TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A southwest Kansas member of the State Board

of Education has been chosen to participate in a national

discussion of rural education issues.

Sally Cauble of Liberal will serve on a task force of the

National Association of State Boards of Education studying rural

and frontier education issues.

The panel will review policy recommendations that will be made

to Congress and the U.S. Department of Education that will address

issues specific to rural schools. The focus will be on helping

improve low-performing schools.

Cauble has served on the Kansas board since 2007. She represents

District 5, which includes approximately the western third of

Kansas.