Editor’s Note: The above video shows KXAN News’ top morning headlines from Wednesday, June 26, 2024. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) announced Tuesday the airport was offering a new TSA PreCheck enrollment option. The airport also said no appointment was required. According to AUS, CLEAR, a secure identity platform, was now offering TSA […]
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Lindenwood University faces another round of layoffs as the university anticipates lower student enrollment this fall due to FAFSA delays. FOX 2’s news partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report that Lindenwood laid off 12 staff members and two faculty members, an effort to slash its operating budget by 10% ahead […]
Reader question: We see student enrollment going down at many Wisconsin universities. What is happening to the enrollment at technical schools? Answer: As referenced above, enrollment at the Universities of Wisconsin declined for eight straight years before increasing 1.1% last fall to reach 162,528 students. Enrollment at the Wisconsin Technical College System followed a similar pattern. The […]
The Philadelphia school district is 18,000 students smaller than it was a decade ago, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at its $4.5 billion budget for next school year. Officials are dipping into reserves to cover an $88 million deficit. They’re continuing afterschool enrichment programs, like STEM and basketball, and promising to protect teaching, […]
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. health insurers fell on Wednesday after UnitedHealth Group cited a near-term disturbance around reimbursement rates for Medicaid due to ongoing program-wide enrollment hurdles that began about a year ago. UnitedHealth shares were down 4.2% to $482.46, while rivals Humana, Centene, and Elevance Health fell 3.2%, […]
May 8—With the traditional school year wrapping up, enrollment is on for summer classes through the St. Joseph School District. The summer program, Catapult Missouri Summer Journey, is free but to secure transportation for the first day parents must register students by Friday, May 10. Classes run from Tuesday, May 28, through Friday, June 21, […]
Rep. Barbara Freiberg authored the bill that would remove student enrollment quotas for charter schools. (Allison Allsop) Louisiana charter schools might soon be able to remove certain enrollment requirements for students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students. It’s a move that parents of those students feel limits their options in a school system based on […]
The El Paso Independent School District is planning to close or consolidate schools — which the district calls “sunsetting campuses” — by the 2025-26 school year as it braces for continued declining enrollment. EPISD Superintendent Diana Sayavedra on Wednesday announced the district is evaluating programs, resources and facilities and will present recommendations to the Board of […]
May 1—A new law makes all veterans exposed to toxins or other hazards while serving the country at home or abroad — including all veterans who served in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001 — now eligible for VA health care. On May 8, the McAllen […]
Public school enrollment rose steadily throughout the first two decades of the 2000s. The National Center for Education Statistics was projecting public school enrollments to continue to grow, although its future projections were becoming less optimistic, thanks to falling immigration and birth rates. When COVID-19 hit, enrollments took an immediate dive, and the center lowered its […]
Declining enrollment is not just an issue in Poudre School District. Public school systems nationwide are experiencing similar population shifts, and many have been closing schools for several years to address declining birth rates. Colorado’s two largest school districts — Denver Public Schools and Jefferson County — have closed a combined 62 neighborhood schools over […]
More and more, parents are opting America’s children out of public school. The share of children ages 5 to 17 enrolled in public schools fell by almost 4 percentage points from 2012 to 2022, an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data found, even as the overall population grew. NBC News’ analysis found: 87.0% of […]