April 12, 2010
The boards of Pueblo’s two school districts continued to discuss ideas for money-saving cooperation at a joint meeting Friday. Gathering in a meeting room at Colorado State University-Pueblo, officials from the two school districts discussed long-term projects and updated each other on other upcoming moves in their respective districts. Pueblo City Schools and Pueblo County […]
April 12, 2010
Maryland’s attorney general moved a step closer to collecting more civil damages in Medicaid fraud cases as the House of Delegates approved a measure Friday that cracks down on false medical claims. "Finally we have given Maryland the opportunity to combat fraud," said Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, who pushed for the legislation on behalf […]
April 12, 2010
Despite the potential for states to receive increased federal support for their Medicaid programs in 2014, in the short term, at least two states–Michigan and Tennessee–expect things to get worse before they get better. In Michigan, where one in six residents, is now covered by Medicaid, low reimbursement rates are forcing physicians and hospitals to […]
April 12, 2010
Calling the proposed budget the best that could be developed with significant state aid reductions and under a tight timeline, the Garwood Board of Education approved the introduction of the s chool budget which including reducing teaching positions and shuttering Washington School with a split vote on April 1. Before an audience of about 60 […]
April 12, 2010
A 1-mill property tax increase is being proposed in the St. Marys Area School District budget, which is needed to offset the increase in the contribution rates the district will have to make to retirement funds in the next four years. During Thursday’s St. Marys Area School Board workshop, Superintendent Anna Kearney said she and […]
April 12, 2010
Gov. Charlie Crist is now at the center of the political firestorm over a contentious education bill that the Florida House voted early Friday to send him for approval. Whether Crist will sign SB 6, the so-called teacher tenure bill, is anything but certain. While supportive earlier in the session, the governor said this week […]
April 12, 2010
Some Colorado public school districts face teacher layoffs and school closures next year, anticipating a 6.4 percent cut in state education funding. The situation isn’t as dire for a handful of property-rich school districts, but lawmakers may force them anyway to make comparable cuts in the name of fairness. Colorado’s public schools are paid for […]
April 12, 2010
Dozens of teachers, paraprofessionals and office workers will lose their jobs if the Clarke County Board of Education approves the proposed budget in i ts current form. But administrators are safe, after the board approved a reduction-in-force policy Thursday that states that administrators – who work under contracts – can not be laid off to […]
April 12, 2010
Prairie View Elementary School succeeding in its goal of including all the students in regular classrooms no matter what the limitations that have kept students in special education classrooms in the past. Prairie View has been doing some form of inclusion since it opened in 1998, principal Jeff Rehberg said. The school offers a concentration […]
April 12, 2010
The Knoxville District 202 Board of Education will meet Monday to hammer out more ideas to save the district money to offset reductions in state funding. The district has already cut 11 classroom aide positions, although it hopes to bring most of the aides back, and may not fill the positions of five teachers due […]