NEWSTALK 860 » education funding http://ksfa860.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Federal Budget Cuts May Kill LISD Pre-K http://ksfa860.com/federal-budget-cuts-may-kill-lisd-pre-k/ http://ksfa860.com/federal-budget-cuts-may-kill-lisd-pre-k/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:06 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=81811 The Lufkin News reports Lufkin School District officials are worrying out loud about the federal funding the district stands to lose when the Federal Budget Control Act goes into effect in January.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/federal-budget-cuts-may-kill-lisd-pre-k/feed/ 0 via Flickr/loriO5871 LISD Cuts $1.5 Million Out of Schools' Budget. Many More Cuts Probable. http://ksfa860.com/lisd-cuts-1-5-million-out-of-schools-budget-many-more-cuts-probable/ http://ksfa860.com/lisd-cuts-1-5-million-out-of-schools-budget-many-more-cuts-probable/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:11:23 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4578 The Lufkin School Board is in the process of cutting roughly one and a half million dollars out of the annual budget, and the cuts aren't expected to stop there.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lisd-cuts-1-5-million-out-of-schools-budget-many-more-cuts-probable/feed/ 0 via yomanimus New Textbooks Are on Chopping Block in the State Budget Crisis http://ksfa860.com/new-textbooks-are-on-chopping-block-in-the-state-budget-crisis/ http://ksfa860.com/new-textbooks-are-on-chopping-block-in-the-state-budget-crisis/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:20:36 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=2907 In addition to losing teachers, Texas schools could also lose new textbooks in the legislature's struggle to balance the state budget, and it's turning into a tug of war between the legislature and the State Board of Education.

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