Five Year Financial and Management Assessment of the Buffalo Public Schools.

Institution	Buffalo Financial Plan Commission, NY.
Titel	Five Year Financial and Management Assessment of the Buffalo Public Schools.
Quelle	(1995), (64 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Class Size; Cost Effectiveness; Economic Impact; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Expenditures; Fringe Benefits; Needs Assessment; Program Evaluation; Public Schools; Resource Allocation; School Restructuring; Special Education; Student Costs; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengröße; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Ökonomische Determinanten; Bildungsfonds; Ausgaben; Sozialabgaben; Bedarfsermittlung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ressourcenallokation; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Studienkosten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	In February 1993 the Buffalo Financial Plan Commission was asked to conduct a financial and management assessment of the Buffalo (New York) public schools. The effort involved the work of 115 volunteers from 75 businesses and community organizations in the Buffalo area. Thirty-four recommendations were produced, which were expected to yield annual savings ranging from $15.7 million in 1995-96 to $44.3 million in 1999-2000 with: (1) no curtailment of academic programs; (2) no increase in class size; (3) no reduction in extracurricular or interscholastic athletic programs; and (4) no reduction in special education or remedial instruction. Buffalo is one of the poorest cities in the United States, with 21.7 percent of its families below the poverty level. The Commission found that more effective resource allocation could reduce the district's overall costs and that the cost of employee benefits could be reduced significantly. Noninstructional costs were targeted for reduction, and the implementation of up-to-date management information and financial reporting systems was essential to the recommendations. Appendix A lists Commission members and staff, and Appendix B summarizes the recommendations. (Contains 13 tables.) (SLD)
Anmerkungen	Greater Buffalo Partnership, 300 Main Place Tower, Buffalo, NY 14202-3797 ($5).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC