March 22, 2010
There is still a big concern about how Area Education Agencies are run in Iowa. It does not seem they utilize taxpayers’ money appropriately or fulfill the needs of the children they were intended to help. AEAs continue to operate without accountability. There should be uniformity of services and best practice guidelines in Iowa. There […]
March 22, 2010
A teacher for autistic kids, two career planning and placement specialists and the director of media and technology were among positions cut for the 2010-11 school year by the Ingham Intermediate School District. The district’s board of education unanimously accepted $1.4 million in cuts Tuesday. That’s on top of $3.2 million already cut from this […]
March 22, 2010
With varying levels of student poverty, property t axes rates and local revenues, no two suburban school districts are funded exactly the same way. Years ago, complicated formulas were created in the attempt to equalize resources in rich and poor districts across the state. Those that take in less local revenue, are, in theory, supposed […]
March 22, 2010
School administrators are staring down a triple-barreled threat. State aid for schools is frozen. Minnesota is borrowing more than $2 billion in funding promised to schools to help balance the books, forcing districts to dip into their reserves and take out loans. And lawmakers still need to fill in an additional $1 billion shortfall. So […]
March 22, 2010
House Democrats approved a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health system on Sunday, voting over unanimous Republican opposition to provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans after an epic political battle that could define the differences between the parties for years. With the 219-to-212 vote, the House gave final approval to legislation […]
March 19, 2010
Primary school principals are calling for a nationwide, single funding model to ensure government, private and Catholic school students are assessed according to individual needs. The education sector is preparing to negotiate with the Federal Government, which has promised to review the school funding system by the start of the next funding cycle in 2012. […]
March 19, 2010
Budget Cuts Are Completed by Board By Patricia Koning The trustees of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District completed the difficult task of trimming nearly $9 million from the budget for the 2010/11 school year at its March 16 meeting. On March 2, the Livermore Board of Education approved $7.7 million in cuts; on […]
March 19, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, IL—Illinois State Senator James A. DeLeo (D-Chicago) is sponsoring legislation that will study the need for more comprehensive training for special education assistants. “If a student is eligible to receive special education and related services, an Individualized Education Program ( IEP) is developed based on their particular need,” Senator DeLeo said. “This legislation will […]
March 19, 2010
The battle lines over the FY 2011 state budget, which begins on Oct. 1, have already been drawn. And to no one’s surprise, they’re in the same place they were last year, with Gov. Granholm seeking more revenue and smaller cuts and the Republican-led Senate seeking all cuts to balance the budget. On Wednesday, the […]
March 19, 2010
Soda, cigarettes, liquor even a one-cent sales tax. It was all supposed to be part of the plan to close a nearly 400 million dollar deficit for the Kansas budget. <br /> ; Not anymore. This week, Kansas Republican leaders in the house say there is still room to cut the budget rather than do […]