Delaware's Rural Assistance Council Promotes the Rural Agenda in the First State.

Autor/in	VanSciver, James H.
Titel	Delaware's Rural Assistance Council Promotes the Rural Agenda in the First State.
Quelle	(1990), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Needs; Educational Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; Lobbying; Political Issues; Rural Education; Rural Schools; School Community Relationship; School Support; Delaware + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsplanung; Politischer Faktor; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Schulförderverein
Abstract	The Delaware Research for Better Schools Rural Assistance Council's (RAC) mission is to develop a rural assistance agenda for the state. The Council stated four objectives: (1) identifying the most pressing needs of Delaware's rural schools and school districts; (2) developing plans, in cooperation with appropriate state organizations, for attending to those needs; (3) outlining an operational agenda for carrying out the plan; and (4) establishing a network of Delaware organizations and associations and enlisting their assistance in carrying out the plan. The Council met with representatives from the rural school systems to identify the pressing needs. Next, a team visited various organizations (both education and noneducation) to gather responses to the identified issues. The RAC then developed a legislative agenda consisting of the following four items: (1) continued State promotion of the Division III funding process, which attempts to equalize current expense monies to school districts; (2) sufficient funding to fully implement the last restrictive environment initiative; (3) a reduction of the number of teacher units needed to qualify for a second principal from 55 to 50; and (4) the implementation of a formula to equalize major capital improvement funding for facilities. Political and business leaders from Delaware presented the RAC's issues at a banquet for over 300 educators, farmers, and small businessmen. Future plans include sponsoring conferences addressing higher order thinking skills, drugs, and technology. (KS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC