Sentences with phrase «district budget reductions»

From district budget reductions, to declining enrollment, to fewer than expected teacher retirements, to huge numbers of candidates going through teacher education programs.

As CEL embarks on its next ten years, we are mindful that the persistent achievement gap in the midst of severe school district budget reductions poses enormous challenges for educators.

Not exact matches

The projected rate hike is the first increase after three years of reductions and would put the squeeze on district budgets.

Reduce the abuse,» said the governor, noting the average district would see a 2.7 percent aid reduction in his budget plan.

The statewide teachers union has tallied projected reductions from 232 districts that have crafted their budgets so far and determined they collectively plan to eliminate 13,560 positions — mostly through layoffs.

Given the «funding roller coaster» the Library has been on since 2000, including in 2010 when budget cuts forced a reduction in service hours (98.5 total per week), plus cuts in programming and staffing, the Library System Trustees voted to pursue becoming a Special Legislative District Public Library (SLDPL) in September 2011.

The preliminary 2013 - 14 School District budget presented to the community includes a 4.5 % tax increase and a reduction of 56 staff positions.

Here's the six school districts in Onondaga County that lost the most aid in last year's state budget because of GEA reductions.

[50] He does not support a reduction in operational aid for school districts and believes the budget can be balanced without reducing that aid.

The superintendent took the fall for the mistake, and now the district, which has already endured layoffs and program reductions in recent years, is facing a gaping hole in its budget and looking for the state to help.

In the meantime, budget reductions that the district has agreed upon with its two other employee unions will not take effect until the teachers» contract is settled.

If the $ 1.2 million surplus from prior growth is indeed being spent across the district, it will need to make general budget reductions or «cuts due to declining enrollment.»

First, to achieve a targeted budget reduction, school districts need to lay off a greater number of junior teachers than senior teachers (as junior teachers have lower salaries), meaning that a seniority - based layoff policy will cause class sizes to rise more than they would under an alternate arrangement.

«If a school district has to sustain a major [budget] reduction, they have little alternative than to reduce staff,» said Reginald Felton, the director of federal relations for the Alexandria, Va. - based National School Boards Association.

Because deeper and deeper annual budget cuts made it impossible for the district to pick up the costs of the program, the David Lynch Foundation, active proponents of TM and other scientifically - proven stress - reduction techniques, picked up the tab.

But while some districts can afford to aggressively recruit teachers, others are struggling with budget reductions.

But more rural districts were taking the Senate budget proposal more seriously and considering larger reductions to their teacher assistants in anticipation of a budget scenario that forces large - scale layoffs of TAs.

Comparatively, the same 10 percent reduction in funding would only save home school districts, on average, less than 0.2 percent of their budget.»

The 2011 - 12 Budget Act also required school districts to assume the same level of per - pupil funding in 2011 - 12 as they received in 2010 - 11, essentially requiring COEs to ignore proposed trigger reductions when reviewing school district budgets, according to the report.

The Senate initially proposed laying off all teacher assistants in the second and third grades in order to pay for hefty teacher pay raises — but after intense negotiations, they backed off their proposal though the final budget resulted in a reduction of teacher assistant positions varying from district to district.

A spokesman for budget committee co-chairwoman Sen. Alberta Darling, R - River Hills, said the Joint Finance Committee reduced the increase to $ 639 million because of reductions to funding proposed by Walker for rural school districts and for schools in the Milwaukee School District that meet academic achievement goals.

Last fall an Independent Financial Review Panel recommended a reduction of about 10,000 staff members, including administrators, classified and certificated personnel, for a savings of half a billion dollars a year for the district that faces a dire budget crisis.

The bill requests an increase in funding to school district between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school didistrict between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school diDistrict), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school diDistrict), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school districts.

The hope is that in addition to saving educator jobs, such efforts will address the ballooning class sizes, shortened school days, and reduction of after - school activities that many districts are facing this school year as a result of state budget shortfalls.

An example of how the panel's recommendations are reflected in the new budget is the reduction of central office administrators, which has resulted in a $ 79 million savings to the district, according to budget officials speaking at a media briefing last week.

Already saddled with a major reorganization, significant budget cuts and staff reductions, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing now also faces a sudden uptick in workload generated by districts scouring cases of unreported misconduct.

In the Duval school district in Florida, for example, moving to a four - day week produced only a 0.7 % savings, yet that resulted in a budget reduction of $ 7 million.

Without stringent union seniority rules, districts could ameliorate budget reductions by keeping greater numbers of fresh - faced and energetic teachers.

This is where you can draw a direct line between the collective - bargaining changes Walker is seeking in his now - famous budget - adjustment bill and the budget bill introduced this week: He is trying to give school districts a new, non-traditional way to handle budget reductions.

Improvement plans have been created throughout the district and contributed to a recent $ 2.5 million reduction of the transportation budget by implementing staggered school start times.

With the local share of the total cost of educating students rising to nearly 60 % in 2014 - 15, even with the continued reductions in staff and academic programs, additional local revenue will be needed in many districts to balance budgets.

Israel Rios, Jubilee's principal, said the network could be of greater use now than ever before to small schools such as his and larger districts because even with budget cuts and staff reductions, students still have to complete required courses.

Clearly budget pressures are weighing on states and school districts, but there has also been a fierce attack on the value of class size reduction.

Despite overall budget reductions throughout the district, the SEL office received approval to hire 14 new SEL Specialists in 2014.