MN Proposal Aims To Streamline School Services - KELOLAND TV
services used by schools. Governor Tim Pawlenty and a bipartisan group of legislators outlined a plan to require public and charter schools to buy goods and services from a list of state-approved vendors. They say the approach would save districts ...
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Pawlenty wants sharing: Rural districts already one step ahead - West Central Tribune
WILLMAR ? Gov. Tim Pawlenty?s proposal to cut education expenses by requiring school districts to ?pool their purchasing power? to obtain goods and services through state-approved common vendors makes sense to area school superintendents ...
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Poll Finds Opposition to School District Mergers - WIBC.com
A new Indiana University poll found most people oppose combining some small school districts' central offices with others as advocated by Gov. Mitch Daniels, even though they see some possible benefits from the move. The idea is one of the government ...
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Pawlenty wants to mandate school sharing - West Central Tribune
ST. PAUL ? Schools save money when they combine business-office services, so Gov. Tim Pawlenty and a coalition of state legislators want to require cooperation. A bill being considered would require many school purchases to be made only from ...
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Leaders want schools to share - Republican-Eagle
ST. PAUL ? Schools save money when they combine business office services, so Gov. Tim Pawlenty and a coalition of state legislators want to require cooperation. A bill being considered would require many school purchases to be made only from ...
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Georgia Schools Superintendent Asks for No Limit on Class Sizes - First Coast News
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox is asking that all the state's 180 school districts be allowed to increase the number of children in each classroom because of budget woes. Cox sent a letter to the state Board of Education on ...
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A long haul to school diversity? - Omaha World-Herald
The learning community officially organizes today. Its new governing council meets for the first time at 6:30 Thursday, Jan. 8 at Educational Service Unit No. 3, 6949 S. 110th St. The meeting is open to the public. Students head for buses that will ...
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Ga. asks for class-size waivers for all districts - Ledger-Enquirer
ATLANTA -- Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox is asking that all the state's 180 school districts be allowed to increase the number of children in each classroom because of budget woes. Cox sent a letter to the state Board of Education on ...
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Tour shows school fire aftermath - Connecticut Post
Shelton School Superintendent Robin Willink gestures to a classroom at the high school adjacent to the second floor maintenance supply closet where a fire broke out on Dec. 30. SHELTON -- A crack in the floor inside the main entrance of Shelton High ...
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Editorial: A bipartisan effort to cut school costs - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"We will work with the state on this proposal, but there are details that must be addressed. There is a tendency to underestimate the sharing schools are already doing and overestimate the amount of savings it can bring.'' Scott Croonquist, executive ...
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