AREAS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS INITIATIVES

Cited by School Districts

CATEGORY

INSTRUCTIONAL

MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT

Areas Most Often Cited

1. Staff Development

2. Returning Spec. Ed. Students to Dist.

3. Shared Special Education Services

4. Use of Teachers’ Centers

5. Instructional Computer Networks

1. Purchasing/Bidding

2. Self-funded Workers’ Comp.

3. Health Insurance Consortium

4. Health/Safety Services

5. State Aid Planning Services

     

Where Districts Utilize BOCES

1. Staff Development

2. Shared Special Education Services

3. Library Automation

4. Instructional Computer Networks

5. School-to-Work Programs

1. Purchasing/Bidding

2. State Aid Planning Services

3. Health/Safety Services: In-Dist.

4. Health Insurance Consortium

5. Employee Relations

Districts With Other Districts and/or

Municipalities

1. Teachers’ Centers

2. Consolidated Summer School

3. School-to-Work Programs

4. Summer Remedial/Enrichment

Programs

5. Shared Special Education Services

1. Self-funded Workers’ Comp.

2. Health Insurance Consortium

3. Transportation Bidding/Routing

4. Vehicle Fueling/Maint. Facility

5. Co-op. Liability Insurance

Districts on Their Own

1. Returning Special Ed. Students to

Dist.

2. Use of Volunteers

3. Use of Shared Decision-Making

Councils

4. Site-Based Budgeting

5. Cooperative Learning

1. Restructuring Cent. Admin.

2. Health Insurance Buy-out

3. Combined Mgt./Supv. Position

4. In-House Pers. for Cap. Constr.

5. Investment

 

QUESTION: In what areas does your district have cost-effective initiatives and is it a "shared" activity?

 

 

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Last update by CAS on 12/24/2002