Thursday, September 02, 2010
Department Of Education Seeking Funding
KENTUCKY....
The state Department of Education may ask the Kentucky General Assembly to delay portions of a major state education improvement act if funding to fully implement it can't be found. Kentucky officials had been hoping win about $175 million in the federal Race To The Top program to implement Senate Bill 1, the wide-ranging education package legislators approved in 2009. But Kentucky wasn't among the 10 winners. State officials are looking for other sources, such as private foundations, that might provide dollars for SB 1 implementation. The Kentucky School Boards Association is questioning whether Kentucky's lack of charter-schools caused the state to lose out in the Race To The Top. Kentucky's final Race score was 412.4 points or 28.4 points behind Ohio, the lowest-scoring state to win Race money.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:39 AM 
