March 30, 2010
Leyden High School District 212, like other districts throughout Illinois, faces funding cuts proposed in Gov. Pat Quinn’s fiscal 2011 budget. "Next year, the governor’s proposed cuts could reduce our general state aid by $250,000 or more," Thomas Janeteas, Leyden’s chief financial officer and school board treasurer said. Quinn’s proposed budget slashes more than $2 […]
March 30, 2010
Over $300 million, or 42%, of Governor Christopher Christie’s massive $1.06 billion cut in K-12 school funding for FY11 falls on categorical aid designated for special education programs for students with disabilities in NJ’s public schools. The aid category — Special Education Categorical Aid — is a component of the State’s new school funding formula, […]
March 30, 2010
Heartache was heavy Monday, as South Bend school board members voted to cut more than $7 million from the corporation’s budget over the next two years, including more than 75 total jobs. But, school board members say they also felt an air of something else: compromise. The cuts will be felt across the board, from […]
March 30, 2010
While Sandwich schools should make it through this school year OK, cuts may be needed in the next school year. Superintendent Rick Schmitt told the School Board this month that the district’s overall fund balances will allow it to sustain many of its current programs and services, but "right now it looks like we might […]
March 30, 2010
Support for vulnerable students and busing are just a couple of the areas that are considered optional – and might therefore be on the chopping block – in School District 79’s budget. The breakdown of what’s considered core and what’s not was put on the table during the district’s first finance committee budget meeting last […]
March 30, 2010
BRISTOL — – Closing Bingham School, eliminating 21 full-time jobs and replacing dozens of veteran teachers with new hires will save the school system more than $1.6 million next year, Superintendent Philip Streifer told the finance board Monday night. However, that won’t be nearly enough to offset declining federal grants and state aid, soaring health […]
March 29, 2010
Pocatello/Chubbuck School District Superintendent Mary Vagner has some difficult decisions to make. Last year the school district lost $3 million in state funding. To make ends meet, officials cut back on discretionary spending and eliminated two days from the school year. They also decreased teachers’ salaries by 1 percent and increased the amount they […]
March 29, 2010
For Allison Anderson, the price of not having health insurance was about $1,000. That’s how much she was charged after a broken glass in the kitchen sink sent her to the emergency room. Her family is still paying off the bill, she said. "I try to keep healthy because I don’t like putting my […]
March 29, 2010
Los Angeles school district officials and employee unions announced an agreement Saturday to cut five days from this school year and seven days next year in an effort to maintain up to 2,100 campus jobs. If approved by members of the teachers and administrators unions, the move would save the Los Angeles Unified School District […]
March 29, 2010
There’s a tidal wave coming. And it’s about to affect your kids. In recent weeks, state education funding woes have triggered a tsunami of pink slips to thousands upon thousands of teachers and support staff in school districts statewide, with about 9,800 announced layoffs of teachers so far. Another 1,600 retiring teachers […]