Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriations Taking Shape, Sequestration Looms

Normally, Congress uses a budget resolution to set the overall limit on appropriations funding that lawmakers then divvy up among subcommittees and individual programs later in the year. (Nearly all federal education programs are funded entirely through the annual appropriations process, requiring ...

Friday News Roundup: Week of April 9-13

Legislators plan lawsuit to trim aid to shrinking Pennsylvania schools

California teachers’ pension faces $65 billion shortfall

Missouri Senate panel endorses roughly $24 billion budget plan

Idaho State University, University ...

State NCLB Waiver Plans Lax on Subgroup Accountability

Under the accountability structure put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), states are required to bring all of their students to proficiency in math and reading by 2014. Schools and districts are held accountable for the performance of students in particular “subgroups” as determined ...