January 6, 2010
Kansas is delaying $200 million in aid payments to public schools this month and has suspended some services for hundreds of frail seniors because of its ongoing finan cial problems, officials said Tuesday. Budget Director Duane Goossen confirmed that for the third consecutive month, state government will delay funds for its 295 school districts, so […]
January 6, 2010
While signing a series of bills reforming the state’s education system in order to qualify for up to $400 million in fede ral funds, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said that a second round of cuts to K-12 funding she ordered last fall will likely not have to be imposed because of an unexpected boost in state […]
January 6, 2010
School districts are getting a break in funding cuts after the governor canceled a $127-per-student decrease, but local districts are already worried about problems looming for next year. Now that revenues have stabilized and the state has ended up with about $150 million more than expected, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said M onday that the $127-per-student […]
January 6, 2010
State leaders are focusing on education today as Gov. Pawlenty heads to New Orleans to chair a meeting of the Education Commission of the States and in St. Paul, a Minnesota House committee will hold a hearing to discuss a plan to secure more federal funds for s chools. The meeting comes as school officials […]
January 5, 2010
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Kentucky: Gov. Steve Beshear today signed his budget reduction order for Fiscal Year 2010 to fill a $108 million budget deficit, and also announced plans to return some $30 to $40 million in excess education funds to the state’s school districts to cover […]
January 5, 2010
Talk of “turning around” troubled schools has become synonymous with firing educators, but a nonprofit organization here with a successful track record takes a different approach. In 2006, Strategic Learning Initiatives signed a contr act with the Chicago public schools to help 10 schools serving grades K-8. More than 95 percent of their students were […]
January 5, 2010
In a bid to get federal stimulus funds, the school district is considering major reforms that will tie teacher pay to student progress. At its Wednesday, Jan. 6, meeting, the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Board of Trustees may decide if it wants to participate in California’s bid for President Barack Obama’s Race to the […]
January 5, 2010
Wichita school board members voted unanimously Monday to take legal action against the state for cutting education funding. The board voted in November to pay $89,000 to become a full member of Schools for Fair Funding, a coalition of Kansas districts that is fighting the spending cuts. By agreeing Monday to help pay for a […]
January 5, 2010
The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education faced another hang-up in its quest for a new Rocky Mount High School at a Nash County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday. Several school board members came before commissioners asking for immediate funding to build the new high school, along with other school district capital projects. Tempers mildly heated […]
January 5, 2010
Even if half the cuts being discussed by school district officials were to become reality, services and programs offered at city schools stand to be drastically diminished next year. In a Christmas Eve e-mail, Superintendent Mark Conrad sent Board of Education members a list of possible cuts to make up for a projected $6 million […]