I thought I would share the amount of money that is factored into the state aid formula for schools that qualify for the instructional time allowance. Schools qualify by having students in classes for more hours than the state average. Schools that show $0 have students in class less than the state average of 1,150 hours for the school year. The dollar amounts are based on hours of instruction and number of students.

In my mind, money isn’t the issue. The more hours students are in the classroom, the more opportunities for student learning. But it is nice that the Department of Education recognizes hours of instruction as a component of the state aid formula. It is easier for me to sell the teachers on why we start earlier and go later than other schools in the area.

Cuming County Schools
West Point-Beemer 117,750
Wisner-Pilger 54,366
Bancroft-Rosalie 111,985

Burt County Schools
Tekamah-Herman 5,785
Oakland-Craig 0
Lyons-Decatur 0

Thurston County
Pender 54,333
Walthill 0
Omaha Nation 0
Winnebago 0

Wayne County
Wayne 0
Wakefield 0
Winside 0

Dodge County
Dodge 85,303
Scribner-Snyder 19,274
Logan View 182,410
North Bend 0

Dixon County
Ponca 0
Newcastle 0
Allen 0
Emerson-Hubbard 36,971