March 25, 2010
New York’s latest budget cuts could be really bad news for city schools. Cutbacks in state aid would mean schools would be forced to layoff thousands of teachers. On Wednesday, schools chancellor Joel Klein testified how deeply the cuts would impacts schools. Last year, the federal stimulus saved some 14,000 teachers. This year, there is […]
March 25, 2010
WHITE HALL – The North Greene School District will take a hit to its financial reserves because the School Board resolved not to lay off faculty and staff or eliminate any programs. About 10 people attended Superintendent Les Stevens’ Forum on Finances on Monday evening to hear about where the North Greene district gets its […]
March 25, 2010
As the Boston School Committee meets Wednesday evening to finalize budget cuts, officials say that school closures are off the table — at least for now. “At this time, we’re not recommending closing schools for the FY2011 budget,” said Superintendent Carol Johnson. “However, we anticipate that in order to continue to balance our budget, there […]
March 25, 2010
LANSING — The Senate and one of its key committees approved budget plans Wednesday to cut state aid to schools by $118 per pupil but save school districts an estimated $480 million next fiscal year in a move that sets up a showdown with the state House. The Senate, with mostly Republican votes, approved a […]
March 25, 2010
Gov. David Paterson is issuing emergency spending bills to keep the state running through April 14. It’s a sign New York’s state budget will likely be late again. The budget is due April 1. The Legislature’s last scheduled day of session is Friday. After that, lawmakers plan to take their Passover-Easter vacation until April 7. […]
March 24, 2010
Budget negotiations continued Tuesday as the state Assembly vowed to restore some aid to schools that Gov. David Paterson and Senate Democrats have sought to cut. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said Assembly Democrats will seek to add back some of the $1.4 billion in state aid that Paterson proposed to cut in the 2010-11 […]
March 24, 2010
The sour economy has pushed a growing nu mber of families into government health programs but in cash-strapped states like Kansas, thousands face delays in actually getting the coverage. Kansas has a backlog of nearly 25,000 applications for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and about 17,000 of those are more than 30 days […]
March 24, 2010
Monday night, the Senate passed a $17 billion, two-year budget, with more spending cuts than the house proposed in its budget. In the Senate’s budget, no state agency was spared as all of them face cuts 1.5% deeper in the first year than the House called for. Medicaid and education will also receive larger cuts […]
March 24, 2010
The Nampa School District unsuccessfully pleaded with the Idaho Public Charter School Commission this month to reject any new charters in Nampa until financial conditions improve. The same day, the Meridian School District posted an article on its Web site arguing that granting new charters spreads available state dollars too thinly. The district said charter […]
March 24, 2010
Special education students are falling victim to the fierce battle to find space for charter schools inside city school buildings, parents and advocates say. At eight of the 15 buildings making room for new or expanding schools next year, at least a quarter of students are special education or seriously disabled. For these vulnerable kids, […]