The 2026 National Forum on Education Policy will take place July 8-10 in Washington D.C. and will bring policymakers and thought leaders from across the country together to address the current and future needs for students and educators through state education policy.
Master Planning for Small and Rural Districts
Hosted by National Center on School Infrastructure and the National Council on School Facilities
Small and rural local education agencies face a distinct planning reality — limited administrative capacity, shifting enrollment, geographic isolation, and funding formulas that only work at scale. Mainstream master-planning guidance rarely accounts for these challenges, despite the fact that small and rural districts oversee roughly half of the country’s school buildings.
But there are ways to right-size the master-planning process. Join the NCSI and the National Council on School Facilities on Thursday, June 25th for a conversation with state and district experts who have rewritten the master-planning playbook to meet the specific needs of small and rural districts.
Who should attend this webinar: Rural and small-district superintendents, facility directors, and business officials; state facility offices and TA providers serving rural LEAs; regional service agencies (BOCES, ESDs, ESCs); federal program managers; rural-focused funders and community foundations; legislators and aides representing rural and small-town districts.
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