Rural Education and the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) : Overview and Policy Issues.

Describes characteristics of rural school districts, and compares select characteristics of rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to non-rural LEAs. Provides overview of the rural education achievement program (REAP), which provides small, low-income rural school districts with increased flexibili...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Poverty. Rural conditions. School districts. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes characteristics of rural school districts, and compares select characteristics of rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to non-rural LEAs. Provides overview of the rural education achievement program (REAP), which provides small, low-income rural school districts with increased flexibility in the use of Federal funds. Examines distribution of certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) grants to rural LEAs, possible impact of ESEA reauthorization on rural LEA eligibility for two REAP programs, and policy issues for Congress. Includes graphs and tables.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.