There are several components to encourage districts to consolidate, including extra aid for districts that share administrative functions, participate in whole grade sharing and consolidate. (weac.org)
In a decision designed to spark a transformation of New Jersey's school finance formula, the state board of education concluded last week that poor rural districts have been shortchanged in a state known nationally as a leader for providing billions of dollars in extra aid and programs to its poor urban districts. (edweek.org)
«The point of this bill in those states that get a waiver to do what they need to do to make it work better in their particular states has support exactly for that very person who, if, in the course between a year, get extra aid for support for pre-existing conditions,» Ryan explained, citing what he said were successful examples in Wisconsin and Maine. (fortune.com)