Describes how school business officials can identify, locate, and collaborate with those individuals both inside and outside the school system who possess the necessary intellectual capital to contribute to the long-term improvement of students, staff, and the community. (PKP)

Describes evaluation process based on principles of continuous improvement and quality management established by the superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in Texas. (PKP)

Discusses proposed Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) accounting standards requiring school districts to report liability associated with other post-employment benefits (OPEBs), such as health care, to future retirees and well as the status of efforts to fund those benefits. (PKP)

Describes how the school district budget director and special-education administrator can work together to build and monitor a budget that meets the needs of special-education students, but does not adversely affect the regular-education funding. (PKP)

Describes how to establish an internal service fund (ISF) for school district vehicle maintenance. Includes three drawbacks to establishing ISFs. (PKP)

Reviews federal copyright laws protecting computer software and what school districts must do to be in compliance with the law. (PKP)

Examines the costs and benefits of District Education Foundations (DEFs) in California and New York. Includes the prevalence of DEFs, why they are formed, and the sources and uses of DEF funds. (PKP)

Describes demographic trends, rationale, and challenges related to the planning and design of schools and facilities that accommodate the needs of older adults. Includes descriptions of several schools and school-related facilities built with older adults in mind such as the Fairhill Center, an intergenerational school in Cleveland, Ohio. (PKP)

Describes several factors related to investing in educational technology: Total cost of ownership, availability of qualified information technology staff, support and planning, and outside resources. (PKP)

Describes the use of a cost-efficiency plan to enhance educational productivity during the second wave of accountability. Describes cost-efficiency plan consisting of five components: goals and objectives, criteria, procedures, outcome, and evaluation. Provides tips for developing the cost-efficiency implementation plan. (Contains 31 references.)…

Describes nature, benefits, concerns, and training needs related to principals' involvement in the school-renovation process. (PKP)

The 1989-90 Educational Research Service survey reports $62,698 as the mean salary paid assistant superintendents and $52,554 as the mean salary paid directors of finance and business. Salaries are related to three important variables: geographic region, district enrollment size, and per pupil expenditure level. Fringe benefit trends are also…

Discusses several issues associated with purchasing computer software packages: (1) continual updates; (2) lack of industrial standards for software development; and (3) expense. Many packages fail to provide technical assistance from a local dealer or the package developer. Without standards, costs to business, education, and the general public…

Using the experience of Ford Motor Company, Oscar Meyer, and IBM, this article shows that companies are enjoying high quality product performance and substantially lower costs by converting from premium white bond computer stock forms to blended bond forms. School administrators are advised to do likewise. (MLH)

Outlines procedures that will provide a school with the ability to accurately record and account for the sales and cash receipts for a ticketed event. Two sample box office reconciliation sheets and one box office issue sheet illustrate the procedures. (MLF)