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
…the state. In fiscal year 2023, Mohawk Trail received $262,000, Gateway received nearly $301,000 and Pioneer received $175,000 in rural aid funding. The challenge, Stanton, Smidy and Burns all said,…
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 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…
Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools
…state about $20 million, with the money going to 50 traditional rural public school districts. Buoniconti said this represents about 0.32 percent of the state’s $6.2 billion public education budget….
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…
More state aid for rural schools this year
…schools and the grant program that provides financial assistance to the state’s most rural schools, several of which are in Franklin County. The Rural School Aid grant program helps school…
Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
…proposed increase in unrestricted aid, which pays for non-education local services such as public safety, matches the 3.9 percent rate of growth projected for state tax revenues. The $91 million…
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…
Rural schools develop state aid proposal
…a draft proposal that seeks more Chapter 70 state aid for rural schools with the highest enrollment declines, the lowest per capita income and flat-level state aid to education. The…