Access News from June 14- June 18, 2010
Daily news stories about education funding
litigation, education funding policy, cost studies,
advocacy and No Child Left Behind.
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June
18, 2010
School Funding/Litigation
AZ---Education advocates say the state has not fully funded
Arizona's K-12 system for the coming budget year, in violation
of the state Constitution.
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KS---A coalition of Kansas school districts on Thursday
notified the state that it intends to file a new school
finance lawsuit, alleging that recent education cuts are
unconstitutional.
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June 17, 2010
School Funding/Litigation
KY---The Louisville lawyer who successfully challenged
the Jefferson County public school system's desegregation
plan -- in a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court --
filed suit Wednesday contending that the district's new
student assignment plan violates state law.
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Education Finance—General
NY---Gov. Paterson warned Wednesday that the Legislature
has until June 28 to finalize a budget deal or he'll finish
it off himself.
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RI---After years of failed attempts, Rhode Island finally
has a statewide school-financing formula, its first in
two decades.
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June 16, 2010
Education Finance—General
IL---Chicago School Board members Tuesday tackled their
worst fiscal crisis since Mayor Daley's 1995 school takeover
by granting school officials the power to raise class
sizes to up to 35 students for the next two years.
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LA---State aid for public schools would be frozen for
the second consecutive year under legislation that won
easy House approval Tuesday.
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MI---Almost 40 school districts across the state expect
to close at least one school this year, bringing the total
number of school closures to about 75 -- more than many
can remember ever closing in a single year
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MI---Five members of the state's largest teachers union
have filed a lawsuit challenging part of Michigan's new
law related to the public school employee retirement system.
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NJ---New Jersey’s notorious but beloved patchwork
of towns and school districts could be transformed under
a new limit on annual property tax increases, Gov. Chris
Christie said today.
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June 15, 2010
Education Finance—General
State governments generally try to spare schools from
budget cuts. But the recession hit tax revenue so hard
that K-12 education is seeing sharp cutbacks in state
funding.
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IA, KS and SC---At least three states have asked for permission
to cut back on the money they provide districts for special
education, under a built-in escape clause in the federal
special education law that is aimed at financially struggling
states.
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OR---Although Oregon's 198 school districts have been
told exactly how much state aid they stand to lose as
a result of a pending $243 million cut, most haven't decided
yet on specific cuts for the next school year.
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Other News
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was immersed in
a broad array of K-12 education policy initiatives during
her two years as a White House aide to President Bill
Clinton, papers released this month show.
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June 14, 2010
School Funding/Litigation
NJ---An appeals court panel has upheld Gov. Chris Christie's
executive order forcing school districts to use surplus
money to make up for cuts in state aid.
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Education Finance—General
President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to
quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to
state and local governments, saying the money is needed
to avoid "massive layoffs of teachers, police and
firefighters" and to support the still-fragile economic
recovery.
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MI---A plan to lure Michigan teachers to retire as a way
to offset a statewide budget shortfall in education funding
appears to have failed to garner enough volunteers to
make the financial dent lawmakers had anticipated.
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NJ---New Jersey teachers are accepting smaller raises
in light of the state's fiscal crisis, early data suggest.
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NY---After weeks of serving up tough talk on the budget,
Gov. Paterson Saturday dished out a heaping helping of
waffling
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Federal Stimulus Issues
Two of the Obama administration’s signature initiatives—the
economic-stimulus program’s Race to the Top competition
and a massive expansion of federal School Improvement
Grants—are running into some resistance on Capitol
Hill.
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