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In response to Committee member questions, Ms. Bauscher also discussed SNA's requests for menu planning flexibility under the new standards and examples of challenges cited by school cafeterias across the country.

To address challenges, SNA has advocated for greater financial support for school meal programs and practical flexibility under whole grain and sodium mandates.

Under the finance regulations, local authorities have the flexibility to make changes to the number of pre-16 places funded in maintained schools and PRUs.

Under the proposed Senate deal, schools would be given more flexibility in serving whole grains and further limits on sodium in school food would be temporarily halted — both wins for the SNA — but the improved nutrition standards of the 2010 CNR would mostly remain intact.

Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straSchools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straschools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

With the grant came good things: extra cash — as much as $ 2 million per school per year — as well as the flexibility to try new things often restricted under union rules, like an extended school year.

Under these funding models, schools have the flexibility to spend their money on competency - based learning or any other type of model.

Many schools that reach NCLB's restructuring phase, rather than implementing one of the law's stated interventions (close and reopen as a charter school, replace staff, turn the school over to the state, or contract with an outside entity), choose the «other» option, under which they have considerable flexibility to design an improvement strategy of their own (see «Easy Way Out,» forum, Winter 2007).

The CORE Districts are a collaboration of large urban school districts in California that began measuring social - emotional skills, including Growth Mindset, as part of an innovative multiple - measures data system under a No Child Left Behind flexibility request.

The U.S. Department of Education's latest move to grant more flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act, this time aimed at helping schools that narrowly miss the law's requirement for high participation on standardized tests, was generally welcomed last week.

And the California state school board this month approved an Orange County district's plan to teach its limited - English - proficient students mostly in English under a revised state policy that gives schools more flexibility to stop teaching students in their native languages.

The U.S. Department of Education's plan to grant states broad flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act will free up as much as $ 800 million in money school districts now must set aside for tutoring students, but may mark a significant financial blow to an education industry that has grown up around serving low - performing schools.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, state education leaders have a lot of flexibility to design and test new interventions for struggling schools.

Margie also completed a Presidential Management Fellowship at the U.S. Department of Education where she oversaw evaluations of various programs under No Child Left Behind, including alternative teacher certification, state and local flexibility provisions, and out - of - school - time programs.

With this evidence, and with the newfound flexibility under ESSA, there is no reason for any state to continue using percent proficient as a measure of school performance.

State Rep. Lynn Finnegan, R - 32nd («Aliamanu, Airport, Mapunapuna), who has two children at Voyager, a Kaka'ako charter school, said Congress should provide more flexibility to measure student growth under No Child Left Behind.

of the 2016 Appropriation Act states, «To provide additional flexibility, notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1 - 79.1, Code of Virginia, any school division that was granted a waiver regarding the opening date of the school year for the 2011 - 12 school year under the good cause requirements shall continue to be granted a waiver for the 2016 - 17 school year and the 2017 - 2018 school year.»

Now that districts have more flexibility in how they use their resources under the Local Control Funding Formula, «we wanted to seize the moment» to steer the conversation about how to reform education toward community schools, Niebuhr said.

The flexibility means mandates under No Child Left Behind, like a free tutoring program in the Rochester City School District known as Supplemental Educational Services, will no longer be required.

However, because those efforts were unsuccessful, and your legislature is not scheduled to reconvene until January 2015, I can not extend Washington's authority to implement ESEA flexibility, and Washington and its LEAs must resume implementing the requirements of Title I of the ESEA, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), as well as all other ESEA requirements that were waived under ESEA flexibility, for the 2014 — 2015 school year.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

According to the Washington Times, Arizona may put the «promises of greater flexibility» under ESSA to the test due to a 2016 state law «that allows traditional and charter school leaders to choose the standardized test they think best fits each school's teaching methods.»

As states begin to receive the green light on their accountability plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), schools and districts can now exercise the enhanced flexibility they need to provide a tailored learning environment for their students.

Throughout California, school district leaders are using their newfound flexibility under LCFF to put summer to work in ways that serve equity goals.

We believe states have a unique opportunity before them: to use new flexibilities under ESSA to do more than just change the metrics by which they hold schools accountable or ensure a plan is in place to support improvement in their state's lowest - performing 5 percent of schools.

Changes to the existing education system to provide greater flexibility: Under the Act, student learning time in core academic subjects increased to a mandatory six and a half hours each school day (recess and study hall no longer counted).

As a result of the flexibility and autonomy offered under this innovative structure, the COP has shown itself to be successful model that should be supported in its continued growth,» said Jed Wallace, President and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association.

The applications for federal flexibility under the NCLB law, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, show 11 states aiming for vastly different student - achievement goals, with a jumble of strategies to improve low - performing schools.

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But while most states Hyslop studied identified fewer schools in need of improvement under the waivers, Indiana actually designated more schools as «focus» and «priority» after appealing to the federal government for flexibility.

Please note that under the provisions of Virginia's approved ESEA flexibility application, Title I school improvement requirements under NCLB are waived beginning with school year 2012 - 2013; however, the Department is still required to collect school improvement data related to Title I school improvement implementation in the 2011 - 2012 school year for federal reporting purposes.

Under the trigger law, a vote by 50 - percent of the student body's parents can force low - performing schools to change the administration or staff, or revamp themselves into a publicly funded charter with more teaching flexibility.

Under the Charter System, Atlanta Public Schools would gain freedom and flexibility from many state education laws and regulations in exchange for increased accountability for student achievement.

Virginia, under No Child Left Behind Act flexibility waivers granted by USED, established annual measurable objectives (AMOs) in reading and mathematics for reducing proficiency gaps between students in the commonwealth's lowest - performing and highest - performing schools.

-- Jonathan Cetel Founding Executive Director, PennCAN, and 2012 Forbes 30 Under 30 In order to increase the retention of teachers, innovation and flexibility must be a standard within school districts.

«Increasingly, parents understand that charter schools were precisely given the flexibility to be independent of the many constraints under California's Education codes, allowing them to be more innovative while simultaneously being held accountable for improved student achievement.

To apply for ESEA flexibility, states are required to outline potential interventions in their lowest - performing schools, making sure the interventions are aligned with seven turnaround principles that the Education Department established under Race to the Top in 2009, of which increased learning time is one.

Under the Curriculum for Excellence, local authorities and schools are given flexibility to tailor the curriculum to local needs, officials say.

[2] Despite the risks that accompany these localized policies, the huge changes and successes under the competency model were made possible by the freedom, flexibility, and choice granted to schools to create programs to help students in very different communities and situations as opposed to more stifling national mandates.

Recognizing that schools couldn't continue to operate under NCLB's significant flaws, the Obama administration has offered states flexibility from the law's most onerous provisions in exchange for specific reform commitments focused on college and career readiness, improvements in the lowest - performing schools, and teacher effectiveness.

Eight large urban school districts in California will open the school year with new flexibility to reduce the emphasis on standardized tests and set their own standards for student success, under an unprecedented waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act that the U.S. Department of Education granted on Tuesday.

State law can help create the conditions under which leaders at low - performing schools have the flexibility they need over finances, staffing, use of time, the school calendar, and other aspects of school operations, to craft tailored, productive interventions that address the needs of their school communities.

The federal School Improvement Grant program has been retired, and under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, districts will have more flexibility along with a percentage of federal funds to roll out locally honed strategies for turnaround.

And third, ESSA provides more flexibility at the local level for school improvement, requiring evidence - based strategies rather than the specific interventions of private tutoring and school choice that were mandatory for all struggling schools under the NCLB's school improvement grants program.3

During his tenure there, he implemented a balanced assessment system, transitioned the state to 100 % online testing, implemented the West Virginia Growth Model, developed an approved growth - based accountability system under ESEA Flexibility, and led standard settings to define statewide cut scores for effective schools and teachers.

Under ESSA, states have greater flexibility in defining the metrics that will demonstrate how well its schools are preparing students for college and careers.

We recommend extending the flexibilities provided to «Innovation Zone» schools under the recently passed HB 1080 to all low - performing schools in selected areas.

Under the state's restart option for low - performing schools, Glenn, Lakewood and 12 other DPS schools were granted «charter - like» flexibility by the State Board of Education in July.

In exchange, states could be exempt from some of the most prominent NCLB requirements, including provisions related to the 100 percent proficiency target, AYP requirements, and the identification of and interventions for low - performing schools (see sidebar Key Provisions Waived Under ESEA Flexibility).

Source: Data on the number of schools in improvement under NCLB and the number of priority and focus schools under ESEA Flexibility collected from http://eddateexpress.ed.gov/.