December 17, 2009
ALBANY — A coalition of teachers’ unions and local school officials mounted a legal battle on Wednesday against Gov. David A. Paterson, arguing that his decision to unilaterally A coalition of teachers’ unions and local school officials mounted a legal battle on Wednesday against Gov. David A. Paterson violated New York’s Constitution. The educators asserted […]
December 17, 2009
Pennsylvania for too long has stacked the deck against taxpayers in Columbia, Lancaster and other high-poverty communities where schools are challenged by greater than average numbers of students w ho require special education. Every year since 1991, the Pennsylvania Legislature has treated all of the state’s school districts the same, funding each as if 16 […]
December 16, 2009
The annual audit report was released at the Iron County School Board meeting Tuesday revealing a successful year for the school district despite budget cuts and a poor economy. Todd Hess, a representative of Hinton and Burdick auditing firm, told school board members about the highlights of his findings. In response to management of the […]
December 16, 2009
Governor Bill Ritter last week proposed a six percent reduction in Colorado public school funding — $260 million state-wide. With Colorado already hovering around 48th in the nation for education funding, schools will be hard hit. David Crews, Norwood Public Schools superintendent, is counting on local money from mill levies to help his school through. […]
December 16, 2009
County and school district program administrators are preparing to do without state aid for the time being in the wake of Gov. David A. Paterson’s announcement Monday that $750 million in aid to school districts and local governments would be withheld in order to maintain the solvency of the State. Paterson directed the Division of […]
December 16, 2009
A difficult financial future lies ahead for the Lompoc Unified School District, but despite the dreary outlook, the district can expect to pay its bills through 2011, according to a state-mandated “first interim report” presented Tuesday night. After the fiscal report by Assistant Superintendent Sheldon Smith, the board agreed to submit a positive certification to […]
December 16, 2009
Without question, Jackson County school administrators say their financial health would have been much worse without $20 million in federal stimulus funding they have received so far. "We might have been faced with layoffs if we didn’t have that money," said Don Tassie, superintendent of The da Vinci Institute, where money also was used for […]
December 16, 2009
Praising more federal dollars heading to Ohio’s 18th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Zack Space today announced $113,107 to retrofit 19 school buses for Jackson City Schools. The funding was awarded to individual school districts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which Space supported earlier this year. Retrofitting school buses reduces fine particle pollution in diesel […]
December 16, 2009
No matter how hard area school superintendents and legislators tried to explain yesterday how the state budget mess could affect their districts, the theme was one of impending doom. It’s hard to soft-pedal a likely $57 million cut from a $308 million budget over two years if you’re Toledo Public Schools Superintendent John Foley. Or […]
December 16, 2009
Property taxes for the Willmar School District will increase about 2 percent in 2010. The School Board adopted a $6.7 million property tax levy Monday evening. The money collected in 2010 will help fund the 2010-11 school year. The school levy represents an increase of $118,000, about 1.8 percent, over the property tax levy paid […]