... opportunity for every child in the state if it does not reorganize at least the administrative subdivisions of the 310 existing school districts. Legislative solutions are not that difficult. Really, they aren't. Defining the essential components ...

... for providing "substantially equal" curriculum, facilities and equipment. Supporters of the measure say the existing school district structure is too inefficient to meet the court mandate. Many rural lawmakers have objected to proposal because ...

... Harmon Seawel, the Democratic leader from Pocahontas. It will call for nebulous new standards and giving all existing school districts time to pretend to meet them. We'll pass a one-cent sales tax. Someone will file suit next year saying ...

... gains exemption from 30 percent to 20 percent. Huckabee has said that spreading the improvements to all 308 existing school districts would bankrupt the state. The state attorney general's office has said that setting a minimum enrollment ...

... forth by House leaders last week. The legislation would distribute more than $2.5 billion in state money to existing school districts through a formula that combines roughly equal funding for operations and extra funding to help schools in high ...

... to protect school districts rather than students," Holmes wrote. "Lake View wants the state to fund each existing school district, no matter how inefficient or how costly." The special masters are reviewing court filings and testimony and ...

... were merged with larger districts at a meeting of the county board of education, brining the total number of existing school districts in Faulkner county down to 70, compared with 115 about three years ago. The board dissolved Center Point ...

... superintendent's spouse), that has been the judgment over the years," he said. Mahony's bill would grandfather in existing school district employees who are related to school board members and would allow for waivers for districts that cannot fill ...