The structure, which Schools Week has learned involves four sub-regional improvement boards in each regional
schools commissioner area, gives a clue to what education secretary Justine Greening (pictured) had in mind when she said this week the government would move away from a «purely punitive intervention approach».
Not exact matches
According to Donald Horwood, superintendent of the Conneaut
Area City
Schools, the state tax
commissioner ordered Ashtabula County to return $ 1.1 million to U.S. Steel in July 1983 after finding that the company had overpaid that amount in property taxes on iron ore stored in Conneaut in 1981 and 1982.
«The richness and diversity of the West Midlands region makes the role of the regional
schools commissioner in this
area a particularly attractive one.
In response to the criticism that children are losing out on a broad education, Ratcliffe said Governor Bush and the education
commissioner, Jim Nelson, both believe
schools must focus on reading because children who can't read struggle in other
areas.
The boards provide support to the regional
schools commissioners in those
areas as they work to provide effective oversight of local
schools and advise the national
schools commissioner, Sir David Carter and the government.
The
commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any
school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the
commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of
school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high
school and high
school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject
areas other than those for which they possess certification.
The performance of regional
schools commissioners will be judged by how many
schools in their
areas convert to academy status, despite education secretary Nicky Morgan's public stance that she has no preference for any particular
school type.
Recently hired Wake County Manager David Ellis revealed his first budget proposal to county
commissioners on Wednesday with increases in many
areas of county government including an additional $ 30 million for the Wake County Public
School System.
The trusts will set up seven new «academy hubs» in five target
areas identified by regional
schools commissioners: South Yorkshire, Bradford, Greater Manchester, Northumberland and Tees Valley.
She added: «We remain concerned about academies that aren't doing so well — regional
school commissioners already have responsibility for supporting these, and we'd like to see evidence that they are doing this well, before they are given the responsibilities to support potentially many more
schools in their
areas.
Northern
schools feel unsupported by their regional
schools commissioners, who fail to communicate «any plan» for the
area, according to a new report from the children's
commissioner.
Mike Kane, the shadow
schools minister, has spoken of the need for
schools to be more accountable for parents and for England's
schools commissioners to cover smaller
areas and work with city mayors.
The boards are comprised of between four and eight elected and appointed members and chaired by the
area's regional
schools commissioner (RSC).
Transparency and accountability have been key
areas of concern since the
commissioners were first appointed in September 2014, with opponents of academies questioning why responsibility for
schools is being removed from elected local authorities and given to appointed civil servants.
The government has introduced
school commissioners to monitor academies and Labour is proposing directors of
school standards who would have oversight of all state - funded
schools in their local
areas.
It comes after
Schools Week reported in April that an academy in Redditch, in Worcestershire, was given permission by the area's regional schools commissioner (RSC) Pank Patel to convert into two
Schools Week reported in April that an academy in Redditch, in Worcestershire, was given permission by the
area's regional
schools commissioner (RSC) Pank Patel to convert into two
schools commissioner (RSC) Pank Patel to convert into two - tier.
The job of regional
schools commissioners is to oversee academies and free
schools in their
areas, doing a job similar to that of local authorities for council - run
schools.
Teaching
schools are being encouraged to tackle underperformance at academies in the east Midlands and Humber, says Jenny Bexon - Smith, the
area's regional
schools commissioner (RSC).
Under the plan, a certain number of complaints from parents would compel the regional
schools commissioner for their
area to intervene.
If you think you could meet the criteria to become a teaching
school within the next 24 months, and you are located in a target area, you should contact your local Teaching School Council or regional schools commissioner to find a teaching school to suppor
school within the next 24 months, and you are located in a target
area, you should contact your local Teaching
School Council or regional schools commissioner to find a teaching school to suppor
School Council or regional
schools commissioner to find a teaching
school to suppor
school to support you.
He added: «We continue to encourage councils to work with regional
schools commissioners, using their combined local knowledge, to identify good sponsors for
schools in their
area.
(4) An individual who is a Roman Catholic, a French - language rights - holder and an owner or tenant of residential property in the
area of jurisdiction of a French - language separate district
school board is entitled, on application under section 16 of the Assessment Act to the assessment
commissioner for the
area in which the property is located, to have his or her name included or altered in the assessment roll as a French - language separate district
school board supporter.
(3) Where a district
school area is formed or altered under subsection (2), the Minister shall notify the assessment
commissioner concerned.
(3) An individual who is a French - language rights holder and an owner or tenant of residential property in the
area of jurisdiction of a French - language public district
school board is entitled, on application under section 16 of the Assessment Act to the assessment
commissioner for the
area in which the property is located, to have his or her name included or altered in the assessment roll as a French - language public district
school board supporter.
Whether you are a student at the Mixed Martial Art
School, a trainer who works at Digital Domain Field, or a
commissioner in charge of building up the community redevelopment
area, you crave a simpler and faster way to compare quotes.
Judge Karasic, a graduate of the University of Delaware and the University of Baltimore
School of Law, is a former member of the Attorney Grievance Commission, the State of Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, the State of Maryland Critical
Areas Commission, the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drugs, and the District Court
Commissioners Education Committee.
You must appear before town planning staff, then planning board, then town
commissioners, and it all takes time, and they often want things such as road widening improvements in the
area of your development, contributions to the cost of street lights, they want impact fees, and if
schools are overcrowded they may make your project next to impossible.