"In an interview on CNN Wednesday morning, Obama-era administration Education Secretary Arne Duncan reiterated that the President lacks the authority to actually cut off education funding."No. In Texas, many school leaders are scraping by as they approve budgets for next school year.
"There's new research ... finding that rural students, low-income students and kids of color in particular are seeing the largest learning gaps from COVID-19 thus far.
Amended Virginia budget sees education cuts, transportation plan freezes.
"The Legislature last week finished the 2020 budget, which spared schools big cuts by using federal money from the CARES Act and tapping into the state's rainy day account. July 30, 2020, 7:04 p.m. Matthews asked the subcommittee members to keep in mind that education employs tens of thousands of people in rural Utah and budget cuts would set back fragile rural economies that were struggling before the impacts of COVID-19. The biggest chunk, about $16 billion in Given the distribution of federal education funds, "Most federal money goes to low-income kids, so any cuts would hurt that slice of the school population," Carnoy said. July 30, 2020, 7:18 p.m. Overall, the budget plan cuts more than $8.5 billion, about 12 percent, from the Education Department. It's OK to disagree with someone's ideas, but personal attacks, insults, threats, hate speech, advocating violence and other violations can result in a ban. July 30, 2020, 11:47 p.m. State legislators are also working on a school reopening plan that is slated to be released soon.© 2020 The Detroit News, a Digital First Media Newspaper. But they're worried about what comes next, and some remember lessons from 2011, the last time Texas schools found themselves in the crosshairs of a recession.Back then, Texas lawmakers faced a massive gap in the state budget, so they looked to cut areas like education.That drew more than 10,000 people to rally in Austin, shouting “save our schools, protect our future” as they marched to the state Capitol. "The President has no authority to cut off funding for these students, and threatening to do so to prop up his flailing campaign is offensive. Welcome to our new and improved comments "Education Trust is organizing an effort that enlists business people, civil right leaders and community activists to urge lawmakers to consider alternatives to simply cutting every district the same. Please be polite.
What happens in the household impacts the student. The Education Trust-Midwest, a nonpartisan, education-focused research and advocacy organization based in Royal Oak, argues that spending cuts, … Steve Sisolak’s plan to tackle a $1.2 billion budget deficit caused by the coronavirus crisis calls for massive cuts to education and health services, the state announced Monday evening. "You'd hate to see all that important work and urgency lost because of COVID-19.