August 23, 2010
As governors gear up to apply for federal money from the $10 million Education Jobs Fund, states and school districts are wrestling with how they plan to spend the aid the Obama administration said was desperately needed to save what the administration said would be some 160,000 educators’ jobs that otherwise would be lost. Some […]
August 23, 2010
Only one school district in Marion County has successfully sought new operating money since the mid-1990s. Two school districts, the highest achieving ones in the county, have failed in their last two attempts and are going for their third try Nov. 2. Discussions of school funding, whether focused on state or federal coffers, usually starts […]
August 23, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of 12 chart er school grants, totaling $136 million to state education agencies in Arkansas, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Texas to increase public school options in those states. The Administration will invest […]
August 23, 2010
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today announced California’s kindergarten through grade twelve public schools will receive $213 million in State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) Phase II federal stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Education. This is the last portion of SFSF funds California was eligible to receive. "I applaud President Barack Obama […]
August 23, 2010
Three of Des Moines’ neediest high schools will have to scale back or delay plans to improve student results in the classroom because they were unable to secure federal grant money to fund their efforts. Officials with the Iowa Department of Education, charged with distributing nearly $18 million in three-year school improvement grants to persistently […]
August 23, 2010
In response to the state receiving federal match money for Medicaid (FMAP) and for local school districts, Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has started to take action. On Friday, Parkinson sent a letter to state legislative leaders addressing what will need to be done during the 2011 Legislative session because of the passage of the federal […]
August 23, 2010
If California legislators don’t quickly pass a law to stop school districts from having to return money for students with severe disabilities, San Diego Unified leaders will have to decide whether to dip deeper into their reserves or slash $18 million more from the district budget. California is slated to pull special education funding that […]
August 23, 2010
On paper, Roosevelt Middle School nev er should have made it. Situated in the heart of Germantown, the school has enormous challenges – 85 percent of its 500 students live in poverty. Twenty-three percent need special-education services. Many of its students – seventh and eighth graders – are mothers and fathers. Based on the rate […]
August 20, 2010
Presence TeleCare, the leading online provider of special education services, announced today that it received two separate grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $175,000. The grants support the company’s efforts to address the national shortage of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), which leaves at least 250,000 children in special education with inadequate or no service […]
August 20, 2010
It’s not clear whether salary caps that Gov. Chris Christie wants for New Jersey’s school superintendents would apply to private schools funded with tax dollars. An analysis by The Record newspaper found more than 60 administrators for the state’s 171 private special education schools earn more than the $175,000 cap. None of the state’s special […]