Sentences with phrase «state public school officials»

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In the United States, which has muddled along in the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schools.

They would also need to report to state and federal educational officials so that the methods and results of the different local public school reforms could be compared to each other and to voucher experiments.

The discovery of the tainted chicken, which Illinois health officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49 public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.

Meanwhile, Chicago Public Schools officials announced firm plans to pursue a longer school day in the 2012 - 13 school year, by which time state law allows them to implement a longer day whether or not the union agrees.

In some states, public health and school officials would like to ban the miniature cakes from schools entirely, along with all other sugar - laden goodies.

But some elected officials on both the city and state level have criticized this approach as a way to close public schools and open a charter school in its place.

Sources on Thursday said state officials were closing in on a deal that would allow for a $ 10,000 reimbursement for teacher certification for public schools, while parochial and community - based organizations hosting pre-K programs would be in line for a $ 7,000 reimbursement.

And invalidated his audits re waste and theft of public money by the state's local governments and school officials.

Mr. Cupoli, the Assembly's choice, is a former Chief economist at SEMATECH and Professor of NanoEconomics at SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, a school that Mr. Cuomo and state officials have touted as an example of a successful partnership between a public university and private business.

It's time our elected officials stand up for public school students and fight for this funding in the current state budget.»

LOWER EAST SIDE — State and local officials have asked the Department of Education to hold a public hearing on plans to bring a new school run by the Success Academy charter school chain to the neighborhood.

While thousands of students have left rural public districts, poverty rates in these schools have increased, according to the analysis by the New York State Association of School Business Officials.

Some of the last issues to be decided had to do with education, including a push by state Sen. Simcha Felder — a Democrat from Brooklyn who conferences with Republicans to give them a critical 32nd vote — to protect ultra-Orthodox yeshivas from official reviews that might find they do not provide substantially equivalent instruction to public schools.

The budget also includes $ 100 million for school resource officers, but school and law enforcement officials say that is not enough to pay for one officer at each of the state's public schools.

The state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members, which are the appointed officials tasked with crafting public education polices for schools in New York.

«The impact on public education would be significant, particularly in light of a tax cap that is projected to be near or at zero for next year,» said Michael Borges, executive director of the state association of School Business Officials.

Deborah Cunningham, director of education and research for the New York State Association of Business Officials, said the state should first focus on equitably and fully funding the public schState Association of Business Officials, said the state should first focus on equitably and fully funding the public schstate should first focus on equitably and fully funding the public schools.

But a flurry of mostly Republican officials immediately pounced on the proposal, saying state money should be directed to public schools or to provide assistance to people who have not committed crimes.

Michael Borges, executive director of the New York State Association of School Business Officials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.&School Business Officials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public fundOfficials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.&school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public fundofficials are «responsible stewards of public funds.»

While several of his fellow southern Brooklyn elected officials were criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio over Hizzoner's decision to allow plans for two charter schools to share space with traditional public schools in Bensonhurst to move forward, state Sen.

UPDATE: Johnson released a lengthy statement in response to the AFL - CIO attack, noting he has been a «strong supporter» of a property tax cap and charter schools, was «proud» to support Tier V — «a move that will save Long Island taxpayers $ 8.5 billion and save this state $ 35 billion over the next three decades» — and has been urging teacher and public sector unions to sit down with elected officials to «hammer out revised wage agreements that reflect the current economic reality.»

De Blasio called the bill «fiscally responsible,» but State Senator José Peralta told Gay City that he and other elected officials in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the safety of public and private school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.

Advocates and city parents have filed a lawsuit calling on state Education Department officials and city schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to reduce class sizes in the public schools.

Parents, citizens and local officials gathered in Buffalo Wednesday to demand that New York State provide more funding for public schools.

The sales were blocked by state officials after members of the East Ramapo School Board were accused by the public of attempting to sell the buildings below market value to yeshivas.

Superintendents and education representatives from all 133 school districts in Virginia told the state's elected officials that they can't have «best - in - the - nation public education and a best - in - the - world work force» while cutting the education budget for the third year in a row.

«Your Excellency, while hosting a delegation of World Bank officials, you announced to the whole world that 21,780 teachers will be disengaged in Kaduna State Public primary and secondary schools for not scoring up to 75 per cent in the competency test, while 25,000 will be recruited in their stead.

The off - color quip came in response to concerns by public - school dad Eric Greenleaf, who said at a meeting of parents and officials at state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's downtown office that there will be «huge shortages» of classroom space in lower Manhattan in coming years.

About the Parent Advisory Board The Parent Advisory Board gives Queens public school parents an opportunity to be heard on education issues and concerns and provides a forum to meet with senior city and state DOE officials.

On Tuesday evening in Brooklyn, school district 15, which includes parts of Sunset Park, Kensington, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will hold a town hall «from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at P.S. 516... Local elected officials including City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and State Sen. Jesse Hamilton are expected to attend and answer questions from the public from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.,» according to DNAinfo.

The New York Civil Liberties Union says transgender students are often harassed in public schools across the state and education officials have failed to carry out a legislative mandate to protect them.

The coalition actively engages federal and state elected officials to support public policies that promote safe roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, water treatment and other vital infrastructure.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Area public school officials have offered a mixed verdict on the state budget.

City officials are calling on Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers to hand over millions in additional funding for Big Apple public schools.

States including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California have banned soda from school vending machines and cafeterias in recent years, and public officials are now turning their attention to sports drinks and other sugary beverages.

Public - education officials in three states expressed relief last week over the resounding defeat of tax - limitation measures they said posed a dire threat to local schools.

To examine implementation the CEP relies exclusively on surveys of state education officials and interviews with public school staff.

«Baltimore city public schools do not deserve or accept this arbitrary action,» Phillip H. Farfel, the president of the Baltimore school board, said in a Feb. 1 letter to state officials.

New York — On a recent Friday morning, while legislators and other state officials were making financial decisions that would make the difference between retaining and immediately laying off 1,000 of New York City's public - school teachers, Frank J. Macchiarola did what, in almost any other case, would be described as switching hats a few times.

In an attempt to attract attention in anticipation of January's legislative session, district officials released a four - point platform calling on legislators to again revise state - aid formulas for public schools.

Perhaps more helpful would be the freeing of public education from state officials through charter schools and voucher programs, which would limit the reach and power of small veto groups, who can so easily intimidate public authorities.

Precollegiate enrollment figures are based on 2006 - 07 school year data reported by state officials for public elementary and secondary schools.

In announcing the 2000 test results last week, Virginia education officials said that 22 percent, or 406 of the state's 1,874 public schools, had posted acceptable passing rates on the state's rigorous Standards of Learning exams administered to students last spring.

Rep. Annette «Polly» Williams is backing a proposal by state education officials to bar private schools in the program from charging voucher students registration and book fees that public schools do not impose, according to Greg Doyle, the spokesman for the state education department, which proposed the rule last month.

State officials announced last week that 84 percent of the state's more than 1,800 public schools earned full state accreditation, based on last school year's test scState officials announced last week that 84 percent of the state's more than 1,800 public schools earned full state accreditation, based on last school year's test scstate's more than 1,800 public schools earned full state accreditation, based on last school year's test scstate accreditation, based on last school year's test scores.

Massachusetts education officials have released data that they hope will counteract what they say is a false public perception that most students in the class of 2003 who haven't yet passed the state's high school exit exams are members of minority groups or come from poor families.

But unlike the procedures established under IDEA, school - voucher laws give parents the right to select a private placement without having to convince public school officials of the need for such services, to say nothing of the legal costs of proving to a hearing officer, or a state court judge, that the decision of the school district was in error.

The court also stated in Brown v. Board of Education II in 1955 that the integration would proceed «with all deliberate speed,» affirming its 1954 decision and signaling that state and local education officials needed to work with federal judges to manage integration of public schools.

Enrollment figures are based on fall 2002 data reported by state officials for pre-K-12th grade in public elementary and secondary schools.

The authors hypothesize that if state and local governments empower parents to choose the schools of their choice, a «spontaneous education order» — a state in which parents seek information about schools and in which schools make available the necessary information without public officials» intentional intervention — will arise.