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Download full textGoatcher, Truett – 1999
In 1983 the Arkansas State Board of Education adopted minimum education standards. One consequence of the legislation has been school district consolidation. From 1983 to 1999, the number of Arkansas school districts declined from 370 to 310, and consolidations are expected to continue due to the high costs of maintaining the standards and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mergers, School District Reorganization, School District Size
