March 29, 2010
For Allison Anderson, the price of not having health insurance was about $1,000. That’s how much she was charged after a broken glass in the kitchen sink sent her to the emergency room. Her family is still paying off the bill, she said. "I try to keep healthy because I don’t like putting my […]
March 29, 2010
Los Angeles school district officials and employee unions announced an agreement Saturday to cut five days from this school year and seven days next year in an effort to maintain up to 2,100 campus jobs. If approved by members of the teachers and administrators unions, the move would save the Los Angeles Unified School District […]
March 29, 2010
There’s a tidal wave coming. And it’s about to affect your kids. In recent weeks, state education funding woes have triggered a tsunami of pink slips to thousands upon thousands of teachers and support staff in school districts statewide, with about 9,800 announced layoffs of teachers so far. Another 1,600 retiring teachers […]
March 29, 2010
With costs increasing and no additional money coming from the state, South Dakota teachers could lose their jobs and property owners in some districts might be asked to pay more for education. Tight budgets are nothing new to South Dakota schools. But in a bill signed Friday by Gov. Mike Rounds, lawmakers removed a […]
March 29, 2010
A few Richmonders have pushed their concerns over special-education testing from local blogs to the state law books. After the four locals launched a concentrated effort to raise the profile of alternative assessments given to thousands of young special-education students each year, Gov. Bob McDonnell on March 9 signed a bill requiring school superintendents to […]
March 29, 2010
State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo has released the numbers for Oregon’s Special Education Child Count for the 2009-10 school year. The report shows that the total number of Oregon children, aged 0-21, in special education programs has increased to 82,824 – an increase from last year’s 81,988. The number of school-age students in special education […]
March 29, 2010
A change in Medicaid funding will dramatically affect the services available to about 160 preschool students with behavioral and developmental needs in three Spartanburg districts. Districts 1 and 3 will likely be forced to discontinue their Therapeutic Behavioral Services preschool programs altogether, while District 7will cut its program from six classes to one. The […]
March 29, 2010
In an era of siphoned education budgets, school officials are more likely to hunt for money than ways to spend it. But the sudden shove of federal stimulus dollars has left som e North Texas districts grappling with effective ways to use their share. The funds – part of President Barack Obama’s $787 billion […]
March 29, 2010
The region’s lowest-achieving schools can apply for a share of $61 million in federal stimulus funding awarded to the state Friday but will first need to commit to a series of reforms outlined by the U.S. Department of Education. The funds first will be used to help the state’s 64 schools identified as those with […]
March 29, 2010
The House this week approved HB 1369, the school finance act, but it was a vote that brought some legislators to tears. HB 1369 cuts $365 million in state funding for school districts statewide. According to the bill’s fiscal note, which explains the impact, the cut will result in a 6 percent drop in state […]