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November
21, 2008
School Funding/Litigation
FL economists are expected to announce that the state's
budget deficit could reach $2 billion for the year ending
June 30.
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HI's charter schools, which have always argued that
they are underfunded compared with traditional schools,
are asking for a big budget increase next year while
the rest of the school system prepares for big cuts.
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IA Governor on Thursday said money for teacher pay,
preschool programs and other educational initiatives
would continue to be a "top priority" in light
of cuts sought in state spending.
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State Roundup
CA---San Francisco schools Superintendent
wants to raise the bar for earning a high school diploma---requiring
every graduating senior, starting with the class of
2014, to pass all the college prep classes required
for admission to the University of California and California
State University systems.
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VA's Board of Education said yesterday that it would
not ask the cash-strapped General Assembly for more
money for the Standards of Quality, a guide for what
constitutes a basic education. Board members instead
want state lawmakers to give public schools greater
flexibility in using existing funds to hire for several
new positions, including reading and math specialists
and data/testing coordinators.
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November 20, 2008
School Funding/Litigation
ME---Slightly more than half of the $79.8 million in
cutbacks the governor plans for state government this
fiscal year target education-related programs.
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MN---A think tank called "Growth and Justice"
outlined a new report on education funding today that
identifies the most efficient ways to pay for schools
-- but also calls on lawmakers and the governor to add
at least $1 billion for schools next year.
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MS Legislative Task Force to study underperforming schools
and districts has finalized a list of recommendations
that will be presented to the Legislature in January.
The recommendations are collectively called the Children
First Act of 2009.
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Other News
Some of education’s most prominent
scholars from the National Academy of Education are
offering President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers
and other Washington policymakers their collected wisdom
on research-backed strategies the next administration
can use to improve schooling.
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Online petitioners are urging President-elect Barack
Obama to appoint Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford University
education professor and an adviser to the Obama presidential
campaign, as secretary of education.
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November 19, 2008
School Funding/Litigation
AL Superintendent announces that for the second month
in a row, Alabama will not be able to make its full
payroll for the state's 131 school districts on time.
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AR Governor releases details on a proposed $ 2. 68 billion
Public School Fund budget.
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MT---Jim Molloy, the lead lawyer representing Montana
public schools in their lengthy lawsuit seeking more
funding from the state, has been accused of "professional
misconduct" for repeatedly failing to pay state
and federal income taxes over 10 years.
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NJ Supreme Court ordered fact-finding hearings on the
state's new education-funding formula before the justices
will rule on whether it should permanently replace the
old system that favored certain largely poor, urban
school districts.
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OH---The state school board is working on a plan that
would boost state aid to Ohio's public schools by an
estimated $1 billion a year.
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State Roundup
D.C. Schools Chancellor announces the idea of a “Parent
Academy.”
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IL---Several prominent Illinois politicians have formed
a bipartisan group called Advance Illinois to address
the issues associated with fixing the state's public
school system.
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NY---Teachers at 33 high-need secondary schools across
New York City will receive bonuses of several thousand
dollars each, totaling $6.5 million, as a reward for
student gains on school report cards released this week
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OR Governor Friday that he wants to delay the state’s
new graduation requirements, giving a pass to this year's
high school freshmen, who are supposed to prove their
skills in reading, math, speaking and writing to get
a diploma.
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Other News
According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department
of Education, the $6 billion funding for the federal
Reading First program has helped more students “crack
the code” to identify letters and words, but it
has not had an impact on reading comprehension among
1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in participating schools.
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President of the American Federation of Teachers said
Monday that given the economic crisis, her union would
be willing to discuss new approaches to issues like
teacher tenure and merit pay.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation expected to spend
up to $500 million over five years on high-school-related
research and data collection, as well as $500 million
on demonstration projects in a handful of cities to
set the teacher-quality agenda in motion.
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Education groups are openly trying to influence the
next administration’s K-12 policies.
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