Sentences with phrase «taken by local school boards»

This publication discusses specific steps that must be taken by local school boards and superintendents, by state political and educational leaders, and by university deans and faculty in order to develop and strengthen local school board / superintendent leadership.

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(2014) Directs each local school board to adopt a policy to set aside, in each school in the school division, a non-restroom location that is shielded from the public view to be designated as an area in which any mother who is employed by the local school board or enrolled as a student may take breaks of reasonable length during the school day to express milk to feed her child until the child reaches the age of one.

A group of parents who send their children to a Portland, Ore., high school that is scheduled to close at the end of this school year say they were angered and shocked by the city school board's decision last summer to «take away» their local school.

Bernard Lacour, a longtime school reformer who works with local school councils and consults with New Leaders on placement issues, believes that the obstacles thrown up by council dynamics and the predisposition for experience may be exacerbated by system politics, the advantages of incumbency, and fear among local councils that their candidates will be challenged by the board of education and their authority taken away from them.

In every school district and supervisory district, the trustee, trustees, board of education or board of cooperative educational services, shall submit a written semiannual report to the Commissioner of Education, by January 15th and July 15th of each year, commencing July 1, 1985, setting forth the substance of each complaint about the use of corporal punishment received by the local school authorities during the reporting period, the results of each investigation, and the action, if any, taken by the school authorities in each case.

The suit — filed by more than 40 plaintiffs on May 12 in Pensacola, Fla. — challenges several actions taken over the past year by the local school board and the district's superintendent, Leonard Hall.

Managers, appointed by the local school boards, inflated the price of contracts to generate lucrative kickbacks that took money directly away from students and siphoned money from taxpayers.

In its letter, NSBA took the opportunity to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts; from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Local school board members can help local, state, and federal governments make sound policy decisions governing charter schools by taking acLocal school board members can help local, state, and federal governments make sound policy decisions governing charter schools by taking aclocal, state, and federal governments make sound policy decisions governing charter schools by taking action.

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However, a report on the outcome of the consultation has instead recommended to the council's cabinet that just one school is closed, and that Haydon Bridge, which is currently run by a DfE - appointed interim board, be taken back under local authority oversight and given # 1.54 million to support it until a new sponsor is found.

«By adopting this compact, the SCS school board and local educators have taken a huge step forward to help ensure all students have access to the high quality education they deserve, and to underscore the important role that public charter schools play in our community.»

Take the case of the Marco Island Public Charter School in Florida - a charter being denied access by local school board opposSchool in Florida - a charter being denied access by local school board opposschool board opposition.

Given the compressed timeframe in which the dissolution of the SRC must take place in order for the District to regain local control by the beginning of the 2018 - 2019 school year and the difficulty the District would likely face getting legislative approval from Harrisburg to change its charter to allow an elected school board in the next few weeks, Education Voters of PA supports mayoral control of the school board at this time.

Malloy's proposal was to allow the Commissioner of Education to override local boards of education and take control of Commissioner Network Schools by requiring local or regional boards of education to «enter into a turnaround agreement with the department regarding all aspects of school operation and management, without limitation.»

On behalf of parents of public school students across Connecticut, I am writing to request that you add an agenda item to the April 6, 2015 State Board of Education Committee meeting to review and address the actions taken by your Interim Commissioner of Education and other State Department of Education staff as they relate to the issue of a parent's fundamental and inalienable right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing program and how local school districts should deal with children whose parents have opted them out of the SBAC testing.

School boards, local schools, and communities can take action today by simply asking teachers, principals, and administrators: «What is my kid learning when it comes to sex ed?»