DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP

Gov. Christie’s Proposal Would Add More Than $300M to N.J. Education Budget

February 22, 2012

Gov. Chris Christie Tuesday threw money behind his promise to support education in New Jersey, proposing in his budget address an increase of $108 million for higher education and a nearly $213 million more for K-12 school districts. Christie called higher education the “key to advancement” and proposed increasing both the amount the state provides [...]

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TX Lawmakers Debate Restoring Funds to Public Schools

February 22, 2012

Texas is rebounding from a severe recession with significant job growth, higher than expected tax revenues and a rosier forecast that should influence state leaders to resist more public school budget cuts next year, some Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday. But Republican leaders, mindful of Gov. Rick Perry’s opposition to a special session to address school funding, [...]

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Special Needs NYC Children Need Not Apply

February 13, 2012

This fall for the first time, local schools are supposed to serve all but the most disabled special needs students in their zone, a change cheered by education advocates,. But parents in some neighborhoods are being turned away by school staff, who are either unaware of the new policy or overwhelmed by its implications. Michael’s [...]

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States Seek to Boost K-12 Aid as Revenue Recovers

February 13, 2012

Buoyed by gradual increases in tax revenues, many states are looking to devote more money to schools in the coming year, after having held the line or made significant reductions during the Great Recession and its aftermath. Yet even accounting for those proposed increases in spending, budget analysts and local officials predict that states and [...]

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Head Start Providers Stand to Lose Funding

February 6, 2012

Concerns are mounting that strict new federal rules meant to improve the quality of Head Start preschool services for poor children could drive good providers out of business, as scores of Head Start programs begin to face the specter of losing the federal funding they have received for decades. Under regulations that were announced late [...]

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