WASHINGTON — Public school systems spent slightly more on students during 2013 versus 2012, according to released in June by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Per-pupil spending for the nation reached $10,700 during fiscal year 2013, a 0.9 percent increase from 2012, but varied heavily from state to state.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville University (JU) campus recently completed a $2.5 million electric conversion from its own power plant to being totally reliant on Jacksonville Electricity Authority (JEA) electric service on June 6.
SEATTLE — Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Wash., recently to the development of the new University of Washington (UW) Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) building in Seattle, with hopes that the facility will help to double the number of computer science and engineering degrees awarded by the university annually.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Due to severe overcrowding and the inability to expand in its current home, the Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School (LVDLCS) is currently seeking approval from the Bethlehem Area School District in Bethlehem to move from 551 Thomas St. to the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts building on East Broad Street. Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts plans to vacate its current building and move to a new facility this summer.
PHOENIX — Nearly a year after Arizona State University (ASU) in Phoenix beginning construction on its new Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and Arizona Center for Law and Society building, the campus community gathered again to mark the project’s topping out. The June 9 event was an important milestone for the 280,000-square-foot, $129 million facility, which will hold its first classes in August 2016.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — St. Louis-headquartered McCarthy and Richmond, together with Va.-based contractor Donley’s, are currently constructing the new Education Resource Center (ERC) at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) medical campus in Charlottesville.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based University System of Georgia (USG) Campus Safety and Security Committee — co-chaired by Presidents Steve Dorman of Georgia College & State University and G.P. “Bud” Peterson of the Georgia Institute of Technology — published its May 19 report on the state of campus security across Georgia colleges and universities. The report outlined the USG’s plans to institute a broad safety initiative in the coming year and to provide incoming freshmen across all 30 campuses with mandatory sexual-assault training.
ANAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) launched a new video and digital advertising campaign in May 2015 asking Marylanders to urge Gov. Larry Hogan to release $68 million in education funding included in the General Assembly’s passed budget.
CHERRY HILL, N.J.
SMITHFIELD, R.I.