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 18, 2010
After much deliberation, the General Assembly has passed a two-year $82 billion budget that cuts spending on education, health care and public safety to bridge a $4 billion shortfall. “It is horrible,” said 15th District Senator Frank Ruff. “But we knew going into it that it was going to be horrible.” “Considering this is the […]
March 18, 2010
Georgia educators are still trying to absorb even more cuts to state funding. Education is one of the areas hit hardest by state cuts, and the effects are being felt in schools of every level. The Camden County School System expects another $7.4 million in state funding cuts this year, bringing the total reduction in […]
March 18, 2010
It has already started. Well, unofficially anyway. The effect of state budget cuts has reared its ugly head in Louisburg and it doesn’t appear to be leaving anytime soon. Recently, USD 416 activities director Doug Key turned in his resignation with fear his job may be cut. Key took a similar position in the Piper […]
March 18, 2010
Facing severe budget cuts from the state, which could be almost nine percent next year but go up to 12 percent over the next three years, local school district officials are desperately searching for what little if any “fat” can be trimmed to compensate for drastically declining revenues. For some districts, budget-balancing measures may include […]
March 18, 2010
Fifty-nine of New Jersey’s wealthiest school districts would receive no direct state aid for their operations next year — in effect, a 100 percent cut — under the governor’s proposed budget, according to state figures released on Wednesday. The state would seek to reduce direct aid to nearly 600 districts by an amount equivalent to […]
March 18, 2010
School district officials who had braced themselves for big state aid cuts lamented Wednesday that the actual cuts are deeper than they had feared. Bergen County will get $102 million less in state aid, a 41-percent cut from this year. Passaic County will get $64 million less, an 8.5-percent cut. “It’s certainly worse than anybody […]
March 18, 2010
"It was the lousy economy that made him do it.& ;quot; That’s what Gov. Mitch Daniels told an audience at Ball State University on Wednesday. It was declining state revenues that sealed his "next-to-last" resort decision to cut funding for higher education. In December, the governor ordered a $150 million decrease, or 6-percent cut, in […]