Sentences with phrase «to consolidate school districts»

A $ 75,000 award from the Texas Education Agency funded a study mandated by the Texas Legislature to investigate prospects for realizing efficiencies by consolidating school districts in several large metropolitan areas in Texas.

In this era of declining school enrollment, increasing costs and tax increases limited by the tax cap imposed by New York State, consolidating school districts seems like a no - brainer.

Superintendents in Indiana are disputing a new study that concludes that the state should consolidate school districts with less than 2,000 students to improve test scores.

John was appointed counsel by a Federal Court for 23 consolidated school districts in asbestos property cases in Western Missouri.

His platform emphasizes lowering taxes and creating business opportunities and consolidating school districts to reduce the cost of local government.

The Governor's most pointed reference to education during his speech came when he touched briefly on the need to consolidate school districts and ease education mandates.

The prevailing view of the majority, however, was that the state's formal authority to consolidate school districts was irrelevant.

To be sure, budget matters are likely to dominate the work of governors and legislatures again in 2010, even as they are expected to take up a variety of more locally driven policy issues outside the scope of the Race to the Top initiative, such as efforts to consolidate school districts.

To successfully enroll large numbers of students in racially and socioeconomically integrated schools, policymakers must look beyond current school boundaries and work to consolidate school districts.

The Mayor and City Council have no power to consolidate the school districts.