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TSSAA committee to tackle football playoff concerns
11 hours ago ago from NewsTalk 101.5 FM News
NASHVILLE — Four areas of concern about the high school football playoff selection process will be addressed this week when a special Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association committee meets on Thursday. The 15-person committee is comprised of three Board of Control members — Lynn Brown of Maryville, Jerry Mathis of Tullahoma and Chuck West of Dresden — and 12 head football coaches from across the state. We have ...
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22 hours ago ago from EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL
California’s education gets an insufficient funds notification What will it take for Californians to stand-up and realize our state, the 8th largest economy in the world, is run by complete incompetents? When will our citizens recognize that the state bureaucrats we entrust to run our school system are flunking? Our once proud public education system used to be first in the nation. Over the last 40 years it has dropped to 47th. I am not ...
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12 hours ago ago from Frugal Hoosiers
The State Budget Committee met this afternoon and released a sobering forecast of state revenue projects through the biennium. For the past 14 months actual state tax revenue has fallen short of projections, prompting Governor Mitch Daniels to request that the budget committee apply an updated formula that would hopefully reflect reality. It did, and the reality is that we the state will have far less money than the special session budget ...
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7 hours ago ago from Learningsun
More students appear to be earning A's and B's on their progress reports in New York. State Education officials reported Thursday that they plan to make changes to the grading system used throughout the schools. Shael Polakow-Suransky, the department's chief accountability officer stated “We are going to raise the bar,” adding that eventhough he wishes there to be more of an assortment of grades, “At the same time, when we set clear ...
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16 hours ago ago from The Sioux City 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Sioux City, IA
Sioux City Public Schools are looking at a possible $5 to $10 millions dollar budget deficit for the 2010 2011 school year. See the article here: Sioux City Schools Face Budget Deficit
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New Ind. state revenue forecast $1.83B lower
12 hours ago ago from U.S. News
New Ind. state revenue forecast $1.83B lower INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday he will cut state spending on public schools by at least $300 million given a new revenue forecast that predicts Indiana government will take $1.8 billion less than what lawmakers thought when passing a two-year budget. That spending plan passed in June was projected to leave Indiana with a $1 billion surplus at the end of the budget cycle in ...
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13 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This State to cut budget by 5 percent By Joe Kasko Published: December 15, 2009 COLUMBIA The S.C. Budget and Control Board voted Tuesday to cut the state budget by 5 percent, or roughly $238 million. The cuts will affect state spending across the board. Some ...
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16 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Vt. legislative panel opposes ATVs on state land MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont legislative committee voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose rules drafted by the Douglas administration to allow limited use of all-terrain vehicles on state lands. The committee vote was nonbinding and the state Agency of Natural Resources is expected to put the rule into effect anyway. But the decision will make it easier for opponents to challenge the rule ...
Related contentRI gov cuts millions in local aid to close deficit
21 hours ago ago from U.S. News
RI gov cuts millions in local aid to close deficit PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Gov. Don Carcieri proposed closing Rhode Island's ballooning budget deficit Monday by cutting roughly $125 million in state funding for cities, towns and schools, putting local leaders under tremendous pressure to cut costs or raise property taxes. The plan from the Republican governor is meant to close a $220 million budget deficit for the fiscal year ending in ...
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20 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
thestate.com archives Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 State cuts budget by $238 million Text Size: tool name close tool goes here A state budget panel has voted to cut the state budget by 5 percent across the board, or a total of roughly $238 million. The cut was larger than legislative ...
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