March 24, 2014
One out of every three school districts in Minnesota missed out on millions of dollars in state funding last year. Minnesota offers extra funding to the state’s smallest schools, and last year the Legislature approved new funds for large urban and regional center school districts. But that left out schools in the middle — some […]
March 24, 2014
One of the Loudoun school district’s top legislative priorities for this year’s General Assembly session seems to be taking the back seat to the Medicaid debate. The Loudoun County School Board requested in its adopted list of legislative priorities that state legislators push to restore the cost-of-competing funding adjustment, which provides more state tax dollars […]
September 4, 2013
HANFORD — A new focus on technology could be helping Kings County special education students learn better and increase interest in class. With more and more school districts making iPads, computer s and other devices available to students for class use, teachers and special education students have more control than ever on how and what […]
September 4, 2013
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Special Education PTSA will be conducting its first public meeting for the 2013-14 school year from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the library of Kellogg Marsh Elementary, located at 6325 91st St. NE in Marysville. According to Preston Dwoskin, co-vice president of the Marysville Special Education PTSA, this meeting […]
September 4, 2013
BATON ROUGE, La. — A group of Louisiana education leaders, lawmakers and others are looking at ways to tweak Louisiana’s multibillion-dollar public school funding formula. A new task force, created by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, opens its discussions Wednesday, with hearings from public school officials and anyone else who wants to […]
July 17, 2013
The state budget includes a 40 percent increase in transportation funding for the district, and restores previous staff pay cuts. The Lake Washington School District is reevaluating its draft budget in light of Washington’s final state budget, expected to bring an additional $7.8 million into the district, pushing the budget bottom line up over $250 […]
July 17, 2013
A growing number of states a re meeting their responsibilities to provide special education services, federal officials say. In letters sent to each state this month, the U.S. Department of Education indicated that 38 states met their obligations to serve students with disabilities for the 2011-2012 school year. That’s up from 29 the year prior. […]
July 17, 2013
STATE HOUSE representatives were back in Harrisburg yesterday to pass a bill that finalizes a state budget including $60 million in funding for the beleaguered school district. The funds include a $15.5 million basic-education state subsidy and a onetime $45 million grant. The figure is half of what district Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. requested […]
July 17, 2013
FARMINGTON — The Maine Legislature wants to know what people think of the state’s Essential Programs and Services funding formula. The Maine Legislature has contracted with Lawrence O. Picus and Associates to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the EPS school funding system. As part of that, Picus will hold four public forums throughout the state […]
June 12, 2013
Everyone knows that the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is ultimately headed absolutely nowhere this year, thanks to partisan divisions. Still, the Senate education committee marked up its version of the bill today. The debate over the legislation says a lot about how Democrats and Republicans approach the federal role in K-12 […]