{"id":29983,"date":"2020-03-06T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2020-03-06T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:00:13","slug":"rural-school-funding-jeopardized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/rural-school-funding-jeopardized\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural school funding for 800 schools jeopardized by "bookkeeping adjustments""},"content":{"rendered":"

Significant monetary cuts<\/a> to rural school funding were foreseen due to Trump’s<\/span> Government’s<\/span>\u00a0change<\/span> in<\/span> “book<\/span>keeping procedures”.<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe law requires that<\/span> in order to get funding, districts must use data from the Census Bureau\u2019s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates to determine whether 20 percent of their area\u2019s school-age children live below the poverty line. Some 800 schools may be kicked out of the Rural and Low-Income School Program because “the Education D<\/span>epartment has abruptly changed how districts are to report how many of their students live in poverty”.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAs an accommodation, Education<\/span> Secretary<\/span>, Betsy<\/span> De<\/span> Vos<\/span>, will<\/span> grant<\/span> fair<\/span> accessibility<\/span> of<\/span> funds<\/span> allocation<\/span> for<\/span> rural-based\u00a0institutions<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> Rural<\/span> and<\/span> Low<\/span> Income<\/span> Schools<\/span> Program<\/span><\/a>.
\nThe<\/span> Department<\/span> found<\/span> out<\/span> that<\/span> rural school funding<\/span> was<\/span> being<\/span> channeled<\/span> to<\/span> institutions<\/span> on the<\/span> basis<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> data<\/span> of<\/span> learners<\/span> who<\/span> qualified<\/span> for<\/span> subsidized<\/span> meals<\/span> other<\/span> than<\/span> data<\/span> depicting<\/span> poverty<\/span> levels<\/span>, as<\/span> the<\/span> law<\/span> requires<\/span>. Ms<\/span>. DeVos<\/span> instructed<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> alternative<\/span> data<\/span> should<\/span> be<\/span> used<\/span> and<\/span> also<\/span> agitated<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> change<\/span> of<\/span> data<\/span> source<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> captured<\/span> by<\/span> the\u00a0law<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

800 schools to be affected by deductions in rural school funding<\/h2>\n

The<\/span> new<\/span> demands <\/span>kick<\/span> out<\/span> an<\/span> approximated<\/span> 800<\/span> institutions<\/span> by<\/span> 2021<\/span> as<\/span> school<\/span> heads<\/span> braced<\/span> for<\/span> an\u00a0estimated<\/span> $100<\/span>,000<\/span> reduction<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> rural school funding.
\nEducation<\/span> Department<\/span> spokeswoman<\/span>\u00a0Ms.<\/span>\u00a0Morabito<\/span>\u00a0indicated<\/span> that<\/span> reports<\/span> from<\/span> several<\/span> states<\/span> indicated<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> adjustment<\/span> period<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> timely<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Secretary<\/span> should<\/span> issue<\/span> flexible<\/span> timelines<\/span> for<\/span> the\u00a0transition<\/span>. The<\/span> directive<\/span> seeks<\/span> to<\/span> insulate<\/span> the<\/span> learners<\/span> from<\/span> monetary<\/span> harm<\/span>.
\nA<\/span> report<\/span> from<\/span> Bloomberg<\/span> Government<\/span> indicated<\/span> that<\/span> 21<\/span> senators<\/span> had<\/span> signed<\/span> a<\/span> bipartisan<\/span> document<\/span> to<\/span> instruct<\/span> Ms<\/span>. DeVos<\/span> to<\/span> put<\/span> away<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> method<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> decision<\/span> was<\/span> rapid<\/span> and<\/span> would<\/span> disrupt<\/span> the\u00a0provision<\/span> of<\/span> education<\/span> services<\/span> in<\/span> rural<\/span> districts<\/span>.<\/strong>
\nMaine<\/span> senator<\/span>, Susan<\/span> Collins<\/span> raised<\/span> an<\/span> alarm<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> majority<\/span> of<\/span> education<\/span> centers<\/span> in<\/span> her<\/span> state<\/span> would<\/span> lose<\/span> $1<\/span>.2<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> guideline<\/span>. She<\/span> hailed<\/span> the<\/span> Department<\/span> of<\/span> Education<\/span> for<\/span> making<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> choice<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span> disregarded<\/span> the<\/span> bipartisan<\/span> opinion<\/span>.
\nThe<\/span> move<\/span> also<\/span> received<\/span> an\u00a0appraisal<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> School<\/span> Superintendents<\/span> Association<\/span> for<\/span> protesting<\/span> the<\/span> deductions<\/span>. The<\/span> organization’s<\/span> advocacy<\/span> director<\/span> Sasha<\/span> Pudelski<\/span> praised<\/span> DeVos<\/span> for<\/span> reinstating<\/span> funding<\/span> for<\/span> poor<\/span> rural<\/span> district<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> schools<\/span>.
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Significant monetary cuts to rural school funding were foreseen due to Trump’s Government’s\u00a0change in “bookkeeping procedures”. The law requires that in order to get funding, districts must use data from the Census Bureau\u2019s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates to determine whether 20 percent of their area\u2019s school-age children live below the poverty line. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":29987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}