January 13, 2010
Memphis City Schools will have to wait to get millions of dollars that the City Council said it would give the district for the current year. The council voted 8-3 Tuesday to delay paying the $50 million that it promised the school system until there is a resolut ion to the ongoing litigation over school […]
January 13, 2010
Nine local school districts have signed on to the state’s application for Race to the Top, an education reform grant that Oregon is seeking from the federal economic stimulus package. They’re among 112 school districts in Oregon that agreed to implement reform initiatives — that range from developing a statewide education data portal to turning […]
January 13, 2010
Metro schools face a $35 million budget shortfall next year, and money can’t be pulled from savings to make up the difference. Board members Tuesday explained the district’s financial woes at the first of several meetings to create the 2010-11 budget. Based on current estimates, the school district will have to absorb $6 million in […]
January 13, 2010
Cutting junior varsity sports, implementing a four-day school week and eliminating summer school were all options presented Tuesday as ways to fill a $2.7 million budget deficit predicted for Central Union High School District next year. The school board voted unanimously to schedule a special budget study session later in the month to discuss what […]
January 13, 2010
A large group of Kernville Union School District teachers and staff turned out for the Jan. 5 board meeting. They came to hear Superintendent Robin Shive speak about additional budget cuts that may be looming in the near future. Shive shared her new mantra for the 2010-2011 school year, “Keep the cuts far, far away […]
January 13, 2010
If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed state budget is passed as is, the Turlock Unified School Distri ct will be out millions of dollars for the 2010-2011 school year. About $3.9 million to be exact will be cut from school funds, according to the governor’s proposed budget released on Friday. “From the governor’s speech it sounded […]
January 13, 2010
Tough times are ahead statewide for school districts – especially those in central New York, the Auburn Enlarged City Scho ol District Board of Education said. The board met Tuesday to discuss the issue of the anticipated state budget, among other topics. Superintendent JD Pabis said the district’s December state aid payment was delayed by […]
January 13, 2010
Iowa’s budget morass could leave the Cedar Falls Community School District more than $1.5 million in the hole for 2011. Superintendent David Stoakes said tax hikes and layoffs are possible in each of three budget scenarios presented to the Board of Education Monday. But if the stars align, the district can come out of this […]
January 13, 2010
It is the cutback heard across the state. Governor Butch Otter plans to balance the budget by trimming public education spending. Otter proposes a 1.6 percent cut, roughly $27 million, to school districts who say they’ve already cut as much as they possibly can from their budgets. District superintendents said the cutback proposal didn’t come […]
January 13, 2010
Michigan’s Race to the Top effort has turned into what one superintendent calls a "Keystone Kops" scenario that has made educators frustrated, confused and feeling as though they are getting the bum’s rush. In its mad dash to submit an application for what might amount to $400 million in federal funding, the Michigan Department of […]