June 18, 2010
After New Jersey voters rejected a record number of school budgets this spring, local officials ordered more than $140 million in additional cuts, the state announced today. Statewide, the reductions brought the school tax levy increase to 3.65 percent from the proposed 4.77 percent, officials said. But the overall cuts made by towns where school […]
June 18, 2010
Gov. Beverly Perdue has left no doubt about the fact that she wants House and Senate budget-writers to avoid relying on $500 million in federal Medicaid money that Congress might not send home to the state. And a congressional source, speaking on background, cast doubt on the future of that funding, saying that Democrats in […]
June 18, 2010
A congressional impasse over a new economic stimulus package threatens to punch a $130 million hole in Kansas’ budget, only weeks after state legislators raised taxes to keep it balanced. The impasse also bubbled as a political issue Thursday. Kansas’ Sam Brownback has joined fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate in opposing legislation backed by […]
June 18, 2010
An angst-ridden board of education voted unanimously in favor of a $41.2 million budget for the 2010-2011 school year in the wee hours Wednesday, well after most of the 60 people who attended to protest cuts had left. But the conflicted board agreed only on the numerical total of the K-8 budget, which would cost […]
June 18, 2010
Following a series of meetings in which he met with parents to discuss the state of special education in the district, Superintendent Dr. Brad Draeger presented his findings to parents in a meeting on Tuesday night. "I have a long-term commitment to this matter," said Draeger to the roughly 50 parents who gathered in the […]
June 18, 2010
Pending state approval, Community Consolidated School District 181 will begin providing educational services to all of its special needs students in fall 2011. District 181 School Board members approved Monday, June 14, a petition and a resolution formally initiating the process to withdraw from the La Grange Area Department of Special Education. The petition and […]
June 18, 2010
School districts throughout Southeast Idaho are taking measures to offset shortfalls caused by state budget cuts and a possible additional holdback of more than 5 percent in August. The Snake River School District will convert to a four-day-week in the 2010-2011 school year. Superintendent Russell Hammond said the switch will save the district about $195,000. […]
June 18, 2010
A Chicago public pre-school was "saved by the bell" with funding for the 2010-2011 school year. This is a school with an inclusion program that is among the best. Although Stock School on Chicago’s Northwest Side will continue to provide education for 3 to 5 years old, they are still not home free. "To know […]
June 18, 2010
Students with special needs in Community Unit School District 300 lag behind the state average in the time they spend in regular classrooms, according to a recent audit by the Illinois State Board of Education. That means the Carpentersville-based school district now has two years to bring that time spent closer to state standards. If […]
June 17, 2010
Jefferson County Public Schools will spend $21.4 million over the next three years to make improvements administrators hope will help turn around 26 of the district’s lowest-performing schools, according to a detailed plan released during a school board meeting Monday night. So me schools will hire master teachers and instructional coaches to mentor and provide […]