Montana's high court struck down the state's tax credit for school scholarships because it primarily benefited religious schools, running afoul of Montana's Constitution. The state program allowed donors who contributed to scholarship funds for students to reduce their state taxes by $1 for every $1 they gave to the fund. Montana's high court on Wednesday […]

An early estimate shows Gov. Greg Abbott's proposal for a school finance fix would provide three times more dollars for property tax relief as it would additional money for school districts in 2020. That gap would widen to five times more by 2021, costing the state an additional $3 billion over that time period, according […]

The Detroit school board is asking state education officials to support letting only institutions with elected boards to authorize charter schools in Michigan. Their resolution noted that the Detroit Public Schools Community District is among the state's 10 active charter school authorizers and the only one governed by an elected board. The Detroit school board […]

The West Virginia School Building Authority granted the first $9 million in state funding needed to begin countywide building upgrades in Ohio County Schools. The district must then apply for the grants again in 2019 and 2020. This will be added to the $42.2 million levy passed last spring by voters in the school district. […]