School Finance

Sarah Abdullah, Arab News
“I think my calling found me,” said Uzma Hussein, a clinical psychologist and founder of Hope for Exceptional Needs, while speaking to Arab News about how she got the inspiration...



JEDDAH, 18 April 2008 — “I think my calling found me,” said Uzma Hussein, a clinical psychologist and founder of Hope for Exceptional Needs, while speaking to Arab News about how she got the inspiration

Iowans' willingness to pay an extra penny per dollar in sales taxes to build and renovate schools has changed the face of the state and generated more than $1 billion in construction in less than a decade.

On Friday Fitch Ratings Ltd. downgraded Detroit Public Schools’ limited tax general obligation rating to junk-bond status because of mounting financial pressures for the district.

In one section of the supervisors chambers sat a dozen blind men and women, canes in hand. To their left were rows of maroon-clad cheerleaders, football players, wrestlers and other Hiram Johnson High School students eager to plead their case....(

In making $73.3 million in cuts, the city school board preserved most programs that directly affect students.
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission yesterday closed the $73.3 million deficit in the school district's $2.04 billion budget, accepting some of chief executive Paul Vallas' recommendations for cuts and setting others aside.

Rating means cash-strapped district may miss payments, have a harder time borrowing. A record enrollment drop this fall prompted a leading rating agency to drop the city school district's credit to junk status for the first time in recent history.

Seattle's mayor will campaign for February's ballot measure, but says he'll also use his office to push for change in district leadership.

State wants to investigate safety matters
State taxpayer money will be withheld from a private school until numerous questions are answered regarding a bus accident that injured 16 students and extensively damaged a Milwaukee fire engine, Anthony Evers, the state's deputy superintendent of public instruction, said Thursday.

Since 2002 Nevada and other Western states have argued with little success that the federal government should chip in more education funding to compensate for owning so much land that does not generate tax revenues for the states 

Mathew Ladner
Congratulations are in order to Gov. Janet Napolitano. Most people would take a celebratory pause after a landslide re-election, but I'd be surprised if our governor did.

 ruling by New York State's highest court may mean that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein will have to slash their wish list for the city’s public schools.

Are Michiganians willing to raise revenue to boost prosperity?
Just as shoppers today will spend hours looking for the best deal on the hippest toys or the perfect sweater, our state legislators -- newly elected or leaving office -- would do well to show similar dedication to finding ways to stretch our state budget dollars to accommodate all of our priorities.