Federal Aid to Rural Wisconsin School Districts Is Delayed, Gov. Tony Evers Says

Wisconsin school consolidation could be near 'pendulum swing'

(The Center Square) — Chris Lindner knows the possibility of his Loyal School District consolidating with Greenwood in Clark County has plenty of people paying attention.

Evers says federal aid to rural schools is being delayed

MADISON, Wis. -- Federal aid for rural Wisconsin schools that was supposed to be paid out last month has yet to arrive, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.

Federal aid to rural Wisconsin school districts is delayed, Gov. Tony Evers says

Federal Impact Aid is allotted to school districts that include large amounts of tax-exempt, federally owned land and that educate large numbers of “federally connected” children.

Gov. Evers urges Trump administration to release delayed school funds in Wisconsin

MADISON (WKOW)— Gov. Tony Evers has demanded the Trump administration release overdue federal Impact Aid payments for 20 Wisconsin school districts. These payments are crucial for supporting over 21,000 students in the state.

Federal policies risk worsening an already dire rural teacher shortage

This article originally appeared in The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Ivy McFarland first traveled from her native Honduras to teach elementary Spanish in North Carolina, she spent a week in Chapel Hill for orientation. By the end of that week, McFarland realized the college town on the outskirts of Raleigh was nowhere near where she’d actually be teaching.… T…