January 25, 2010
The $580 million reduction in revenue projections ordered by the Nevada Economic Forum on Friday is just the first shoe to drop on the state’s beleaguered budget. The other shoe, the statute guaranteeing public school funding, will add well over $200 million to that total. Under Nevada Revised Statu tes, state government must protect K-12 […]
January 25, 2010
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six submitted a 14-page document Thursday asking the Supreme Court to reject a request by Schools for Fair Funding to re-open earlier litigation over school funding. Schools for Fair Funding, a group representing 74 Kansas school districts, recently asked the state Supreme Court to re-open the case it had ruled on […]
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
Brown Deer – With 17 fruit smoothies to make and orders for coffee and hot chocolate coming in via e-mail, messenger, or from the occasional staff member who stopped by, the Falcon Express Café was busy during the first teaching block of the day recently at Brown Deer High School. Three students counted and bagged […]
January 21, 2010
Florida’s Broward County Public Schools saved as many as 900 jobs this school year. Nevada’s Clark County School District just added more math and tutoring programs. And in Connecticut’s Bloomfield Public Schools, eight elementary- and middle-school teachers were spared from layoffs. These cash-strapped districts covered the costs using a boost in funding intended for special […]