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Efficiency and Costs in Education: Year-Round versus Traditional Schedules. |
Explores the cost savings (efficiency) of a year-round schedule versus a traditional 9-month schedule for 115 schools in Clark County, Nevada, including real-estate capital in the estimated cost... |
05/31/2001 |
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Energy Efficiency in Schools: State Incentive Options. |
Several states have enacted incentives to help school districts reduce their exposure to volatile energy prices and save money by being more energy efficient. Primarily, assistance for energy... |
09/30/2002 |
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Estate Strategies: A Guide to Good Practice. |
This guide explores key points in the development and execution of estate strategies for institutions of higher education, including discussions on the benefits of an estate strategy; a list of self... |
12/31/1999 |
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Facilities Financing. New Models for Districts That Are Creating Schools Now. |
This report outlines innovative ways school districts are meeting their facilities needs outside the traditional sources of facilities financing. Non-traditional funding strategies include private... |
01/31/2004 |
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Facilities Financing: Monetizing Education's Untapped Resource |
The enormous costs and burdens of outmoded facilities arrangements represent an immense opportunity for the nation's school systems. In this paper, the author explores the causes of the nation... |
08/07/2011 |
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Facilities Funding Thaws. |
Discusses the trend toward public-private partnerships in higher education construction. Privatized housing is highlighted, as are benefits of federal stimulus funds and the tight bond market.... |
12/31/2009 |
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Fair and Adequate Funding for School Facilities |
The nation's schools are facing multiple problems regarding facilities and capital outlay needs for new buildings, additions, and renovations to support technology and instructional... |
12/31/1997 |
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Fee Contingent Services. |
Describes this arrangement between a school district and a contractor soliciting facilities funding on behalf of the district. Various percentage and flat fee arrangements are described, as are their... |
10/31/2008 |
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Financing Alternatives Call for Flexibility, Creativity |
One page discussion of methods that can be used alone or in combination to fund school facilities: lease or lease-purchase plans; establishing business/community partnerships; imposing school impact... |
08/31/1998 |
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Financing an EnergySmart School. |
Describes ten creative financing methods that can be used to create an energy-smart school, and includes three case studies. |
12/31/2007 |
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Financing Capital Improvements in 2001 and Beyond |
Demographic changes between elementary, secondary, and college populations call for a different philosophical approach to methods of financing educational capital improvements. Demographic changes... |
02/28/1989 |
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Financing Facilities in Rural School Districts |
This paper addresses how rural school facilities are financed. It provides an overview of school facilities funding in the United States as summarized by the literature, a mini study of school... |
05/01/1998 |
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Financing Facilities. Who Pays for School Construction, and How Much? Recent Litigation is Likely to Alter the Landscape of Construction Funding. |
Reviews several issues having implications for the future nature and funding of school construction, including recent state educational adequacy and equity litigation, smaller class sizes, full-day... |
09/30/2002 |
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Financing Facility Improvements for Out-of-School Time and Community School Programs. Strategy Brief. Vol. 1 No. 4. |
This strategy brief presents general principles and strategies for financing facility improvements and highlights five examples of innovative strategies, including: (1) accessing school construction... |
07/31/2000 |
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Financing School Facilities. |
This report is the result of research investigating school facility issues, assessing the scope of the problem, and making recommendations to the membership of the Association of School Business... |
11/30/2002 |
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Financing School Facilities. |
Summarizes a report published by the Association of School Business Officials on the status of school facilities in the United States. Three areas that require school facility financing to meet... |
03/31/1999 |
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Financing School Facilities. |
The purpose of this paper is to provide information regarding the financing of Georgia school facilities in the past, the current method of financing needed school facilities, and possible... |
11/27/2000 |
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Financing School Infrastructure: What Are the Options? |
Describes local, state, and federal school infrastructure funding options. Local funding options include bond issues, special local-option sales taxes, and voter-approved mills and sinking funds.... |
11/30/2001 |
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Financing Schools. |
Articles in this publication look at the educational and financial issues facing states today, including the link between school funding and student outcomes; the distribution of funding for schools... |
12/31/1996 |
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Finding Funding. |
Identifies sources of funding to help build green schools, including federal and state programs, foundation grants, and partnerships with business. |
02/28/2009 |
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Fiscally Responsible Debt Policy for School Building Purchases/Renovations |
A debt policy is a formal document governing when, how, for what purposes, and to what extent school districts (or other government agencies) may issue debt. A sound debt policy offers many benefits... |
11/30/2002 |
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Fixing Our Schools Now! Qualified Zone Academy Bonds: A New Approach to Financing School Renovation and Repair. |
This booklet examines the Federal government's Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs) system for helping school districts carry out needed school renovations and repairs, discusses why QZABs are... |
03/31/2000 |
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Formula for Success: Building an Equation for School Construction. |
Details the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' technique for prioritizing school capital improvements by means of complex calculations involving demographics, enrollment, facility condition, and... |
03/31/2008 |
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Found Money. |
Discusses the alternative funding avenues school districts have used to support facility construction and improvements when tax levies and state aid are not enough. Acquiring donations, creating... |
05/31/2000 |
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Foundation Center |
The Foundation Center conducts and facilitates research on trends in philanthropy,provides education and training on the grantseeking process, ensures public access to information and services online... |
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