"The Trump Administraion will kick hundreds of rural school districts out of a federal program that

[riversedge]

sorry, but I have used my allotted free articles or I would post the article.


“The Trump Administraion will kick hundreds of rural school districts out of a federal program that for nearly two decades has funneled funding to some of the most geographically isolated and cash-strapped schools in the United States.”

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[Roland99]

1. More details

A bookkeeping change at the Education Department will kick hundreds of rural school districts out of a federal program that for nearly two decades has funneled funding to some of the most geographically isolated and cash-strapped schools in the United States.

More than 800 schools stand to lose thousands of dollars from the Rural and Low-Income School Program because the department has abruptly changed how districts are to report how many of their students live in poverty. The change, quietly announced in letters to state education leaders, comes after the Education Department said a review of the program revealed that districts had “erroneously” received funding because they had not met eligibility requirements outlined in the federal education law since 2002.

The department said it would strictly enforce a requirement that in order to get funding, districts must use data from the Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates to determine whether 20 percent of their area’s school-age children live below the poverty line.

For about 17 years, the department has allowed schools to use the percentage of students who qualify for federally subsidized free and reduced-price meals, a common proxy for school poverty rates, because census data can miss residents in rural areas. Lawmakers have called on the Education Department to reverse its decision and instead keep using the meals data.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Owning libs

His fans will love it, "look at this, my kid's school is getting screwed so my kid will be harmed, but man, he's really owning those libs, I love this guy."

[LakeArenal]

3. Feudal Lords hate an educated public.

[Runningdawg]

4. I am only speaking for myself

Maybe the first good thing he has suggested. I went to a rural school (52 total students) and got a 5th grade education in 12 years. It should have been closed then, they talked about it every year but somehow, some way, they managed to find just enough teachers who couldn't get hired anywhere else to teach there. 45 years later and the only improvement they have made is wi-fi.

[Tanuki]

5. More pure evil from Betsy DeVos, who has no background in education,

and has never attended or sent any of her children to a public school. Her parents must have been a couple of vipers, to have spawned both this miscreant and her brother, Dan Prince.

[Whiskeytide]

6. Keeping the base stupid. It's a strategy. n/t