May 28, 2010
Public charter schools nationwide continue to receive unequal funding from states and districts, according to a study released this week by Ball State University. "This persistent pattern of unequal funding for public charter schools threatens to impede their continued growth," said Nelson Smith, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, in a news […]
May 27, 2010
Suburban school districts already strapped for cash are bracing for major state funding cuts unless lawmakers raise the cigarette tax or Gov. Pat Quinn can find money elsewhere. An estimated $327 million would be cut from programs under a budget plan sent to Quinn this week. Special-education funding would be cut by about $246 million […]
May 27, 2010
The Polk County School Board has decided to compete for the federal Race to the Top education grant, signing the paperwork on Tuesday, the deadline for districts to apply. They skipped the first round of the grant, but this time, they said they thought the new demands will be easier to carry out. Florida pursued […]
May 27, 2010
Senior congressional Democrats and the Obama administration scrambled Wednesday to line up support for $23 billion in federal aid to avert an estimated 100,000 or more school layoffs in a brutal year for education budgets coast to coast. As early as Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee expects to take up a bill that couples the […]
May 27, 2010
For some of the 60 Redwood City School District teachers facing layoffs, their only hope now hinges on the state Capitol delivering more funding than what anyone expects right now. At its meeting Tuesday, the school board approved laying off the teachers as well as two administrators and a nurse as its prepares to solve […]
May 27, 2010
The lawsuit California public school supporters have been waiting for is finally here. Last Thursday a coalition of individuals, school districts (including the San Francisco Unified School District) and educational organizations announced the filing of the California School Finance lawsuit, which has the goal of entirely refashioning public education funding in California. While public school […]
May 27, 2010
Pulling together a $392.3 million financial pie made with public money can cause a heck of a food fight. When money’s tight, the pieces aren’t as big as people would like. So once the county manager made a recommendation — Dudley Watts released Forsyth County’s budget proposal earlier this month — the fight got louder. […]
May 27, 2010
Zionsville Schools chief financial officer Mike Shafer said Superintendent Scott Robison will propose to the School Board having a referendum for a tax levy to support the general operating budget. Shafer discussed the option at this week’s School Board meeting. The proposal for how much the schools would expect to seek will be presented at […]
May 26, 2010
A day after a coalition of Democratic lawmakers proposed $1.3 billion in cuts in an effort to dig the state out of a $13 billion hole, all but $200 million in cuts on Tuesday were slapped down in various House committees. Measures calling for cuts to elementary and secondary education, executive and state agency operations, […]
May 26, 2010
Under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), school health centers for the first time will be eligible for federal funding, prompting opposition from antiabortion-rights groups that are targeting the centers’ potential involvement in family planning services, CQ Today reports. The health care reform law allocates $50 million per year for the centers for the […]