The Additional Cost of Operating Rural Schools: Evidence from Vermont

Autor/inn/en	Kolbe, Tammy; Baker, Bruce D.; Atchison, Drew; Levin, Jesse; Harris, Phoebe
Titel	The Additional Cost of Operating Rural Schools: Evidence from Vermont
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 7 (2021) 1, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Operating Expenses; Rural Schools; State Policy; Financial Policy; Evidence Based Practice; School Size; School Location; Elementary Secondary Education; Expenditure per Student; Cost Effectiveness; Educational Equity (Finance); Vermont + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Betriebskosten; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Schulgelände; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken
Abstract	State policymakers wrestle with long-standing questions and concerns about how to best provide additional fiscal support to rural school districts to ensure their students have access to adequate educational opportunities. In this study, we describe how one state developed empirically based estimates for the additional cost of operating rural schools, typified by small enrollment and location in sparsely populated areas. The study's findings clarify that school size and location are relevant, but distinct, cost factors that should be accounted for state school finance policies. Additionally, the study provides a model for how other states might leverage administrative data and apply education cost modeling to estimate cost differences for rural schools that can be used to inform state school finance policy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01