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Cody, Christopher A.; Swift, Emma – Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2013
For more than 25 years the Public School Forum of North Carolina has isolated state and federal spending to examine the capacity and effort counties make to support their schools. The intent of the annual Local School Finance Study is not to blame counties for their effort to support schools, but to examine the capacity and actual effort the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
The BC Ministry of Education announcement about 2012-13 operating grants estimates includes "new" funding to districts of $11.2 million for vulnerable students, $10.7 million for districts to implement elements of the Education Plan, and $21.8 million to address "districts' differing geographic circumstances." This makes for a…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Change, Funding Formulas, Declining Enrollment
Spellman, Walter – American School & University, 2012
Making furniture decisions can involve many factors, and they vary from institution to institution. For fixtures, furnishings and equipment, comparing initial cost with the cost of ownership over a life cycle can be more challenging. It may be the functionality of the furnishings that provides the greatest return on investment. In this article,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Furniture, Selection Criteria, Educational Facilities Design
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2013
In winter of 2013, the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools, the Colorado League of Charter Schools, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools worked to collect evidence that would accurately portray both the adequacy of charter school facilities and the average amount of operating funds spent by charter schools on facilities.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Facilities, Geographic Location
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2013
In the spring of 2012, the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, the Colorado League of Charter Schools, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools worked to collect data that would reveal and accurately portray the adequacy of charter school facilities and the average spending for facilities out of charter schools' operating…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Facilities, Geographic Location
Foley, Robert – Sustainable Endowments Institute (NJ1), 2011
The Green Loan Fund at Harvard University has been an active source of capital for energy efficiency and waste reduction projects for almost a decade. This case study examines the revolving fund's history from its inception as a pilot project in the 1990s to its regeneration in the early 2000s to its current operations today. The green revolving…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Program Effectiveness, Sanitation, Energy Conservation
Hatcher, Caterina – Educational Facility Planner, 2010
Did you know that the nation's 17,450 K-12 school districts spend more on energy than on computers and textbooks combined? Energy costs represent a typical school district's second largest operating expense after salaries. Schools that have earned the ENERGY STAR--EPA's mark of superior energy performance--cost 40 cents per square foot less to…
Descriptors: Operating Expenses, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Management, Conservation (Environment)
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2010
The ailing economy has spared few schools and universities. Faced with funding cutbacks, most education administrators have had to make difficult choices about where to allocate dwindling resources. Even in the best of financial times, educating students is the first priority. When money is tight, school maintenance and operations (M&O)…
Descriptors: Management Systems, School Maintenance, Efficiency, Educational Finance
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Regazzi, John J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2012
This study compares the overall spending trends and patterns of growth of Academic Libraries with Public Libraries, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and hospitals in the period of 1998 to 2008. Academic Libraries, while showing a growth of 13% over inflation for the period, far underperformed the growth of the other public institutions…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2013
In spring of 2012, the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, the Colorado League of Charter Schools, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools worked to collect evidence that would accurately portray both the adequacy of charter school facilities and the average amount of operating funds spent on facilities. Collectively, the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Facilities, Geographic Location
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of public elementary and secondary education data by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of this report is to introduce new data through the presentation of tables containing descriptive…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Costs, Expenditure per Student
Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010
This publication provides summaries of appropriations of public higher education institutions in Arkansas for the Fiscal Year 2010-11. It also provides operating recommendations of the Arkansas Public Higher Education Coordinating Board for the Fiscal Year 2010-11 for each institution. [For Volume 1, see ED511332.]
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Educational Finance
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The author reports on the reigning economic calculus that helps to drive constant expansion and poor utilization of space on many campuses. The author states that colleges could charge for utilities, which might encourage departments to save energy. Most American colleges do not charge for space--in part because doing so would raise the hackles of…
Descriptors: Colleges, Campuses, School Space, Space Utilization
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2018
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, other external stakeholders, and the American people on how the Department used the federal resources entrusted to it to promote student achievement and preparation for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rudden, Michael S. – Planning for Higher Education, 2010
Colleges and universities continue to face significant fiscal challenges in the current recession. A review of ongoing campus facilities planning projects, coupled with a review of more than 30 recent campus master planning requests for proposals and the relevant literature, indicates that colleges and universities are finding innovative ways to…
Descriptors: Real Estate, Institutional Survival, Information Technology, Educational Administration
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