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Committee backs bill creating "extremely remote" school designation, including funding multiplier and restrictions on closure
Summary
A Senate committee backed legislation creating an “extremely remote school” designation that would boost state aid for qualifying schools by counting each pupil as 2.5 students for funding purposes and would bar closure of schools that accept the additional funds.
A Senate committee agreed to a bill, as amended, that would create an “extremely remote school” designation, provide additional state aid for such schools and restrict counties’ ability to close qualifying schools.
Counsel Hank summarized the committee substitute: an extremely remote school is defined as a school located 20 miles or more from an existing public, public charter, or private school established prior to 2024 and serving a minimum of 20 students. The bill would count each enrolled student in an extremely remote school as 2.5 students for state aid funding purposes, prohibit closure of an extremely remote school, require county boards to provide documentation…
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