Sentences with phrase «statewide special district»

The EAS, a statewide special district for the worst performing schools, will pilot in the Motor City and perhaps elsewhere in Michigan next year.

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Turner, the latest addition to this GOP party, had insisted that his surprise victory in last September's NY - 9 special election, in which he won the Democrat - dominated district long held by former Rep. Anthony Weiner, boosted his name recognition and made him a strong statewide contender.

I asked whether he would consider the possibility — he today announced the endorsement of Tom Long, the Queens County Conservative Party chairman and the brother Mike Long, the statewide party boss — in light of a special election in the 23rd Congressional district, where a surging Conservative candidate forced Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava from the race.

Chicago — Two years ago, Louisiana's statewide special - education district decided to install a computerized system for tracking and managing information on some 2,400 handicapped students in state - operated residential facilities.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

The Oregon legislature drafted the new tax proposal in a special session last month, stipulating that a majority of the state's cities, counties, and school districts must signal their backing for a statewide vote before it can be held, in March or May of next...

But by definition, a statewide pension plan that includes all public schools and all public school districts can not provide any special recruitment or retention effect amongst those same schools and districts.

The gap between traditional K - 12 public school special education enrollment and charter special education enrollment in LEA and LEA - like charter schools is only 1.5 % (LEA charter schools enroll 8.7 % of students with disabilities compared to 10.3 % statewide; LEA - like charter schools serve 10.2 % compared to 11.7 % in Los Angeles Unified School District).

Mr. DeMartin also serves as a board member for the NY44 health trust, an advisory member of the Western New York Autism Coalition, he is the founding member of the Statewide BOCES Directors of Special Education biannual meeting, and serves on a variety of school district committees.

In fact, charter schools serve a comparable number of special education students as district - run schools: 13 % in charters and 14 % in district - run schools statewide in 2014.

Roughly ten percent of the special needs student population statewide isn't covered by state funds, says DPI's Hussey, placing a heavy burden on local districts to come up with the extra resources necessary to serve them at a time when locals also face increased costs in other areas of educational need that they are trying to cover thanks to decreased state investments.

No other state in the nation has implemented a statewide intermediary to pay for all special education costs for school districts.

Last year, only 7 percent of New York City students with disabilities scored «proficient» or better in English and 12 percent in math, and statewide there were at least 190 school districts in which not a single special education student was proficient on the third - grade language arts test.

Kirst helped to initiate the Statewide Special Education Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special educationSpecial Education Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special educationspecial education funds.

The Co-op is able to achieve these goals by aggregating special education costs together at the state level to leverage the fact that, on a statewide basis, special education costs are predictable, even though they are frequently volatile at the district level.

While a statewide organization known as the Louisiana Special Education Cooperative functions to offer support to the special education population of school districts, only nine of New Orleans» charter schools participated as of 2014 (Westervelt,Special Education Cooperative functions to offer support to the special education population of school districts, only nine of New Orleans» charter schools participated as of 2014 (Westervelt,special education population of school districts, only nine of New Orleans» charter schools participated as of 2014 (Westervelt, 2014).