Has your board considered a resolution urging members of
Congress to stop sequestration?
School
boards can help NSBA lobby to avoid fiscal cliff
Political pundits are
already warning President Barack Obama and members of Congress not to spend too
much time basking in their Nov. 6 victories. Beginning next week, Congress and
the White House will start the tough negotiations to deal with the process of sequestration, which is the cancellation of
budgetary resources.
The Budget Control Act
of 2011 will impose across-the-board cuts of approximately 8.2 percent to
education and other domestic programs in FY2013 unless Congress intervenes by Jan. 2, 2013 .
Most school districts would not see any impact until the 2013-14 school year,
but those consequences will be severe. Districts that receive Impact Aid funds
would see immediate cuts.
More than 100 school boards already have passed resolutions urging members of
Congress to stop sequestration, which is also being called the fiscal cliff.
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is asking school boards to
pass a resolution, write letters to local newspapers and take actions to
publicize schools’ plights. NSBA also wants your stories about how these cuts
could impact your students and schools. Learn more on the NSBA’s “Stop Sequestration” webpage for a list of actions for local
school board members and more information about the threats.
School Districts Brace for Cuts as
Fiscal Crisis Looms
New York Times By MOTOKO RICH
Published: November
15, 2012
During the campaign,
both President Obama and Mitt Romney repeatedly extolled the value of schools
and teachers. Mr. Romney, in their first debate last month, even vowed, “I’m
not going to cut education funding.” But
if his fellow Republicans in Congress and Mr. Obama cannot agree on a
resolution for the country’s looming debt crisis, the automatic budget cuts and
tax increases that will kick in next year could spawn another round of
belt-tightening at public schools already battered by the recession and its
aftermath.
What the ‘fiscal cliff’
means for public schools
Here are
some facts about how public schools across the country could be affected if
President Obama and Congress don’t reach some agreement on solving the nation’s
debt problem by Jan. 1 and the country goes over “the fiscal cliff” and “sequestration” takes
effect.
School boards warn of
effects of “fiscal cliff”
NSBA School Board News Today by Joetta Sack-Min November 15, 2012
If the so-called fiscal cliff occurs, school districts across the
country will see larger classes, fewer teachers and program specialists, a
decline in professional development, and potentially devastating cuts to
programs that help disadvantaged students.
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) hosted a media
conference call to discuss the looming “fiscal cliff” and
the impact it could have on federal K-12 programs. More than 200 school
districts have passed resolutions urging Congress to spare education programs,
which collectively make up less than 1 percent of the total federal budget.
Sequestration: Fiscal
Cliff Ignites Education Activism As Poorest School
Districts Stand To Lose The Most
Huffington Post by Joy Resmovits Posted: 11/14/2012 6:42 pm EST
Juandiego Wade is
worried.
As vice chair of the Charlottesville City School Board in Virginia Charlottesville
As
the federal government faces what's become known as the fiscal cliff, education
advocates are lobbying, organizing and campaigning to protect their programs. On Wednesday, the National School Boards Association trotted
out school board members, including Wade, on a conference call to make their
case.
THE EDUCATED
REPORTER
National Education Writers
Association
COMMENTARY ON EDUCATION COVERAGE,
WRITING AND A FEW OTHER THINGS, FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 16,
2012
Word on the Beat No. 1: Sequestration
One of the best things about getting to write The Educated Reporter blog
is that it helps me keep up to date on the latest issues and concerns for
public education. At the same time, I’m continually amazed at how quickly the
jargon and buzzwords seem to multiply on the education beat. Starting today,
I’m going to do my part to help add some clarity to the conversation. On a
regular basis, I’ll tackle an Education Buzzword You Need To Know. (I say this
with the full realization that such designations are highly subjective. But
let’s give it a shot, shall we?)
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