May 23, 2011
Minnesota Representative John Kline said that Congress will be unable to meet President Obama’s August deadline for the No Child Left Behind Act overhaul, the Boston Herald reports. While the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the first of a series of bills, each targeting a specific area of NCLB, the U.S. Senate favors a […]
May 23, 2011
After issuing thousands of preliminary layoff notices, drafting budgets with deep cuts and listening to sky-is-falling scenarios that would shorten the school year by a month, California schools now face a startling possibility: There actually may be the same amount of money as this year. Now a preeminent school adviser, whom 90 percent of school […]
May 23, 2011
FARMINGTON, Conn. — To Robert Barry, a senior at Farmington High School, it seems normal to have a war or two going on while you’re growing up. “Afghanistan started when we were in third grade,” he said. “We heard about it, but it’s in the background — we stopped noticing it.” Julia Morrow, also a […]
May 23, 2011
Deep in Gov. Jerry Brown’s May revision of his January budget is a possible solution to a major conflict over funding mental health services for special education students. Brown this week proposed that schools, not counties, be responsi ble for paying for mental health services, which include counseling, medication management and treatment in a residential […]
May 23, 2011
The one piece of legislation that could still unravel the Legislature’s carefully knit-together budget deal landed on the doorstep of the House shortly before midnight Friday. The Senate’s long-stalled plan to apportion a $4 billion reduction in school aid had been suddenly resurrected, passed and zipped over to the House. But when Senate Bill 1581 […]
May 20, 2011
CARSON CITY, Nev.— Some Nevada hospitals are backing a Democratic plan for a new business tax as an alternative to Medicaid cuts they say have left their profession “in critical condition.” Sunrise Health System President Sylvia Young on Tuesday told the Senate Revenue Committee the Sunrise hospitals in Las Vegas absorb tens of millions of […]
May 20, 2011
AUSTIN — House leaders late Thursday announced a major breakthrough on education funding, saying they have agreed to accept Senate budget recommendations to reduce state public school funding by $4 billion over the next two years. That’s almost half the amount that House members had voted to cut in the budget they adopted in April. […]
May 20, 2011
Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders were expected to resume talks today after coming close to an agreement Wednesday that would reduce proposed cuts to K-12 education by about $200 per student. Leaders from both parties and Snyder left a meeting in his Capitol office shortly before 6 p.m. The Republican governor and […]
May 20, 2011
Voters across New York State approved more than 93 percent of school budgets on Tuesday, as administrators facing sharp reductions in state education aid offered plans to cut staff and programs, tap into reserves and keep tax increases relatively low. Statewide, districts proposed an average budget-to-budget increase of 1.3 percent, the lowest in 15 years. […]
May 19, 2011
James Williams recently visited Central Elementary School in Ferguson. He brought in a couple of old spelling textbooks that he used when he was a student in 1940. “I found them at home and thought they’d like to have them,” Williams, 82, said. “I know they’ve got their anniversary going on. I’m glad to see […]