Districts across New Jersey await state aid figures this week with uncertainty.
The River Dell tri-district school systems are facing the deadline to submit the 2013-2014 budget to the county next week with uncertainty as to whether $85 billion in federal "sequestration" spending cuts will be stopped by Congress before Friday and how it will impact the district. And so far, at least two out of the three districts have adopted a wait and see approach to what effects the sequestration budget cuts could bring. "River Dell does not receive significant funds from the federal government," River Dell Superintendent Patrick Fletcher said. "I am adopting a “wait and see” approach until we have a true picture." The districts are also waiting to hear from Governor Christie who will make his state budget address Tuesday. Each …
Governor lays out priorities in budget address.
Governor Chris Christie vowed on Tuesday afternoon to continue with what he called a “new normal” in New Jersey, calling for a reform effort that “marks the line in the sand that separates the way things used to be, and the way they are going to be.” Christie said his budget reduces government spending 2.6 percent from last year’s $30.2 billion budget and “marks a departure from the Trenton tradition of budgeting to meet deficit projections that embrace wish-list spending by legislators and assume continuous funding increases that irresponsibly ignore actual revenue sources.” Instead, his budget takes a “bottom to top” approach, and establishes priorities and will fund them based on revenue that is actually available, he said. The 2012 …
Mandatory Spec Ed and Curriculum costs should remain the same
Last night, the River Edge BOE met to discuss the last remaining topics regarding next year's budget: Special Education and Curriculum. Previous discussions included Buildings & Grounds and Administration along with Instruction and Technology. Special Education Rosemary Kuruc, the district Supervisor of Special Services, led the discussion about special education, noting that very little has changed from last year. Items still considered "Mandatory" include all staffing and items like testing materials, instructional supplies, and special pre-school and speech classes. So far, all Special Education students have been able to remain in-district, which is a "huge development," according to superintendent Dr. Tova Ben-Dov, "both …
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7:41 am on Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Ken, how hard is your employer looking for qualified US citizens? Are they posting jobs with laundry lists of 30 different skill sets that are completely unrelated to each other for the sole purpose of ruling out any one US employee? Companies routinely do this. For example, there isn't a person in the world who is a graphic designer, a network administrator, a COBOL programmer and a C#.Net … more ›