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Ed Money Watch Blog
Feb
02
2012

A Closer Look at Small State Minimums in Federal Education FormulasJennifer Cohen

At Ed Money Watch we talk a lot about funding formulas for various federal grant programs. We’ve written about proposed changes to the ESEA Title ...

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Jan
27
2012

Friday News Roundup: Week of January 23-27Clare McCann

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley warns of ‘tough’ state budget
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley plans to release two fiscal year 2013 budget proposals – one for education funding and another to lay out the state’s general operating budget – early next month.  However, Governor ...

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Jan
26
2012

New Census Estimates Show Increases in Student Poverty Across the CountryJennifer Cohen

When the federal government distributes education funding via formulas, it typically takes several things into account. Chief among the data typically used are state- and school district-level poverty rates as determined through the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates the Census Bureau conducts ...

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