Sentences with phrase «schools under its authority»

Over time, the state turned all the schools under its authority over to charter management organizations (CMOs) that, in turn, dramatically reshaped the teacher workforce.

Eventually the state turned all the schools under its authority over to charter management organizations (CMOs), dramatically reshaping the teacher workforce and providing the first direct test of an alternative to the U.S.'s century - old system of school governance.

Not exact matches

In a closed society, typified by communist and fascist countries and by states in which the agencies of government are in the hands of absolutist ecclesiastical authorities, the preservation of the social order requires that the schools be under political control, in order that the official dogmas may be taught and the will of the controlling parties may be implanted in the minds of the young.

I chose Mundelein (officially the University of St. Mary of the Lake) because it was the best option among the handful of US schools offering the degree I sought: a sacred - theology doctorate (STD), issued under the authority of the Holy See.

Since Academy schools are not under the control of local authorities, it is a source of great wonder to me that all Catholic maintained schools have not opted for this status; it is an even greater wonder that the Catholic diocesan authorities are, it seems, actually discouraging the governors of Catholic schools from exercising their legal right to opt for Academy status.

But it was just the opposite; grant maintained schools had far more autonomy than schools under the thumb of the local education authority.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED): Code 3313.717 allows the board of education of each school district and the administrative authority of each chartered nonpublic school to require the placement of an AED in each school under the control of the board or authority.

If a board or authority requires the placement of an automated external defibrillator as provided in this section, the it also shall require that a sufficient number of the staff persons assigned to each school under the control of the board or authority complete an appropriate training course in the use of the AED as described.

Under the recently passed re-authorization, the USDA for the first time will have authority to regulate all foods sold in schools, including those in a la carte lines, vending machines and in school stores.

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

This should be calculated using the number of places in the provision which are used by pupils in the school (as opposed to pupils on the rolls of other schools) excluding places occupied by under 5s and pupils aged 16 to 19, although authorities can use a different basis if this is agreed by EFA.

It is also possible, however, depending on the range and type of services on offer, for such provision to be a centrally funded service commissioned by the local authority, normally under a service level agreement with the school or academy.

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.

Hospital education is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioner».

Under the provisions of the academies bill schools will be given the opportunity to become academies, freeing them of control by local authorities.

«Rest assured, that if the schools do not show demonstrable improvement, someone will come in under my authority and fix those schools.»

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

There are 13 high schools under the domain of the local education authority, 12 of which are either comprehensive, foundation or voluntary - aided, and one city academy.

The Chancellor also announced the continuation of the summer meals program throughout the city, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the city.

Following a review of the Executive Order announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Dec. 22, legal counsel for the WCSD has advised the following: «Under the current Executive Order, school districts do not have the legal authority to accept pre-payments for the 2018 - 19 school year.»

And the mayor's willingness to recede from the action when under attack dilutes his own authority, making it harder for him to stand up to bullies, whether they're leading charter schools or police unions.

When that school was under local authority control two years ago, thirty - one percent of pupils got five good passes at GCSE including English and Maths.

SANTA FE, Tex. — A nation plagued by a wrenching loop of mass school shootings watched the latest horror play out in this small Southeast Texas town Friday morning, as a young man armed with a shotgun and a.38 revolver smuggled under his coat opened fire on his high school campus, killing 10 people, many of them his fellow students, and wounding 10 more, the authorities said.

If there is no successful opposition, then the policies to renationalise rail, bring schools back under local authority control, or whatever are irrelevant.

The similarities to today, with local authorities using counter-terrorism powers to put families under surveillance to see if they are in the correct school catchment area, are obvious.

Put forth by state Assemblyman Steve Otis, a Rye Democrat, and state Sen. Michael Razenhofer, a Republican from Erie County, the bill authorizes the private school to negotiate the purchase of the property with its current owner, the New York State Thruway Authority, under the condition that it enters into a shared - use agreement with the city of Rye.

However, under state law, that goal only applies to contracts issued by state agencies and authorities; it does not apply to state funding given to localities such as cities, counties, towns, villages and school districts, which amounts to approximately $ 65 billion annually.

Reforms being sought by Cuomo include changing the system for teacher evaluation, tenure certification and preparation, and giving the state more authority to save schools considered to be «failing» under state evaluations.

Parents of students in Awudome Senior High School [AWUSCO], at Tsito in the Volta Region, are accusing school authorities of charging unapproved fees under the government's Free Senior High School programme, thereby denying defaulters specific services in the sSchool [AWUSCO], at Tsito in the Volta Region, are accusing school authorities of charging unapproved fees under the government's Free Senior High School programme, thereby denying defaulters specific services in the sschool authorities of charging unapproved fees under the government's Free Senior High School programme, thereby denying defaulters specific services in the sSchool programme, thereby denying defaulters specific services in the schoolschool.

However, these upgrades could make it more economically feasible for the County to begin borrowing under its own authority once again like all other local governments and school districts including the City of Buffalo (which has a rating of A + one step below Erie County's new rating).

Under the coalition government, half of secondary schools have become academies: schools that are more autonomous and funded directly by central government rather than through local authorities.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have strong local authorities working in partnership with schools under a devolved system of local accountability.

The year after the Metropolitan Transit Authority installed rubber pads under the rails to lessen the noise, reading scores at the school evened out.

The law, known as the Gun - Free School Zones Act, was struck down last fall by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which said that Congress exceeded its authority under the commerce clause of the Constitution when it made gun possession near public or private schools a federal offense.

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

At a time when school and educational sector budgets are under pressure, it is essential that local authorities, schools and other educational establishments can ensure that much - needed repair, maintenance, refurbishment and remodelling projects are quickly and efficiently completed without the need to compromise on quality.

Under D.C. regulations, the schools chancellor has the power to place students directly into schools, regardless of their lottery results, but that authority is supposed to be limited to cases when it «would be in the best interests of the student» and «promote the overall interests of the school system.»

Edison Schools Inc., already pummeled by falling stock prices and opposition to its work, is being booted out of school districts in Texas and Georgia, and has come under investigation by state and federal authorities who want to know how it secured two contracts in Pennsylvania.

Going forward, policy makers who care about their low - income high achievers should take full advantage of their newfound authority under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to ensure that their schools have ample incentives to educate those children, and all children, to the max.

Blunkett was one of the ministers responsible for drawing up initial plans for academies under the Labour government in the 2000s but, writing for The Observer, he said that it is «mystifying» that the government wants to convert already high performing local authority run schools.

As a result of the legislative activity of the past 20 years, school systems have grown in size and power, under the mistaken assumption that more funding and more authority would give educators the clout and resources they needed to improve achievement.

Refurbishment projects tend to make up 50 per cent of a local authority's funding under the government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme — so it's important that these huge sums of money are spent wisely and effectively.

Academies were first introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government back in 2000 as a way to raise standards in schools by taking them away from the control of local authorities and offering more autonomy over finances and day to day school management.

The funding differences are even more stark: if a new school is opening under the free school programme the capital funding comes from the generous free school budget but if a local authority is opening a new school, the funding must come from either general local authority funds (the calls upon which of course are many), or more likely from «targeted basic need funding», which is funding provided by the DfE to address the shortage of school places.

After the case, an HSE inspector said: «Although the school had not been under local authority control since 2011, it failed to ensure employees and management received adequate training to make up for the loss of local authority support and ensure that a suitable asbestos management plan was in place.»

New Schools There are two ways of creating new schools: either by providers applying to the Department for Education (DfE) under the free school programme (which has become the government's main tool for tackling the school place shortage), or by a local authority inviting bids from providers as part of a «new provision&Schools There are two ways of creating new schools: either by providers applying to the Department for Education (DfE) under the free school programme (which has become the government's main tool for tackling the school place shortage), or by a local authority inviting bids from providers as part of a «new provision&schools: either by providers applying to the Department for Education (DfE) under the free school programme (which has become the government's main tool for tackling the school place shortage), or by a local authority inviting bids from providers as part of a «new provision».

The mayor's consolation prize after he lost his bid to take over the entire system, these schools operate under «a more localized decision - making authority as a strategy to improve student achievement,» according to Superintendent Ray Cortines's 15 - page guide to school options.

To bolster their stance, union leaders highlighted their recent support of certain innovations, including expanding Cortines's experiment with decentralized pilot schools, operating under flexible labor contracts and granting principals greater authority.

Although no specific prohibition against finance leases is contained in the Education Act 2002 or the School Finance Regulations for maintained schools, nor under the Academies Act 2010 for academies, finance leases (as distinct from operating leases) are identified in the Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities as «credit arrangements» for capital finance.

Currently, school nutrition and exercise policies are diluted by an opt - in position among academies and free schools, and are not always observed by schools under the Local Authority.