The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools' Capital Improvement Plan.

Autor/inn/en	Ryan, Matt; Schwartz, Chris
Institution	Neighborhood Capital Budget Group, Chicago, IL.
Titel	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools' Capital Improvement Plan.
Quelle	(2001), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets); Crowding; Educational Facilities Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Public Schools; School Construction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schulbau
Abstract	This report examines the Chicago Public School System's need for capital improvement, and it highlights action plans for the future. The report reveals that many planned school improvements projects are unfunded and that there is about $229 million worth of projects that no longer appear in the city's capital improvements plan. Overcrowding remains a persistent and unresolved problem, and there has been no clear plan for integrating educational technology. The Chicago public school system alone has $2.5 billion in unfunded capital needs for its schools, but funds allotted for statewide capital needs are rapidly disappearing, and federal assistance in local school construction and repair needs is in jeopardy. It is recommended that, to ensure that the Capital Improvement Program is as fair and efficient as possible, the Chicago Public Schools should release the building assessments for each school facility and make public its demographic predictions for enrollment growth. Appendices contain highlights of capital programs in other major midwestern cities and a summary of Chicago's Teachers' Pension Fund Proposal. (GR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC