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Information on the Stimulus Package

Posted on March 13, 2009 by | 2 Comments

If your education role is in the area of Title I or IDEA, or if you would just like a better picture of how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will impact public schools over the next couple of years, you owe it to yourself to read the overviews of each of the major program components put up on the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDE) website earlier this week.   Although unanswered questions remain, the series of documents offer a thorough summary of ARRA as it applies to education. Continue reading →

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State Department of Education Budget Cuts: Who Would Feel Them?

Posted on November 13, 2008 by | 4 Comments

When the economy gets bad enough—like now—budget “what ifs” almost always include drastic reduction scenarios. For instance, state agencies are being asked to prepare spending plans 10% lower than current year levels. In an earlier life at the State Department of Education (SDE), I had a hand in preparing a couple of these crisis plans.

Interestingly, almost the entire SDE budget is comprised of pass through funding for local school districts, so any significant reductions pretty much would have to be accomplished by cutting education aid to towns. Continue reading →

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