Sentences with phrase «schools on an equitable basis»

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Even when students and their families have been successful in school funding litigation based on state constitutions, many state lawmakers have resisted and evaded court mandates to provide equitable or adequate funding.

Allocating funds based on the number and characteristics of students that attend a school, instead of more typical methods of district - based budgeting and funding personnel, has the potential to facilitate public school choice by helping to ensure district schools of choice receive equitable funding.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

The individual school option provides equitable services funding to a private school based on enrollment of eligible children.

This faith - based charter compromise could lead to a renewed urban school system — one based on equitable funding, more diverse options, parental choice, and comprehensive transparency and accountability.

State leaders must find a way to distribute what education funding we do have based on student need, rather than the type of public school, so that every Connecticut child receives equitable support for their public education.»

In Phase One, we will introduce our RP / SEL model to three schools and work intensively with them to improve the model, identify best practices, and create tools to support schools in using these best practices to create equitable school cultures based on restorative approaches rather than punitive ones.

Findings were based on a two - year study of four districts pursuing more equitable funding practices to address their achievement gaps: Atlanta Public Schools; New York City Department of Education / Empowerment Schools; Portland, Ore., Public Schools; and Lane County District Number 4J in Eugene, Ore..

«Connecticut needs and deserves an equitable school - finance system that is based on the learning needs of students, and the schools that serve them.»

Each school division is obligated to inform officials of private schools located within the division's boundary, that private, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools are eligible to participate on an equitable basis.

In this installment of Dan and Larry's discussion based on their shared focus on developing and sustaining equitable, supportive, and restorative systems of school discipline, they cover remedies and approaches to the problem.

In the longer term, we advocate for a final determination on the viability of charter schools in Washington that is fair, equitable, outcomes - based and, above all, driven by what is good for children.

Just as we would be reluctant to celebrate a school solely on the basis of its test scores, we would not acclaim schools strictly because they offer equitable learning opportunities, a positive learning environment, or excel at one of the eight other criteria we've identified as key to closing opportunity gaps.

a school finance formula based on individual student needs, which provides adequate and equitable funding for public schools, and is funded through a balanced tax policy at both the state and local levels.

Recent research out of the Madison - based Wisconsin Policy Forum shows Wisconsin ranks high nationally for providing adequate funding in an equitable way to K - 12 schools — although researchers acknowledge the state's school finance system has its challenges, after «years of layering new programs and funding methods on top of one another.»

Instead of seeking equitable funding, Congress decided that it would impose a massive program of school reform based on standardized testing.

A portion of the funds are allocated to «provide benefits and services, on an equitable basis, to eligible private school students» (equitable services).