June 13, 2011
The Dublin City School District could recover $2.9 million in state funding if money the Ohio Senate restored stands in the biennial budget of Ohio Gov. John Kasich. It’s a bit of good news, said Dublin Schools Treasurer Steve Osborne, but the district still stands to lose about $4 million in funding in the next […]
June 10, 2011
Local money for special education is declining rapidly in some counties in metro Detroit, leaving school district leaders with difficult choices about how to pay for the state and federally mandated programs. As property values decline, tax revenue has dried up from special millages that fund programs for students with autism, visual and hearing impairments […]
June 10, 2011
Supporters of arts in the schools complain that art, music, theater and dance are among the first subjects to suffer when budgets are tight. A new survey of New York City schools shows that this may, indeed, be the case. For the first time in four years, the number of certified arts teachers in the […]
June 10, 2011
Students and elected officials gathered in the sweltering heat Thursday to demand that the School District of Philadelphia restore funding to 13 accelerated schools that educate overage, undercredited youths. Student Princess Rahman, 19, dropped out of Martin Luther King High. At King, she said, she was bored and disengaged; she fought and attended school only […]
June 10, 2011
When state leaders pulled millions of dollars in state aid from cities and towns last year, it gave them “tools” intended to help them deal with the cash loss. One such option freed communities from a state law that requires them to give their school districts at least as much money in local taxes as […]
June 10, 2011
Confronting the top priority of the special legislative session, Texas House members early Friday morning gave preliminary approval to a revenue and school-financing measure that would implement $4 billion in state education cuts over the next two years. The Republican-led House endorsed the measure on a vote of 81-62 shortly after 2 a.m., concluding a […]
June 7, 2011
The House Appropriations Committee voted largely along party lines Saturday in recommending a controversial plan that would cut public education funding at least $4 billion, which more than 200 Texans later protested during a Capitol rally. The full House will take up the school funding bill this week in a special legislative session Gov. Rick […]
June 7, 2011
State lawmakers have struggled for decades to bring equality to how school districts are funded, yet some districts receive thousands more per student than others, a California Watch analysis has found. And the data show spending more provides no assurance of academic success. Last year, California schools spent an average of $8,452 to educate each […]
June 7, 2011
Education officials are weeks behind schedule in a scramble to find seats for about 15,500 kindergartners with special needs – and the delays could cost the city millions, the Daily News has learned. If the Department of Education doesn’t offer the kids spots in public school kindergarten programs by June 15, they could be eligible […]
June 7, 2011
If there was a dim funding hope for independent school districts across the state as the Texas Legislature moved into overtime Tuesday morning, May 31, it was dashed when bills started to be filed.Both House of Representatives and Senate committees started considering bills Thursday, June 2, with the same language as the one killed by […]