It’s safe to say that you’re living under a rock if you haven’t heard the term “sequestration” in recent months. Especially if you live in the world of education, as we do here at C. Blohm & Associates. We’ve been keeping a close eye on this critical issue, and how these spending cuts will impact students, teachers and schools across the country. If congress fails to reach an agreement before March 1, automatic, across-the-board spending cuts – known as the sequester – will go into effect. According to the U.S. Department of Education, “these cuts have real consequences for real people – especially teachers, young children in low-income families, and students with special needs.” And although most of the school cuts wouldn’t take place until the 2013-14 academic year, school districts are already feeling the repercussions as they budget for September. Business Insider reports that the cuts will roll back Education Department funding to below what it was in 2004. But since 2004, the number of students enrolled in public pre-K-12 and all post-secondary education programs has gone up by 5.8 million, and the cost of providing public K-12 schooling increased 36 percent, according to a recent report from the National Education [...]
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