The Chesterfield County School Board is meeting Tuesday to vote on the adoption of an $ 836 million operating budget, a decision critical to ensuring funding is available on July 1 for the upcoming year. The vote will be divided into two parts: voting on the budget the Board of Supervisors approved on April 6…
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NORTH STONINGTON – Residents will soon have the final word on whether to move forward with the lease of a portion of the North Stonington Education Center – and if all goes well, demolition of the one-story wing could happen well under the anticipated costs as well . Members of the Board of Selectmen on…
The Helena school board approved a new administrative pay scale in an 8-0 vote at its meeting on Tuesday night, scaling back pay for many Helena Public Schools administrators so it’s in line with other AA school districts in Montana. Discussions about the new pay scale have been a main topic at board meetings over…
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin is not vetoing anything in the budgets the General Assembly adopted this month, but he is seeking changes to the spending plans to suspend the state gas tax for three months, loosen the rules for eligibility and funding of lab schools outside of local K -12 systems, and amend sentencing credits for…
ATLANTA – Dabo Swinney is not the only coach with hypocritical opinions about paying college athletes. Swinney is only the most sanctimonious and entitled coach arguing against allowing players to profit from their work, same as coaches. But I give Swinney credit for being one of the few who brings up education in this debate….
To the casual visitor, the Tulsa Performing Arts Center appears to be handling its business as usual. With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions that forced the facility to close completely for months, then operate on a severely limited scale, the four main performance areas of the PAC are once again hosting everything from Broadway touring…
With tuition increases prevalent over the past 20 years for both private and public colleges, Randolph College, Sweet Briar and the University of Lynchburg have instituted tuition resets and programs to help students pay for school. The average cost of tuition and fees at private national universities jumped 144% from 2002 to 2022, according to…
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After the Civil War, one of the signs a town had matured was the character of its schools. Public schools, while common in rural areas, were often little more than primary schools to the sixth grade. High schools could be found in larger towns, but their attendance numbers were small. To be a college town…
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At its regular meeting Monday, the Transylvania County Board of Education expressed even more growing frustration regarding the $ 68 million construction bond project and perceived stalling from the Transylvania County Board of Commissioners. Toward the end of the meeting as the fiscal year 2022 budget was being discussed, Board Chair Tawny McCoy read aloud…
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Louisiana’s rosiest financial outlook in years paved the way for a record-breaking legislative session for education. The Legislature approved an $ 84 million hike in state aid for early childhood education, which advocates called historic. State aid for colleges and universities rose $ 159 million, the largest funding increase ever for higher education. A nearly…
