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Bigham, Gary; Nix, Susan; Hayes, Alana – Rural Educator, 2014
In response to a challenging state economy, the Texas Legislature implemented the Regular Program Adjustment Factor (RPAF) in 2011, effectively reducing state funding to all Texas school districts. This mixed methods study reveals the effect of the RPAF on a sample of the smallest Texas school districts and their response to decreased state…
Descriptors: School Districts, Small Schools, Responses, State Aid
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Alspaugh, John W. – Rural Educator, 2001
A study of the financing of 96 small rural K-8 and K-12 Missouri school districts found that it was more difficult to support small rural high schools than small rural elementary schools. Small K-12 districts could convert to K-8 districts and contract with adjoining districts to instruct their high school students. (TD)
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment