Sentences with phrase «school districts in the state while»

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The day after the Muscogee County School District conducted an alternative activity while prohibiting students from participating in the National School Walkout, an online petition calls the video conference with state legislators a «sham.»

While such dual - superintendency jobs used to be common in the state, many districts in the Chicago area rejected them because sharing one top administrator was too demanding in bigger school systems.

While the new CT State Law requires all districts provide a number for concussions diagnosed in their students, the Norwalk School Concussion Project is going a step further and shedding the light on the various types of sport and non-sport concussions across our K - 12 schools.

While more children used the regular school year food programs, budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer programs.

The state should adopt the Executive Budget's formula improvements that better address poverty and district need, while also taking steps to ensure that students receive additional resources — especially in schools that serve low - income students and students of color.

Per - pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations — in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly in high - need communities.

New York's Education Commissioner told a gathering of school, district, and BOCES administrators that while the state has made progress in areas like curriculum and assessments, much more work remains to be done.

Forand also cited DiNapoli's audits of state and local governments and school districts that save taxpayers millions of dollars statewide while using the investment clout of the pension fund to influence corporate behavior such as in addressing climate change.

The Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in education.

While thousands of students have left rural public districts, poverty rates in these schools have increased, according to the analysis by the New York State Association of School Business Officials.

In doing so, State education spending will remain under the school aid cap while providing all districts with sufficient funds to provide a sound basic education.6

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serSchool districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serschool boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

In a news conference outside of the Senate chamber, school organizations called for a bump in state aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer districtIn a news conference outside of the Senate chamber, school organizations called for a bump in state aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer districtin state aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer districtin the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer districts.

The state United Teachers union is launching a television and radio campaign urging voters to support local school district budgets while also touting what they see as the success in New York schools.

In an attempt to diversify its teaching ranks, the Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioIn an attempt to diversify its teaching ranks, the Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioin high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioin education.

The two percent property tax cap, approved a year ago by lawmakers in New York state, is another thing that local governments and school districts have to take into account while they plan their budgets.

«While it is welcome news that so few school districts across the state have been classified as in fiscal stress, school officials should remain vigilant and carefully consider how their budgeting decisions will affect their long - term fiscal condition and local taxpayers,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morstate budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morstate, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morstate, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morState registered voters released early Monday morning.

There are unfunded mandates and lack of aid from the state, and while he has provided more money for education, it is less than the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement [the 2006 court ruling requiring the state to pay billions in backpay to shortchanged school districts]... When [Assembly Speaker Carl] Heastie proposed a slightly progressive income tax, he just rejected it.

Syracuse Schools Superintendent Jaime Alicea said the district has made significant progress in the last four years, while they have been complying with an agreement known as the Assurance of Discontinuance with the state attorney general's office.

While a new law allows Florida schools to arm their teachers, the Leon County School Board has unanimously approved a resolution stating they won't be doing that in their school disSchool Board has unanimously approved a resolution stating they won't be doing that in their school disschool district.

Mattituck - Cutchogue School District Superintendent Anne Smith said in an email Tuesday that while school districts are just starting to evaluate how the latest proposed tax cap and state aid figures will affect their budgets, efforts are already underway to advocate for more fuSchool District Superintendent Anne Smith said in an email Tuesday that while school districts are just starting to evaluate how the latest proposed tax cap and state aid figures will affect their budgets, efforts are already underway to advocate for more fuschool districts are just starting to evaluate how the latest proposed tax cap and state aid figures will affect their budgets, efforts are already underway to advocate for more funding.

Superintendents and education representatives from all 133 school districts in Virginia told the state's elected officials that they can't have «best - in - the - nation public education and a best - in - the - world work force» while cutting the education budget for the third year in a row.

Bennett Liebman, government lawyer - in - residence at Albany Law School and former deputy secretary for gaming and racing in the Cuomo administration, told The Alt that while the governor has the power under the state constitution to remove a district attorney from office through a quasi-judicial proceeding, it is «extraordinarily unlikely» that he will do so in this case.

In Massachusetts, writes Georgia Alexakis in the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.&raquIn Massachusetts, writes Georgia Alexakis in the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.&raquin the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.&raquin Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.»

Districts throughout the state that remain open are telling families who have evacuated to their areas to register children in local schools while the regions hit hardest by the storm work to reopen their schools.

While the exact way forward may vary from one district to another, there should be no further delay in creating state laws and regulations that level the playing field between charters and other public schools.

Perhaps some states would empower high - performing schools first, while others might put failing schools into governors» districts like the one currently proposed in New Jersey.

Our State Board of Education permits schools, with prior approval, of counting students for enrollment in their district while the student receives instruction online from another source...

And while the state does have a tool that allows for some comparisons within school districts, it is clunky and cumbersome compared to information systems in other states and districts available today.

However, while White touts that, if the voucher schools were their own district, they'd rank 9th for performance improvement, they'd still be the fifth - worst of 76 in the state in actual performance.

In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see FigurState's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figurstate compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2).

It may force states, districts, and school - level personnel to be a lot more prescriptive about curriculum and instruction that any of us might like in the short term while we enhance and build capacity for the long haul.

While magnet schools are widely prevalent — there are over 3,000 magnets across more than 600 school districts within 34 states — they have received less attention in the research literature than charters.

While we partner with a number of reform - minded districts across the United States, only about 20 percent of EP alumni in education work for school districts (including exciting new models like Louisiana's Recovery School District and Tennessee's Achievement School Distschool districts (including exciting new models like Louisiana's Recovery School District and Tennessee's Achievement School DistSchool District and Tennessee's Achievement School DistSchool District).

Auditors in some states regularly calculate the percentages that districts spend on classroom resources compared with administration, while other states are scrutinizing school spending for fraud and inefficiency.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — In some school districts across the United States, public school buildings sit vacant while nearby charter schools searching for space are turned away.

It showed that among the 16 states studied, there was wide variation in charter quality, and that while lots of charters were doing well, lots were doing worse than local district schools.

While 15 of the 25 students will work in an urban school district or state department of education, others will be at a range of well - established and startup education organizations.

While informative, they do not conclusively show the effects of policies that alter the overall racial composition of a school through changes in attendance patterns, the policies that are of greatest concern to both the courts and to state and district policymakers.

But while voucher programs, for example, have overcome legal prohibitions in some states, political resistance to the flow of substantial public funds to schools not under the control of districts remains intense.

Looking forward, the 2010 — 11 and 2011 — 12 school years pack a one - two punch, with school district leaders facing the end of ARRA dollars and answering tough questions about programs and personnel that have been (and will be) cut, while trying to figure out what, if any, economic recovery is in store at the state and local levels.

In a highly mobile nation like the United States, this is particularly nettlesome when children change schools and discover that their new school district teaches geometry in 7th grade, while they took it the previous yeaIn a highly mobile nation like the United States, this is particularly nettlesome when children change schools and discover that their new school district teaches geometry in 7th grade, while they took it the previous yeain 7th grade, while they took it the previous year.

This indicates that while there are many reasons why school districts and states might want to seek to integrate relatively advantaged and relatively disadvantaged students within the same school, it appears unlikely that a policy goal of reducing the test score gap between students in these groups will be realized through further socioeconomic integration (at least once there gets to be the degree of socioeconomic integration necessary to be part of this study to begin with).

While the CTBA report never mentions the reduction in state allocations to district schools resulting from vouchers or scholarships in its discussion of the impact on state spending, it does include a section lamenting the loss of revenue to the district schools.

One would limit the share of state money earmarked for the state's «special needs» school districts in poor, urban areas, while the other would bar the executive...

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

While this is an oversimplification, the Department's proposed rule would require districts to spend roughly equal amounts of state and local revenue per pupil in Title I and non-Title I schools.

While Iowa lawmakers raised per - pupil funding for schools, widespread declines in enrollment mean that most of the Hawkeye State's school districts will receive few of those new dollars.