sequestration Archives

House committee targets education funding

May 22, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs—including education—far deeper than the cuts these departments already…

District Management

School leaders brace for cuts as sequestration occurs

March 5, 2013March 3, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

School districts around the country are bracing for more than $2 billion in federal spending cuts that kicked in March 1 after lawmakers failed to reach a deficit-reduction…

District Management

Three federal education policy updates

February 28, 2013February 27, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

As Congress nears a deadline to form a compromise and avoid sequestration, education stakeholders are hoping to avoid devastating school funding cuts that could put an end to…

District Management

Bleak outlook for education spending under sequestration

September 24, 2012September 21, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

As schools face ever-increasing budget dilemmas, education stakeholders are desperately hoping to avoid sequestration, or across-the-board cuts, to domestic spending next year—cuts that could devastate education programs and…

Teaching Trends

What ‘sequestration’ could mean for school grant seeking in 2013

September 21, 2012September 7, 2012 by By Deborah Ward

You might already know that the Budget Control Act of 2011 created a Joint Commission of Congress that is charged with identifying budgetary savings of at least $1.2…

Teaching Trends

Duncan: Cuts to education would ‘jeopardize’ nation’s ability to compete

July 27, 2012July 26, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Services would have to be slashed for more than 1.8 million disadvantaged students and thousands of teachers and aides would lose their jobs if automatic, across-the-board cuts to…