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March 9, 2010

School Funding/Litigation
MD---Saying that Baltimore's schools have made great strides in the past several years toward providing better teaching to special education students, a federal judge ended 26 years of oversight of the school system and paved the way for a final settlement in two years.
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Education Finance – General

AR---A month after rejecting a proposal by the Weiner and Delight school districts to merge their 200-miles-apart school systems, the state Board of Education today gave the districts approval to merge with neighboring districts.
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NY---Salaries for teachers and administrators in New York rose 5 percent in the 2008-09 school year from the previous year, including a 19 percent jump in the number of employees making more than $100,000 a year, according to a recent report from the conservative Empire Center for New York State Policy.
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WI---Gov. Jim Doyle has quietly dropped a wide-ranging school funding reform proposal that he has been talking about for more than a year
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Federal Stimulus Issues
AZ---Arizona could owe the federal government almost as much money as a proposed sales tax increase would raise if voters reject it.
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March 8, 2010

School Funding/Litigation
SD---A group of schools that lost a court fight over the state's school funding formula has filed an appeal to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
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Education Finance – General
GA---School systems in DeKalb County, Dublin and West Georgia’s Haralson County are offering a glimpse of the future for many districts across the state.
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NH---A lawsuit backed by 294 municipalities, counties and school districts is being filed against New Hampshire contesting the state's reduced contribution to the state pension fund for local police officers, firefighters and teachers.
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RI---Rhode Island cannot afford the system that currently promises lifetime pension benefits to 19,733 retired public school teachers and state workers, according to a report released Sunday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council that details soaring costs set to explode in the coming years.
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Federal Stimulus Issues
Cheers, jeers and finger-pointing followed the federal government’s announcement Thursday (March 4) of the 15 states named as finalists in a $4.35 billion grant competition to revamp the nation’s schools. But what can’t be debated is that the Race to the Top program has attracted most states’ interest.
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Other News
Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks to thousands of school districts and colleges, outlining their responsibilities on issues of fairness and equal opportunity.
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