Layoff notifications in Randolph, Brookline, and other school districts spark concerns By Meghan E. Irons June 8, 2020 Public school teachers and staff across Massachusetts are bracing for the most extensive school layoffs the state has seen in years as districts begin handing out pink slips to reduce costs in the face of possible deep budget…
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Public schools face a fall with a lot more costs and a lot less funding
By Laura Meckler and Valerie Strauss May 27, 2020 As school districts consider how and when to get students back to classrooms, they are facing a financial riddle with enormous implications: Every back-to-school plan involves new spending at a time when states and districts are bracing for significant cuts. The needs are enormous. Students who fell behind this…
California districts could pursue teacher layoffs if new state budget cuts K-12 funding
CTA would lobby Legislature to block districts’ from issuing pink slips SCHOOL FINANCE MAY 22, 2020 JOHN FENSTERWALD PHOTO BY JJOSE AJOVIN ON UNSPLASH School districts may have another opportunity to lay off teachers, which they normally cannot do after mid-May, if the Legislature approves the budget cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing. If adopted…
California schools face ‘devastating’ coronavirus cuts as they struggle to reopen
By HOWARD BLUME, NINA AGRAWAL MAY 15, 2020 Even as costs skyrocket in response to the coronavirus crisis, California school districts face major funding cuts that could potentially lead to teacher and staff layoffs and leave some schools struggling to safely reopen campuses in the fall, according to district officials and educators. The proposed budget hit to…
Traditional public schools getting triple the state cuts of charters
By Darrel Rowland and Randy Ludlow May 15, 2020 Traditional public schools are getting cut at a rate more than three times as much as charter schools in budget reductions ordered by Gov. Mike DeWine. The traditional districts saw their state allocation drop an average of 3.72%, compared to 1.03% for charter schools, which are taxpayer funded but generally…
‘There’s no closure’ — Retiring teachers are heartbroken to end their careers like this
Gretta Hochsprung May 16, 2020 Physical education teacher Jill Fish, center, is retiring from Hudson Falls Middle School, where she also coached three sports a year. Every year on the last day of school, the teachers at William H. Barton Intermediate School in Queensbury line the sidewalk and wave to the kids departing on buses….
Painful cuts coming to public school funding from coronavirus impact
FOX 2 – Public schools rely on state funding primarily from sales tax and Michigan businesses are struggling to sell things at the moment. School districts find themselves planning for a future with less money and costly problems to solve. Right now school districts across the state are bracing for impact they know cuts are coming due…
Hawaii teachers inundate Board of Education with testimony against pay cuts
By Susan Essoyan May 8, 2020 CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2019 This year started out with a bold move to combat Hawaii’s educator shortage by boosting pay for teachers in hard-to-staff geographic areas, special education and Hawaiian immersion. But COVID-19 has thrown the state’s once robust finances into turmoil. Pictured is Gov. David Ige at a…
$260 Million in Federal Money Coming to Alabama K-12 Schools to Help with Pandemic Expenses
May 1, 2020 Trisha Powell Crain More than $260 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding is being made available to K-12 schools across Alabama, but that money isn’t yet in the bank. The money can be used for a wide variety of reasons, from improving emergency preparedness to planning for long-term school closures to purchasing…
State releases latest grades for schools on Next Generation test; look up your school here
By JACQUELINE RABE JAN 31, 2020 | The state education department handed out a zero-to-100 grade to every public school and district in the state on Thursday — and the majority of them earned a better grade than last year. The Next Generation report card takes into account more than a dozen measures, including standardized test scores,…
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