September 27, 2010
More than $9.35 million in stimulus grants have been awarded to 21 struggling St. Louis -area schools through the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced the first-year competitive grant awards Thursday as part of $17.3 million in federal SIG money that’s going to 32 Missouri schools […]
September 27, 2010
With a federal approval in hand, the administration of Gov. James Douglas will move forward with a plan to send $19 million in new federal money through to school districts. But at the same time, the state plans to hold back a roughly proportionate amount of state money – at least temporarily, and that plan […]
September 27, 2010
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare wants to take two Medicaid programs for such children out of the public school system. Some parents worry that their children will end up losing the services altogether. The Developmental Therapy and Intensive Behavioral Intervention programs help children who have developmental problems and learning disabilities, the Times-News in […]
September 27, 2010
Of all the places to plant a crop of solar panels, proponents suggest that few are better than th e roof of a school. Consider its primary physical attribute: all that, often, flat surface – assuming, of course, it is not shaded by a dense tree canopy. And the economic appeal: There’s the drop in […]
September 27, 2010
Special needs programs at some 100 schools across the state may get a small boost as a months-long Medicaid issue is ironed out with the federal government. Schools, in some cases for almost two years, have been paying the costs of providing administrative duties related to children on Medicaid. It started over a flap […]
September 27, 2010
No workday is the same for Spokane Public Schools nurse Marianne Fischer. But there is one given – she’ll spend it running. By 11 a.m. Wednesday, Fischer had handed out asthma plans for several students at Woodridge Elementary School, looked at a student’s rash, educated a teacher on another stud ent’s medication, headed to Salk […]
September 24, 2010
Hackensack schools will receive$470,169 as part of an infusion of federal aid designed to help replace money cut from local school budgets. The state Education Department announced Sept. 20 how it plans to allocate nearly $263 million provided to New Jersey last month by Congress with the passage of a bill meant to save education […]
September 24, 2010
At least two schooldistricts in Michigan’s upper peninsula are not happy with a move by statelawmakers to shift a “surplus” of funds from the states School Aid Fund to theGeneral Fund in a move to balance the budget, reports the Escanaba Daily Press. The move happened earlier this month when lawmakers approved, and Gov. Jennifer […]
September 24, 2010
As the single biggest consumer of statemoney, the Texas public education system stands to lose millions of dollars asthe state grapples with a looming budget shortfall that could exceed $18billion. Education Commissioner Robert Scott hassuggested more than $260 million in cuts from the state’s almost $40 billioneducation budget for the next two years. Some of […]
September 24, 2010
Trimming the Ames Community School District’s deficit spending for special education by more than a third this past year is the result of a team effort, district administrators said. The spending gap between the school district’s special education costs and the funding provided by the state of Iowa and other sources peaked in2007-08 at more […]