December 7, 2010
Public schools and governmental programs likely will escape additional spending cuts this year because the state’s revenue outlook has improved, but reductions loom for next year to deal with a projected budget shortfall, according to a new financial report issued Thursday. Revenues are forecast to be about$56 million or 1 percent higher than previously expected […]
December 7, 2010
South Dakota faces a $75 millionstructural deficit next year and should make cuts to K-12 education andMedicaid payments to balance its budget, Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday. Rounds will present the final annualbudget address of his tenure as governor Tuesday at noon Mountain Time.Legislators gathered in the Capitol for the address will hear Rounds call […]
December 7, 2010
Michigan schools may be in line toget a slice of the federal money set aside for the state this summer through adistribution plan approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The plan would give Michigan’shighest-funded school districts anadditional $111 per student this academic year. Michigan’s lowest-fundeddistricts would get $222 more per student, with districts in the […]
December 7, 2010
Several Crossroads school boards have joined more than 200 others statewide in passing resolutions calling for school finance reform during the 2011 Texas legislative session. One of the major problems is the inequity in funding. Some districts receive less state funding than others, although taxpayers pay the same amount of school taxes, said Jeff Black, […]
December 6, 2010
The $3.47 billion in federal stimulus funds that Kentucky has received have created more than 10,800 state jobs and provided billions of dollars for Medicaid, education, transportation and other projects in local communities, Greg Haskamp, executive director of Kentucky Finance &Administration Cabinet’s Office of Policy and Audit, said in a news release. Speaking to the […]
December 6, 2010
The schools have already overspent their contingency budget for special education students this year, placing the entire school budget in a precarious position, City Council and School Committee members were told last night. Sixteen students that the district had not planned on receiving special education services now require those services, at a cost of $631,459, […]
December 6, 2010
Arizona school officials are bracingfor more and deeper budget cuts as the state faces continued shortfalls. A federal mandate that provided afloor under state spending for schools will expire in mid-2011 at a time whenstimulus funding is drying up, and Arizona officials are chaffing under aseparate federal requirement to not cut Medicaid enrollment. "Anybody who […]
December 6, 2010
The York City School District hasn’traised taxes for several years, but things could look much different for the2011-12 school year. The district is facing a $15 milliondeficit, according to preliminary numbers. "We’re in bad financialshape," said Sam Beard, school board president. "We’re going to haveto have a tax increase and make substantial cuts in our […]
December 6, 2010
The Austin school district is revamping parts of its special educationprogram after a report, commissioned by Superintendent Meria Carstarphen, foundthat some students appear to be overidentified as having certain special needs,the special education program is undervalued, and students are sometimesineffectively served. The report, conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools , addressesan issue […]
December 3, 2010
Four dozen groups will vie for control of 10 new campuses and three existing schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The applications, which were due Wednesday, are part of a reform strategy under which groups inside and outside the nation’s second-largest school system compete to run new schools and persistently low-performing schools that […]