June 2, 2011
A long-standing pact between the State of Texas and its public schools could soon be null and void. For about 60 years, Texas lawmakers have afforded public education a special status in terms of state funding. Written into law is a guarantee that schools would get enough money to provide a basic, foundational education for […]
June 2, 2011
New Hampshire lawmakers hoping to lessen the influence of courts in school funding still can’t agree on how to do it. They have tried and failed dozens of times over the years to nullify the state Supreme Court’s landmark 1997 ruling requiring the state to provide all public school children with an adequate education. Given […]
June 2, 2011
When they began in early 20 07, Michigan Parents for Schools called themselves “Ann Arbor Parents for Schools.” Though still based in Ann Arbor, one of the primary aspects of MIPF’s work remains focused on public school funding. “We started with the aim of ensuring an adequate and stable source of funding for public schools […]
June 2, 2011
A sharply divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the state must provide more funding only to its 31 poorest urban school districts has reinforced a controversial split in the way schools are funded in that state, and left lawmakers wrestling with how to meet their legal funding obligation to the rest of the public […]
June 1, 2011
Grand Rapids Public Schools announced today it has received a $2.6 million grant to continue serving students at three, on-site high school clinics. “You can come to the clinics without insurance and get quality care,” said Dr. Lisa Lowry, a clinic physician on staff with Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. “Many people don’t know we are […]
June 1, 2011
School districts in Clark and Champaign counties would get more money than expected under a proposed Ohio Senate budget bill. Republicans in the Senate on Tuesday unveiled a version that adds $30 million for the state’s highest performing school districts over two years and eases funding cuts for a number of districts by about $85 […]
June 1, 2011
Faced with the likely loss of more than $23 million in state funds, the Brownsville Independent School District is working on a draft budget for next year even as the state Senate meets in special session to make drastic cuts to public school funding. Gov. Rick Perry on Monday called the Legislature back into special […]
June 1, 2011
Teachers and aides at the Delta-Schoolcraft ISD Learning Center are going to be hurt by the proposed education budget cuts. But not as much as their special needs students. “Well, it’s our future,” explains Gary Ethier, an individual aide at the school. “And to shortcut education, we’re shortcutting our children and grandchildren.” But now, the […]
June 1, 2011
The midnight deadline came and went on Monday, with Texas lawmakers making a failing grade on school funding and unable to pass a bill on education spending. N ow that Gov. Rick Perry has called a special session, nothing is off the table. That means job and pay benefits thought saved last week could be […]
May 26, 2011
Compton parents, stymied in their efforts to petition for sweeping changes at their low-performing elementary school, now have another choice: They can send their children to a newly approved charter campus instead. Celerity Educational Group announced Wednesday that its petition to start a school in Compton, which was rejected by the city school board, has […]