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Petition aims to dissolve Nebraska board of education
Nebraskans are collecting signatures for a 2022 ballot initiative that would dissolve several key education positions, replacing them with a new office that reports only to the governor. The petition seeks to dismantle the state’s Department of Education, elected School Board, and School Board Commissioner through a constitutional amendment which would create a new Office of Education, overseen by the governor’s office. That stems mostly from Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts’ multiple clashes with the state’s school board this year over its proposed updates to the state’s health education standards. The updated standards would have incorporated lessons about gender identity and sexual orientation in school health classes. The board in September…
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School board approves purchase of online program, SRO vehicles | Local News
The Glynn County Board of Education approved the use of federal funds to purchase a formative assessment program that will enhance Google Classroom technology. The school board voted 6-0 at its monthly meeting Tuesday to buy a Pear Deck program. The district will spend $133,650 over three years using money provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The board also approved the purchase of 12 new vehicles for the district’s resources officers. Board members approved the $436,404 purchase 5-1, with school board member Mike Hulsey voting no. The SRO fleet is old, said Andrea Preston, assistant superintendent of finances, before the vote. “We’re repairing…
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Columbia Board of Education votes to extend coronavirus action plan
News COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education voted unanimously to continue the mask mandate and COVID-19 plan. Watch the meeting replay in the player below. In the updated plan, the district has added remediation strategies for students and staff. The Superintendent will be able to decide if mask requirements are needed after consultation with the Incident Command Team, the Columbia/Boone County Health Department, health and medical professionals and neighboring school district superintendents. The CPS 14-day case rate is currently 49.3 positive cases per 10,000 students and staff. CPS has 63 active student cases with 310 in quarantine. The district also has 7 staff cases and 8 staff in…
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Former Hawaii Legislator Joins Board of Education on Interim Basis
The Hawaii Board of Education gained a new member, effective Monday — a former teacher and principal in Hawaii’s school system who also served as a state lawmaker and was once a candidate for lieutenant governor. Lyla Berg, who took the oath of office on Monday, will make her first appearance as a board member during a meeting on Thursday. The agenda includes discussion about the Department of Education’s plans to accelerate learning for children who have fallen behind during the Covid-19 pandemic and the use of federal aid dollars. In a phone interview, Berg, who served as a Democratic House representative for District 18 from 2004 to 2010 and ran…
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Local man joins state school board
Davis, who lives between Lebanon and Monroe, was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine on June 30. He participated in his first monthly state school board meeting Monday and Tuesday, drawing compliments for his questions on the newly passed school funding bill. ExploreState funding increases are small for most local schools Davis said 20 years ago, he was part of Gov. Bob Taft’s blue ribbon commission on school finance. In the past decade, he was part of a committee studying financial literacy standards for Ohio’s K-12 schools, an issue that has been revived. “I thought that was dead, but then I was talking to state Sen. Steve Wilson … and now…
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School board hashes out details for WCS Online, extracurriculars | News
Williamson County Schools may establish WCS Online as an entity separate from any brick-and-mortar school starting this fall, and the WCS Board of Education held a lengthy discussion during its work session Thursday about the implications of this move. The Tennessee General Assembly has passed legislation this year that would allow the state to withhold some or all of its Basic Education Program (BEP) funding from schools that continue virtual learning into the next school year. One way around that is by establishing a fully online school, not merely an online option for students at a typically in-person school. WCS Superintendent Jason Golden shared he believes, for this year, establishing…
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School board approves WCS Online schools | News
The Williamson County Schools Board of Education approved the establishment of two fully online schools — WCS Online for K–8 students and for high schoolers — during its meeting Monday night. “The executive director of the state board of education let superintendents know just a couple of weeks ago that they did not intend to approve a structure for a student to be fully online next year without a dedicated school,” WCS Superintendent Jason Golden said. Because WCS had committed to families that online school would be available for students next year, Golden recommended the district move forward with this option, and the board approved. However, some members had questions…
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