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Arizona governor wants schools open despite virus surge

By BOB CHRISTIE and PAUL DAVENPORTJanuary 5, 2022 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday took what he called “preemptive action” to keep public school students in classrooms despite rising coronavirus hospitalizations as the more contagious omicron variant spreads.

WVU students affected by pandemic benefit from scholarship

December 16, 2021 GMT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Some West Virginia University students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are benefiting from a special fundraising program, the university said.

Through the fall semester, $748,062 has been awarded to 730 students.

Missouri governor to end limits on college tuition increases

July 13, 2021 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri college and university officials will be able to raise tuition as much as they want under legislation Gov. Mike Parson is signing.

Spokeswoman Kelli Jones said the Republican governor will sign the bill Tuesday.

Budget approved as lawmakers meet without masks in Maine

By DAVID SHARPJune 30, 2021 GMT

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gathering without masks, Maine lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an $8.5 billion budget on the eve of the new fiscal year. The budget includes a $300 hazard pay bonus for most workers.

Highlights of the two-year, $46.3 billion Connecticut budget

June 10, 2021 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers on Wednesday, the final day of the regular legislative session, approved a two-year, $46.3 billion state budget deal reached by Democratic legislative leaders and Democratic Gov.

Maine governor proposes historic education funding boost

By DAVID SHARPMay 12, 2021 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Thanks to a forecast for healthy economic growth, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday proposed increasing the state's share of primary education costs to 55% — meeting a goal established in a voter referendum more than 15 years ago...

Expected state funding cuts put New Milford officials at odds

Katrina KoertingMarch 12, 2019 GMT

NEW MILFORD — Just days after cutting the schools’ budget request by $1 million, the Town Council is looking at how to reimburse the schools if the state comes through with more money than anticipated.

Lamont education ideas may include small school district consolidation

Linda Conner LambeckDecember 18, 2018 GMT

BRIDGEPORT — Short term, the Lamont Administration should launch a quality rating system for preschools, improve the delivery of so-called STEM instruction, and launch low-cost loan and scholarship program tied to science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Report: Schools need double-digit funding boost

StaffJanuary 17, 2018 GMT

Lansing — Michigan should boost its base foundation grant for public schools from 16 percent to 26 percent, according to a new report financed by private foundations that was released Wednesday.

Not all Michigan schools should get the same amount of money from the state, according to the School Finance Research Collaborative, whose report calls for potentially dramatic education funding shifts.