 In March 2011, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Fiscal Responsibility Task Force released a report which found that consolidating school district administrations with one neighboring district would save the Commonwealth $1.2 billion without forcing the consolidation of any schools.From 2000 through 2010, rural Pennsylvania public school district enrollment decreased by 8 percent.In 2010, there were 726,417 children in rural Pennsylvania, or 21 percent of the total rural population.