Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
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Increased rural school aid ‘a tremendous win,’ administrators and legislators say
…full funding of the Student Opportunity Act, increased Chapter 70 aid and early education grants, among others. With those increases, the rural school aid line item now stands at $15…
Mohawk supt. seeks ‘rural school aid’
…proposal to establish rural school aid as part of the state’s Chapter 70 educational aid formula. Part of the plan is to support state legislation that would get this additional…
Rural School Aid awarded to local districts
…a declining population and the need to regionalize over large geographic areas,” said state Rep. Paul W. Mark, who also worked to establish the aid program. “Rural School Aid is…
Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools
…more aid than others. Based on his eligibility criteria, the Rural School Aid Program would cost the state about $20 million, with the money going to 50 traditional rural public…
Rural schools to push for millions more in state aid
…aid in the coming budget. They also directed Coalition Chairman Michael Buoniconti to work with state Sen. Stan Rosenberg to put the school aid request before the Legislature in the…
More state aid for rural schools this year
…is a funding source separate from Chapter 70 aid and intended to supplement school aid. School districts that qualify for Rural School Aid have fewer than 21 students per square…
Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
In next week’s annual budget proposal, Gov. Charlie Baker will call for a $91 million increase in education local aid, and a $40 million boost in unrestricted local aid to…
State Senate OKs rural school aid for county districts
…District, could see $100 per student in rural school aid from the state. Sen. Adam G. Hinds, D-Pittsfield, said Wednesday that the state Senate adopted his Fiscal Year 2019 amendment…
State Senate OKs study on rural school aid
…struggling, small school districts. The so-called “sparsity aid” formula is aimed at providing additional financial aid to rural districts like those in Franklin County. The idea, proposed by Mohawk Trail…