Consultants Release Report On Education Reform
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Consultants hired to guide legislators in
recommending education reforms released their final report today.
And the estimated cost of overhauling Arkansas` public school
system rose by 22 (m) million dollars, to 847 (m) million dollars.
Consultants say the increase in new annual education funding
came after fine tuning the budget recommendations.
The final report was filed after a summer of meetings between
the California-based consultants and the Joint Committee on
Educational Adequacy. The committee was charged with recommending
changes to meet a state Supreme Court ruling that declared
Arkansas` school funding system inadequate and unequal.
The committee tentatively released details of the plan and cost
estimates last month, when it approved consultants`
recommendations.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
