July 9, 2010
The good news for educators in Davidson County, Lexington and Thomasville is that no massive layoffs occurred this year due to reduced funding from the state. The bad news – not only for school system employees but also students and parents – is that a large number of jobs could be lost a year from […]
July 9, 2010
The District’s attempt to contain the nearly $300 million-a-year cost of private school tuition and services for special education students is headed toward review by a federal judge. Steven Ney, one of the attorneys representing the 2,700 D.C. students in private schools, said Thursday that he will soon seek a preliminary injunction to block implementation […]
July 8, 2010
State funding for education doesn’t look as dire as first forecasted earlier this year as local educators have had time to review the General Assembly’s approved budget for fiscal 2011. Gov. Bev Perdue signed into law June 30 the General Assembly’s spending plan for 2010-2011. The approved budget allows school districts to use up to […]
July 8, 2010
Connecticut politicians have said maintaining education spending at current levels in this year’s budget that began July 1 was a major accomplishment in the current recession. Civic watchdogs agree, but warn that even tougher times are coming for school funding. Kathy Wilson, school finance specialist with the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, says an […]
July 8, 2010
Gov. Martin O’Malley pledged Wednesday to spend an additional $1 billion in state money for school construction if re-elected, repeating a campaign promise he made and kept four years ago. "Change doesn’t happen overnight, but we see change happening here," said O’Malley, gesturing toward a construction pit where work was under way for new buildings […]
July 8, 2010
More children would be enrolled in the federal free school lunch program and schools would be reimbursed a higher amount for those lunches under bipartisan legislation introduced last month in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act of 2010 would allow schools in high-poverty areas a new option called “community […]
July 8, 2010
A state investigation into the Hartford Public Schools has found students with emotional and behavioral disorders fac e illegal segregation and discrimination. On Wednesday, the independent Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities released the resultsRequires Adobe Acrobat Reader of a two-year investigation into complaints from parents about how their children have been […]
July 8, 2010
Just as it has every June since 2006, the U.S. Department of Education last month delivered a rating to each state and territory based on the performance of its special education programs. The ratings, intended to fulfill the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s requirement that “measurable” and “rigorous” targets be met on the 6.7 million […]
July 8, 2010
M ichigan’s new school aid budget will put a few more dollars into the budgets of Livingston County school districts. Local superintendents, however, are not impressed, considering how much state aid to schools was already cut. The state Legislature approved a new, $12.8 billion spending plan for schools Thursday that boosts state aid by $11 […]
July 8, 2010
San Mateo County school districts should strengthen collaboration with each other to lower their special-education costs and press Congress to increase funding, a civil grand jury said in a report released Wednesday. "Federal funding for the special-education program, which is inadequate now, may decrease in the future," the grand jury said. Local districts face continuing […]