approved school

noun

British
: a school for juvenile delinquents

Examples of approved school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Voters approved school levies in four local districts on Tuesday, including Forest Hills Local School District and Loveland City Schools, and rejected school issues in four other districts, including Winton Woods City School District and Northwest Local Schools. Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023 Alabama lawmakers have approved school choice measures before, including the Alabama Accountability Act, which passed a decade ago and provides private school scholarships funded by donors who receive a credit on their state income taxes. Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023 The Central Board of Control approved school alignments Tuesday for the spring sports of baseball, softball, soccer, tennis, golf and outdoor track for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 24 May 2022 Also on Wednesday, the department approved school plans for South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021 Lawmakers have approved school budgets hundreds of millions of dollars higher than the stay-steady estimates since at least 2015, in most cases without direction on how districts must spend the additional money. oregonlive, 3 June 2021 The plan would also pay $50.8 million in funding to finish other long-term school construction plans after the state approved school construction funding this session. Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 15 Apr. 2021 The only places regionally where tax rates increased more than $100 per $100,000 of home value are in seven school districts where voters last year approved school levies of at least 4.8 mills. Rich Exner, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2021 But when approving schools, ACICS officials can take nine to 18 months reviewing the university. Shelly Conlon, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of approved school was in 1932

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“Approved school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approved%20school. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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