South Carolina school district reaches an $85,000 settlement agreement with an English teacher who made national headlines after stomping on an American flag in front of his classes and faced dismissal as a result.
Continue reading...The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a taxpayer was not entitled to a court order requiring a school district to return “excess proceeds” collected pursuant to an educational sales and use tax approved by referendum.
Continue reading...WXYZ ABC 7 reports that after Ingham County Circuit Court Judge William Collette ruled that meetings by a state-appointed financial review team violated the Michigan’s open meetings act, Highland Park Schools emergency manager Jack Martin is stepping aside. His resignation returns decision-making responsibilities to the district’s superintendent and school board.
Continue reading...The Associated Press (AP) reports in Education Week that the state of Alaska has agreed to settle an eight year lawsuit claiming the state had failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide an education to schoolchildren. The settlement, which a judge must still approve, calls for the state to provide $18 million to help boost achievement at the 40 lowest-performing schools.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press (AP) report in the News-Press, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to post teacher evaluations on school district websites has received harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats on the Kansas House Committee on Education, who called it “a disaster” and “pretty toxic.”
Continue reading...The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a school district was not required under state law to fund a cyber charter school’s kindergarten program for a four year old student because the school district had exercised its discretion not to offer such a program in its public schools.
Continue reading...Education Week reports that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has issued a study finding that nearly half of all high-poverty schools, including schools that get Title I money, were at least 10% below the average school in their district in terms of state and local aid. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said the “findings confirm an unfortunate reality in our nation’s education system. Many schools serving low-income children aren’t getting their fair share of funding.”
Continue reading...According the Connecticut Post, the Connecticut legislature’s Regulations Review Committee has approved the state Department of Education’s (CDE) new regulations that prohibit people from sitting on more than one Connecticut charter school board and prohibit charter school board members from helping to run companies that manage their schools.
Continue reading...A school district and fire department have asked a state judge to broaden an Illinois law and allow them to levy real estate tax on Scott Air Force Base leaseholders, to help the plaintiffs pay for fire protection and school services for military personnel, reports Courthouse News Service.
Continue reading...Education Week reports that the state of Alaska has agreed to pay for the replacement or repair of schools in five remote villages, marking an end to a 14-year-old lawsuit that forced the state to revamp the way it guarantees funding for school construction in rural areas. The settlement specifically addresses only five school projects, but the effect of the lawsuit has been far-reaching, according to those who led the effort. It triggered the opening of state coffers for more than $1.2 billion in school facilities projects in villages over the past decade and led state lawmakers to pass a measure last year that establishes a new, permanent mechanism for state funding of rural school construction projects.
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