State education officials said the service would allow small districts to increase the variety of classes.

Districts should not be allowed to only begin this process when a student reaches late teens.

He was part of the effort to have the board allow single-member districts.

What I see coming is the state will provide more dollar incentives, to allow districts that want to consolidate to do so.

The state needs to allow local districts to meet their own challenges in ways that involve local parents and teachers.

The pilot allowed states, districts, and schools to count students who were "on track" to being proficient but not yet there.

Since 1971, the District has been allowed one delegate to the House of Representatives, who can vote in committee but not on the floor.

And she sought a statewide spending level for each pupil that would allow wealthy districts to exceed it by only 5 percent.

New York has required belts in school buses manufactured since July 1, 1987, but allows local districts to decide whether to require their use.

The change allows merged districts to use per-pupil expenses, alone or together with property values, to apportion costs.