Clay Central/Everly Superintendent Kevin Wood is concerned that a recent change in state open enrollment rules will have an adverse affect on small rural school districts across Iowa.

Parents can now enroll their children in any public school regardless of where they live at any point throughout the year thanks to a new law signed last month by Gov. Kim Reynolds. It removes the March 1 deadline to declare their intention to switch districts and took effect immediately, meaning families no longer need to give a reason to send their student to a new district anytime throughout the year as lo...