March 12, 2010
March 12, 2010
March 12, 2010
JoCo school districts stand to lose $7 million over special education fund dispute Kansas Legislature tables alcohol levy, but tobacco tax still alive Kansas unemployment rises after the holidays Kansas is first state to ban fake pot TOPEKA | Three Johnson County school districts would lose $7 million in special education funding under legislation passed […]
March 12, 2010
The Kansas City school board is closing half their district schools. The Kansas City school board voted on the closing Wednesday night, announcing that they will be shutting down 29 of the 61 schools they have in the district by the end of this school year. The nearly budget shortfall of nearly $50 million for […]
March 12, 2010
NEW ALBANY — Hundreds of people sat on the edge of their seats Thursday night anxiously awaiting the few little words that meant so much. No. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. With only Lee Ann Wiseheart and Rebecca Gardenour voting against, the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. board voted in favor of all […]
March 12, 2010
The Kokomo School Board Wednesday unanimously approved moving forward with implementing elementary and middle school reorganization for the 2010 to 2011 school year. Superintendent Chris Himsel said the move is necessary as the corporation deals with $3.7 million in funding cuts, because of reduction in state funding and decreased enrollment. He said Kokomo-Center has lost […]
March 11, 2010
The state Department of Education report counts nearly 83,000 children under age 21 with a federally-recognized disability. That’s up slightly from last year. ? ? Autism continues to be the fastest growing disability. There are more than 7,900 Oregon kids diagnosed with autism. That’s up nearly 25 percent over the last four years.? ?Salem-Keizer is […]
March 11, 2010
A report, ‘Advancing research on children with speech-language impairment: an introduction to the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten Cohort,’ is newly published data in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services In Schools. According to a study from the United States, “The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K; U.S. Department of Education, 2000) includes comprehensive assessments of home, […]
March 11, 2010
Kansas City’s school superintendent said Thursday the plan to shutter nearly half the district’s schools, while "painful," will move forward quickly so that all the closures will be complete by fall. The school board narrowly approved the plan Wednesday night to close 29 of the district’s 61 schools to try to stave off bankruptcy. The […]
March 11, 2010
Despite the loss of the Democrats’ supermajority necessary to passcomprehensive national healthcare reform, new federal legislation isneeded to promote greater efficiency in the medical delivery system. Comprehensive reform of Medicare’s provider-payment system would accelerate delivery system change but would be highly disruptive for many hospitals and physicians. However, congressional proposals that provide new authority for […]
March 11, 2010
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget address Wednesday made the state’s financial picture look every bit as bad as we thought it was. He said the state’s budget situation is a “crisis of epic proportion.” His proposed solutions, however, do not inspire confidence. He calls for $2 billion in cuts, mostly from education. He calls for […]