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Volume 5, Number 10 October 2003 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Arkansas "Efficiency" Model Irrational and Unfair Judge Says Law Will "Close" Rural Idaho Kentucky Schools Battle the Urge to Merge Missouri Considers Replacing Property Taxes with Higher Income Taxes for Schools Rural Policy Matters a newsletter of rural school and community action Opting Out of NCLB Two small Vermont schools say they won't comply with the No Child Left Behind Act's testing requirement ... whether they have to give up federal funding or not. Calling the act "punitive," the superintendent of Hazen Union High School said she is prepared to forfeit $10,000 in federal Title I aid. The principal of Marlboro Elementary lamented that "NCLB will cost us in countless ways, ... stretching thin our small administration, taking time from classroom oversight, curriculum building ... to spend time administering tests that, due to our small size, will ultimately be statistically invalid." Home | About Rural Trust | Get Involved | Publications | Links| Events |Forum |Newsroom | Contact Us | Search © 2003 The Rural School and Community Trust