Sentences with phrase «standards as district»

They are held accountable to the same (often higher) academic performance standards as district public schools.

Charter schools are required to meet the same (or often higher) state and federal academic performance standards as district public schools.

Not exact matches

In rendering her decision, District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn stated that the Coalition's motion should be granted because its proposed brief «provides a unique perspective» as the only filing party «representative of financial professionals in the United States already operating under a fiduciary standard.»

U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn stated the Coalition's motion should be granted because its proposed brief «provides a unique perspective» as the only filing party «representative of financial professionals in the United States already operating under a fiduciary standard.»

USA Today: Ruling lets S.C. students earn credit for religion classes In a ruling that advocates called «a tremendous victory for religious education,» a three - judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the right of a school district to award high school credit for religious courses, as long as they meet secular standards.

Code 37-13-137 (2010) requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training for food service directors food service managers of local school districts on marketing healthy foods, creating a healthy cafeteria environment, effective and efficient food service operations, the standards and expectations of food service staff, and other topics as identified by the department.

I greatly disliked the nutrient standard method, formerly used by my district, because it seemed to create an odd «nutritionism» approach — as when Houston kids were actually required to take a package of animal crackers every morning at breakfast for the iron contained in the fortified flour.

The Fox Valley Park District's track record for financial stewardship is outstanding, as recognized for many years by the National Recreation & Park Association (NRPA), the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and Standard and Poor's Rating Services.

I think that this is the perfect time to bring attention to fundraising for SNF, as the USDA will be requiring — under the HHFKA — to establish standards for all levels of personnel (state agencies, local school districts and schools) for training and certification.

The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act recognized the need for USDA to establish education and training standards for all school nutrition personnel — including school nutrition assistants; managers; district supervisors and directors; and state agency directors as a means of helping to ensure that school nutrition programs meet the goal of healthy children ready to learn.

As the political wrangling over weakening school nutrition standards continues in Congress, here's some nice school food news to share: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that the USDA will be providing school districts with over... [Continue reading]

The amount of district and community stakeholders shaping and defining standards in food procurement is growing as school districts recognize the value in creating a healthy school environment on all levels, including the dining room.

As of 2013, 88 percent of school districts needed at least one additional piece of kitchen equipment to help prepare and serve meals that meet the National School Lunch Program's nutrition standards, according to a survey by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.

As I said in my May post, any roll - back of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act rules is misguided, given that 99 percent of districts were reportedly already meeting the more rigorous standards.

On a more serious note, I'm so pleased — and can only imagine that you must be as well — to hear that your district is moving to food - based planning rather than nutrient standard planning.

She said she wanted to know why there were not strict standards for the Park District as there were for developers.

So it looks like I won't have to «flip out» on the district (as you so nicely put it) as they are beginning to create policies that parallel the healthy eating standards they are already trying to teach the children by eliminating junk food as a way to celebrate birthdays and opt for healthy treats or goodie bags instead.

The second method, called «Nutrient Standard Menu Planning» allows a school district pay less attention to the foods served, so long as the requisite number of nutrients are offered over the course of an entire week.

The findings come as districts across the country implement the national Smart Snacks in School standards, which set basic limits on the fat, salt, and calories allowed in items sold through vending machines, school stores, and a la carte cafeteria menus.

This report presents findings about the challenges districts face in implementing the updated meal standards, specifically as they relate to equipment and infrastructure needs.

He responded well to criticisms of the law's meal standards, including allegedly increased plate waste (debunked by the Harvard School of Public Health) and tales of districts leaving the NSLP in droves (actually, only 59 out of 99,000 have left, according to Vilsack, and Dana Woldow has reported they often suffer financially as a result).

Lunch Tray readers often contact me for help in getting junk food out of their children's classrooms, but few seem to know that as of next school year, districts will for the first time have to impose a nutritional standard for classroom food.

As for districts needing to scale back on nutrition standards to keep their programs afloat, what do we think about USDA's data which says that 90 % of districts have already adopted the HHFKA standards successfully?

The bill, largely the same as the version introduced last Congress, would give school districts and food service administrators the tools and resources they need to prepare meals that meet the updated USDA school food standards by providing loan guarantees for kitchen infrastructure and equipment upgrades, authorizing grants for small but critical equipment purchases, and supporting innovative training opportunities to strengthen the school food service workforce.

«In some ways it does inoculate her from getting the crazy spending happening to her, as opposed to standard districts in the U.S.,» said one California Democratic operative unaffiliated with Brownley's campaign.

Former Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini promised to strictly adhere to ethical standards as he took office Tuesday as the county's district attorney, drawing a sharp distinction with his indicted predecessor.

«The fact the wives of convicted con artists Shelly Silver and William Rapfogel were allowed to participate in the selection of Alice Cancel as the Democrat standard - bearer in the April 19 special election to fill the former Assembly seat of the disgraced Shelly Silver is indicative of how deep corruption runs in the political clubhouses of the district.»

Serino's sponsorship comes as she has faced questions back in her Hudson Valley district over campaign pledges to repeal the Common Core education standards that have made for unrest among some constituents.

Despite a precipitous drop in scores — a drop experienced by pretty much every school in the state officials in the Kingston City School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this September.

As is often the case, the party has chosen an insider and aide to a current elected official to be its standard bearer in the upcoming November election: Daniel Rosenthal, district director for NYC Councilman Rory Lancman.

Doug Hoffman - the Conservative Party candidate in the 23rd congressional district's special election - «un-conceded» on the Glenn Beck radio show Monday night, as a standard review of election returns showed Democrat Bill Owen's lead over Hoffman had narrowed from 5,800 votes to just over 3,000 votes.

Like previous special election in New York's 20th and 23rd districts, the nominees would be chosen by the county chairmen rather than a primary — a process that might well have cost Republicans the 23rd as the conservative base revolted against the choice of moderate state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as the party's standard - bearer.

«I promise, as I did two years ago, that I will work my hardest every single day bringing fresh energy, innovative ideas, working in every corner of this very large district, focusing on economic growth and creating jobs, setting the standard for transparency, and always standing up for our troops,» she said.

In a motion sponsored by Senator Fatima Raji - Rasaki representing Ekiti Central Senatorial district, she explained that Nigeria's Culture and Tourism sector runs short of United Nations standards as a result of unworkable policies of the Federal Government.

As part of the conversion to the national Common Core standards, school districts in New York are required to place more student records, transcripts, and even behavioral information, like absences and suspensions, in online data bases.

WHITE PLAINS — State Senate candidate Bob Cohen (R, I, C — 37th District) today called on Senator Oppenheimer to quit protecting the special interests bankrolling her political campaigns and use her full authority as Senate Education Chair to launch a comprehensive investigation into the unexplainable decline in education performance standards in recent years.

As is standard practice, the District is seeking to portray Quinn's first as a «retirement»As is standard practice, the District is seeking to portray Quinn's first as a «retirement»as a «retirement».

As of July 25, the air across Southern California exceeded federal smog standards 81 times, an uptick over the two years prior according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

As discussed above, Act 10 did not directly raise teacher contributions, but the 12 percent minimum it established for the state plan set a standard that districts were now free to follow.

The task force rightly lauds the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as an important tool for measuring the results of state - applied standards and recommends taking NAEP to the district level.

Hailing the law as «a new and different approach for the federal government,» he said the measure will establish «world class» national education standards and rely on school districts at the «grassroots» to help students...

States and districts have always created their own curricula and reading lists using their state standards as the guide.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

District administrators started the program as a means to share best practices and meet state standards, said Michael Williams - Hickman, the districts executive director of elementary education.

Among the places considering, piloting, or implementing teacher - evaluation systems based at least in part on a set of performance - based standards are Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chicago; the District of Columbia; Elgin and Rockford, Ill.; Prince George's County, Md.; and select districts in states such as Idaho, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Indeed, more school districts will likely be forced to raise pay standards for principals — as more principals retire, and as the number of qualified and willing replacements dwindles.

A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.

Like other schools in Aldine, Thompson Elementary also regularly administers its own tests to measure whether students are mastering the district's standards as well as the school's benchmarks.

As long as NCLB regulations were being enforced, school districts had strong incentives to resist the establishment of high proficiency standards within their statAs long as NCLB regulations were being enforced, school districts had strong incentives to resist the establishment of high proficiency standards within their statas NCLB regulations were being enforced, school districts had strong incentives to resist the establishment of high proficiency standards within their state.

Federal courts have played a key role in the development of special education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, Summer 2017).