August 9, 2010
Six months after they last passed school levies, a half-dozen Puget Sound school districts are back on the ballot, asking for more. They struggled over whether to file the measures, which are a temporary — and controversial — solution offered by the Legislature to offset the cuts in state education spending. But it was either […]
August 6, 2010
With Kansas relying on federal money to prop up its budget, the governor praised the U.S. Senate for passing a bill Thursday that could inject $179.1 million into state coffers. Of that amount, $92 million would go to the state’s school districts to help save teachers’ jobs. The remaining $87.1 million would enhance the federal […]
August 6, 2010
The U.S. Senate today approved a long-stalled measure that would provide $10 billion to prevent what supporters say would be hundreds of thousands of teacher layoffs nationwide. Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives, meanwhile, are taking the unusual step of calling for lawmakers to return from their August recess next week to pass the […]
August 6, 2010
Montana stands to receive at least $68 million in federal money under the $26 billion state aid bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday and expected to be approved by the House next week. The Senate approved the bill 61-39 on Thursday, after it cleared a procedural hurdle Wednesday. Montana Sens. Max Baucus and […]
August 6, 2010
A $26 billion federal spending bill might mean 5,000 education jobs could be saved or created in Ohio, according to government figures. The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday that provides $10 billion for education and $16 billion to increase the federal contribution for Medicaid, providing a cushion for state governments. The House is expected to […]
August 5, 2010
There were 51 school systems and 342 schools in Alabama that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress during the 2009-2010 school year, according to information released by the state Department of Education on Monday. The state’s public schools do, however, continue to show progress, state Superintendent of Education Joe Morton said. Morton pointed to rising […]
August 5, 2010
Senate Democrats on Wednesday defeated a Republican filibuster and cleared a path for a $26 billion bill to rescue cash-starved states contemplating layoffs to teachers and other public employees. For Nevada, the legislation promises $83 million to bolster school budgets and $79 million to cushion a shortfall in state spending on health care for the […]
August 5, 2010
Gov. Chet Culver pledged Wednesday to seek a 4 percent increase in basic state aid to local schools, as long as state tax revenues continue to improve, and to set a goal of a 95 percent graduation rate for poor and minority students. In a speech to school administrators, Culver also called for making publicly […]
August 5, 2010
New Jersey could get $268 million to help avert teacher layoffs in the jobs bill worked out Wednesday in Congress, according to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D., N.J.). "This vital funding would preserve more than 3,000 jobs in New Jersey alone and provide relief to the state during a time of budget crisis," Lautenberg said […]
August 5, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $9.2 million for 14 awards to improve the leadership and effectiveness of current and aspiring principals and assistant principals in high-need school districts. Grants will be used to develop and expand innovative programs to recruit, train, and provide professional development opportunities for principals. "An […]