Brown’s Proposed California Budget Includes Education Increases
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) has unveiled a record high $ 122.6 billion state budget for 2016-2017, which includes increased spending for education and a raise in earned income tax credit for the lowest-income working families. There will also be an increase in cost-of-living for the elderly, blind, and disabled — the first since 2006. […]
Education Tax Credits Move Forward as Pennsylvania Budget Stalls
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf seems to want to save two tax credit programs that are in jeopardy because of the endangered state budget stalemate. The programs provide $ 150 million in scholarship money to K-12 students statewide, reports Mary Niederberger of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The governor asked the state Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) […]
Audit Shows Pittsburgh Schools Running Budget Surplus
Pittsburgh Public Schools was recently found in an audit to have accumulated the largest surplus of any school district in the state of Pennsylvania despite predictions by the district that it was headed toward financial ruin. It is estimated that the district will complete the year with a surplus of $ 900,000. The new budget […]
McAuliffe Advocates for More Education Funding in Budget Proposal
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced his 2016 budget proposal, which includes further investment in higher education throughout the state to the tune of tens of millions of additional dollars. McAuliffe’s budget proposal would add $ 50 million in an effort to increase the number of in-state students who receive degrees, as well as $ 48.2 million for […]
EU blows entire MI5 terrorism budget on FAILED scheme for jobless
CASH-HUNGRY European Union chiefs have forced Britain to spend £210million on a failed scheme to reduce youth unemployment in other European countries – which is the equivalent of MI5’s entire budget to tackle cyber terrorism. Daily Express :: News Feed
California Faces School Renovation Needs, Budget Constraints
California’s system of school construction and maintenance is subpar and unfair, with low-income districts often under-funding construction but overspending on patching facilities that need major restorations, according to a study by Jeffrey Vincent, deputy director of the Center for Cities + Schools in the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at U.C. Berkeley. “California must bolster – […]