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Calif. Higher Ed Leaders Call for More State Funds - ABC News

23 hours ago ago from Big Education Ape

Calif. Higher Ed Leaders Call for More State Funds - ABC News : "California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned." The cuts threaten to violate a half-century-old document known as the Master Plan for Higher Education that has made California's higher education system a model for the world. In a rare joint ...

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Wicomico County Public School System Conserves Dollars In Current Difficult Budget Times

23 hours ago ago from Salisbury News

As challenging financial times continue for the community, the state, the country and the world, the Wicomico County Public School System is carefully conserving dollars in this year's budget and looking for ways to cut costs for next year's budget to ensure that Wicomico County students will still receive the high-quality education they deserve. While operating on a balanced budget, the school system has already identified $3.1 million in ...

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School Shutdown Days Still a Bad Idea

10 hours ago ago from Augusta Insider

Hard budget times are upon us.  Maine's public schools are knee deep in debate over how to deal with cuts.  Schools are being asked to cut hundreds of thousands of dollars to make ends meek.  Many districts have put a freeze on all non-essential spending. Things like trips, staff development, new equipment, and non-essential overtime have been put on hold.  School shutdown days are one solution that keeps popping .  After reading the findings ...

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Master Plan Hearings

19 hours ago ago from Unit 9 News

Yesterday the legislature's Joint Committee for Review of the Master Plan of Higher Education held its first hearing. Testimony centered on the damage done to California's higher education systems by the state's erratic budget process, and the risk to California's economic future if the problem isn't addressed. CSUEU President Pat Gantt testified, as did CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, UC President Mark Yudof, and California Community ...

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Enough is never enough

18 minutes ago ago from Definition of Prosperity

Enough is never enough. According to a recent Americans For Prosperity analysis, just 12 short years ago when our now termed-out legislators took office, Oklahoma s entire state budget was $3.4 billion. Today, the education budget alone is $3.8 billion, meaning the state now spends more today on Oklahoma s education system than it did on all state programs just 12 years ago. And what do Oklahoma students have to show for the massive ...

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Calif. higher ed leaders call for more state funds

15 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Calif. higher ed leaders call for more state funds SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned. The cuts threaten to violate a half-century-old document known as the Master Plan for Higher Education that has made California's higher education system a model for the world. In a ...

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Antonio Villaraigosa: The Race to the Top Starts Now

5 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

It is far past the time for California to step up and reform its education system. As a state, our schools were once the fourth-highest in the nation in reading and math. Now, we now rank below 40. In science, our students were once proudly some of the highest in the nation and now they are now some of the lowest. This is simply unacceptable. We have to reform the way we educate our children and, thanks to the Obama administration, we ...

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Nev. gov seeks new revenue projections before cuts

10 hours ago ago from FanHouse

CARSON CITY, Nev. -Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday he will ask the state's top economic advisers for new revenue projections as he considers another round of budget cuts and a possible special legislative session to deal with Nevada's fiscal woes. Gibbons, speaking at a news conference in Carson City, said agency heads have been given until the middle of this month to submit plans on how they would reduce spending by up to 3 percent. "I may ...

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GOP lawmaker: Va. gov tax boosts going nowhere

10 hours ago ago from FanHouse

RICHMOND, Va. -Even with hard times assured for public schools and other state-supported ventures, Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine's bid to end tax breaks to help balance an underfunded budget will get nowhere in a Republican-run House of Delegates, the top GOP budget writer said Tuesday. But even as Republicans, fortified by last month's elections, hold the line against new taxes, increases are virtually assured by some cash-starved local ...

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