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Requiring ACT tests for 11th graders up for vote
Every high school student in Wisconsin would take the ACT college entrance exam during their junior year under a proposal up for a vote in the Legislature's budget committee. The plan by state superintendent Tony Evers and Gov. Scott Walker was before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee for a vote ...
Texas House mulls new district for failing schools
The Texas House is considering a proposal that would create special districts operated by turnaround experts to improve struggling schools. The bill by Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West cleared the Senate May 1. The House will likely vote on it on Tuesday — but has proposed enough changes to send ...
Budget debate scheduled to continue in SC Senate
The budget debate in the South Carolina Senate enters week two. Senators are scheduled to resume discussions Tuesday on their state spending plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1. They have yet to tackle on the floor two issues expected to bring prolonged debate: Medicaid expansion and private ...
UMass students urge senators to boost funding
UMass student trustees are calling on the state Senate to boost funding for the university so tuition and fees will not have to be increased in the next academic year. Democrats are expected to hold a caucus on Tuesday in advance of debate scheduled to begin Wednesday on a proposed ...
Pa. primary will settle municipal, judicial, races
Nomination battles for mayor in several Pennsylvania cities and an open seat on a state appellate court are expected to be settled in a statewide primary. The most closely watched races on Tuesday include contested mayoral nominations in Pittsburgh, Scranton, Harrisburg and York; the competition for a Democratic nomination to ...
Bond issue approved for Alabama armories, schools
The Alabama Legislature agreed on its last day to sell bonds to borrow $130 million to repair tornado-damaged schools, improve school technology equipment and build National Guard armories. The Senate voted 26-6 Monday afternoon to give final passage to the $30 million bond issue for school repairs. The bill now ...
Kan. Legislature stalemated on tax, budget issues
Kansas legislators were stalemated Monday on spending and tax issues as Republican leaders publicly bickered over GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to stabilize the budget by canceling a scheduled decrease in the state sales tax. Senate President Susan Wagle acknowledged that she's waiting for the House to endorse Brownback's proposal ...
House approves gun training for some teachers
The Texas House late Monday approved a plan to train some teachers who are already licensed to carry firearms for gunfights that could erupt in their classrooms. With a simple voice vote and no debate, lawmakers passed a proposal drafted by Sen. Dan Patrick that would apply to traditional public ...
Conn. lawmakers announce mental health proposal
Relatives of the victims of the Newtown school shooting are calling on lawmakers to pass a child mental health bill before the legislative session ends in a little more than two weeks. Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year old daughter, Ana, was one of 20 children and 6 educators killed at Sandy ...
NC Senate's budget proposal for 2013-14
Highlights of the North Carolina state Senate's $20.6 billion budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year. According to budget documents, the spending plan would: — set aside $217 million for a tax overhaul plan not contained in the budget that would reduce tax rates, subject many more services to the ...
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