Indiana is cutting its budget for higher education by $150 million due to a shortfall in state tax revenues. As a result, the president of Indiana State University says that anywhere from 80 to 100 non teaching jobs will have to be cut to shave $5 million off of the school’s operating costs. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
5200 teachers in Connecticut will keep their jobs thanks to $612 million for education from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Federal officials had singled out Connecticut for using the money to shore up holes in its budget instead of investing in schools, prompting state officials to show that they had spent the money [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Like most states, Missouri is facing a budget crisis. As part of a cost saving effort to cut $230 million in state spending, Missouri is cutting 700 state jobs. Medicaid payments to hospitals, nursing homes, doctors and mental health providers are being cut by $32 million. Schools in Missouri are being hit twice, first [...]
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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