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Kansas State Board of Education member Ann Mah speaks to the Lawrence school board on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, about Kansas Legislature activity that could affect public education funding.
Public education leaders say two bills that state legislators are considering could harm the state’s school funding at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is already punching holes in school districts’ budgets.
One of the bills is a tax reform plan that could lower the state’s revenue by more than a billion dollars over three years, according to the Associated Press. The other one would greatly expand a program that provides tax breaks to organizations that sponsor scholarships for private schools. At a recent Lawrence school board meeting, local education leaders Shannon Kimball and Ann Mah said that if these bills became law, they would give legislators ways to justify cutting school funding.
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BELLOWS FALLS â The Windham Northeast Supervisory Unionâs office is leaving its longtime location at the former St. Charles School in favor of a renovated office in Westminster Station.
The building, on Route 5, is the former home of two accountants and tax preparers: Annette Spaulding, who owned the building and later rented the space to Catherine Harris. The current owner is Green Mountain Station Realty LLC, with the principals listed as Margaret and Robert Palmer. The new lease is for $48,000 a year.
Superintendent Christopher Pratt said the office would start moving immediately, with the move starting the week of Feb. 15. He told members of the Bellows Falls Union High School Board Monday night that the new owners of the building had done extensive renovations, including putting down all new carpeting and painting the interior of the main building, as well as an adjoining small building. He said the building was
Mahoning Valley school districts are expected to receive slightly more than $39 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds this spring.
This is a second installment of relief funds provided by the federal government for hard-hit school districts since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020. In the last allocation of ESSER funds provided to school districts in 2020, schools in Mahoning County received $9,157,835.
The final allocations are expected to be released in the next several weeks, according to Ohio Board of Education officials. Once allocated, the funds must be used by Sept. 30, 2023.
School districts are being awarded based on the percent of total Title 1 funds they receive. Funds can support any allowable activity under existing federal funds, including Title I (to support academic achievement), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Perkins (low interest loans to help needy students finance the costs of postsecondary education) a
Northwest High student starts petition urging CMCSS to cancel third quarter grades clarksvillenow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from clarksvillenow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.