Gov. Sarah Palin and state lawmakers have gone ahead with an overhaul of Alaska’s school funding system that supporters predict will provide much-needed financial help to rural schools.
April 29, 2008
Measures approved by Colorado lawmakers with strong backing from Gov. Bill Ritter hold potentially big implications for the state’s K-12 education system.
May 20, 2008
Reeling from unprecedented cuts to the state’s K-12 system, local school leaders eliminate teacher aides, consolidate bus routes, and cancel before- and after-school programs.
Updated: May 14, 2008
The budget, signed by the governor Jan. 11, will increase K-12 spending by $554 million, or nearly 9 percent, to a little over $7 billion, for a fiscal year that is already halfway complete.
February 12, 2008
The Indiana legislature in its recently completed session shifted the costs of running schools entirely to the state.
March 25, 2008
Newly approved $75 million will help move the state closer to its goal of reaching the median national salary.
May 20, 2008
Highlights of a recent state-legislative session.
April 22, 2008
The governor and lawmakers agreed to a 1 percent hike in education spending as they sought to keep the state from veering into a second government shutdown this fall.
November 21, 2007
Just before their 2007-08 legislative session ended in January 2008, New Jersey lawmakers approved a new school funding formula advocated by Gov. Jon Corzine.
February 5, 2008
A study requested by the legislature said the state would need to spend $2,500 more per child than it now spends to deliver a quality education.
January 15, 2008
Education funding got a 3 percent boost in South Dakota last week, with Gov. Michael Rounds’ March 17 signing of a $337 million school spending package—part of a state budget totaling $3.6 billion.
March 25, 2008
The Virginia legislature has approved a bill that would direct the state board of education to decide whether to withdraw from participation in the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
March 17, 2008
The latest pension proposal offers teachers a chance to move to a defined-benefit program that would give teachers a guaranteed pension upon retirement.
March 25, 2008
Education Week provides summaries of the governors' 2008 state-of-the-state speeches. 
