Sentences with phrase «vote on charter»

Superintendent Robert Gross said the board is slated to vote on the charter school application in early February.

(Photo: Senate President Steve Sweeney, who has said that allowing school boards or communities to vote on charter approvals, a stance advocated for by anti-choice groups like Save Our Schools - NJ, would «absolutely shut down charter schools.

The NAACP Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on the charter school moratorium on October 15.

He wrote at least four articles published statewide dedicated to the defeat of the amendment including «Ten reasons to vote no on charter school amendment.»

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Giving teachers an advisory vote on charter - school operators ought to be embraced as a way to share in a solution.

ICYMI, Jeremiah Grace penned a piece for Medium on why the NAACP vote on charter schools was so wrong - headed.

As CCSA prepared for the education subcommittees to vote on the charter school items, it became clear that these proposals would face an uphill battle in their subcommittee hearings.

We didn't want it to be an up or down vote on charter schools or an up or down vote on teacher evaluations.

«So if we're coming back to pass mayoral control separately, why not vote on charter schools?

The mayor's words of support come as Johnson is being targeted, along with Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein, by the AFL - CIO for his «yes» vote on charter schools, as well as a host of other issues with which the union is displeased.

As a member of the board of trustees since 2007, he has routinely abstained from voting on charter school matters.

«This is the last issue we need to crack in New York City and to do that we need to locate the voters who are really concerned and who will vote on charters, vote on parochial schools, vote on the problems caused by the strength of the teachers» unions,» he said.

* Senate Education Committee Votes on Charter School Bills * Several Charter Schools Receive Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants * The November Ballot Gets Longer

[4] For record of school board votes on charter schools, contact the LAUSD Board Secretariat by calling 213-241-7002 or e-mailing [email protected]

Notable Tuesday were the unanimous votes on all charter decisions, including three charter petitions that were denied.

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These charters also often imposed a cap on the number of votes any one shareholder could cast.

For more information on these requirements, see «-- Our corporate charter and bylaws include provisions limiting voting by non-U.S. citizens and specifying an exclusive forum for stockholder disputes.»

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power in a June election, said an unofficial tally showed 64 percent of voters backed the charter after two rounds of voting that ended with a final ballot on Saturday.

The day following the one - sided vote in Dallas on the «Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People» (there were only thirteen nays), the New York Times expressed satisfaction in an editorial titled «Seeking Atonement in Dallas.»

The significance of this vote, particularly to those who have been fighting the Reagan Administration on the environmental front, was that the lone dissenter was the U.S.. However, according to transcripts of the debate on the charter's passage, American objections to it weren't inspired by Interior Secretary James Watt or anyone else in Washington.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

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In the wake of an appellate court decision, Spa City's charter change advocates are once again trying to get their hands on electronic images of ballots cast in November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margin.

If we ever have a referendum again on changing the voting system: Present it as a People's Charter.

UPDATE: The Senate GOP press office notes Padavan voted «no» on the one - house Senate charter schools bill, too.

For example, the mayor said today that he will support Sen. Craig Johnson, a Nassau County Democrat, simply because he decided to buck his fellow downstate Dems and vote «yes» on the charter school bill — a move Bloomberg deemed «courageous.»

After millions of dollars of spending on his behalf, much of it by the charter school crowd, Carl Marcellino was finally declared the winner of his race by about 1500 votes against a woefully underfunded opponent.

Meanwhile, the Senate has called it quits for the day and is planning to return at 9 a.m. tomorrow to vote on a deal to keep the parks open and — for now, anyway — a charter school bill.

They and others called on Mayor Bill de Blasio's Charter Revision Commission to get behind instant runoff voting.

De Blasio's Charter Revision Commission — which includes several donors to his campaigns, according to the New York Post — can propose changes to the city's governing document later this year on which New Yorkers would then vote.

The labor groups — still steaming over the Senate's surprise vote last month to boost the cap on charter schools — are promising candidates as much as $ 200,000 in campaign cash to take on leading charter proponent Sen. Craig Johnson (D - LI), The Post has learned.

Voters will get a third chance to make their feelings known on term limits after the City Charter Revision Commission voted this month to put the contentious issue back on the ballot in November.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

Senate Democrats, while hobbled by a mere one - vote majority, could barely contain their glee at Cuomo's strong support for some of their most favored positions: more charter schools, a tough cap on state spending and local property taxes, and opposition to a massive new borrowing scheme — all counter to Silver's positions.

I believe it is not practical to vote on something for a referendum until there is widespread agreement on what the government would look like, its authority and its charter.»

While serving on the Westchester County Charter Commission, charged with improving county government, Killian missed more than half of the meetings and skipped more than 80 percent of votes taken.

Electeds Urge «No» on Proposal to Co-Locate High School in Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Queens:

By law, the council could vote to put the measure on the ballot or the mayor could appoint a charter revision commission to do it.

Questions included how they would ensure continued funding for senior centers, whether they support a state constitutional convention, their views on charter schools, whether their candidacies help Bill de Blasio by simply drawing anti-de Blasio votes from Republican candidate Nicole Malliotakis and plans for dealing with the homeless, particularly in Bay Ridge.

«What a commission would do is review the entire city charter and make a recommendation that ultimately the voters of the city of Troy would vote on implementing.»

According to Erie County Charter, the Legislature will hold a public hearing on the proposed local law before the 11 members vote.

Eva S. Moskowitz, the founder and chief executive of Success Academy Charter Schools, shown last year, said in a statement on Wednesday, «In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.»

The Saratoga Springs Charter Commission will vote on an amendment to its draft charter tonight that will address future salaries for the mayor and city cCharter Commission will vote on an amendment to its draft charter tonight that will address future salaries for the mayor and city ccharter tonight that will address future salaries for the mayor and city council.

«We will underline our position as an anti-austerity party by voting against the charter on Wednesday.

Furthermore, as both Charter 88 and the New Politics Network are membership organisations, we practice what we preach: by joining both or either organisations you will be given a say in and a vote on what our priorities should be.

During his fifth annual «State of the City» address at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, de Blasio unveiled a 10 - point «DemocracyNYC» plan that includes the creation of a Charter Review Commission that will reform the city's campaign finance system and a CDO who will lead a series of initiatives to get 1.5 million New Yorkers registered to vote by 2022.

Reaction to the Regents» vote on the fate of the proposed Truxton Academy Charter School is also expected to come up during the meeting.

The Log Cabin Republicans, a 38 - year - old organization that had unsuccessfully sought a charter from the state party several times in the past, received the formal imprimatur on a 861 - 293 vote at the party's biannual convention in Sacramento.

She spoke with host Gary Axelbank about her abstention in the vote on mayoral control, the concept of mayoral control, charter schools, how the system mgiht be run to maximum effiency, lessons learned from her tenure as president at Hostos CC, and numerous other topics.