April 27, 2010
College will get more expensive, state roads might get a little more crowded and hospitals will have their finances squeezed once again, thanks to a budget deal reached Monday in the state Capitol. Florida lawmakers agreed on a $68 billion budget Monday that holds classroom funding steady, at around $6,840 per student, but carves money […]
April 27, 2010
The future of K-12 education in Kellogg will be put to voters Tuesday as they will decide whether or not to support the renewal of a two-year $2.78 Million levy. The reality is if voters fail to renew the levy the school district will be forced to eliminate all extracurricular activities, all elective classes and […]
April 27, 2010
Charleston students who attend J.E. Robins and Watts elementary schools will have a new school to call home, as the state School Building Authority agreed Monday to give $8.8 million to build a second new elementary school on Charleston’s West Side. "It’s a good day for the kids on the West Side," said Chuck Wilson, […]
April 27, 2010
The expansion of insurance coverage under the health reform law is due largely to an expansion of the government-funded Medicaid program, which is causing some doctors to worry about the specifics of implementation, according to the New York Times. "Absorbing that many people into the system will not be easy. The program is administered and […]
April 27, 2010
The numbers may not be as staggering as in neighboring Elgin Area School District U-46, but Central Community Unit District 301 is also facing financial troubles. The school board has approved $1 million in cuts for the upcoming school year in order to erase an anticipated deficit. Supe rintendent Todd Stirn said Thursday that "every […]
April 26, 2010
Hawaii lawmakers voted late Friday night to set aside enough money to reopen schools on all of next year’s scheduled furlough days, ending the nation’s shortest school year if the governor agrees. A conference committee voted unanimously to spend $67 million from a hurricane relief fund — the first time money has been allocated to […]
April 26, 2010
Kansas House Appropriations committee members voted Friday to increase 2011 school funding in the state by replacing part of some expiring federal stimulus funds with state money. Members voted to restore $85 million of a total $172 million in federal funds that run out midway through the fiscal year beginning July 1. The increase, which […]
April 26, 2010
As New Jersey and other states make drastic cuts in education programs and staff, Gov. Rendell stopped by several schools in the Philadelphia suburbs on Friday to rally support for continued increases in state school spending. In Kennett Square, Hatboro, and Doylestown, he asked school officials, students, and residents to "e-mail, fax or write a […]
April 26, 2010
With a major Coral Gables healthcare entrepreneur and others stepping forward with major campaign contributions, Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature is steering the way to let for-profit companies compete for contracts overseeing nearly every Medicaid patient, including those in nursing homes and the disabled. In what would be a first in the country, the House and Senate […]
April 26, 2010
It remains a chief ingredient of President Obama’s recipe for recovery — hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars sprinkled throughout the economy. A sizable chunk was set aside for Houston schools, within that chunk a $43 million one-time, windfall specifically for special education. That equates to almost $2,600 for each of the district’s roughly 16,000 […]