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
district's health insurance contributions will rise by just under 7 percent next
school year, a less
severe rise than the 7.5 percent one seen this year, according to the
budget presentation.
The state of Arizona faces a
severe disruption in its
budget, and some of its
school districts face the loss of millions of dollars in federal impact aid, because the U.S. Education Department has declared the state's system for equalizing resources among
districts inadequate.
The Chicago public
schools are facing a
budget crisis so
severe that it threatens to shut down the system next fall unless the Illinois legislature comes up with more money,
district officials warned last week.
Severe state
budget cuts and declining enrollment are forcing urban
districts across the nation to consider what often is a last resort — closing
schools.
Some New Jersey public
school districts face
severe budget shortfalls that threaten the risk of widespread teacher layoffs across the
district.
Likewise, many
school districts, suffering from the
severe budget crisis, were struggling to survive, much less make a wholesale shift in academic instruction.
We thank members of Congress who recognize that states,
districts, and
schools continue to face
severe budget shortfalls that negatively affect the quality of education we're able to provide to our nation's students.
And all these changes have happened against a backdrop of
budget cuts
severe enough to, in my
school district, render librarians, counselors, and data coordinators extinct.