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Allocation unknown for $2.5B stimulus
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On Board Online • Top Stories • March 2, 2009
By Marc Humbert
Senior Writer
The federal stimulus package will provide New York schools with more than $2.5 billion over the next two years to offset Gov. David Paterson’s proposed spending reductions.
But just how much of the Washin-gton-provided money will flow to each school district was uncertain as On Board went to press 10 days after President Obama signed the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act into law on President’s Day. The uncertainty may last for weeks.
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Delays found in SED background checks
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On Board Online • Top Stories •March 2, 2009
By Brian M. Butry
Communications Coordinator
The system to screen potential school district employees for criminal backgrounds has been hampered by delays and a lack of oversight, according to an audit released by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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A stimulus for leadership
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On Board Online • Commentary • March 2, 2009
By Timothy G. Kremer
Executive Director
The economic stimulus package represents both an historic influx of federal dollars to public schools and an unprecedented opportunity to change the way we do business.
Will schools in our state ever again receive federal support on par with the billions that they are about to receive in the stimulus package? Almost certainly not.
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Regents riled over ELA exam cancellation
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On Board Online • Albany Update • March 2, 2009
By Eric D. Randall
Editor-in-Chief
The Regents exam for English Language Arts has two parts that are always administered on different days. On Jan. 28, a snow day prevented many high schools from administering Part II of the exam, which must be passed for a student to earn a Regents diploma. Other schools, including private schools, gave the test.
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Required fiscal oversight classes offered
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On Board Online • NYSSBA News • March 2, 2009
School board members are required by state law to complete six hours of training on fiscal oversight from a provider approved by the State Education Department. Newly elected or re-elected school board members must complete their training within one year of being elected or re-elected, unless they have previously completed this training.
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Is merger the answer for your district?
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By William D. Silky
As school boards across New York State plan their 2009-10 school budgets, the possibility of merging with a neighboring district may arise. But emotions tend to run high when consolidation is on the table. How can school boards engage in such discussions in a productive and informed manner?
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Students honored for volunteer work
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On Board Online • Around the State • March 2, 2009
By Marc Humbert
Senior Writer
In philanthropy, benefactors usually have become rich and famous – think Bill Gates or Mayor Bloomberg – before making a splash in the charity world. Charlotte McKane and Colin Leslie are doing things differently.
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Recycling dilemma: Nature vs. expenditure
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On Board Online • Around the State • March 2, 2009
By Marc Humbert
Senior Writer
The Broome-Tioga BOCES could save 7,200 trees and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 61 cars if it switched to 100 percent recycled paper for its copying machines, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Supts. freeze own pay
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On Board Online • Issues in Education • March 2, 2009
By Marc Humbert
Senior Writer
On Jan. 29, Laval Wilson joined a small but growing number of top school officials across the state giving up salary increases for the coming year. They hope their unionized employees will follow suit.
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After 150 minutes, one union settles for step
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On Board Online • Issues in Education • March 2, 2009
By Marc Humbert
Senior Writer
Facing a faltering economy that has seen unemployment rates soar and tax revenues fall, the Plattsburgh Teachers Association has ratified a new three-year contract that includes a one-year freeze in pay, exclusive of step increases.
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