AACTE Weekly News Briefs | May 12, 2009. . . delivered to your inbox so you can enjoy up-to-date news on colleges of education, teaching and the classroom, legislation, STEM teacher issues, grants, and upcoming events. Please click on linked headlines for full story. AACTE ANNOUNCEMENTS Learn About the New Accountability Provisions in Title II […]
Dedicated to …Updated Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Mountrail County is a rolling grassland of nearly 2000 square miles in northwestern North Dakota. The county’s economy has long been based on agriculture. It is a land of farms and ranches together with small towns providing services to the rural population. In 2007 the county found itself
61st Legislative Session Comes to an End The 61st Legislative Session concluded Monday, May 4, its 79th day. The 2009 session went down in history as the longest and the only to extend into May. Overall highlights of 2009 legislation are available here. Below are brief summaries of the key bills monitored by ITCND this
Dear Tom Seymour, Last week you were invited to join us at our industry leading 60-minuteAudio conference. I’m now pleased to send for your review the ConferenceAgenda which profiles this comprehensive program: “Using Government Blogs to Effectively Communicate with Your Citizens”Thursday, June 4, 2009, 1:00 PM EThttp://www.governmenteducator.com/DL/0/2/p2F6VXc/p2D47X9Ji/p0e Government Blogging: What You Need to Know to
Hello Everyone, Please enjoy the information contained in this edition of Frontier Focus. Please be sure to share it with your members, colleagues, providers and office billing staff. Thank you for your continued efforts to broadcast Medicare information to the providers in Region VIII. Table of Contents 1. 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and Electronic
ED REVIEWMay 8, 2009 …a bi-weekly update on U.S. Department of Education activities relevant to the Intergovernmental and Corporate community and other stakeholders______________________________________________________________________LISTENING AND LEARNING On May 4, Secretary Duncan officially kicked-off his “Listening and Learning: A Conversation About Education Reform” tour with three events in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The tour will
Louisiana Senate Panel Approves More School Time For Technical Skills.The AP (5/8) reports, “Louisiana could improve its high school graduation rate of 65 percent by allowing students who are not college bound to focus more of their classroom time on technical skills, a Senate committee voted on Thursday.” The plan constitutes “an expansion of the
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORYMay 6, 2009 Contact: Don Canton 701.328.2200 HOEVEN TO SIGN HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING, FLOOD PROTECTION LEGISLATION BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. John Hoeven will hold two signing ceremonies Thursday, May 7 in Fargo for Senate Bills 2003 and 2020 and House Bill 1020. SB 2003 and SB 2020 SB 2003 provides funding for North
North Dakota Public Employees Association Dear Thomas Seymour, The 61st Legislative Session was the longest in the state’s history. For me, it was 79 days of lobbying, compromising, testifying, and fingernail-biting culminating in the State Senate’s adjournment at 12:21 a.m. Tuesday morning. We did not get everything we asked for, but I think that North
Prepared by the North Dakota Legislative CouncilstaffBeginning Balance and RevenuesLegislative budget estimate of unobligated general fund cash balance – July 1, 2009 $321,091,738 1Add 2009-11 estimated revenuesProposed executive budget general fund revenues $2,783,873,000Legislative revenue changesMajor increasesHB 1015 – Provides for a transfer from the permanent oil tax trust fund $140,000,000HB 1279 – Reduces individual income
2009 North Dakota Legislative Session Senate Dem-NPL Caucus Final Report The 2009 Legislative session got started in the chilly winds of January with an ambitious budget proposal from Gov. John Hoeven that looked to increase state spending in major areas, cut taxes, and leave the state with a sizable surplus at the end. Over the
Hello Everyone, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Region VIII Office invites you to participate in our toll-free Region VIII Medicare Chat for Stakeholders, Partners, and Providers on May 7, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Mountain Time (12:00 – 1:00 PM Central Time). We will give a few brief program updates, along