February 18, 2011
Indiana schools could see major shifts in funding under a state budget plan presented by Republicans who control the Indiana House. Republican leaders said that their two-year, $28 billion budget held most spending flat and avoided tax increases. The budget would keep overall education spending at current levels, but includes changes to the distribution formula […]
February 18, 2011
A crowd of more than 200 people chanted, “Senate stand firm!” as the last speaker stepped off the podium and into the swarm of Virginia Education Association members and supporters at a Capitol Square rally this week. The rally, which took place Monday at the Bell Tower on the Capitol grounds, focused on funding for […]
February 18, 2011
State leaders forced into making cuts for the 2011-12 budget can slash about $225 million by revising the funding formula for charter schools, state Auditor General Jack Wagner told Norwin-area business owners and community leaders Thursday. Wagner, the first speaker for Norwin School District’s quarterly business-education roundtable, said the formula costs taxpayers about $3,100 more […]
February 18, 2011
With Gov. John Lynch’s proposed budget poking a $5 million hole in the school department’s spending plan, Board of Education members are in a quandary over how to proceed with putting together their own budget. At a budget meeting Wednesday, board members received a bleak assessment from Superintendent Mark Conrad on how Lynch’s proposed budget […]
February 18, 2011
Proposed cuts in education spending have many Metro East school officials fuming and searching for a ‘plan B.’ Nearly half of the 7,000 students in the Granite City School District ride buses to and from school. Some parents are concerned about plans to reduce transportation because of the state’s budget woes. Governor Pat Quinn’s proposal […]
February 17, 2011
Legislative Democrats know they don’t like Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposed 2011-12 budget, but they don’t yet know quite how to soften the blow to K-12 education. “The budget we pass won’t be the same as the governor’s proposal,” Senate President Brandon Shaffer told reporters Wednesday. “I don’t know how it will be different.” Hickenlooper’s budget […]
February 17, 2011
President Obama often professes his desire to shake up public education while also working with teachers unions. But a question hangs over this week’s gathering of hundreds of labor leaders and school officials: Can he do both at the same time? More than any of his predecessors, Republican or Democratic, Obama has pushed a reform […]
February 17, 2011
Eighteen months ago, the nine members of the Houston school board each heape d praised on Terry Grier, the San Diego transplant they had hired to transform Texas’ largest school district. "We are in for a tremendous ride," board member Greg Meyers said at the time. With Grier’s rapid rollout of changes, that ride at […]
February 17, 2011
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director said Wednesday that the state may have to spend far more on special education programs to avoid a federal penalty, complicating budget negotiations that began with lawmakers split on whether to pay the public school costs. Three senators and three House members had their first talks over the final […]
February 17, 2011
Several educators appealed to the Mineral County Board of Education Tuesday evening to keep the county’s special education team intact for the sake of the children. It was the county’s director of psychological services, however, that brought the point home in an emotional and direct message in which he said the county’s special education program […]