Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 26. March 2012 21:19
From March 17 through March 20, 2012, the Council of Great City Schools (CGCS) hosted its Legislative and Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. The agenda included updates on the Department of Education (ED) budget and appropriations, the U.S. Census and Title I funding, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorization, the Child Nutrition Act reauthorization, and the American Jobs Act. Nearly 200 individuals attended the conference.
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Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 15. March 2012 19:48
On March 6, 2012 the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) published, in the Federal Register, a proposal to increase the data reporting requirements that state education agencies must meet to receive funding under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 9. March 2012 00:52
On March 6, 2012 the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released the results of a first-of-its kind Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) that reveals serious educational inequities in the nation’s K-12 schools. In a press release, ED acknowledged that the CRDC reflects that African-American and Hispanic students, [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 2. March 2012 00:04
In a February 29, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that 26 additional states and the District of Columbia have submitted requests for waivers from burdensome mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 17. February 2012 01:38
In a February 13, 2012 press release, the President Obama Administration outlined the $3.8 trillion 2013 Education budget proposal it sent to Congress on that date. Among other things, the Administration is requesting $69.8 billion in funding for competitive grant programs, $1.7 billion more than Congress awarded for 2012, while proposing no increase in 2012 funding levels for key formula grant programs [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 9. February 2012 23:25
In a February 9, 2012 press release, the President Obama Administration announced that ten states will receive flexibility (waivers) from various mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), including the mandate that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014 based on annual test scores. States and schools that fail to meet NCLB’s mandates are subject to penalties [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 8. February 2012 02:14
On February 6, 2012 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a draft report, based on a study by the American Institute for Research, that is intended to help state education officials establish new English language proficiency (ELP) and academic achievement standards for students whose primary language is other than English, called English-language learners (ELL). [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 3. February 2012 01:24
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), among other things, requires federally-funded school districts to provide a free appropriate public education to each student with a disability. An appropriate education includes the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet the needs [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 3. February 2012 01:10
In November 2011, eleven states applied for waivers of various provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in response to a NCLB flexibility program offered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in September. A January 31, 2012 article by the Associated Press reports that in December ED advised nearly all waiver applicants that their respective [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 27. January 2012 16:53
Medicaid billing changes required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in CMS Rule 6028 (42 CCFR 455 subpart E) threaten major revenue disruptions and administrative burdens for some school districts. Under the rule’s new provider screening requirements, each state Medicaid agency must require all ordering or referring physicians and other professionals to [More]
