March 1, 2010
LOCKPORT — When Robert Leiser, a father of two children at DeWitt Clinton Elementary School, stood up before the Lockport School Board, rumors had been swirling for a week. He was full of questions: Is De- Witt Clinton closing? Why does a school have to close at all? What happens next? What can parents do? […]
March 1, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s budget troubles have reopened divisions among public schools, which after uniting in a quest for more money now are splintering over who should bear the brunt of state funding cuts. The budding disagreement at the Missouri Capitol comes down to a difference of opinion about what is fair — an […]
March 1, 2010
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature faces a health care crisis disguised as budget crisis. As leaders in Congress wrestle with health insurance reform, the consequences of millions of uninsured Floridians looms starkly over the 2010 Florida legislative session, which begins Tuesday. The state faces a $3 billion budget shortfall, and Medicaid is one of the […]
March 1, 2010
ASHEVILLE — When Mikaela Bartow wasn’t feeling well one recent morning, the sixth-grader visited the health center at Erwin Middle School. Health center workers were able to do a test for strep throat, get the results back right away and call in a prescription that would be waiting for Mikaela’s mom. “It’s wonderful,” said Mikaela’s […]
February 25, 2010
Charter schools receive less public funding per student than their district school peers, according to a report released today by the city’s Independent Budget Office. But the size of that disparity varies widely according to whether the charter school is housed in a city-owned building, the report said. Charter schools that are housed in public […]
February 25, 2010
The Lawrence School Board faces the daunting task of cutting $5 million in funding before next school year. Deciding where those cuts will come from remains a difficult decision and one that deserves careful deliberation. Although the Board needs to consider a wide range of viable options, closing neighborhood schools falls far outside that range. […]
February 25, 2010
COLUMBIA — Columbia Public Schools could use some good financial news. But as the saying goes, there’s good news and bad news. The Good News Despite three consecutive years of budget cuts by the district, things could have been worse: Federal st imulus money for Missouri supported key public school programs, including Title I preschool […]
February 25, 2010
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ? Officials feared the closure of a Natomas elementary school would be inevitable, but a new array of creative ideas may provide alternatives. D uring a Wednesday night board workshop packed with parents, a parent’s group proposed to cut back on custodians and secretaries throughout the Natomas Unified School District as a way […]
February 25, 2010
DeKalb County schools’ superintendent is calling for 148 central office employees to be laid off to help meet an anticipated $88 million deficit. Those cuts are just the beginning of an across-the-board slashing of programs, personnel and school closings to meet the growing deficit in next year’s budget, Superintendent Crawford Lewis said. Hundreds more school […]
February 25, 2010
Arts groups are fighting back against a proposal by the House Appropriations Committee to eliminate state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts. At stake is a state appropriation of about $4.4 million in each of the next two fiscal years to fund the arts agency, which distributes grants to hundreds of arts groups […]