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Support rural students and educators

Provide stable, reliable funding for the Secure Rural Schools program.

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Schools in rural communities need stable funding.
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Some 9 million students—nearly 20 percent of students nationwide—attend schools in rural communities.
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The Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Community Self-Determination Act helps support public education and community services in over 4,400 schools in 770 rural counties located near national forests across the United States.
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In recent years, funding for the SRS program has lapsed and even been reduced—bringing harsh cuts to schools and other services.
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The bipartisan Forest Management for Rural Stability Act (S. 1643) would make the SRS program permanent by creating an endowment fund to provide stable, reliable funding.

Bills in Congress

S 2887

A bill to provide grants to eligible partnerships for “grow your own” programs that recruit and support diverse teacher candidates from rural communities.

S 1643

A bill to make the Secure Rural Schools program permanent by creating an endowment fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding

HR 3048

A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000

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