May 7, 2010
Nearly 200 teachers were laid off, and custodial and transportation services were privatized for the 2010-11 school year at a Thursday, April 29 special meeting of the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Board of Education. The motion to privatize transportation services allows concession bargaining to continue, with a deadline of May 12 set, in hopes that […]
May 7, 2010
here’s a huge gap between the current teaching model to serve special education students and the money available to fund it. On Tuesday, the Killeen ISD school board will vote on whether to approve 13 full-time and one part-time special education teachers for the next school year. This will take about $600,000 from the general […]
May 7, 2010
Even though George Rogers Clark Elementary has been open for more than 100 years, its future will soon lie in the hands of the Clarksville Community School Corp. board. Tuesday night voters turned down a referendum that would have raised taxes 24 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to those owning property in the district […]
May 7, 2010
A short-staffed Starkville school board learned Tuesday night that their 2010-2011 budget will be about 10 percent to 12 percent less than it was a year ago, a reduction of almost $2 million. They set a public hearing on the budget for 6 p.m. May 18. Details of the budget will be made available then, […]
May 7, 2010
The chairman of the House Finance Committee has introduced his own bill to change the way the state distributes hundreds of millions of dollars to local school districts. Rep. Steven Costantino submitted legislation Wednesday afternoon that mirrors the proposal drafted by the state Department of Education in February. The Providence Democrat calls his bill "a […]
May 7, 2010
Spencer County Public Schools plan to reduce work days for many employees next school year — including Superintendent Chuck Adams — because of financial uncertainties stemming from the General Assembly’s failure to approve a state budget. "I put myself on the list," said Adams, who figures he’ll lose about $2,500 in pay. "I just don’t […]
May 7, 2010
When an influx of federal stimulus money for students with disabilities was announced last year, many touted the $11 billion as an unprecedented opportunity to improve special education. But as school districts prepare to report their spending of that money to state education officials, some special education advocates fear a provision in federal law has […]
May 7, 2010
The bad news keeps coming for Toledo Public Schools as it tries to steady its financial ship. Its income tax levy failed Tuesday, meaning more layoffs and program cuts to close a $30 million budget hole next fiscal year. Now there also could be $2 million to $4 million more in losses over the next […]
May 7, 2010
Some details are still up in the air, but about 18 jobs will be lost as the Sunnyside School District continues to work out plans to cut $1.6 million. Most of the losses will be absorbed though resignations and retirements, said Curtis Campbell, district spokesman. Plans for some positions are still undecided. The school board […]
May 7, 2010
The recently passed Florida State Budget focused mostly on debate over cuts in spending. More than $15 billion is federal stimulus money will disappear in 2011, leaving gaping gaps in programs that finance education and health care. A Medicaid overhaul that failed this year, will likely be revisited. State and local funding for K-12 will […]