Sentences with phrase «to expand charter schools in the state»

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill expanding charter schools in the state after hearing Tennessee could lose out on the money if they kept blocking an expansion of charter schools.

The Republican - controlled Senate, meanwhile, backs extending mayoral control, but also wants to strengthen and expand charter schools in the state — a premise that is backed by the governor in a NY1 interview on Thursday.

The Senate this month approved several mayoral control extender measures, all of which seek to expand charter schools in the state — a provision that Speaker Carl Heastie has said is a non-starter for his Democratic conference.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on NY1 Thursday said he would continue to seek a three - year extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, along with a proposal to strengthen and expand charter schools in the state.

Senate Republicans mobilized their major donors, reminding them of the coming sunset of the rent laws, the push to expand charter schools in the state, and of the «Democratic dysfunction of 2009.»

Massachusetts voters will be deciding in a few weeks whether to expand charter schools in the state.

The company also contributed $ 50,000 to a Georgia PAC to expand charter schools in the state.

One prominent example: It was New York City's teachers union that buttressed the blockade against the state's attempt to expand charter schools in the state.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the Democratic members of Ohio's congressional delegation are asking Education Secretary Arne Duncan «pointed questions about the $ 71 million grant Ohio just received to expand charter schools in the state.»

Lawmakers in Mississippi passed legislation on Wednesday that will expand charter schools in the state, a victory for supporters who have made five attempts in five years to...