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State legislators tell Templeton they are pressing to restore rural aid but warn limits on quick fixes
Summary
Sen. Durant and Rep. Lot told the Templeton Advisory Committee the Student Opportunity Act and Chapter 70 implementation have increased school aid but left unresolved disparities for rural towns; they urged regional cooperation and long-term reforms while warning that pension and budget constraints limit immediate increases in local aid.
Sen. Durant and Rep. Lot briefed the Templeton Advisory Committee on April 16, saying recent state budget work has restored some school aid but that deep, structural funding disparities remain for rural communities.
The legislators described the end of the Student Opportunity Act implementation phase and an upcoming reassessment of the Chapter 70 school-funding formula. “We’re in the final year of implementation of the Student Opportunity Act,” a legislator told the committee, and the law requires a follow-up review of the Chapter 70 formula once implementation ends. They said that Chapter 70 had brought significant funding increases to many districts during implementation, but that the existing formulas and geographic patterns still leave…
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