State Board outlines five-part framework to identify schools "small by necessity" under Act 73
The State Board of Education presented a five-criteria framework to guide legislative or rule determinations about which small or sparsely populated schools qualify for supplemental funding under Act 73, emphasizing travel-time, safety, consolidation feasibility, demographic trajectory and fiscal impact.
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The State Board of Education on Jan. 28 presented a recommended framework to the Legislature for deciding when a school that meets statutory size or sparsity thresholds should be deemed "small by necessity" and therefore eligible for supplemental state funding under Act 73. Jennifer Deck Samuelson, chair of the State Board of Education, introduced the board's vice chair, Tammy Colby, who led the presentation.
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