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Democrats decry education proposal (The Argus Leader)
8 hours ago ago from Education Industry News
PIERRE - Gov. Mike Rounds offered what he called a basic needs budget for next year, one that emphasizes more government spending on mandatory programs such as Medicaid while reducing funding to education and other discretionary programs See original here: Democrats decry education proposal (The Argus Leader)
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1 hour, 36 minutes ago ago from United States Online News
Montgomery County Public Schools: The Montgomery County school system might be forced to increase class sizes and eliminate hundreds of teaching and staff positions if schools don't receive the minimum funding set by Maryland law next year, Superintendent Jerry D. Weast warned at the beginning of what is likely to be a bitter budget battle. Weast presented the Board of Education with a $2.2 billion budget proposal Tuesday that would ...
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22 hours ago ago from Mike Bouchard For Governor
For Immediate Release : December 8, 2009 Bouchard calls on schools to pursue greater efficiencies for support service cost-savings Oakland County - Mike Bouchard, Republican candidate for governor, is urging Michigan school districts to explore more cost-effective ways to provide support services in light of the state's budget challenges. The future of our children and our state depends on a quality educational system, Bouchard ...
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22 hours ago ago from DYSPEPSIA GENERATION
Read it. Chicken Little is alive and seemingly employed as a finance analyst or reporter for an education interest group. If one relies on newspaper headlines for education funding information, one might conclude that America’s schools suffer from a perpetual fiscal crisis, every year perched precariously on the brink of financial ruin, never knowing whether there will be sufficient funding to continue operating. Budgetary shortfalls, ...
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21 hours ago ago from kabonfootprint blog
It appears the Teachers Union is out of touch with our school system, the schools budget, our tax structure, state aid cut, and the economic state we are in. This should be an embarrassment to anyone asking Read more from the original source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel: Local News: LCS teachers seek 3% package ShareThis
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GOP lawmaker: Va. gov tax boosts going nowhere
18 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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23 hours ago ago from Good News Now
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -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 appearance, the heads of the University of ...
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1 hour, 50 minutes ago ago from FanHouse
WASHINGTON -Congressional negotiators sealed agreement Tuesday night on sweeping spending legislation that boosts housing and heating subsidies but curbs President Barack Obama's requests for aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The move comes as lawmakers wrapped the budgets of nine Cabinet agencies into a $1.1 trillion spending bill they hope to complete before a stopgap measure expires Dec. 18. The measure would combine six of the dozen ...
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7 hours ago ago from BBC
The pre-Budget report will set the tone for the election campaign A one-off tax on bankers' bonuses is expected to form the centrepiece of Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report - the last before the general election. The chancellor is under pressure to explain how he will meet his pledge to halve the deficit over four years - by cutting spending or raising taxes. The Conservatives say borrowing levels, which could exceed ...
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14 hours ago ago from U.S. News
LA schools approve plan to cut 5,000 jobs LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts. District Superintendent Ramon Cortines presented the board with various proposals Tuesday to deal with a projected budget deficit of $1.2 billion for the next two school years. Projected layoffs would include almost 1,400 teachers. Average class size would jump to 29 students from ...
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