According to the BBC, the group had hoped to benefit
from changes to the funding formula but now say that the funding gap will stay unresolved.
Not exact matches
Last month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed sweeping
changes in the state's school financing
formula that would dramatically shift education
funding from wealthier districts
to poorer ones.
Weighted student
funding (WSF) As with most major reforms of school finance, doing WSF right entails complex
formulas, oft -
changing allocations of money (when a kid shifts schools, for example, or moves
to the next grade, or her needs
change), sophisticated building - level budgeting, and the integration of dollars
from multiple sources that carry different requirements.
Replacing 152 different
formulae with one single, simple
formula will inevitably lead
to substantial
changes in
funding across schools and, for good or bad, will almost completely remove local authorities
from the school
funding system.»
A lot of
change has happened in California public education over the last decade,
from standards - based instruction
to funding formulas to local control and accountability
to scorecards and systems of support.
The proceeds
from the bottle tax would be combined with some of the revenue
from a planned slots casino in Baltimore, as well as savings
from a
change to the city's school
funding formula.
The Baltimore city school system is considering sweeping
changes to its
funding formula that would direct more money
to schools with many students
from poor families.
But I will proudly stand by my statement that a Democrat who proposed doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the poorest school; who refuses
to de-couple inappropriate standardized tests
from teacher evaluation; who diverts a hundred million dollars a year
from public schools
to prop up unaccountable charter schools that refuse
to educate their fair share of bi-lingual students and students who need special education services; and who refused
to settle the CCEJF lawsuit and develop a long - term
change to Connecticut's school
funding formula... DOES NOT deserve the badge of honor that comes with being endorsed by teacher unions.