July 6, 2010
Two more districts have joined Golf Elementary School District 67 in the process of withdrawing from the Niles Township District for Special Education 807, submitting letters stating their intent to pull out in two years. East Prairie Elementary District 73 in Skokie and Culver Elementary District 71 in Niles both submitted letters in late June. […]
July 6, 2010
San Francisco will shut down one school and overhaul nine others in a bid for millions of dollars in federal funding to help turn around the city’s lowest performing schools, district officials announced Friday. &#x 0A; The 10 sites are among 188 schools ranked academically in the bottom 5 percent statewide. If drastic changes are […]
July 6, 2010
Lancaster County schools will get a 6 percent boost in basic education funding in the 2010-11 state budget approved this week by the Legislature. As of Friday, Gov. Ed Rendell had yet to sign the spending plan because of a dispute over whether a new fiscal oversight office should be included in the budget. But […]
July 6, 2010
Not so fast — that was the reaction of South Redford interim Supt. Brian Galdes to the recent adoption of the school aid bill. “I give them credit for letting us know what the money situation is going to be,” Galdes said. “But let’s be clear, we aren’t getting an increase. Funding is still being […]
July 6, 2010
More than 120 charter schools in North Texas are part of a national explosion, fueled by a recent surge in political, philanthropic and parental support. Fifteen years into the Texas charter school experiment, some charters have brought impressive innovation to public education, saved dropouts and posted enviable test scores. But on other campuses, kids have […]
July 6, 2010
Here are a few stark facts about the 1-cent increase in the state sales tax that Kansans began paying Thursday: –About 58 percent of the revenue generated by the sales tax is going to K-12 education. –That 58 percent just replaces $172 million in federal stimulus money that was used last year to somewhat prop […]
July 6, 2010
Ten of the 23 school districts in Riverside County and another 10 of San Bernardino County’s 33 districts expect to have trouble paying their bills in the next two years, according to the state’s watch list. Last week, the state released its updated list of districts whose three-year budget projections earned them a "qu alified" […]
July 2, 2010
Even though the new state budget would increase the main public-education subsidy, the funding would not protect schools from making cuts next year, some school leaders say. Most have already had to reduce staff and make other cuts to balance their budgets for next year, which had to be passed by June 30. The large […]
July 2, 2010
Changes to Medicaid billing regulations, which might cost Kansas school districts up to $8.5 million, is unlikely to affect Hays USD 489. According to Superintendent Fred Kaufman, cuts in Medicaid reimbursements for special education students might not affect USD 489, as the district has not received those funds in the past. "What our concern is, […]
July 2, 2010
The Michigan Legislature approved a new $12.8-billion school funding plan on Thursday that boosts state aid by $11 per pupil immediately and through the 2010-11 school year. Gov. Jennifer Granholm will sign the budget bill, which passed on the first day of school districts ‘ fiscal year. Districts generally have already put in place their […]