Schools Plan a Spending Spree
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By NO BYLINE  SCHOOLS across East Lothian are to spend a Scottish Executive cash injection on new books, computers and musical instruments.   A total of GBP 742,000 was set aside for the county's schools out of a national pot of GBP 40 million announced last November.
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If Doreen Seelig pocketed all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35 years as a teacher &#151; the printer cartridges, the paper, the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice High School students &#151; she figures she would have a new car by now.
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Schools are warned they will have to make efficiency savings just to keep pace with current funding levels.
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Ministers press IT firms to bring down costs but parents of school students will have to contribute
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Schools in 13 English  local authorities are piloting a new way of structuring the school year which should roll-out widely from 2005.
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In recent years, thousands of the nation's teachers have claimed a deduction of up to $250 on their federal income tax returns for out-of-pocket costs for crayons, construction paper and other classroom supplies.
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The $105.5 billion budget proposal for New York state also included an increase of $526 million in public school spending.
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Parents are spending more than ever before on what their children wear at school, according to a survey.
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Teachers are going to have to make some changes.
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The amount of money England's secondary schools spend on ICT has risen by a third in a year.
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An extra Â£20m is to be put directly into schools in Northern Ireland next year, the education minister says.
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Parents at a state-funded faith state school  are being asked  for voluntary contributions of more than Â£1,200 a year.
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Grade-school math plus time can add up to big bucks in the bank.
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The Fairfax County School Board was moving toward a vote last night on a much-debated $2.3 billion annual spending plan that several board members said was likely to preserve some programs the superintendent had proposed to cut to offset declining tax revenue.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft will spend $235.5 million in schools worldwide over the next five years, part of a plan to triple the number of students and teachers trained in its software programs to up to 270 million by 2013.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation's schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.
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Expenses like travel and food cost parents of state school pupils more than Â£700 a year, says a report.