OCRE is sending the attached letter to Secretary Cardona, making OCRE’s case for the Department to establish an Office of Rural Education Policy. We will appreciate your sharing this letter with your networks for any reinforcement for OCRE’s effort and request for an Office of Rural Education Policy. At our September meeting, we will share and discuss any response from the Department. 

NREA is a proud member of Organizations Concerned About Rural Education (OCRE). We fully support the letter, and our legislative members helped craft it and its content. 

They once numbered in the thousands. Now, only a fraction are left, mostly abandoned and falling apart. But Kathy Wilner is determined to find every remaining one-room school in her state.

A few days ago, the Department of Education issued new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) that helps public elementary and secondary schools fulfill their responsibilities to meet the needs of students with disabilities and avoid the discriminatory use of student discipline.

Attached please find a letter to The Honorable Miguel A. Cardona requesting clarifications and additional guidance on ESSER late liquidation, submitted on behalf of the organizations named below. Thank you, in advance, for your timely consideration.

National Member Organizations:

National Service Providers: