April 14, 2010
While there are signs the economy is getting better, the next fiscal year will be tough for communities. That was the message yesterday for about two dozen town officials at a Massachusetts Municipal Association sponsored breakfast at the police station. "It’s not a pretty picture but one that is improving," said MMA senior legislative analyst […]
April 14, 2010
Democratic legislators attacked Gov. Christie’s spending plan for schools Tuesday, arguing, in a reversal of roles, that the proposal would hurt middle-class suburban school districts. "If this budget is passed, it will completely dismantle the school funding formula," said Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D., Middlesex) during a meeting of the Senate Budget and Appropriations […]
April 14, 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday directed state education officials to spread $43 million in mid-year funding cuts evenly to all public school districts in the state. Nixon’s order ignores directions from the legislature that about 150 of the state’s 523 school districts be shielded from the cuts. The Democratic governor said the legislature’s language instructing […]
April 13, 2010
School board members in West Des Moines delayed action Monday on cutting classroom teachers and special education staff, asking for additional information and options for reducing programs. Specifically, board members said they wanted to further explore significant administrative reductions, limiting students’ ability to take classes at Des Moines’ Central Campus and turning Phenix Early Childhood […]
April 13, 2010
Sharply decreasing special education tuition and combining classrooms head the list of more than $1.5 million in cost-cutting measures being proposed by the Board of Education’s Budget Expenditure Committee. The 18-point proposal offered Monday afternoon would eliminate more than $1 million in special education tuition; save $282,000 by combining smaller classes into large ones; and […]
April 13, 2010
The Vernon-Verona-Sherrill board of education adopted a tentative $32.3 million school budget at a meeting on Monday night. The board briefly discussed the budget during the meeting. “We are very focused on two things,” said Superintendent Norman Reed before the meeting. He said those two things are continuing quality educational programs for students and figuring […]
April 13, 2010
An increase in property taxes will not be an option as Darlington County School district officials look for ways to absorb more than $6.3 million in funding shortages and cost increases for the coming budget year, the county’s superintendent of education said. Dr. Rainey Knight told the Darlington County Board of Education Monday that restrictions […]
April 13, 2010
The Harlem School of the Arts has been te aching local children everything from music to dance to theater to visual arts for decades and was one of New York’s most treasured educational institutions. Yet in recent years, the nonprofit school has met with financial ruin and sadly been forced to close its doors, cutting […]
April 13, 2010
As we all know, Missouri is experiencing histori c shortfalls in state income taxes, state sales taxes and other revenues that finance state government. Nearly every branch, service or program is operating with less money this year, and that includes K-12 public education. Districts such as North Kansas City Schools are well aware of revenue […]
April 12, 2010
Some Colorado public school districts face teacher layoffs and school closures next year, anticipating a 6.4 percent cut in state education funding. The situation isn’t as dire for a handful of property-rich school districts, but lawmakers may force them anyway to make comparable cuts in the name of fairness. Colorado’s public schools are paid for […]