A year ago at ASBO International's Annual Meeting and Expo in Seattle, Washington, school business officials from four states presented a powerful double-session panel on the status of changes in teacher contracts and educational funding in their regions of the country. The presenters have since updated their comments with new information and…

Describes the development and operation of a countywide purchasing cooperative composed of ten local government agencies in Washington County, Wisconsin. (JG)

From a cost-benefit viewpoint, investing school revenues in small K-3 classes has great potential for improving productivity. Statewide class reduction initiatives in Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin have positively influenced student achievement, behavior, citizenship, and development. Districts cannot afford to ignore this mounting…

Student fees are a growing source of private funding for public education in revenue-limitation states like Wisconsin. Escalating public-school fees jeopardizes two principles: access to a free education and responsibility for publicly funding an enterprise to which all children are guaranteed access. (Contains 40 references.) (MLH)