Sentences with phrase «supporting local flexibility»

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Also, greater flexibility in the use of Title V «Well - Rounded» funds would allow state and local educators to better support entrepreneurship education.

Although LCR typically does not allow local chapters to support other candidates, the organization is allowing for flexibility in this election.

«Lawmakers have substantially increased funding support for our K - 12 schools, boosted pay for our best teachers, and given local schools more flexibility and freedom.

I also believe that we should allow local governments the flexibility to pursue new ideas and develop innovative programs by supporting their efforts so we can find ways to deliver services better and cheaper.»

«We will... limit contributory Employment and Support Allowance for those in the Work Related Activity Group to one year... increase the age threshold for the shared - room rate in housing benefit... give local authorities greater flexibility to manage council tax... align the rules for the mobility and care elements of Disability Living Allowance.»

Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arransupport: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arranSupport for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangeLocal authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements

However, the consultation suggests that this flexibility will no longer be available to local authorities, making it even more difficult to provide children with the support they need.

So, I would ask them to support my constitutional amendment because that allows the state of California to do the things it needs to do to deal with the state's share of problems as well as local governments having the flexibility to negotiate changes to future contracts.

In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement, the LGA has called on the Government to take advantage of councils» unique position in the community and give them a clear and strategic role in overseeing local schools systems, accompanied by appropriate resources, powers and flexibilities, so that they can support local school improvement and hold schools to account for education standards.

At the heart of this fundamental change is increasing local control and flexibility while emphasizing equity, continuous improvement, and support.

«In our submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement, we have called on the Government to take advantage of councils» unique position in the community and give them a clear and strategic role in overseeing local schools systems, accompanied by appropriate resources, powers and flexibilities, so that they can support local school improvement and hold schools to account for education standards.

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.

about NSBA Supports Rep. Noem's Legislation Offering More Flexibility for Local School Meal Programs

Washington's high - risk designation specified that the State must submit, by May 1, 2014, final guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of ESEA flexibility, including requiring local educational agencies (LEAs) to use student achievement on CCR State assessments to measure student learning growth in those systems for teachers of tested grades and subjects.

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

The bill, expected to be taken up by the U.S. Senate as early as next week, contains specific legislative language on local governance that restores the balance between federal and local government and provides states and school districts the flexibility needed to support student learning and achievement.

«America's 90,000 school board members seek a modernized ESEA that supports strong local governance and provides states, school districts and local communities with the flexibility needed to equip public school students with the tools they need to success succeed in both local and global economies.»

«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.

Title I provides flexibility in developing plans to support the development and implementation of school improvement activities, and state and local districts are strongly encouraged to use Title II, Part A funds to improve equitable access to effective teachers.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) issued a letter of support to Reps. Davis and Ashford thanking them for their efforts to provide highly nutritious meals to students and the flexibility needed to meet local needs.

The intent of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is to give districts more flexibility with their state funding but at the same time to create a new school finance system that recognizes that students with specific demographic factors need greater support to address their academic needs and improve educational outcomes: English Learners, low income students and foster youth.

«Flexibility in the hands of local decision - makers, best equipped to determine how to support and help students succeed, will further public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO, National School Boards Association.

«NSBA will support [the bill] in view of the overwhelming shift in direction to ensure that greater flexibility and governance will be restored to local school boards.

NSBA supports administration by local school boards for charter schools to ensure maximum accountability and flexibility.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) supports the Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act, which restores local leadership and flexibility to federal school meal policies so that schools can provide healthy school food options that students will acFlexibility Act, which restores local leadership and flexibility to federal school meal policies so that schools can provide healthy school food options that students will acflexibility to federal school meal policies so that schools can provide healthy school food options that students will actually eat.

NSBA's comments supplement the remarks made by Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA Executive Director, at ED's January 11, 2016 listening session in Washington, D.C. and include recommendations that the Department ensure a balanced «federal - state - local partnership;» provide sufficient flexibility for local schools and communities to make decisions regarding the use of Title I funds; and provide local school districts with technical and compliance support.

The California Way rests on the belief that educators want to excel, trusts them to improve when given the proper supports, and provides local schools and districts with the leeway and flexibility to deploy resources so they can improve.

NSBA's Deputy Associate Executive Director Lucy Gettman added, «We appreciate that Rep. Noem's legislation includes recommendations from NSBA and school boards across the nation that will continue to support efforts to provide highly nutritious meals to students — but provides schools with more flexibility to meet local needs.»

NSBA therefore supports H.R. 1504, the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act, introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem (R - SD), which would restore local flexibility and authority to school districts struggling to comply with some provisions of HHFKA.

NSBA supports state - led efforts to develop and voluntarily adopt rigorous common standards with flexibility for local communities.

That is why we have begun to consider how to exercise our authority, if Congress does not reauthorize the ESEA soon, to invite requests for flexibility to support State and local reforms under section 9401 of the law, which authorizes the Department to waive most statutory and regulatory requirements if needed to «increase the quality of instruction for students; and improve the academic achievement of students.»

WHEREAS, there are several significant aspects of ESEA that should be amended during the Act's reauthorization, including the elimination of sanctions and unintended consequences; granting states and local educational agencies greater local flexibility; the elimination of federally mandated, annual standardized testing; and maintaining provisions of ESEA that support its original intent of supporting students with the greatest needs; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District supports a ESEA reauthorization bill that provides school districts the flexibility and resources needed to respond to the educational challenges in local communities, and provides greater local flexibility in the use of ESEA funding for Titles I, II and III as states and school districts are in the best position to make spending decisions to facilitate local innovation and student achievement, without placing undue burdens on districts that would adversely impact effective governance; and

The Council proposes an equitable and sustainable model to extend support across both rural and urban school districts, leveraging resources through a new partnership between public education agencies, institutions and non-profit partners with flexibility for local contexts and priorities.

This flexibility is intended to build on and support the significant State and local reform efforts already under way in critical areas such as transitioning to college - and career - ready standards and assessments; developing systems of differentiated recognition, accountability, and support; and evaluating and supporting teacher and principal effectiveness.

We therefore support new legislation HR 1504, The Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act, which would restore local flexibility and authority to school districts struggling to comply with some provisions of HHFKA.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides both significant flexibility and opportunity to state and local education agencies to increase access to high quality early learning programs, align and coordinate birth to third grade programs, and prepare and support highly effective teachers.

We need to give school districts the flexibility to make decisions at the local level that support our students» overall success and ensure financial resources are not being taken away from instruction.»

With Alexander's nearly 400 - page draft bill, «Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015,» under scrutiny, and in advance of congressional hearings next week, NSBA calls for a comprehensive, strategic reauthorization of ESEA that provides school districts with the flexibility and funding essential to support local community public schools and our nation's public schoolchildren.

This letter, sent by NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel to Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Subcomittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops and Agricultural Research, outlines NSBA's support for the flexibility for local school leadership established by the Healthy School Meals Flexiblity Act.

This flexibility allows BUILD and our traditional partners at the State and local levels to work directly with a host of entities that own, operate, and maintain much of our transportation infrastructure, but otherwise can not turn to the Federal government for support.

Pet owners in the industry manage to support their animal companions with the help of acclaimed veterinarians and local animal hospitals that offer medical care with flexibility.

The $ 300m (# 246m) investment platform — which is supported by the International Finance Corporation (IFC)-- is designed to deliver affordable housing in sub-Saharan Africa, with initial projects being developed in Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria.The platform structure allows greater flexibility for long - term investments in further housing projects across Africa, which will range in size from 2,000 to 8,000 units and be developed alongside local housing companies.

Objectives — encourage use of temp direct hire through agencies thus providing greater flexibility, facilitate more hirings for workers, reduce cost, support for charities and local authorities.

This is especially important with regard to the intergenerational transmission of risk.103 Some authors specifically called for the need to integrate psychological support in a lifestyle intervention.104 Typical characteristics of complex interventions are that they contain several interacting components, their high number of outcomes and that a high degree of flexibility or tailoring of the intervention is permitted.105 Furthermore, complex interventions work best if tailored to local circumstances rather than completely standardised.105

It is envisaged that the decision - making process would be characterised by a greater degree of autonomy and flexibility for the community and local groups, and that the partnership interface would be supported by state and Commonwealth legislation, particularly in its «holistic and de-welfarised» aspects.

Strategies such as the pooling of funds; increasing the flexibility of funding at the regional and local levels; developing longer term, cyclical funding options; capacity building and providing management support could all assist in the development of Indigenous governance structures.

MIECHV focuses on programs that are supported by evidence, and it allows for flexibility that permits local authorities to choose the programs that work best in those communities.

NHSA's formal comments, supported by every state and regional association and hundreds of programs and individuals, proposed that extended duration call for 1,020 hours of services per year rather than a particular numbers of hours and days in order for programs to have the flexibility to meet local needs.

It will respond to parent requests for their child to remain enrolled at their local school with extra autism support being provided for more flexibility.