Providers warn state adult-education RFP will shift funds away from rural counties; ask for delay and study
At the Debermont House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development on March 18, providers said the Agency of Education's new RFP, implementing a statutory change to an enrollment-based funding formula, will cause steep cuts in rural counties and urged pausing the RFP and convening a study committee to design an equitable formula.
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State and local adult-education providers told the Debermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development on March 18 that an Agency of Education request for proposals (RFP) implementing a student-based funding formula will shift millions of dollars away from rural counties and recommended the state pull the RFP, extend current contracts one year and convene a study committee to redesign the allocation formula.
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