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Rural Policy Matters: October 2009
Last Updated: October 30, 2009
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Question: What percentage of schools in the U.S. are rural?
Mandatory district consolidation — for rural small districts — is shifting education costs to rural towns and breaking down Maine's traditions of self-governance. Next month voters will decide whether to reject the law that is forcing the dissolution of many of the state's school districts. Supporters of self-governance are urging citizens to reject a law they say is unfair, badly conceived, and unable to improve education, while consolidation advocates are making a variety of claims about "the facts..."
Some districts get less Title I money per eligible student than others, often much less, even in districts with very high poverty rates. That discrepancy is explained here with easy-to-understand examples...
Guide provides useful information about the legal responsibilities of school districts for the education of students learning English, including students who may lack proper immigration documentation...
Several states have school funding lawsuits involving charter schools. This is a relatively new development in the school finance world. RSFN summarizes these new developments here...
A school funding lawsuit may be in the making in New Mexico after the state's Senate failed to take up a bill revising the finance formula...
Kansas districts may attempt to re-open a long-standing lawsuit now that funding levels have dropped lower than they were before the suit...
Both sides are trying to persuade voters on a constitutional amendment in Oklahoma that would require the state to spend more on K-12 education...
After a series of attempts by the state to stop a group of school districts from suing the state over school funding, a new coalition has issued a report examining the need for changes in Georgia's finance system...
This chart, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics, shows the total number and locations of regular public schools in the United States for the school year 2006-07...
RPM-PX continues its exploration of the achievement gap and how barriers to learning affect different groups of students...
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