Publication Date
3-2022
Keywords
CEPARE, EPS, Component Review, Geographically Isolated Schools
Document Type
Report
Abstract
Background
The Essential Programs and Services (EPS) cost model provides an additional allocation to schools that are identified as small and geographically isolated. Such schools have less opportunity to achieve economies of scale by combining with nearby communities and may also have other additional costs inherent to geographic isolation. The form of the adjustment is a reduced student-to-teacher ratio for schools in lower size categories that meet the geographic isolation criteria, along with an additional per-pupil allocation amount for operation and maintenance of physical plant in island schools. Prior analyses of this adjustment were conducted in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2018 as part of the ongoing review of components within the EPS funding formula.
Recommended Citation
Morris, Lisa A. and Johnson, Amy F., "Essential Programs and Services (EPS) Component Review: Small and Geographically Isolated School Adjustment" (2022). School Funding - Essential Programs and Services (EPS). 25.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cepare_funding/25
