May 21, 2010
More than 60 children and nine school districts across California filed a historic lawsuit Thursday, arguing that elected officials have failed in their constitutional obligation to support public schools. The case has the potential to completely overhaul how, and how much, money flows into schools. In short, the case seeks to force the state Legislature […]
May 21, 2010
The Fairfax County School Board approved a $2.2 billion budget Thursday night that cuts 200 positions, introduces fees for sports and Advanced Placement tests, and phases out some longstanding programs that have supported the county’s poorest schools. The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins in July is $35 million less than this year’s […]
May 20, 2010
Federal stimulus money intended for public education in Texas has been challenging to spend, time-consuming to keep track of – and will be very hard to replace. That was the message from several school officials to a Texas legislative subcommittee meeting Wednesday in Richardson. "What happens next? That is the number one concern of our school […]
May 20, 2010
Martinsville City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to let the city schools carry over into the new fiscal year about $225,000 that school officials expect to have left from the current year, which ends June 30. Also on that day, city residents will be able to tell the council their opinions on the city’s […]
May 19, 2010
The finance board trimmed slightly more than $1 million from the 2010-2011 proposed budget Tuesday. The budget has been rejected twice by voters. It goes to the public one more time, May 25. The latest version of the budget carries a tax increase of just under 1 mill — 0.98. A property assessed at $200,000 […]
May 19, 2010
The school year may be wrapping up, but local school districts are still working to complete a difficult assignment: hammering out their budgets for next year, under the pressure of ongoing state budget cuts and financial uncertainty. Back in January, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to spare education as he crafted next year’s state bu […]
May 19, 2010
The Appomattox County Board of Supervisors officially approved a budget on Monday that will short-fund state-matching school money for the first time in Appomattox history. The Board of Supervisors approved the $37.3 million budget on a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Sam Carter casting the lone dissenting vote. Carter took issue with the school funding part […]
May 19, 2010
Though Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘s May budget proposals did not make significant changes in funding for kindergarten through 12th-grade education, local district officials were told at a workshop Monday night that the picture could change in coming months if fights ensue over proposed cuts to social services. The latest budget proposals and what they mean to educators […]
May 19, 2010
School budgets didn’t get whacked during the 2010 legislative session, but plenty of money will be slow to arrive. The Legislature approved another $208 million in funding shifts for K-12 education, meaning state aid payments that will be delayed. That money is tacked onto more than $1.7 billion in state funding already being delayed. Pushing […]
May 18, 2010
A state fiscal monitor who has veto control over school board expenditures said he is targeting special education spending as the district struggles with state aid cuts and prepares to lay off hundreds of employees. The monitor, Mark Cowell, explained that the state ordered Trenton to hire him in March after an audit found a […]