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Hohman, James M.; Minor, Hank – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2020
This is the 18th edition of the Mackinac Center's annual school privatization survey. The Center asks every school district in the state if they outsource one of the three main noninstructional services -- custodial, transportation and food services. Responses from officials in all 539 public school districts between June 2 and September 24 were…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Privatization, School Districts, Educational Resources
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DeLuca, Thomas A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2013
Educational policy makers (e.g., legislators, state and local school boards) continue to promote inter-district service consolidation as one method to reduce operating expenditures citing economies of scale as the source of any savings. This study uses survey data to identify the extent of non-instructional service consolidation in Michigan, with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pupil Personnel Services, Educational Finance, Expenditures