November 15, 2010
Oregon wants to seek a waiver from the federal government toavoid cuts to special education in the 2011-12 schoolyear. Federal special-education law requiresstates to fund special education at the same level orhigher from year to year or face penalties. But Oregon’s 2010-11 special-education funding is down about $19 million comparedwith 2009-10. Oregon Department of Education […]
November 15, 2010
It’s a big number: 147 million dollars of stimulus money for the state ofLouisiana was to be allocated down to the local level. That money frommany parishes was going to be used to reinstated programs cut by budget woesand keep jobs from being slashed. In a sudden turn of events, theGovenor’s office has pulled back […]
November 15, 2010
New Hampshire would keep half the $41 million in emergency federal funding intended to protect teachers’ jobs for other state spending under a plan facing a legislative committee’s approval. The joint legislative Fiscal Committee takes up the plan Monday afternoon.Documents provided to the Associated Press show the plan is to distribute all the money through […]
November 15, 2010
The cash-strapped Toledo Public SchoolDistrict is demanding money from the state they say they are owed: over $12million worth. TPS claims the problem lies in a faultyfunding formula. <p&g t;You see, state funding is distributed based onthe number of students attending. The disagreement lies in where the state gottheir attendance numbers for TPS. The district […]
November 15, 2010
The state Department of Education is spending $174,225 for an independent study of New Jersey’s method of funding special education for students with disabilities, officials confirmed Friday. The study, mandated by the Legislature in the state School Funding Reform Act should have been completed by June 30, the non-profit Newark-based Education Law Center noted after […]
November 15, 2010
A ribbon cutting Friday marked theopening of a School based health center at Southside Elementary and HuntingtonMiddle Schools. The clinic is the first at any Cabell County Elementary andMiddle schools, and is an extension of Valley Health. “We have kids sick everyday,” saidSouthside Principal John Hanna. “We have people here five days a week so […]
November 15, 2010
State education officials are poised to trimmandated services for thousands of special education students – including someprovisions on the books more than 20 years – in an effort to provide financialrelief for schools. The state’s Board of Regents is scheduled to vote this week on politicallysensitive changes in special education rules that would allow schools […]
November 15, 2010
With enrollment in its specialservices programs increasing, Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 istaking new steps to prepare those students for secondary education. The district said at Thursday’sboard meeting that it will hold its first-ever college fair for specialservices students on Feb. 23 at Lincoln-Way North High School. Special services students includethose who require tutoring, […]
November 12, 2010
Marin has joined 22 other California counties in a lawsuit against the state to clear up who is responsible for paying for mental health services for special education students, including 485 who receive help in Marin County. The counties now provide services to the students and get some reimbursement from the state, but Gov. Arnold […]
November 12, 2010
Parents of children with special needs in Palo Alto are invited to attend a presentation next week to learn more about individual education plans, or IEPs. The Community Advisory Committee for Special Education sponsored-event will t ake place from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Palo Alto Unified School District’s administrative offices, in the […]