December 13, 2012
In keeping with updates to the components of its five-year plan, the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Board of Education invited Dr. Raymond Brodeur, the director of special education and pupil personnel services for the district to give an update on his specific area. The district adopted a “statement of philosophy” towards special education. “It […]
October 15, 2011
The Memphis City Council appears poised to pay the city school system $70 million despite voting two weeks ago to delay such a payment. But the terms of the payment remains an issue. Today’s council session begins at 3:30 pm at City Hall, 125 N. Main. An agenda for the meeting is on Page 11. […]
July 1, 2011
Yesterday, the following letter was sent to State Senators Mike McLachlan and Toni Boucher and State Representative David Scribner and Dan Carter by the Bethel Board of Education. “The Bethel Board of Education implores you to fight for the retention of Bethel’s Education Cost Sharing grant at the level promised by Governor Malloy, i.e. $8,157,837. […]
July 1, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo faced homeowners who pay some of the highest taxes in the state when he signed his property tax cap legislation in Pleasantville Thursday. The legislation states that local governments and school districts cannot raise their annual property tax levies by more than two percent or the rate of inflation—which ever is lower. […]
July 1, 2011
The newly approved state budget reduces funding for Lancaster County public schools by about 11 percent for 2011-12. The $27.2 billion spending plan, approved Thursday night by the Legislature, will provide $174.3 million for the 17 public school districts that enroll county students. That’s a decline of nearly $21 million from the amount provided to […]
July 1, 2011
Officials acknowledged that some are skeptical about significant reforms resulting from the committee’s work. The Quality Basic Education Act, which set up the current state funding formula for schools, has largely gone unchanged since its creation in 1985, despite the work of five previous committees. “Expectations are relatively low,” John Brown, director of the House […]
June 30, 2011
The state constitution says it’s Washington’s “paramount duty to make ample provisions for the education of all children,” but is it failing to do that? This afternoon, the state Supreme Court will consider arguments on both sides. The past few years have been tough on the state’s public schools. Lawmakers have slashed nearly $4 billion […]
June 30, 2011
The Horry and Georgetown county school districts are set to receive their cut of the state’s $75 million targeted for special education programs, but it is too early to know specifically how the funds will be spent in each district. Funds are to be distributed today by the S.C. Department of Education, with Horry County […]
June 30, 2011
The Texas Legislature approved a bill Tuesday that will cut funding for public schools by $4 billion. The latest cuts came after a 30-day special session called by Governor Rick Perry, eyeing a run for the presidency, that prioritized balancing the state’s budget as its primary goal. The cuts in education were a by-product of […]
June 30, 2011
Billions of federal stimulus dollars that boosted Medicaid programs for the past two years will run out Friday, while at the same time California is trying to get approval for a series of cuts to the health program for the poor. It could be a one-two punch for more than 7 million Californians enrolled in […]