May 18, 2010
The Sumner School District must pay back $110,061 in federal and state special education funding, district spokeswoman A nn Cook said Monday. A state auditor’s report issued Monday said the district mistakenly received too much Special Education Safety Net money during the 2008-09 school year. The audit report said the district received a total of […]
May 18, 2010
Teachers could be in line for unpaid days off if local school boards and university leaders decide to impose furloughs for budget savings. The state Senate’s proposed budget would give local school districts the authority to furlough employees for up to two days, and would give the UNC system the option of furloughing workers. School […]
May 18, 2010
At least 226 of Washington state’s 295 school districts have signed on to the state’s application for $250 million in federal funding for education reform, state education officials said Monday. A little more than a month ago, Gov. Chris Gregoire asked the districts to join her campaign for Washington to win a grant from the […]
May 18, 2010
In 2006, students at the A. Chester Redshaw Elementary School in New Brunswick moved into a temporary warehouse facility with no playground or auditorium, but with the promise a new state-of-the-art school would soon be built for them. Four y ears later, they’re still in the warehouse — and still waiting. Redshaw Elementary is one […]
May 18, 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 […]
May 18, 2010
A 2009 court ruling has forced Iredell-Statesville Schools to give retroactive funding to nine regional charter schools. I-SS will provide $629,751 in back pay in order to comply with the decision made in the February 2009 Sugar Creek Cha rter School vs. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education lawsuit. "The timing on this for us isn’t […]
May 18, 2010
More than 390 Delaware educators have been notified that they might not return to their classrooms in the fall. Saturday was the contractual deadline for districts to notify teachers if they will be needed for the following school year. Typically, many of those who receive layoff notices are rehired in the summer. But several district […]
May 18, 2010
The School District of Springfield Township saved about $700,000 last year by establishing its own program for special needs students instead of sending them to the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, according to Pupil Services and Special Education Director Sylvia Sanfilippo-Cohn. “I’ve been at Springfield for 15 years, and I have been attempting to build capacity […]
May 17, 2010
School district officials may be bailing water during this budget season, but they can hear a waterfall rushing behind them. Federal stimulus funds, which proponents say saved hundreds of jobs locally, will run out after the 2010-11 school year and, without some major intervention, school districts could be facing some gut-wrenching budget problems next year […]
May 17, 2010
It’s not often in politics that everybody comes out a winner. But once in a while, it happens. Such was the case in the fight over a freeze on Virginia’s Local Composite Index, which determines how much local taxpayers should contribute toward public education and how much should come from the state. The formula, which […]