ET July 28, 2020 | That was a mistake.”In some ways, he said, it was a lesson in unintended consequences.
The Legislature last week finished the 2020 budget, which spared schools big cuts by using federal money from the CARES Act and tapping into … July 30, 2020, 11:47 p.m. But going forward, districts, it’s up to you.”Latham Sikes said the biggest lesson from 2011 would to not cut the programs for the most vulnerable kids, including bilingual students, students from low-income households and children with disabilities.
The report, released Tuesday, provides data on Michigan students' educational outcomes, such as early literacy rates and college readiness. “What’s going in the community impacts the household.
Those programs included money to expand pre-K, support for English-language learners struggling to pass the state’s standardized testing, and programs for children in foster care.“Once you cut off that funding stream, there is no way for districts to make that up,” Villanueva explained.It’s one reason why she believes one solution is for state lawmakers to consider using the rainy day fund — “every penny” if needed.“My number one recommendation is that spending cuts should not be the first option. "In an interview on CNN Wednesday morning, Obama-era administration Education Secretary Arne Duncan reiterated that the President lacks the authority to actually cut off education funding."No. Since then, Villanueva has studied how those $5 billion in cuts to education affected students, campus by campus.“What we found was that it was our lowest income students and English-language learners in our campuses with the highest concentrations of low-income students that were hit the hardest,” Villanueva said.She said one reason is that $1 billion from the funding cuts came from grant programs outside the basic formulas to calculate state aid for public schools. Which means, this time around, Texas's looming budget crunch could be even tighter.To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:One troubling sign for some district leaders and analysts is how federal relief money for K-12 schools has been handled.Texas public schools won’t be receiving all the aid they were expecting from the CARES Act.
It would amount to a 5.6% cut in overall state funding to schools.An across-the-board cut would fall harder on districts that receive less state funding than on those that get more.The report notes that for Bloomfield Hills schools, which receive $12,364 per pupil in what's known as a foundation allowance — a combination of state and local revenue — the cut would amount to 3.8%. Seemingly daily lately, officials in states around the country have announced the need to make major cuts that could hit colleges and universities.
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JEFFERSON CITY — The 2021 fiscal year will see nearly $450 million in restrictions, Gov. “I asked one person to maybe cover two or three schools,” Chambers said. "The cuts are likely because the two biggest sources of money for schools — sales and income taxes — both fell when COVID-19 shut down the economy. Her work has also appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Reuters and Clarín in Argentina.
"The Legislature last week finished the 2020 budget, which spared schools big cuts by using federal money from the CARES Act and tapping into the state's rainy day account.