April 14, 2010
Thirty-five years ago, the federal government mandated that public school districts provide free, equal education for disabled children. However, federal or state monies have never come close to funding 40 percent of a school’s excess educational costs, as required by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. That lack of funding has left school districts […]
April 14, 2010
When Gov. Pat Quinn introduced his state budget last month for the upcoming fiscal year, education bore the brunt of potential cuts totaling more than $1 billion. Now, school districts statewide are faced with laying off more than 15,000 teachers or potentially closing school doors. Local education advocates converged Tuesday on the State Capitol […]
April 14, 2010
In an effort to provide a solution for special education educators pressured to yield results despite a financial crisis for education funding nationwide, the University of California, Irvine Extension announces a new "Special Education: K-12 Practices Webinar Series ." The series is designed to arm teachers and administrators with the most up-to-date knowledge about the […]
April 13, 2010
School board members in West Des Moines delayed action Monday on cutting classroom teachers and special education staff, asking for additional information and options for reducing programs. Specifically, board members said they wanted to further explore significant administrative reductions, limiting students’ ability to take classes at Des Moines’ Central Campus and turning Phenix Early Childhood […]
April 13, 2010
Sharply decreasing special education tuition and combining classrooms head the list of more than $1.5 million in cost-cutting measures being proposed by the Board of Education’s Budget Expenditure Committee. The 18-point proposal offered Monday afternoon would eliminate more than $1 million in special education tuition; save $282,000 by combining smaller classes into large ones; and […]
April 13, 2010
The Vernon-Verona-Sherrill board of education adopted a tentative $32.3 million school budget at a meeting on Monday night. The board briefly discussed the budget during the meeting. “We are very focused on two things,” said Superintendent Norman Reed before the meeting. He said those two things are continuing quality educational programs for students and figuring […]
April 13, 2010
An increase in property taxes will not be an option as Darlington County School district officials look for ways to absorb more than $6.3 million in funding shortages and cost increases for the coming budget year, the county’s superintendent of education said. Dr. Rainey Knight told the Darlington County Board of Education Monday that restrictions […]
April 13, 2010
The Harlem School of the Arts has been te aching local children everything from music to dance to theater to visual arts for decades and was one of New York’s most treasured educational institutions. Yet in recent years, the nonprofit school has met with financial ruin and sadly been forced to close its doors, cutting […]
April 13, 2010
As we all know, Missouri is experiencing histori c shortfalls in state income taxes, state sales taxes and other revenues that finance state government. Nearly every branch, service or program is operating with less money this year, and that includes K-12 public education. Districts such as North Kansas City Schools are well aware of revenue […]
April 12, 2010
Why are special education students more scarce in charter schools than in regular public schools in Pennsylvania? This is a key question raised in the state’s five-year evaluation of its charter schools, published last year. It merits serious investigation, some special education advocates say. The state’s charter school law forbids charters to discriminate on the […]