Million Dollar Busing: Saving Money through Privatization

Autor/in	Crates, Cheryl
Titel	Million Dollar Busing: Saving Money through Privatization
Quelle	In: School Business Affairs, 75 (2009) 5, S.16-18 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-651X
Schlagwörter	School Buses; Privatization; Taxes; Bus Transportation; Educational Administration; School Districts; Busing; Economic Impact; Public Schools; Administrator Role; Misconceptions; Budgeting; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulbus; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Abgabe; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; School district; Schulbezirk; Ökonomische Determinanten; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Missverständnis
Abstract	The economic crisis has had--and will continue to have--a dramatic effect on tax revenue and education spending throughout the United States and beyond. Yet children still show up for school every day in need of an education. In times like these, educators and school business managers must be as committed as ever to providing it. The economic pressures are all too familiar to District 300, one of Illinois's largest public school districts, located northwest of Chicago. Privatizing school bus transportation became a hot topic among school administrators and parents, in the board room and in the supermarket. District 300 researched common myths about privatization and discovered that many of these concerns stemmed from misinformation about outsourcing school bus transportation. Surveys show that school administrators can spend up to a third of their time managing an in-house transportation program, and their experience was no different. Outsourcing is a proven solution for more than 30% of the nation's school districts, giving schools the opportunity to free up their time and energy for their primary responsibility--providing the highest-quality education for students. With these considerations in mind, District 300 took the step that promises to save millions of dollars and went out to bid. The district eventually awarded a three-year contract beginning in 2007. It was--and it remains--the right choice for the school district. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). 11401 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Tel: 866-682-2729; Fax: 703-478-0205; e-mail: asboreq@asbointl.org; Web site: http://www.asbointl.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10