June 9, 2010
When Gov. Ed Rendell crafted his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he expected additional federal Medicaid dollars would come through for Pennsylvania. At the moment that funding, which would add another $850 million to the state’s projected deficit, is in jeopardy. Twenty-nine other states are in a similar boat. Congress needs to make […]
June 8, 2010
Chicago Teachers Union officials vowed to file suit today, charging that plans to raise city class sizes to 35 are unsafe and violate the municipal code. "You’re looking at a very dangerous situation,” CTU President Marilyn Stewart said at a news conference Monday. "We’re asking the Board [of Ed ucation] to prove that you can […]
June 8, 2010
Having counted on Washington for money that may not be delivered, at least 30 states will have to close larger-than-anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless Congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on Medicaid. Governors and state lawmakers, already facing some of the toughest budgets since the Great Depression, said the […]
June 8, 2010
Gov. Chris Gregoire sent a letter to the state’s congressional delegation on Monday warning of dire consequences if Washington doesn’t get a federal Medicaid match worth $480 million. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray has said she’ll push this week to get the money included in legislation pending in the Senate. Gregoire warned in her letter that […]
June 8, 2010
The District’s Office of Campaign Finance will investigate a complaint, filed by an outspoken critic of Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, alleging that Rhee violated the law by soliciting donations from private foundations that reserved the right to pull their funding if there was a change in the school system’s […]
June 8, 2010
The Plano school district could face "significant" budget cuts starting in the 2011-12 school year if state funding stays flat and federal stimulus funds are discontinued, school officials told trustees Friday. The officials said they will present a series of possible cuts – in personnel, programs and more – this fall that could total tens […]
June 8, 2010
A new report says school districts, already faced with tough budget decisions that are leading to cuts in staff and programs, will be in even greater financial straits if a proposed $354.8 million increase in state funding for public education isn’t approved. The report, released Monday by the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials and […]
June 8, 2010
Anticipating a state funding cut of $433 per student, members of the Escanaba School Board learned the picture may not be as bleak as once projected. Superintendent Michele Burley updated the board Thursday during a special meeting, indicating there have been changes since the last meeting of the school board. "We are working with some […]
June 8, 2010
The Poudre School District’s Board of Education will vote tonight on a resolution asking district administrators to create by Sept. 1 a plan for closing and/or consolidating schools. Tonight’s meeting at the Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave., will likely see a unanimou s acceptance of the proposal that would instruct Superintendent Jerry Wilson […]
June 8, 2010
The House Finance Committee Friday postponed voting on one of the most important issues of the legislative session, establishing a fair and equitable school-financing formula. State Rep. Steven M. Costantino, D-Providence, chairman of the committee, said the group needed more time to consider the merits of various proposals. “We won’t be voting today,” Costantino said […]