June 10, 2010
Despite a warning this week that the loss of federal stimulus money could blow a gaping hole in school budgets across Connecticut, leading lawmakers say the legislature is prepared to fill that gap. The state has relied on federal stimulus money to prop up state school aid to municipalities, but projections by the legislature’s Office of Fiscal […]
June 10, 2010
If Congress chooses not to approve a six-month extension of Medicaid help to the states, Colorado could face a $211 million budget hole and the prospect of another cut to K-12 education or other programs. Medicaid, a state and federally funded program that provides health care for the poor, now covers about 500,000 Coloradans. During […]
June 9, 2010
Glendale School District will receive more than $2.5 million in federal stimulus money to cover the interest costs for planned improvements. Superintendent Arnold Nadonley said Monday the funding will pay the interest on a $7 million bond for the district, which lies in Cambria and Clearfield counties. He expects the school board to act later […]
June 9, 2010
For the fourth year in a row, the York City School Board will vote on a budget containing no tax increase. The board also will decide whether to move forward with its $8 million Jackson school renovation project. The vote on the school district’s $115 million budget and the school project are scheduled for the […]
June 9, 2010
Three Fox Cities public middle schools failed to hit education marks measured annually by the Department of Public Instruction, the agency reported Tuesday. The schools are among 145 schools and four districts that failed to meet adequate yearly progress targets required by the federal No Child Left Behind law, though they are set and measured […]
June 9, 2010
Charging that Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed aid cuts "indisputably violated" the state’s obligation to fund schools in a manner upheld by the New Jersey Supreme Court, an education advocacy group filed a motion Tuesday seeking to force the state to abide by the existing school funding formula. The action by the Newark-based Education Law Center […]
June 9, 2010
A long-shot parcel tax to offset some of the looming funding cuts in the Los Angeles Unified School District claimed a majority of votes but was falling well short of the required two-thirds majority in early returns Tuesday night. Measure E sought a $100-per-parcel tax to raise $92.5 million annually for four years. Top school […]
June 9, 2010
Teachers, administrators and school board members across the state are working together to try to persuade legislators to approve the governor’s proposed $5.9 billion education budget for 2010-11. "School districts across the state, their local revenues were down by $343 million. The governor has proposed increasing state funding by $354 million. The loss of local […]
June 9, 2010
New York State did the right thing by putting forward a strong application for the second round of federal "Race to the Top" school funding, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said this morning. "I think the state and the Legislature made a good move" in voting to more than double the number of charter schools in […]
June 9, 2010
When Gov. Ed Rendell crafted his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he expected additional federal Medicaid dollars would come through for Pennsylvania. At the moment that funding, which would add another $850 million to the state’s projected deficit, is in jeopardy. Twenty-nine other states are in a similar boat. Congress needs to make […]