According to state data, since the 2016-17 school year, the school district enrollment has dropped from 6,750 to 6,139, which means the loss of about 100-180 students a year, roughly, except for ...

His plan would increase state funding for small school districts by 10 percent, and raise the threshold for that funding to 1,500 students. Right now, school districts with enrollment of 960 or ...

Galvin said it would take $50,000 to $60,000 to provide cost of living raises for teachers at Southeast Warren. Under the 1.1 percent increase, the school would get about $39,000.

It would also add stipends of $1,116 for each student that a campus has less than the small school thresholds — fewer than 500 students at elementary schools, 750 students at middle schools and ...

Small rural schools have long had a hard time competing for state school bond money, even as neglect shuts down classrooms. That may change with the state bond on the California ballot in March.

On Friday, however, the Senate committee approved a plan that would add an additional $311 million to the current system, with the extra funds earmarked mostly for small school districts, capital ...