Public Education
North Carolina officials say lawmakers didn’t include mandated education funding(The Center Square) – State officials believe about $677.8 million in court-ordered education spending was not included in recent state budgets, a calculation at the center of the long-running Leandro… Read More
Public Education
Lansing Public Schools plans $19M of COVID relief for air conditioners(The Center Square) – How does a district of 10,000 students recover from a pandemic that disrupted learning for longer than a year? Lansing School District received more than $100… Read More
Public Education
How Saginaw Public Schools spent $27M of COVID relief money(The Center Square) – As students statewide return to the classroom, Michigan school districts have spent some of nearly $6 billion allocated to help students recover from COVID-19. Michigan schools… Read More
Public Education
Study: teacher benefits causing education spending to go up despite falling enrollments(The Center Square) – A new study shows inflation-adjusted per-pupil K-12 school revenues in Illinois grew by 55% between 2002 and 2020 while enrollment numbers decreased. The rise in overall… Read More
Public Education
How will Oklahoma spend its $17M in unused pandemic education funds?(The Center Square) – More than $17 million of unused pandemic relief funds for education administered through the Oklahoma governor’s office sits unused, while the Oklahoma State Department of… Read More
Public Education
Idaho voters will decide on an initiative to increase the state’s income and corporate tax rates for education funding in November(The Center Square) – The Idaho secretary of state announced that an initiative that would increase income tax and corporate tax rates to provide additional education funding had submitted the… Read More
Legislation
Ohio policy group applauds U.S. Supreme Court decision on school tuition(The Center Square) – An Ohio policy group called Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that states cannot deny students or families financial aid for attending religious schools a victory… Read More
Christian Schools, Legislation
Experts say new SCOTUS ruling may reverberate in Michigan education system(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s Carson v. Makin ruling, announced Tuesday, may crack the door open more widely for Michigan families seeking tuition assistance for… Read More
Legislation
Arizona spends $6.2 million in ARPA funds for career readiness, ‘democracy enrichment’(The Center Square) – The Arizona Department of Education is funding a pair of programs to help students gain work and college experience and gain a better understanding of democracy. Read More
Public Education
Benton County schools eye budget cuts following levy failures(The Center Square) – Two school districts in Benton County, Washington, are looking at budget cuts after voters twice refused to renew operational levies that expire at the end of… Read More
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