March 22, 2010
The Ridgewood school district proposed new budget cuts on the heels of Governor Christie’s budget address earlier this week. About 40 residents gathered in the Education Center boardroom at a special meeting Friday evening as district officials announced a new wave of potential cuts totaling $2.9 million. Ridgewood learned on Thursday afternoon that it would […]
March 22, 2010
Ridgefield schools are facing a budget crunch after overcharging dozens of towns in Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties almost $3 million for sending students to the district’s special education program. The district has returned all but $850,000 of the overcharge to the school districts in the past two years, but officials have struggled to find […]
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 19, 2010
Governor Christie yesterday revealed exactly how much each municipality will lose as a result of his $275 million slashing of state aid. NJ.com has all the results. In Essex County, Livingston topped the list of biggest losers, Glen Ridge tied with Roseland for second highest at 23.5%, Montclair ranked fifth highest at 22%. Bloomfield lost […]
March 19, 2010
For the second time in as many weeks, Dover officials have fired off a letter to state officials, this time protesting a state plan they say would result in the transfer of $7 million from the state’s education fund to the general fund. At a special meeting Thursday morning, the Dover School Board and Dover […]
March 19, 2010
Ridgewood will get no state aid for the 2010/2011 fiscal year. "The Ridgewood Board of Education is now confronted by the largest budget cuts in the district’s 116-year history," according to a statement issued by the Ridgewood Public Schools district (RPS) on Thursday afternoon. Governor Christie delivered his much-anticipated budget address on Tuesday, during which […]
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 […]