Changes in school performance and attendance.
Will it be in changes in school attendance and completion, changes in people's health, or changes in their livelihoods?
It ends virtually all seniority rights except in the case of layoffs or reassignments resulting from changes in school staffing needs.
Several states have mandated changes in school menus, increased physical education requirements and begun reporting students' body mass index scores to parents.
There are 24 Assembly members in the caucus, and it is unclear how many will ultimately support changes in school governance.
If Ms. Hoffmeier's suspicion is correct, Iowa could err if it reacts to score declines with radical changes in school curriculum or structure.
Mr. Silver is to begin discussing possible changes in school governance this week with caucus members and other Assembly Democrats, most of whom come from New York City.
Few schools provide inviting introductions to the changes in school lunch and don't prepare the new foods in tasty, attractive ways that might tempt reluctant diners.
The original contract was amended eight times between 2003 and 2008, adding almost $10 million in costs, chiefly to adjust to changes in school policies.
Several lawmakers and advocates for changes in school food believe that an amendment to the $286 billion farm bill is the best chance to get control of the mountain of high-calorie snacks and sodas available to schoolchildren.
Mr. Bloomberg dismissed most of his critics as hopelessly clinging to what was widely viewed as a failing system before he was given the authority last year to make sweeping changes in school operations.
