Enrollment decline is a problem in the majority of Minnesota's school districts. Declining enrollment means that school administrators must plan for the financial difficulties arising from cutting budgets, reducing staff, closing buildings, and ending programs. Written to stimulate effective planning for declining enrollment, this manual…

This report represents the efforts of the Task Force on Declining Enrollment, created by the Michigan Department of Education, to provide information and recommendations for effective planning and policy formation for the state department of education, Michigan school administrators, and local school boards. The task force and its report were…