September 30, 2010
Sales tax revenue in the Districthas fallen dramatically, helping contribute to more bad budget news for theD.C. government, Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi told officials Mondaymorning. The city’s revenues for fiscal year2011, which begins Friday, are estimated to be off by $100 million, primarilybecause of a drop in sales and income taxes. Gandhi met […]
September 30, 2010
Michigan’s Legislature set aside its usual partisan squabbling to put thefinal touches Wednesday on a balanced budget for the coming year, relyingheavily on an infusion of federal dollars. But the joke may be on the new governor and dozens of new legislators whotake office Jan. 1. As they work on the next state budget, they’ll […]
September 30, 2010
State school money can sometimes disappear, like magic, andat other times may take other forms. One disappearing act that Business Manager Denise Evans and the school board ismost concerned about involves grant funds. Evans explained one instance where the state is discussing reducing thedistrict’s state funding allocations by the same amount they receive in sometypes […]
September 29, 2010
For the second time this year, Minnesota is “borrowing” money from public school districts to keep its own cash flow going. The state will withhold $142 million in school aid this fall, to be repaid without interest come May. Moorhead, whose aid the state tapped in the first round of delays last spring, will be […]
September 29, 2010
Groups hoping to open charter schools across the country could soon have millions more dollars available. The Charter School Growth Fund is announcing a $160 million fundraising campaign Wednesday — the largest-ever aimed at helping start more of the nontraditional public schools nationwide. The goal is to establish 335,000 more spots for children at charter […]
September 29, 2010
A teachers’ workroom inside Belle Heth Elementary School transformed Tuesday into a small-scale dental clinic, the second this month at Radford sc hools. Students beside a tin bucket filled with neon yellow, blue, green and orange toothbrushes fidgeted with their hands while they waited their turn. Meanwhile, classmates in two reclining chairs received a semi-annual […]
September 29, 2010
In early August, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, a bill that would reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act. Now it is up to the House to pass the bill before the existing law expires on Thursday, September 30th. Although the Senate bill won strong bi-partisan support, things are not […]
September 29, 2010
Mississippi could save about $60 million and reduce crime if there was more investment in early childhood education, according to research by a national nonprofit organization. On Tuesday, state Attorney General Jim Hood, Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin and Hinds County attorney Sherri Flowers-Billups shared the report from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, which showed […]
September 29, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $4 million to 28 states in support of a new grant initiative, Building State Capacity for Preventing Youth Substance Use and Violence. States can use these resources to help schools and communities build or expand existing prevention coalitions, seek other sources o f support and enhance […]
September 29, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of 5 Charter Schools Program 2010 National Leadership Activities grants, totaling $3.5 million to non-profit organizations for projects of national significance to improve charter school quality across the country. “Charter schools have an important role to play in the overall strategy of successful school reform," […]