Federal funding has become a whipping stick to be
used on local district leaders who are unwilling to go along with every program dreamed up in Washington.
Not exact matches
Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes
on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets
on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested
using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being
on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County
District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft
on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.
A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana
District Conference have joined to urge «the
use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the
use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»;
on October 7 members of
local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.
Images of the program and its mission are painted
on the vehicles that the
district uses to transport produce from their
local vendors.
«Based
on research and experience, more and more
local districts are rejecting the
use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.
Many school
districts and community users rely
on a combination of federal and
local funding, as well as various partnerships, to offset costs associated with shared
use of school kitchens.
We initiated a recycling program for facilities and parks, developed an integrated pest management program aimed at reducing
use of pesticides and herbicides
on playing fields and lawns, later banned smoking in
District buildings and vehicles before that practice became state law, and continued to protect our natural areas through
local leadership.
The system with 225
local single - member
districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation,
use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate
on the ballot in some
districts.
Pointing to more than $ 40 million owed to
local schools in the 43rd Council
District, including $ 4 million owed to his own alma maters P.S. 185 and J.H.S. 259, Brannan has mounted an online social media campaign calling
on parents and educators to see education dollars owed to individual schools
using a new database created by advocates.
New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for
local office
using a formula based
on the number of registered voters in a given
district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.
The Farm - to - School Program helps connect
districts with
local farmers and increase the
use of locally grown food
on school menus.
«Congresswoman Stefanik has also worked with her colleagues in the New York delegation to amend the legislation to ease the Medicaid burden that the State of New York currently puts
on counties across our
district, which in turn could help
local governments better
use the property taxes they collect.
Johnson and other
local school administrators have contended that
use of such figures is misleading, in part because
districts can not count
on money not detailed in the itemized,
district - by -
district lists known as «runs.»
«I say to my Republican friends from suburban
districts with a high percentage of people who
use the state and
local deduction: If you think the results in Virginia and New Jersey were terrible for you, wait until you've passed a bill that raises taxes
on large swaths of middle - class families in your
districts,» he said
on the Senate floor.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican, said the Senate has agreed with the House
on how to
use local property taxes to help fund the 67 school
districts.
In his view, the directive to
district assemblies
on how to
use their fund «should be reversed...
district assemblies must be allowed to find their
local needs» and execute them.
The specific concept I
use for MPS is the «revenue limit,» set by Wisconsin statute, which places a maximum
on each
district's combined revenues from
local property taxes and state formula aid.
Barely more than one third said it was false that the federal government requires all states to
use the Common Core standards (it does not), just 15 percent said it was false that the federal government will receive detailed data
on the test performance of individual students in participating states (it will not), and fewer than half said it was true that states and
local school
districts can decide which textbooks to
use under Common Core (they can).
The House bill, HR 7, would allow 80 percent of funds from the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to flow directly to
local school
districts using a formula that is based
on a
district's number of Chapter 1 students, number of handicapped students, and overall enrollment.
Crucially this requires
local voters to vote
on whether the School
District should take
on the debt, and
on the intended
use of the money.
Ideally,
local interim assessment data would be linked with instructional resources geared to state standards and state data systems so that «teachers
using a
district data system to examine students» performance
on a specific standard would be just a click or two away from instructional resources for that standard.»
For allocating state or
local funds to
districts or schools, alternative data can be
used in lieu of the income data collected
on school meal applications.
Among them is a provision that would let communities effectively block new charter schools in a community by allowing them to count seats at in -
district «innovation» schools and in -
district charter schools in the calculation
used to determine when the
local cap
on charters has been reached.
The CPE Briefing Room adds value to the reports found
on the CPE public website with content designed exclusively for the
use of
local school boards and
district leadership teams.
The report recommended that: policy makers ensure curriculum and assessments are aligned at state,
district and
local levels;
districts survey teachers
on test prep activities and keep those that are highly rated, while dropping those that aren't;
districts expand access to technology so students can develop skills before taking tests and teachers can support them; and
districts only
use interim tests aimed at predicting performance
on end - of - the - year tests, if teachers believe they are high - quality.
A grand total of three teachers and two public education advocates attended the NC Department of Public Instruction's public hearing
on the proposed model teacher contract, which
local school
districts will
use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tenure.
Based
on our member - approved resolutions and informed by an effort from 2013 in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the WASB has asked for resources to be provided with as much
local flexibility as possible
on how they can be
used in recognition of the differences between the 422 school
districts in Wisconsin.
His plan places responsibility for the bulk of school construction costs
on individual
districts, many of which already
use local bond monies to leverage the state match.
Our General Education Department led a curriculum and assessment initiative called «Hair
on Fire» that helped
local districts deeply understand the new Common Core State Standards
using common classroom language and learn how to develop quality classroom assessments.
The two agree the state spends too little
on education, favor giving
local districts more discretion about how to
use their funding and share support for the Common Core State Standards, the national learning benchmarks that have generated a backlash over whether they undermine states» rights.
The group also reviewed and gave feedback
on several different existing sample toolkits that
local districts could
use to work through the process of developing and implementing their
local Educator Equity plans.
The UCLA center also plans to advise California school
districts on how to more effectively
use additional revenue for high - needs students — English language learners, foster care youth and those from low - income families — they have received through the
Local Control Funding Formula.
Each of these proposed rule revisions reflects conditions imposed by Texas's NCLB waiver — that student growth be measured at the individual teacher level, that student performance
on state assessments must be included as a measure of student growth, that the student growth component must be weighted 20 percent in a teacher's evaluation, and that TEA ensure that
local school
districts using locally - developed appraisal systems
use student growth at the individual teacher level.
In contrast, Pennsylvania is following the lead of states like Rhode Island that are
using what are known as «student learning objectives,» in which teachers of subjects like art and gym set academic goals for their students, relying
on local district tests, curriculum exams or projects and tests created by the teacher.
I will also
use city funds to help our schools as I have in my
district where we have built community centers because we need to facilitate parent involvement and
local control systematically and not just
on a case - by - case basis.»
On Friday the committee did approve an amendment that added $ 21 million for at - risk students and killed a plan that would have required
districts to
use some of their
local property tax revenue for at - risk.
The article describes upcoming SBE actions that will guide LCFF implementation, including a January decision
on regulations
on the
use of the formula's supplemental and concentration funds, a template for
districts to submit detailed three - year
Local Control and Accountability Plans, and a plan to measure
district performance in meeting LCFF parameters.
Facility Planning Navigating the Zoning; Land
Use and Permitting Process; Acquiring Facilities; Facility Master Planning;
District Facility Options; Prop 39, Alternative Agreements and Surplus Property; SB 740; Charter School Facilities Financing; Hiring and Working with Brokers and Other Real Estate Professionals; Negotiating Leases; State and Federal Facilities Programs; Charters and School
Districts Working Together
on Local School Bond Programs
For a school - or
district - wide site license for networking or
use on an unlimited number of workstations, please contact us for a price quote or find your
local representative.
The Toolkit provides comprehensive information
on the education rights of foster youth along with step - by - step procedures and easy - to -
use implementation tools to help
districts engage in best practices and write thoughtful and effective
Local Control Accountability Plans for educating foster youth.
For example, the student questionnaire
on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, will gather information
on students» social - emotional skills in 2017.51 Researchers intend to
use these data to analyze the relationship between SEL and academic achievement
on the NAEP exam.52
Districts and schools may find this information particularly useful to inform
local interventions and improve student performance and behavior.
The veto punishes all
districts by putting a cap
on regional costs, ignoring inflation, and removing protections for
districts in the future in the event that
local resources are
used to pay for pensions.
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
21CSF
used the data reported by U.S. K - 12 school
districts on the U.S. Census of Governments Fiscal Surveys and published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as the primary data sources; the data includes
local school
district enrollments and annual revenues and expenditures, including those for capital outlay and for maintenance and operations of plant.
Key features include course units aligned to common core and state standards together with
local district frameworks, interactive media - driven lessons focused
on core concepts and skills, closed captioning and definitions of key academic terms, embedded subject specific Tier 2 vocabulary,
on - going formative assessments, summative unit tests, teacher support materials, and at - home parental involvement learning tools — all designed to be
used in concert with the
district's instructional program.
The Reform Integration Framework and Resource Guide, co-developed by a number of States in the Reform Support Network, offers State and
local education leaders a framework to identify priorities for integrating reforms; more than 50 resources contributed by States,
districts and organizations that can be adapted for
local use; and spotlights
on integration occurring in States with varying contexts including Colorado and Massachusetts.
• a new
district facility plan for the Hickman County School District • district facility plan amendments for Christian, Clark and McCracken County School Districts • 2013 - 14 Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluatio
district facility plan for the Hickman County School
District • district facility plan amendments for Christian, Clark and McCracken County School Districts • 2013 - 14 Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluatio
District •
district facility plan amendments for Christian, Clark and McCracken County School Districts • 2013 - 14 Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluatio
district facility plan amendments for Christian, Clark and McCracken County School
Districts • 2013 - 14
Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluatio
District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School
District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluatio
District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school
district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluatio
district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat
on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to
use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation system
Currently 35 percent of an educator's evaluation is comprised of student achievement data based
on student growth; • Lower the weight of student achievement growth for teachers in non-tested grades and subjects from 25 percent to 15 percent; • And make explicit
local school
district discretion in both the qualitative teacher evaluation model that is
used for the observation portion of the evaluation as well as the specific weight student achievement growth in evaluations will play in personnel decisions made by the
district.
Local dollars are often the most flexible for
use on a
district's varying needs.
The
district must submit its
Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) to the state in July, outlining its efforts to ensure community input
on how to best
use the new education dollars.