Tag Archives: ED-FLex

Jim Horne Commissioner Florida Department of Education Office of the Commissioner Turlington Building, Suite 1514 325 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Dear Mr. Horne: I am pleased to inform you that the US Department of Education has approved the State-Flexibility Plan that the Florida Department of Education submitted under the No Child Left Behind […]

March 8, 2004 Dear Colleague: We are writing to encourage you to seriously consider joining Seattle Public Schools as a Local Flexibility Demonstration (Local-Flex) District. This program will enable up to 80 school districts to consolidate the funds they receive under the Teacher Quality (Title II, Part A), Educational Technology (Title II, Part D), Safe […]

Local Flexibility Demonstration Agreement Between the United States Department of Education and Seattle Public Schools The United States Department of Education (Department) and the Seattle Public School District (Seattle) enter into this Local-Flexibility Demonstration (Local-Flex) Agreement to assist Seattle in meeting its State definition of adequate yearly progress and attaining specific, measurable goals for improving […]

May 28, 2003 The Honorable Michael E. Ward State Superintendent North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 6301 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-6301 Dear Dr. Ward: The Department has reviewed your plan to invoke your authority as an Education Flexibility Partnership Act (Ed-Flex) State to issue waivers to LEAs on a case-by-case basis, for the […]

September 25, 2003 Honorable Nancy S. Grasmick State Superintendent of Schools Maryland State Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Ba1timore, MD 21201 Dear Superintendent Grasmick: The Department has reviewed your plan to invoke your authority as an Education Flexibility Partnership Act (Ed-Flex) State to issue, on a case-by-case basis, one-time, one-year waivers of the […]