July 21, 2010
A plan for completing the Cleveland schools’ state-funded construction program calls for the district to scrap many more schools than it builds or renovates. The proposal, drafted by Ohio School Facilities Commission planner Bill Prenosil, is a "work in progress," according to district building official Gary Sautter, and would be subject to approval by the […]
July 21, 2010
City Council members decided Tuesday how to ask Memphis voters whether they want the city to pay for school funding. In six weeks, the City Council will vote on a resolution to put on the Nov. 2 ballot, now that the council’s education committee has studied the wording for the question. The query voters are […]
July 20, 2010
Furlough days for teachers and administrators have been reduced in a move the Fort Mill School Board put in place last week. “The board approved the use of the state teacher supply fund to reduce teacher furlough days from three to two next year,” Leanne Lordo, assistant superintendent of finance and operations, said. The administration […]
July 20, 2010
Federal health officials have approved a measure that will allow Kansas school districts to continue to get reimbursed for services delivered to special education students. Kansas Health Policy Authority officials announced Monday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, has agreed to a cost settlement that allows for the payment of attendant care […]
July 20, 2010
The Georgia Charter Schools Commission will go back to the bargaining table with two cyber high schools that want to open this fall but say they cannot with the current funding the state is providing. The schools, Kaplan Academy of Georgia and Provost Academy Georgia, have tabled their approved commission charter petitions due to a […]
July 20, 2010
Ten-year-old Mackenzie Cureton implored the Jefferson County Commission to do the right thing as she addressed the standing-room-only crowd of about 200 people Monday. "A new school would mean so much to us. You commissioners have been working on this project my entire life," said the rising sixth-grader at Jefferson Middle School. Her comment drew […]
July 20, 2010
Putnam County Board of Education members said Monday that they would spend more than $128 million to build and fix county schools over the next 10 years. Each county is required by the state Board of Education to develop a 10-year Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan, so state officials are aware of how much local school […]
July 20, 2010
Kansas public schools will receive increased Medicaid funding for health services they provide children enrolled in s pecial education programs but no longer will be reimbursed for providing the students attendant care, state Medicaid officials announced today. Officials for the Kansas Health Policy Authority, which oversees the state’s Medicaid program, said the federal Centers for […]
July 19, 2010
For the first time in more than 15 years, Rhode Island has a statewide school funding formula that supporters say will more equitably dole out money to its public schools, though the new system has hardly settled the debate over how best to divvy up state aid for public education. The formula, approved by Rhode […]
July 19, 2010
Richard Thomas has eliminated his land-line phone and cut his cable television and uses his air conditioning sparingly. When he shops he searches for sale items, and despite 142,000 miles on the odometer, he’s sticking with his 2003 Dodge Dakota. Thomas, a single father of two, teaches science at Gray Station Middle School in Jones […]