...The organization would support any of the other bills intended to increase funding though, he said. Rural and urban school districts have written letters in favor of the funding, with some celebrating the opportunity to expand existing CTE programs...

...find a new kindergarten through 12th grade funding formula that is fair to students in the state?s rural and urban school districts. ?The task force is being asked to take a critical look at the complex funding formula that sets per-pupil...

...recommend changes by Sept. 1 that would make the formula fairer to the students of the state?s 52 rural and urban school districts. A new formula would be written into legislation and considered during the 2008 session. There also has been...

...education throughout the district, the borough said. The area cost differential factor system uses Anchorage?s urban school district as a basis, assigning it a factor of 1.0. The more rural a district, the higher above 1.0 is that district...