May 21, 2010
Wyoming has enough money to give schools the resources necessary to succeed, consultant Larry Picus told legislators charged with evaluating the state’s school funding formula. The state distributes about $1.3 billion to 48 school districts in “block grants” based on student population. The funding formula set in 2005 allocates money for teachers, technology, student support […]
May 21, 2010
Three Central Jersey school programs focusing on different forms of team-building and personal development were among a dozen from around the state honored Monday during the eighth annual Innovations in Special Education program. The awards program is sponsored by the New Jersey School Boards Association and ASAH, a non-profit organization of private schools and agencies […]
May 20, 2010
Federal stimulus money intended for public education in Texas has been challenging to spend, time-consuming to keep track of – and will be very hard to replace. That was the message from several school officials to a Texas legislative subcommittee meeting Wednesday in Richardson. "What happens next? That is the number one concern of our school […]
May 20, 2010
Martinsville City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to let the city schools carry over into the new fiscal year about $225,000 that school officials expect to have left from the current year, which ends June 30. Also on that day, city residents will be able to tell the council their opinions on the city’s […]
May 19, 2010
School budgets didn’t get whacked during the 2010 legislative session, but plenty of money will be slow to arrive. The Legislature approved another $208 million in funding shifts for K-12 education, meaning state aid payments that will be delayed. That money is tacked onto more than $1.7 billion in state funding already being delayed. Pushing […]
May 19, 2010
The finance board trimmed slightly more than $1 million from the 2010-2011 proposed budget Tuesday. The budget has been rejected twice by voters. It goes to the public one more time, May 25. The latest version of the budget carries a tax increase of just under 1 mill — 0.98. A property assessed at $200,000 […]
May 19, 2010
The school year may be wrapping up, but local school districts are still working to complete a difficult assignment: hammering out their budgets for next year, under the pressure of ongoing state budget cuts and financial uncertainty. Back in January, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to spare education as he crafted next year’s state bu […]
May 19, 2010
The Appomattox County Board of Supervisors officially approved a budget on Monday that will short-fund state-matching school money for the first time in Appomattox history. The Board of Supervisors approved the $37.3 million budget on a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Sam Carter casting the lone dissenting vote. Carter took issue with the school funding part […]
May 19, 2010
Though Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘s May budget proposals did not make significant changes in funding for kindergarten through 12th-grade education, local district officials were told at a workshop Monday night that the picture could change in coming months if fights ensue over proposed cuts to social services. The latest budget proposals and what they mean to educators […]
May 18, 2010
At least 226 of Washington state’s 295 school districts have signed on to the state’s application for $250 million in federal funding for education reform, state education officials said Monday. A little more than a month ago, Gov. Chris Gregoire asked the districts to join her campaign for Washington to win a grant from the […]