nearby suburban schools.

This is especially true when Parent Trigger laws, which allow families to take control of failing schools, becomes part of the choice conversation.

State law exempts the schools from many state rules, allowing for innovative education and school choice.

61 % of those surveyed agree with an Arizona law that provides tax credit scholarships to special education students in traditional public schools, allowing them to attend the public or private school of their choice.

Since Arizona law allows for robust open enrollment and parental choice, school district boundaries no longer define where students must attend public school.

For example, although there are no longer laws that allow racial segregation, a state's housing and school choice laws affect the student demographics of schools.

In a 5 - 0 vote, the justices rejected claims that the law primarily benefited religious institutions that run private schools and accepted arguments that it gave families choice and allowed parents to determine where the money went.

The California Charter Schools Law, approved in 1992, opened the door to education reform and school choice, allowing charter schools to operate with autonomy and flexibility in exchange for increased accountaSchools Law, approved in 1992, opened the door to education reform and school choice, allowing charter schools to operate with autonomy and flexibility in exchange for increased accountaschools to operate with autonomy and flexibility in exchange for increased accountability.

While many other professional disciplines require students to follow a single course of studies (such as medicine) or tightly described streams of study leading to well - defined specialties (such as engineering), law school is a relatively unstructured program that allows a great deal of choice after first year law.

While he's reluctant to add additional law schools to the growing list of options in Canada, Furlong believes Lakehead's choice to allow students to substitute an articling position for a work placement as part of their studies should be a welcome inclusion.