March 9, 2010
In Chichester this fall, children with serious disabilities will be more likely to share classrooms with their neighbors after voters yesterday approved a $5.4 million budget that includes an overhaul of the district’s special education program. Right now, Chichester, like many smaller schools, sends students with complicated disabilities to special programs in larger communities. At […]
March 9, 2010
THE Variety Club has handed out $11.3 million to Kiwi kids during the past 20 years and today it was Waimea College’s turn to benefit from the charity’s generosity. The charity, which provides support to sick, disabled and disadvantaged children, arrived in Nelson last night as part of its annual Variety Club Bash. One of […]
March 9, 2010
The Idaho education department has found that the Nampa district incorrectly labeled English-language learners as eligible for special education services. The school district is now working to improve its procedures and correct the missteps, including m aking changes to how $400,000 in funding is spent on education programs. The state “red flagged” the Nampa district […]
March 9, 2010
As the State election nears, political parties continue to announce policies they believe will make a difference to the education system. But will they line up with what school communities really wish for? Lauren Novak and Candice Keller investigate. THE state’s major political parties are seemingly heeding the calls from education stakeholders to increase funding […]
March 9, 2010
While the nearly $100 billion in federal economic-stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one-time money into lasting reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long-term—and not necessarily positive—consequences. Funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed one year ago by Congress, is causing […]
March 9, 2010
Virginia public school officials score a win at the Supreme Court of Virginia today with a decision that the state’s insurance plan for school systems must cover school districts for lawsuits under the federal special education law. The ruling means the state owes the Newport News school district nearly $200,000, and probably more, since there […]
March 8, 2010
Missouri’s budget troubles have reopened divisions among public schools, which after uniting in a quest for more money now are splintering over who should bear the brunt of state funding cuts. The budding disagreement at the Missouri Capitol comes down to a difference of opinion about what is fair — an argument not unlike what […]
March 8, 2010
< ;br /> With the economy still struggling, school districts throughout the Lehigh Valley are eyeing painful budget cuts and tax increases as they prepare their 2010-11 budgets. The Allentown School District is looking at a hiring freeze and imposing its first tax increase in three years. The Easton Area School District is considering an […]
March 8, 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposed budget shortchanged public schools by $87 million in additional revenue they’re legally supposed to get through a phased-in increase in basic operating money. The Republican-written House Budget Committee plan fills in that gap by making the same amount of cuts in other parts of the state’s $8.43 billion general revenue budget. […]
March 8, 2010
Hawaii fell short in its first bid for federal funds in the "Race to the Top" competition, a $4 billion effort to improve schools across the nation, but is gearing up to try again in the second round. "While we’re disappointed, I don’t think we’re surprised," Interim Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi said yesterday. "We are going […]