May 7, 2010
The bad news keeps coming for Toledo Public Schools as it tries to steady its financial ship. Its income tax levy failed Tuesday, meaning more layoffs and program cuts to close a $30 million budget hole next fiscal year. Now there also could be $2 million to $4 million more in losses over the next […]
May 7, 2010
Some details are still up in the air, but about 18 jobs will be lost as the Sunnyside School District continues to work out plans to cut $1.6 million. Most of the losses will be absorbed though resignations and retirements, said Curtis Campbell, district spokesman. Plans for some positions are still undecided. The school board […]
May 5, 2010
Think states have made deep spending cuts? You ain’t seen nothing yet. States have been struggling with huge budget gaps since 2008, but this year could be worse as federal stimulus funds wind down. Until now, stimulus money spared governors and state lawmakers from making some of the most brutal budget cuts. But with this […]
May 5, 2010
Fixing an error in the state formula for basic education funding will leave Northern Lehigh School District with $166,000 less than the administration anticipated in the 2010-11 school year. The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s recalculation will affect 379 school districts. Northern Lehigh is the only school district in Lehigh County affected by last month’s change. […]
May 5, 2010
Referendums seeking millions of dollars in additional funding passed easily Tuesday in numerous central Indiana school districts. Voters in Washington Township, Pike Township, Speedway, Carmel Clay and Noblesville approved higher tax rates to help prevent teacher cuts or support building projects. Washington Township voters overwhelmingly approved a property-tax rate increase of 8 cents per $100 […]
May 5, 2010
The passage of the $23.3 billion state budget by the Missouri General Assembly last week will mean more cost cutting measures for the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District. “In the state budget, there was flat funding for the foundation formula,” said R-7 superintendent David McGehee. “We were projecting about an 8 percent reduction in the […]
May 5, 2010
The Minnesota House on Tuesday passed a health care bill that erases $170 million of the state budget deficit, lays the groundwork for federal health care changes, spells out hundreds of million in cuts to mental health, welfare and other programs, and pushes the 2010 legislative session a step closer to the finish line. It […]
May 5, 2010
Dozens of teachers and school administrators showed up Friday at the Indiana Department of Education to offer their evaluation of a new plan to issue letter grades for their schools. Their consensus: The proposal deserves an F. In a passionate hearing, educators from around the state implored state officials to scrap a plan to grade […]
May 5, 2010
City charter schools enroll far fewer of the most severely disabled stu dents than traditional public schools, state records show. Only about 1% of special education students in charter schools are so disabled they require separate classes – compared with the 33% of special ed students in district schools. These include students who are emotionally […]
May 4, 2010
Testifying before a panel of Republican state legislators at the Spring-Ford School District’s Ninth Grade Center last week, Spring-Ford and Pottstown school district administrators called on Pennsylvania to help meet the growing costs of special education programs. Spring-Ford Superintendent Marsha Hurda joined the Pottstown district’s director of special education and student services, Pam Bateson, and […]