January 25, 2010
Ohio school districts are spending money meant for disabled students to stabilize their shaky budgets, and the state has made it easier for them to do so. Statewide, schools are receiving an extra $438 million in federal stimulus money just for special education. For most districts, the influx has doubled the federal dollars they received […]
January 25, 2010
When Gov. Jim Doyle announced last April that $366 million in federal stimulus money was headed for Wisconsin schools, the stated goal from Washington was to help children with disabilities and at-risk students in poor schools — "while stimulating the economy." But it’s unclear if the almost $12 million distributed to the Madison School District, […]
January 22, 2010
Missouri’s public schools may be forced to freeze salaries, expand classes, cut extracurricular activities or seek local tax increases to cope with a funding shortfall, education advocates warned Thursday. K-12 schools — though spared from cuts in their basic state aid — still might have to scale back because of Gov. Jay Nixon’s plan to […]
January 22, 2010
The Memphis City Council will vote again Tuesday on whether to fund Memphis City Schools for the current year, and some members think it is likely that the measure will pass this time. Last week, the council voted against giving the school district the $50 million it promised for the current school year until a […]
January 22, 2010
Washington State has been handed an opportuni ty for improving our schools. President Obama is offering $4.35 billion to states in Race to the Top funding to achieve school reform. Washington’s share could be up to $250 million. In order to receive this funding, though, the President is requiring Washington’s legislature to take the following […]
January 22, 2010
PORTSMOUTH — Painful, terrifying, devastating and unacceptable. Those words resonated loudly and clearly throughout the Little Harbour Elementary School cafeteria Thursday night as nearly 30 concerned parents, teachers and residents turned out and begged the School Board to be responsible to students when crafting its fiscal year 2011 budget. Board Chairman Mitch Shuldman got the […]
January 22, 2010
At its Jan. 11 meeting, the Glen Rock Board of Education (BOE) passed a resolution to support changes in the way New Jersey funds special education for private school students from other states. The resolution seeks an adjustment to the legislation behind the state’s Chapter 192 and Chapter 193 programs. According to the state Department […]
January 22, 2010
San Francisco schools are facing a $113 million budget shortfall over the next two years – a staggering figure that would mean layoffs, cuts to popular programs like summer school and increases in class size. Superintendent Carlos Garcia announced the projections Wednesday in a letter to San Francisco Unified School District staff and at a […]
January 21, 2010
PEORIA — A draft budget for education spending in Illinois for 2010-11 recommends maintaining current levels in general state aid for school districts and near-similar spending in special education and transportation. But what education officials from the state level to the local level are preparing for is the possibility of massive cuts. About $1 billion […]
January 21, 2010
Officials from both Iredell-Statesville Schools and the Mooresville Graded School District are hopeful North Carolina’s application for a "Race To The Top" grant will be answered with a much-needed cash infusion. On Monday, Gov. Beverly Perdue sent North Carolina’s application for the federal program, which was derived from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of […]