State Funding Issues for Small and Isolated Schools and Districts
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The issue of how the state of Montana can best fund both its small schools/districts as well as those that are “isolated” is an important component to the state’s overall funding program. Small and isolated schools often have different needs and face costs that midand large-size districts do not have to face. To help Montana better understand how they may fund these districts, the staff from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) reviewed 11 different states’ funding formulas to determine what, if any, additional funding they provided to small and isolated schools and districts. The states chosen for this study were: Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. These 11 states were chosen for review due to the preponderance of small schools and districts within the system.
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