January 13, 2010
Gary Community School Corp. administrators, school board members and union representatives signed on to make the district eligible for federal Race to the Top funds at Tuesday’s school board meeting. The state had set Tuesday as the deadline to submit a memorandum of understanding to the state. The agreements will be sent to the U.S. […]
January 13, 2010
The following information was released by the New Jersey State Senate, Democrats: A measure sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner which would create the New Jersey Special Education and Traumatic Brain Injury Task force was unanimously approved today by the full Senate. "Because of the severity of many traumatic brain injuries, it is absolutely necessary […]
January 13, 2010
The Rockford School District is in the running for a piece of the $500 million pie for education reform and student success in Illinois through Race to the Top. The district and Rockford Education Association together applied for the competitive grant program funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Nationally, $4.35 billion […]
January 13, 2010
A new tuition-based program in the public school district will provide children some of the benefits of a full-day kindergarten without the need to seek often-elusive voter approval, school officials said. The new Kindergarten Enrichment Program, open to students enrolled in the district’s half-day kindergarten, will provide transportation to and from the students’ kindergarten class […]
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 […]