May 26, 2010
Schools have received a glimmer of hope that this year’s state budget won’t further cut education funding, but educators and parents need to continue to fight for the money, Dearborn Public School administrators said Monday. The latest state budget conference made it look like schools might not get the additional $268 per pupil cut Lansing […]
May 26, 2010
A day after a coalition of Democratic lawmakers proposed $1.3 billion in cuts in an effort to dig the state out of a $13 billion hole, all but $200 million in cuts on Tuesday were slapped down in various House committees. Measures calling for cuts to elementary and secondary education, executive and state agency operations, […]
May 26, 2010
Under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), school health centers for the first time will be eligible for federal funding, prompting opposition from antiabortion-rights groups that are targeting the centers’ potential involvement in family planning services, CQ Today reports. The health care reform law allocates $50 million per year for the centers for the […]
May 26, 2010
Triggered by tax collections projected at a half-billion dollars less than expected, Gov. Ted Kulongoski ordered state agencies Tuesday to prepare spending cuts of 9 percent to balance the state budget. Agencies that draw from the tax-supported general fund — including education, human services and public safety programs — are scheduled to submit specific plans […]
May 26, 2010
The Board of Education has rejected the Millstone Township Committee’s decision to reduce the proposed tax levy in support of the new school budget by over $1.2 million. The board unanimously voted May 18 to appeal the governing body’s decision to the New Jersey commissioner of education and seek restoration of the reduction. After voters […]
May 25, 2010
Steve Catalano, chairman of the Greene County Board of Supervisors, said earlier this month that localities are under attack by higher governments that mandate programs they do not adequately fund. At least two of those programs can be found within the Greene County School System: the 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the […]
May 25, 2010
When the new year begins this fall at Valley Traditional High School, there will be five new English teachers, three new math teachers and two new science teachers, as well as new special education, choral and art instructors. At Fern Creek Traditional High School, the changes will be equally dramatic — five new social studies […]
May 25, 2010
Enough is enough. About 200 people made this message clear on Monday in Marshall when they held signs and marched down Michigan Avenue as part of a rally meant to draw attention to what many called inadequate public school funding. The rally was one of more than 40 across the state, said Tara Wilbur, UniServ […]
May 25, 2010
The Senate budget committee today ordered the state’s top school board to revise the formula for financing the state’s public schools, rejecting a proposal that would have boosted spending by $63 million above the level recommended by Gov. Bobby Jindal. The move by the Senate Finance Committee means the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education […]
May 25, 2010
Twelve-year-old Daniel Beckstead uses his eyes to communicate with his teachers and classroom aides at Kauri Sue Hamilton School in Riverton. Unable to move or speak because of cerebral palsy, he can’t say when he is in distress. He just casts a glance. Next year, there will be fewer eyes watching his. Jordan School District’s […]