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Representative Peterson, USBE propose rewrite of Necessarily Existent Small Schools formula to reduce complexity
Summary
Representative Karen Peterson and USBE staff presented a working-group proposal to rewrite the Necessarily Existent Small Schools formula, using NCES locale codes, two-grade-band curves and a district-level component to simplify and better target rural funding.
Representative Karen Peterson and Utah State Board of Education staff presented a multi-year working-group proposal to revise the Necessarily Existent Small Schools (NES or "NEST") funding formula used to support rural schools.
Peterson said the existing statute and discretionary processes left too much subjectivity in school identification and created perverse incentives (for example, moving a grade to a different building to gain funding or disincentivizing consolidation). "We have tried band-aid after band-aid," Peterson said. "We should tackle the…
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