March 10, 2010
Illinois State Senator James A. DeLeo (D-Chicago) has sponsored legislation that will allow special education programs to be funded without taking away needed funds from other programs. "Unfunded mandates have already stretched school district budgets to their breaking point," Senator DeLeo said. "This legislation would allow necessary programs to be funded without taking away from […]
March 10, 2010
In York, the funding is helpful, said Superintendent Henry Scipione. Scipione said the school system, a minimal receiver district getting only 5 percent of its funds from the state, had expected to receive $952,000, but now is getting $1.1 million. The school department will receive $60,000 more in state aid and another $40,000-plus from health […]
March 10, 2010
Monday’s announcement that federal oversight of Baltimore City’s special education programs will be ending within two years was rightly hailed by civic and educational leaders as a major milestone. It is a testament to how far the city school system has come recently and a reminder of how dysfunctional it was for most of the […]
March 10, 2010
Some Inland school districts forced to reduce costs are cutting back on evaluations that measure how well students are grasping material. The evaluations, known as benchmark assessments, help teachers identify areas in which children are struggling and might need additional assistance. Districts also use the results to find and address strengths and weaknesses in teaching. […]
March 10, 2010
The 21st century school is about much more than just learning spaces and school design in the physical sense, although this is an important element of improving the overall offering available to children and young people. It is really about the reshaping of the whole culture and ethos of schools. It’s about creating a school […]
March 10, 2010
A number of reports and studies have emerged over the past several weeks that highlight the deepening economic and social crisis currently gripping the state of Illinois. The state with the fifth largest economy in the US currently faces an unprecedented $12.8 billion budget deficit. Governor Pat Quinn and leading state lawmakers from both parties […]
March 10, 2010
A divided Board of Education agreed Monday to partner with the Lake County Health Department and seek grant money to establish a student health clinic at Waukegan High School’s Brookside Avenue campus. The "school-based health center" concept has been mulled before by the board over the last two years, but a concrete proposal never materialized […]
March 9, 2010
MONTGOMERY – Key legislators said they may delay votes on next year’s state budgets until late this month in hopes of finding out whether Congress will pass more stimulus money that could boost state spending next year by $542 million. If Congress passes extra stimulus money for the states, Alabama’s budgets for the 2011 fiscal […]
March 9, 2010
NEWARK — Licking County school districts say they are trying to use their federal stimulus money creatively with an eye toward future budgets, when the money might no longer be available. "This isn’t permanent funding," Newark Superintendent Doug Ute said. "This is a two-year deal." Licking County schools, including community schools, are expected to receive […]
March 9, 2010
School officials and attorneys have agreed to settle a 26-year-old lawsuit that accused Baltimore public schools of denying special education students their federally mandated right to an equal education including basic services like transportation to and from school. Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis gave preliminary approval Monday to the settlement agreement, whi ch […]