Capital Outlay and Bonding. |
This chapter of Principles of School Business Management provides a generic overview of the major tasks associated with financing a school district's large capital programs. The chapter opens... |
12/31/1985 |
Case Study: North Santiam School District. |
Oregon's North Santiam School District stretched $350,000 into $1.2 million to upgrade antiquated school buildings by implementing energy-saving lighting, heating, and control projects, thereby... |
01/31/2003 |
Cash Management: A Financial Overview for School Administrators. |
This book is a succinct overview of public school finance, blending theoretical concepts and factual information. The information on basic school procedures includes the budgeting and financing of... |
12/31/2000 |
Charter School Bond Issuance: A Complete History. |
Examines the 13-year history of the charter school tax-exempt bond sector. Identifies the universe of 500 rated and unrated facilities transactions, provides cost and pricing information and examines... |
05/31/2011 |
Child-Centered School Funding. |
This report argues, using Arizona as an illustration, for a market-based school funding paradigm characterized by per-pupil allocations that follow each student to the school of their choice. The... |
12/31/1997 |
Children in America's Schools with Bill Moyers. [Videotape]. |
A 2-hour videotape presentation explores the crisis in school building quality in the United States as illustrated by those public schools found in Ohio; the challenges dilapidated school facilities... |
12/31/1995 |
Chronicle of Philanthropy |
Biweekly publication on fundraising issues and strategies.The Web site offers each current issue in full, an article archive, and more than four years of grant listings. Some features are accessible... |
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Class Struggle. |
Explores the issue of school district financial needs and the construction of school facilities for low income areas. Discussions on state and federal aid are highlighted. Arizona's experience... |
03/31/2000 |
Comprehensive State Facility Programs. |
Summarizes the attributes of statewide school facility funding programs in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming. These programs, typically created as a result of lawsuits, are designed... |
12/31/2006 |
Concern Turns to Preschool Facilities. |
This discusses the poor condition of child-care and preschool facilities across the country, and efforts to bring attention to the issue and new financing to help programs find higher-quality... |
01/15/2002 |
Construction Poses Extra Burden For Impact-Aid Schools. |
Many districts nationally have problems finding funding to build and renovate their facilities. But school construction puts impact-aid districts--particularly those with high numbers of students... |
06/01/1999 |
Covering Construction Costs. |
Across the nation, local school districts are scrambling for much-needed funds to fix up old schools and build new ones to accommodate booming enrollments. The problems go beyond the ability of many... |
09/30/1997 |
Creating and Sustaining School Capacity in the Twenty-First Century: Funding a Physical Environment Conducive to Student Learning. |
Results of state-by-state study of unmet school infrastructure needs using multiple data sources. Found that aggregate unmet infrastructure needs of $266.1 billion were significantly larger than... |
09/30/2001 |
Creative Financings. |
Describes creative bonding procedures including lowering the majority needed to pass a bond so that a district could rebuild tornado-damaged structures, refinancing, paying off bonds early, and using... |
07/31/2006 |
Crux of the Problem. |
Discusses the obsolete mode of taxing property to fund schools, in this era where ownership of property does not necessarily reflect wealth. |
06/30/2010 |
Decentralisation and Educational Building Management: The Impact of Recent Reforms. |
Examines the legislative and administrative framework within which schools are planned and built, they way in which resources are allocated for their construction and maintenance, and how they are... |
12/31/1991 |
Decentralisation and the Financing of Educational Facilities. |
The OECD Programme on Educational Building and the Spanish Ministry of Education organized an international seminar in Toledo, Spain, from February 22-25, 2000, devoted to the procedures for... |
12/31/2001 |
Developer Builds New Community School. |
The North Lake Park Community School/YMCA in Orlando, Florida is a developer-owned, school-district maintained, mixed-use enterprise. Five partners joined to build the campus: Orange County Public... |
04/30/2000 |
Directions in Facility Finance: Alternatives for the Future |
Reviews the options currently available to school districts involved in capital improvement financing and examines new directions in such financing. |
03/31/1990 |
Districts Use eBay to Sell Old School Buildings, Desks. |
As schools struggle with budget shortfalls, an increasing number of districts, as well as towns and government agencies, are selling everything from buildings to reams of construction paper on the... |
09/30/2003 |
Dollars for Excellence: Raising Private Money for Private Schools--and Public Schools. |
This book was written to help school boards undertake a systematic campaign of fund raising for schools. The introduction describes the importance of fund raising that grows out of a school district... |
12/31/1987 |
Dougherty Valley High School. |
Profiles this new California school that was largely financed by the developers of the surrounding community. Sophisticated performing arts and athletic facilities are featured. |
10/31/2008 |
Early Returns: Tax Credit Bonds and School Construction. |
A small federal program piloting tax credit bonds to support school construction, the Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB), has existed since 1997--providing evidence of how tax credit bonds could work... |
08/31/2002 |
Education Commission of the States. Finance. Facilities. |
ECS has compiled information on the issue of financing education facilities. The Quick Facts section provides detail on state facility expenditures and needs. The What States Are Doing section... |
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Educational Facilities Planning: Leadership, Architecture, and Management. |
This textbook on educational facility planning and design covers conceptual, descriptive, and applied aspects of the development of educational facilities. The 17 chapters are organized in eight... |
12/31/2005 |