Rural Community Alliance

POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Legislative Toolkit: Flyer, Rally for Rural Arkansas Make Your Voice Heard Tips for Meeting or Rally Halt school consolidation Transportation study We're rural Arkansas What rural Arkansas needs Rural Community Alliance members identify and prioritize policy issues in a collaborative process during the annual summer conference. 2009 Policy Agenda: #1.  Repeal Act 60. Consolidated districts should return closed school buildings to the communities that paid for them. #2.  More money for rural schools #3. Money for economic development and training programs in small communities #4. State grants and low-interest loans for Rural Enterprise Zones. #5. Grants for youth enterprises #6. Different method of choosing State Board of Education #7. Broadband Internet infrastructure in rural areas #8. Recall of elected officials #9. Commission to study update of vocational training #10. Rural transportation services.

Rural Community Alliance members debate policy issues Legislators - Legislators meet with Rural Community Alliance members to hear their concerns Ron Crawford with Rep. Nancy Duffy Blount