January 14, 2010
Estherville Lincoln Central Superintendent Dick Magnuson Wednesday heartily endorsed Gov. Chet Culver’s proposal in his Condition of the State address Tuesday that the state fully fund a 2 percent increase in allowable growth for local school districts. In addition, Culver is proposing restoring $100 million in state funding cut earlier this fiscal year. "Oh that […]
January 14, 2010
Budget cuts of flow-through funding from the Louisiana Department of Education will amount to cuts for St. Tammany Parish of $358,328 in five programs. “We understand the economic difficulty the state is having that caused these mid-year cuts. It is difficult for local districts to disrupt programs mid-year that affect students or employees so we […]
January 14, 2010
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson’s budget included what seemed to many educators to be a nice gesture, a $50 per student increase in state aid. But the gesture requires legislators to raise taxes. If they won’t, schools will face deeper cuts in state aid than those they endured last year. Parkinson has proposed raising the sales […]
January 14, 2010
Hundreds of students attending Beverly Hills schools will have to find new campuses in the fall after a unanimous school board vote late Tuesday ended special permits for many children who live outside the city. Following more than four hours of debate that lasted until almost midnight, the board agreed to allow all current high […]
January 14, 2010
Trustees from the Milpitas Board of Education raced against the clock last week to meet a deadline to participate in President Barack Obama’s campaign to bring more money to education. During a special meeting Jan. 7, school board members swiftly and unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding indicating an interest to participate in Race to […]
January 14, 2010
The Upland Unified School District is looking at more than $12 million in cuts over the next two fiscal years. To address the cuts, the district has started looking into various options such as district and school board decisions as well as negotiations with employees. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget has yet to be adopted, but […]
January 14, 2010
One day after the Memphis City Council declined to fund Memphi s City Schools as it had promised, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the city has a legal duty to fully fund the school district. "Reading the case law together with the statutes and the city’s charter, we believe the General Assembly […]
January 14, 2010
Parent groups and charter schools are the beneficiaries of education reform passed by the state Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger January 6th that will give them greater access in influencing public education in California. The new legislation was passed in conjunction with the state’s desire to access funds from Race to […]
January 14, 2010
With a $1.3 million budget deficit and increasing benefit costs, the Chambersburg Area School District is requesting a tax increase that would go above district’s adjusted base index. Business manager Steven Dart outlined the proposed budget at Wednesday night’s school board meeting. The district is proposing raising the tax rate from 84.94 to 89.61 mills, […]
January 14, 2010
Hazleton Area will compete for federal Race to the Top funds that would commit the school district to sweeping curriculum and personnel reform while requiring schools to improve state test scores through 2014. Superintendent Sam Marolo, school board President Paulette Platukis and Hazleton Area Education Association President Patricia Cannon held a press conference Wednesday morning […]