March 10, 2010
A divided Board of Education agreed Monday to partner with the Lake County Health Department and seek grant money to establish a student health clinic at Waukegan High School’s Brookside Avenue campus. The "school-based health center" concept has been mulled before by the board over the last two years, but a concrete proposal never materialized […]
March 10, 2010
In an effort to build support for Democratic health care reform legislation, President Obama will announce support later today for efforts to crack down on fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, among other government programs, one of the few areas of bipartisan consensus during last month’s health care reform summit. Though the legislation has so far […]
March 10, 2010
Mar. 9–DANBURY — The governor’s proposal to trim $1 million from the state’s 75 school-based health centers to help cut the budget deficient means about $13,300 less for each of Danbury’s three centers. The proposed cut comes on the heels of other cuts to the centers that provide primary medical, dental and mental health services […]
March 10, 2010
Cities and towns still coping with deep cuts to state aid could face even tougher times in the coming fiscal year, as lawmakers discuss reductions of 3 to 5 percent in aid to local schools and municipal operations starting July 1. Although Gov. Deval L. Patrick has proposed no cuts to either Chapter 70 funds […]
March 10, 2010
Gov. Mike Rounds budget director said Tuesday he is still seeking more details about the spending cuts proposed last week by Republican legislative leaders. The proposed cuts could reduce a childhood vaccination program, courses offered by television to rural schools and the state’s economic development efforts, state budget director Jason Dilges said. "We’ve got more […]
March 10, 2010
Good Morning. This is Mayor Mike Bloomberg: Albany has been i n the news a lot in recent days for distressing reasons. In the process, key issues have fallen off State government’s radar screen. But they need to be back on, and now. That includes closing a looming, $1.9 billion gap in funding for health […]
March 10, 2010
Illinois State Senator James A. DeLeo (D-Chicago) has sponsored legislation that will allow special education programs to be funded without taking away needed funds from other programs. "Unfunded mandates have already stretched school district budgets to their breaking point," Senator DeLeo said. "This legislation would allow necessary programs to be funded without taking away from […]
March 9, 2010
MONTGOMERY – Key legislators said they may delay votes on next year’s state budgets until late this month in hopes of finding out whether Congress will pass more stimulus money that could boost state spending next year by $542 million. If Congress passes extra stimulus money for the states, Alabama’s budgets for the 2011 fiscal […]
March 9, 2010
NEWARK — Licking County school districts say they are trying to use their federal stimulus money creatively with an eye toward future budgets, when the money might no longer be available. "This isn’t permanent funding," Newark Superintendent Doug Ute said. "This is a two-year deal." Licking County schools, including community schools, are expected to receive […]
March 9, 2010
School officials and attorneys have agreed to settle a 26-year-old lawsuit that accused Baltimore public schools of denying special education students their federally mandated right to an equal education including basic services like transportation to and from school. Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis gave preliminary approval Monday to the settlement agreement, whi ch […]