According to research by the dairy industry, one reason milk was becoming less popular with schoolchildren was because of its unattractive packaging – those old paper cartons. So the industry developed round, 8-ounce plastic bottles, which kids then praised as making the milk more “cool,”…
Legislative budget analyst Paul Headlee now says House Education Chairman Bob Nonini’s math may have been correct after all, depending on how you calculate. Nonini, quizzed by a JFAC member this morning, said a 1 percent increase in discretionary funding for school districts would cost…
At least for the purpose of preparing budget motions to be considered in the joint committee, JFAC has unanimously accepted the 3 percent CEC, or change in employee compensation, recommendation from a joint committee that met on Friday. That’s down from the governor’s recommendation of…
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