Sentences with phrase «states flexibility over»

Kline has also moved a bill out of committee that would slash half of NCLB's federal education programs and another one that would give more states flexibility over spending federal education funds intended to serve disadvantaged students.

Not exact matches

The 1 - year non-deliverable forward (NDF) rate for the renminbi rose by 2 1/2 per cent over November and December as officials stated China's commitment to flexibility in the exchange rate without confirming any timetable for regime change.

The real problem is that much «Wall of Separation» rhetoric implies there is a clear, impregnable line between church and state activity when in practice over the twentieth century the principle of church - state separation has become one of lively democratic contestation and a degree of flexibility, allowing Catholics and other religious organizations to enter the public sphere and participate on the same terms as any other group.

This change would largely affect only the Empire State and it should also be given additional program flexibility to reform its program and absorb local costs over a five - year period.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on Sunday called his effort to gain more «flexibility» over the budget after its approval a «major sticking point» with lawmakers, but a necessary move given the potential for federal actions that could negatively impact the state.

Here's perhaps the best proof of the flexibility the governor has in state spending: for all the uproar among gun rights advocates over the SAFE Act ammunition database, no one has ever identified a provision of the budget which funds the state's separate rifle registration system, which had tallied more than 44,000 records by 2015 without ever once being mentioned in the governor's budget requests.

Cuomo said the state can afford the borrowing because of his fiscally conservative actions over five years and, in the event of an economic slump, the state has health reserves and enough flexibility to scale back or delay some borrowing and building.

The intent of the target selection process is to maintain flexibility so the focus of the sequencing program can be adjusted as the state of knowledge improves over the next four years in order to pursue the most biomedically compelling sequencing targets.

We are pleased to see the summary state that school leaders ought to have: «Sufficient flexibility and autonomy over such factors as school schedules and calendars, school staffing models, roles and responsibilities for educators and noneducators, and school - level budgets.»

A proposal unveiled by the Clinton Administration last week would consolidate 23 separate vocational - education programs into a single grant, giving states greater flexibility over how to use the federal dollars.

That's why, assuming that Congress fails to act to reauthorize the law, in the end the same problem that has vexed the law since 2001 seems likely to plague the waiver process as it grinds on over time: how to give states flexibility yet ensure that they hold schools accountable for results.

Many schools that reach NCLB's restructuring phase, rather than implementing one of the law's stated interventions (close and reopen as a charter school, replace staff, turn the school over to the state, or contract with an outside entity), choose the «other» option, under which they have considerable flexibility to design an improvement strategy of their own (see «Easy Way Out,» forum, Winter 2007).

The variety of approaches will help inform Congress when it resumes debate over reauthorizing the NCLB law in 2009, and help it address complaints that the current law doesn't offer enough flexibility to decide what actions states and districts may take in addressing individual schools» needs.

Over a year ago, legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in part to provide state and district leaders with new opportunities and flexibility to support innovative, results - driven practices that address their local needs and ensure all students have the opportunity to attend great schools that will prepare them for college and careers.

An assessment ecosystem, rather than a single common test, will give states the flexibility to take advantage of innovations in digital learning over time while maintaining interoperability and comparability.

As Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin considers signing into law the 2013 - 2015 Wisconsin budget, school districts around the state are already using new tools and flexibility to exercise more control over their budgets.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska) has plans to «Alaskanize» the law with amendments that would remove some regulations and provide states with more authority and flexibility over education.

Free schools, with more than 250 already open and more than 150 approved, are new state schools which have the same independence as academies, operating outside the local authority and with greater flexibility over the curriculum and staffing.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents states with unprecedented flexibility over, and responsibility for, the use of research evidence in their policies and practices.

Those plans will show whether states are taking advantage of the flexibility ESSA provides to ramp up efforts to recruit, prepare, and support their school leaders over the next few years.

«One of the most exciting parts of this new law is that states have more flexibility and authority over certain areas of education - from how schools are evaluated to how states support local educators in improving schools that are struggling.

Overview The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents states with unprecedented flexibility over, and responsibility for, the use of research evidence in their policies and practices.

Regulations issued by the Department of Education give states tremendous flexibility over graduation - rate accountability.

Meanwhile, with many district leaders requesting greater flexibility over curriculum, calendars and spending, local schools have been largely rebuffed by state lawmakers, board members said, although Hall's district includes allowances for an «Innovation Zone» or «I - Zone» opening up charter - like flexibilities for certain low - performing schools.

The state's funding dilemma is complicated, but school leaders say a loss of flexibility over average and maximum individual classroom sizes in grades K - 3 would force districts to hire thousands more teachers in core subjects.

Over the summer, the committee approved the first three bills in this series: the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218), and the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act (H.R. 2445).

The legislation, which emerged late in last year's session, would pull some of the state's lowest - performing schools into one statewide district, which could be operated with charter - like flexibility or handed over to for - profit charter operators to manage.

While the article characterizes the LCFF as a strong improvement over the state's previous convoluted system of school funding, disputes remain about the state's role in the money's use and the balance between preserving local flexibility and ensuring that resources go to meet the needs of the students who generate them.

This would allow workers more flexibility and control over their retirement, cap the current plan's liabilities, force the state to start paying down the debt and prevent future underfunding.

Is state control over district flexibility in creating and implementing their own evaluation system low, moderate, or high?

«The charter school movement has expanded over the last 20 years largely on this promise: If exempted from some state regulations, charters could outperform traditional public schools because they have flexibility and can be more readily tailored to the needs of students.

The committee noted the flexibility was imperative «in a state with over 590 school districts, an incredible diversity of schools, students, and teachers, troubling socioeconomic inequality and a

ESSA replaces No Child Left Behind, and provides states, districts and schools with increased flexibility over how to use funding, how to demonstrate student progress and achievement and how to improve school performance and narrow the opportunity gap, among other changes.

ESSA gives states the flexibility to add new measures to their school classification systems over time.

State law can help create the conditions under which leaders at low - performing schools have the flexibility they need over finances, staffing, use of time, the school calendar, and other aspects of school operations, to craft tailored, productive interventions that address the needs of their school communities.

The new law also gives states the flexibility to improve their systems over time, which should encourage states to expand data collection, reporting, and use.

Now, if more than 5 percent of parents refuse to have their children take the state SBAC test, SB 175 would take away that flexibility and the control that local boards of education have over their budgets.

The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17

The measure, by GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, would give states more flexibility over designing their own accountability systems.

The State School Board's recent decision to eliminate physical education, arts and health courses as core statewide requirements for middle - school students is seen as a way to give local districts more flexibility in designing curriculum, which is a positive development in the context of allowing more local control over education policy.

Spurred on by new flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act and revenue shortfalls, and amid one - party control in most states, legislators this year tackled longstanding questions over who should be in charge of education policy, how to better spend K - 12 dollars, and what school success should look like.

In that controversy, a state - ordered mandate for districts to trim class sizes in early grades stirred a still - brewing pushback over efforts to curtail local school board's flexibility to juggle staff and funding to meet their needs.

It imposes annual emission caps in place of EPA's interim targets but states have the flexibility to spread emissions reductions over the 10 - year compliance period

While States have flexibility to achieve their assigned emissions goals over multiple years, they must follow the same timeline for reporting to EPA.

It was pointed out that most states prefer to focus on performance goals over convenience standards because this leaves flexibility for manufactures on how to reach goals.

«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality for women, the worship of wealth for some at the expense of wellbeing for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»