Sentences with phrase «total number of students in the district»

We also include the total number of students in the district, to allow for the possibility that large districts operate differently from small districts.

Not exact matches

These schools represent approximately 55 % of the total number of schools in our district, with an estimated combined population of over 100,000 students, and the free meals will become available when our school year begins a week from today.

The number of students opting out was 87,796 in 106 districts reporting out of a total 124 systems Islandwide.

The state bases the adjustments on a percentage of the total average daily membership in each district, not the number of students participating in the programs.

The Philadelphia School District now spends close to $ 100 million a year on instruction for more than 27,000 special - education students in full - day and part - time classes, more than the total number of students in any other school district in Pennsylvania except PitDistrict now spends close to $ 100 million a year on instruction for more than 27,000 special - education students in full - day and part - time classes, more than the total number of students in any other school district in Pennsylvania except Pitdistrict in Pennsylvania except Pittsburgh.

Officials of the Minnesota district report that Asian enrollment increased by 600 this year, bringing the number of Asian students in the district to 4,884 out of a total enrollment of 32,962.

We reassigned such schools to the district where they are located geographically, to better capture the number of total and alternative students in each district.

Sanctions that tend to be correlated with placing students with disabilities in more restrictive settings include: the total number of sanctions in a state, states with any sanctions at the building or district level, state takeover of a district and replacement of individual principals or teachers.

Since 2007, the number of districts strongly committed to socioeconomic integration has more than doubled, from 40 to 100 nationwide.75 These districts tend to be large and urban, and today, roughly 4 million students reside in a school district or charter school that considers socioeconomic status in their student assignment system — representing about 8 percent of total public school enrollment.76

To fulfill congressional intent, today's Title I dollars flow to the states, which then distribute the dollars to districts based on the number of students in poverty and the percentage of total students in poverty in each district.

Instead of following the current formulas, states would distribute to all districts the same amount per student simply based on the total number of children in low - income families.

In the most recent academic year, eight charter schools educated 8.6 percent of students, and that number is predicted to reach 14.7 percent of total district enrollment — 4,485 students — in 2016 - 1In the most recent academic year, eight charter schools educated 8.6 percent of students, and that number is predicted to reach 14.7 percent of total district enrollment — 4,485 students — in 2016 - 1in 2016 - 17.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

The total tuition amount owed by a sending district to a charter school shall be the per pupil tuition amount as defined above, multiplied by the total number of students attending the charter school from that district in the current fiscal year.

School personnel are not often in a position to determine the total numbers of students assigned to their school buildings (district leaders do).

Teachers with students who take standardized math and English tests (usually fewer than half of the total number of teachers in a district) are held accountable for getting students to reach this mark.