Rural Matters

We wanted to know more about the rural school districts that serve high poverty communities so first we statistically rounded up the 7604 districts nationwide that have over half their students in a school that is physically located in a rural community. Then we identified the 800 – about 10 percent -- that have the highest rate of eligibility for the federal Title I program. That is the program providing funds for disadvantaged students. We’ll call these 800 high-poverty rural districts the "rural 800."

Continue reading to find out more about these districts and to see a chart of the 16 states where most Rural 800 districts are located.

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Kentucky’s “short session” this year will decide what to do with a $279 million surplus. The main state budget is set every other year in the “full” session. The legislature will also entertain bills to establish a “sales tax holiday” near the start of the school year and to require all public schools to provide students with at least 30 minutes of daily structured physical activities.

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