Therefore, URSA holds the following specific purposes, to:

1. Help rural schools and districts identify and meet their educational goals.
2. Improve communication among rural schools, the State Office of Education, institutions of higher learning, regional education service centers, the public, and other agencies.
3. Coordinate programs and activities and to provide sharing of services, resources, and information among the members of URSA.
4. Provide a unified voice to all citizenry, local boards, elected public officials, and legislative bodies that have impact on Utah’s rural schools.
5. Encourage the development of stronger pre-service and in-service training of teachers and administrators in rural schools.

URSA is governed by a Board of Directors. Board membership consists of representatives from the rural district superintendents, elementary classroom teachers and principals, secondary classroom teachers and principals and regional center directors. Representatives from the Utah State Board of Education, Utah Colleges of Education, district school board members, and a superintendent from an urban school district also have voting membership on the board. An Associate Superintendent from the Utah State Office of Education is a non-voting member of the URSA committee.

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