March 1, 2010
ANDERSON — A lawsuit filed by growing school systems that claims Indiana’s school-funding formula treats them unfairly is being criticized by leading officials in both political parties. Democratic Attorney General Greg Zoeller bordered on exasperated while discussing a Hamilton County suit in which three school districts — Hamilton Southeastern, Franklin Township in Marion County […]
March 1, 2010
Two east Sacramento schools sit just five blocks apart, but the desirable neighborhood has been the only thing they had in common. Phoebe Hearst Elementary is among the area’s most sought-after elementary schools. Kit Carson Middle School, on the other hand, has routinely been threatened with closure because of low enrollment and poor test scores. […]
March 1, 2010
Forty-four Napa Valley Unified School District teachers kept their jobs this year thanks to federal stimulus funding. But next year will be different. So-called stimulus dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 reached all the public schools in the county to varying degrees last year, buying time against the full impact of […]
March 1, 2010
Districtwide salary reductions, nine layoffs and dipping into reserves are among the measures Fallbrook Union High School District administrators are considering to close a projected $1.8 million budget shortfall for the school year starting July 1. Laying off seven teachers, a counselor, an assistant principal and all tempor ary teachers would save the district an […]
February 25, 2010
COLUMBIA — Columbia Public Schools could use some good financial news. But as the saying goes, there’s good news and bad news. The Good News Despite three consecutive years of budget cuts by the district, things could have been worse: Federal st imulus money for Missouri supported key public school programs, including Title I preschool […]
February 25, 2010
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ? Officials feared the closure of a Natomas elementary school would be inevitable, but a new array of creative ideas may provide alternatives. D uring a Wednesday night board workshop packed with parents, a parent’s group proposed to cut back on custodians and secretaries throughout the Natomas Unified School District as a way […]
February 25, 2010
DeKalb County schools’ superintendent is calling for 148 central office employees to be laid off to help meet an anticipated $88 million deficit. Those cuts are just the beginning of an across-the-board slashing of programs, personnel and school closings to meet the growing deficit in next year’s budget, Superintendent Crawford Lewis said. Hundreds more school […]
February 25, 2010
Arts groups are fighting back against a proposal by the House Appropriations Committee to eliminate state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts. At stake is a state appropriation of about $4.4 million in each of the next two fiscal years to fund the arts agency, which distributes grants to hundreds of arts groups […]
February 25, 2010
The office of Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today said he is pleased New Mexico has been recognized as a national leader for its work to address children’s dental health needs but underscores that more progress is needed. A Pew Center on States report released this week […]
February 25, 2010
Charter schools receive less public funding per student than their district school peers, according to a report released today by the city’s Independent Budget Office. But the size of that disparity varies widely according to whether the charter school is housed in a city-owned building, the report said. Charter schools that are housed in public […]