Sentences with phrase «seeking federal school»

TLT: The Senate bill would strengthen and broaden the verification process for families seeking federal school meal assistance.

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Tracing the interest of the bishops of the Catholic Church in obtaining federal monies for parochial schools, the magazine recalled that the church leaders had sought to obtain funding and avoid the «impending danger of a judicial establishment of secularism from public life.»

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I get it that JO has brought more attention to the school food issue, but it is so often the wrong kind of attention, the kind that seeks to blame those lowest on the food chain — the cafeteria ladies, the local schools, the local nutrition director — for problems which are coming from the top — the criminally low Federal funding that forces schools to rely on cheap processed food; the thicket of government regulation which must be followed no matter how senseless, and hoops which must be jumped through to get the pitifully low reimbursement; the lack of ongoing Federal funds to pay for equipment repair or kitchen renovation, forcing schools to rely on preprocessed food instead of scratch cooking, unless they can pass the hat locally to pay for a central kitchen to cook fresh meals.

Ultimately, if a parent continues to be dissatisfied with the plan as implemented by the school district, s / he can seek redress with the Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education), and beyond that, with the federal courts.

So far 47 states and the District of Columbia have sought federal funds for character education programs in schools.

In the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schools.

In response to a series of school shootings across the country, the Kingston Common Council may seek federal and state action for more stringent gun control, including a freer hand for research into firearm violence.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point to disclose the charges against seven suspended soccer players within 10 days, or he would rule in favor of the students seeking to graduate from the school.

«Queens Schools are to be Off - Limits to Federal Immigration Agents» QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about federal immigration agents showing up last Thursday at P.S. 58 in Maspeth and seeking a fourth - grader: «As a mother, I am deeply troubled and horrified at this attempt on the -LFederal Immigration Agents» QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about federal immigration agents showing up last Thursday at P.S. 58 in Maspeth and seeking a fourth - grader: «As a mother, I am deeply troubled and horrified at this attempt on the -Lfederal immigration agents showing up last Thursday at P.S. 58 in Maspeth and seeking a fourth - grader: «As a mother, I am deeply troubled and horrified at this attempt on the -LSB-...]

Congressman Charles Rangel hosted an information session this week that sought to connect community residents interested in exploring careers in the federal government with representatives from the U.S. Office of Personnel and Management, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Citizen Schools NYC at the City College of New York (CCNY).

Paladino's attorney on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against the six members of the School Board who sought his removal.

More parents in New York state are enrolling their children with special needs in private schools and seeking taxpayer - funded tuition payments under a federal law.

Schneiderman sought to sue Trump University in state court in 2012, and filed a complaint the next year in federal court, claiming the for - profit school defrauded students.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> In response to a series of school shootings across the country, the Common Council may seek federal and state action for more stringent gun control, including a freer hand for research into firearm violence.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's office revealed over social media that he will meet today with Gen. John Kelly, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after a federal immigration agent visited a Queens elementary school late last week seeking to speak with a fourth - grader.

Now that the researchers have extensive data on children's physical activity patterns and lunch choices, the investigators are seeking federal funding to create feasible and sustainable school interventions based on their findings.

Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, said he's also expecting to see «a lot more litigation about fossil fuel extraction, especially on federal lands and waters,» as the Trump administration seeks to expand domestic energy production.

Now, the Obama administration has sought to boost school improvement through Race to the Top by getting states and districts to compete for some federal dollars with promises to execute needed reforms.

Although the administration has proposed cutting the U.S. Department of Education's budget by 13.5 percent, it seeks a $ 1.4 billion federal investment in school choice.

The department was sued in both state and federal court by the Institute for Creation Research after state education officials sought to bar the school from awarding master's degrees in science beginning in 1988.

A story in the March 31, 2004, issue of Education Week about efforts to meet the test - participation mandate in the federal No Child Left Behind Act included an incorrect statistic («Schools Seek Participation on Test Days»).

An obvious implication of this analysis is that federal policymakers seeking to expand families» access to a larger number of schools (and school types) might seek to accomplish this goal in part by helping families access schools which they are eligible to attend under existing choice policies.

We conclude that federal policymakers seeking to expand school choice should focus on policies that can function well in different contexts across the U.S..

By using the threat of effectively denying the children of military personnel access to public education, the bill seeks to force the federal government either to increase its impact - aid payments to districts or to establish separate schools, with full federal funding, on the bases.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking to use a lawsuit over peer sexual harassment on a Massachusetts school bus to resolve an important legal issue about which federal laws are available to combat gender discrimination in education.

Denver school officials said they planned to file a motion late last week seeking to end federal court supervision of the district's 22 - year old desegregation effort.

But last week, the Arizona senator sought to offer voters a more complete picture of his views on schools, outlining an agenda of higher pay for «master teachers,» school vouchers, and fewer «strings» attached to federal dollars designated for K - 12 education.

Consequently, schools will want to recruit students rather than seek grants specified for federal and state purposes.

Dozens of studies have sought to confirm or refute them, using either the original «High School and Beyond» data or subsequent federal surveys tracking more - recent student cohorts.

Innumerable foundations, commissions, state initiatives, and federal programs are now seeking to renew civic education in American schools.

Alexandria, Va. (March 6, 2014)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Notice on the Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Focused Comment on E-rate Modernization to modernize the E-rate program and increase the quality and speed of Internet connectivity in our nation's schools.

Private schools that seek to participate in the program usually must work directly with the state department of education, and many appear to have concluded that the burden of compliance with federal regulations governing the program outweighs any benefits low - income children might receive.

In one example, Ms. Rhee said she is seeking external organizations to take the reins of low - performing schools identified for «restructuring» under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

While woefully short on details, this proposal makes clear that the administration seeks to create a new $ 250 million federal program that will allow taxpayer dollars to flow to private schools, which are not accountable; can discriminate in admissions and discipline; and are not subject to basic monitoring, oversight, and civil rights laws.

At the same time, Trump is seeking to shift a historic amount of money — $ 1.4 billion — into charter schools, private - school vouchers and Title I «portability,» a controversial form of choice that would allow $ 1 billion in federal funds to follow poor children to the public school of their choice.

Asked whether DeVos believes that private schools taking federal funds should be exempt from IDEA requirements, the transition spokesperson said DeVos «believes that IDEA should be implemented as enacted, which includes an opportunity for parents to seek a different option if their local assigned school is not serving their children's needs.»

Schools have made big changes against a tight clock, a consequence of the program's genesis: the 2009 stimulus package, which sought to pump job - boosting federal money into the economy.

«We understand the state has taken a confrontational position on this issue, seeking to compel Nashville and Memphis schools to continue sharing personal information in opposition to federal and without state statute supporting their position,» the letter reads.

Ohio plans to use the federal aid to provide grants of up to $ 700,000 to applicants seeking to open new charter schools.

That led eight school districts within the state to join forces, seeking a federal waiver on their own, which was granted earlier this month.

South Carolina Public Charter School District (SCPCSD) is seeking a firm to provide Title III / ESOL / OCR coaching to schools and develop district wide materials for the facilitation of ensuring compliance with federal Title III / ESOL / OCR laws and regulations, and to establish district guidelines and training for best...

The provision seeks to reverse the recent federal appeals court ruling these parents obtained, which held that the regulation patently violated NCLB's unambiguous requirement that only fully prepared teachers be deemed «highly qualified» and that, as such, teachers still in - training must be publicly disclosed and not concentrated in low - income, high - minority schools.

But rather than threatening the funding that compensates for federal activity in local school districts, policymakers should build on efforts such as the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission that seek to make school transitions for military families easier.

Furthermore, voucher programs — which Trump and DeVos seek to expand — often do not require participating private schools to follow federal civil rights laws.

But without a strong backstop at the federal level, the country may regress to the patchwork of school quality that the No Child Left Behind era sought to correct.21

The federal government and more than 20 states have launched class - size reduction initiatives that seek to lower the average class size in the early elementary grades of U.S. schools to 15 — 18 students.

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave approval for the state to seek waivers offered by the federal government under No Child Left Behind; agreed to form a work group to study and make recommendations for an RFP for statewide assessments for Utah's core curriculum; and granted a requested from rural Juab County's Tintic School District to move to a four - day week for sSchool District to move to a four - day week for schoolschool.

Four public charter school champions in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking support for an increase in federal funds for the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP).

A group of California districts seeking relief from federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind Act have proposed implementing its new system for school improvement this fall, assuming its updated application is approved by July, officials said Tuesday.