April 2, 2010
Apr. 1–Vacaville Unified School District would see the largest reduction in per student funding of all districts in Solano County under cutbacks in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal, according to the nonpartisan California Budget Project. Across Solano County, the proposed cuts in state funding for districts would be as high as $6.4 million for Fairfield-Suisun Unified to […]
April 2, 2010
Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall announced yesterday that Questa Independent Schools will receive $8.6 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Land of Enchantment Teacher Quality Partnership. The grant will fund 50 special education teachers and 50 principals over the next five years in the Chama Valley, Dulce, Cuba, Jemez Mountain, Mesa Vista, Questa, Peñasco and Central […]
April 2, 2010
Saranac Community Schools (SCS) Board of Education members approved the budget reduction plan at Thursday’s meeting, with SCS Treasurer Mark Howe being the only one to oppose it. The plan involves reducing staff by 11 personnel, transferring teachers, eliminating certain bus runs and converting several sports to clubs. The sports will not affect JV […]
April 2, 2010
Just as Passaic River floodwaters that marooned the grades K-3 Stevenson School building slowly began to recede Thursday, March 18, the state cut most financial aid to the grades K-6 school district, hacking $525,000 from formula state aid for the next school year. School Business Administrator William Stepka talked about the 98 percent cutback in […]
April 2, 2010
Special education services will be stretched thin if the Springfield School District is unable to find an extra $36,000 in the budget. By a unanimous vote Wednesday night, the School Board cut the special education director’s position by 30 percent. While the vote was unanimous, it was also reluctant. "We need to cut the special […]
April 2, 2010
The local school board has designated a series of cuts to implement a $100,000 budget reduction imposed last week by the board of finance. The school board at a special meeting Wednesday identified three cuts in the proposed $7.29 million budget for Essex Elementary School in 2010-2011 that would match the $100,000 reduction ordered by […]
April 2, 2010
The impacts of budgets cuts are making their way into the halls of Poudre School District schools. Two special-needs teachers at Zach Core Knowledge School will not be rehired next year because of budget cuts, Principal Don Rangel said Thursday. However, only one position is going away, and Zach will continue serving its special-needs students, […]
April 1, 2010
It’s been trumpeted as one of the key elements in the Democrats’ plan to expand access to health care for tens of millions of vulnerable Americans. Yet a provision of the newly passed health reform bill that raises doctors’ payments under Medicaid is both temporary and limited in the scope of medical services it covers. […]
April 1, 2010
The House and Senate have substantial differences to work out on legislation that would allow counties to cut back on school spending during tough economic times without losing state aid. Both chambers have passed bills that set guidelines for waivers to the state’s “maintenance of effort” rules for local school funding. The issue has been […]
April 1, 2010
In Norwich, as in other cash-strapped public school districts, spring is the mean season. Trying to balance its budget, the district has decided to cut out middle school sports, foreign language classes and an instrumental music program. It will end some after-school bus routes. Officials are considering closing an elementary school. And nearly a quarter […]