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Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 2009
Free speech concerns associated with collective bargaining become important when unions impose fair-share fees that charge nonmembers for costs associated with the benefits they receive through labor negotiations. When unions collect fair-share fees, those payments often support causes with which nonmembers and dissenting members disagree.…
Descriptors: Unions, Teaching (Occupation), School Districts, Collective Bargaining
Dolph, David A. – School Business Affairs, 2009
In times of limited resources, the likelihood of difficult negotiations between labor and management may increase even in the best of school districts. The negotiation process can range from traditional to positional to competitive to a more collaborative and cooperative interest-based approach. The most productive approach is a matter of debate…
Descriptors: School Business Officials, Employer Employee Relationship, Work Environment, Negotiation Agreements
Raymond, Randall E. – School Business Affairs, 2009
Aging school infrastructure, changing population dynamics, decreased funding, and increased accountability for reporting school success all require today's school business officials to combine a variety of disparate data sets into a coherent system that enables effective and efficient decision making. School business officials are required to: (1)…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Boards of Education, School Business Officials, Planning
Warner, Carolyn – School Business Affairs, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is likely the greatest single infusion of federal dollars into education since Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. When President Johnson signed that act, he said its purpose was to give every child in America "all the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Presidents, Politics of Education, Federal Aid
Prombo, Michael; Dalianis, Ares G.; Metcalf, Scott R. – School Business Affairs, 2009
Preserving existing revenues is an essential component of the work of school business officials. The broad ranges of activities that can affect school district revenues make identifying potential threats difficult. By understanding the issues that affect school district revenue, school business officials are better able to diminish its erosion--a…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Business Officials, School District Wealth, Income
Endsley, Krista – School Business Affairs, 2009
Today, many school districts are turning to business intelligence tools to retrieve, organize, and share knowledge for faster analysis and more effective, guided decision making. Business intelligence (BI) tools are the technologies and applications that gather and report information to help an organization's leaders make better decisions. BI…
Descriptors: School Business Officials, Access to Information, Information Management, Accountability
Malinowski, Matthew J. – School Business Affairs, 2009
When tough economic times set in, school business administrators heighten their normal zeal in finding ways to reduce costs and improve efficiency. The author's school district recently underwent a yearlong internal self-analysis to examine and determine the proper staffing levels for the administrative functions within the school district's…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, School Districts, School Business Officials, Economic Change
Denker, Deb; Martocci, Elda – School Business Affairs, 2009
In some ways, education institutions are like any other business when it comes to insurance coverage. Property could be damaged, accidents may be blamed on negligence, and employees may be injured during the course of the workday. Traveling sports teams, field trips, and transportation responsibilities increase the possibility that something will…
Descriptors: Schools, Legal Responsibility, Insurance, School Districts
Kwok, Michael – School Business Affairs, 2009
Like homeowners with limited budgets and a long list of repairs, school districts often must make tough choices when it comes to deciding what building systems to modernize, renovate, or repair--or when to build new facilities. With $44 billion now available for states and schools under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, stimulus…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, School Business Officials, School Districts, School Buildings
Coulbeck, Joy – School Business Affairs, 2009
Meeting the challenges of delivering a 21st-century curriculum and a world-class quality education ultimately depends on the willingness of the staff on the ground to give 100% effort to their jobs. Although many people in schools work very hard, some staff members are way down on the scale with regard to performance. All too often, a significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Staff Development, Employer Employee Relationship
Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 2009
In the midst of growing controversy over the limits of student expression on the Internet, a federal trial court in Pennsylvania addressed the extent to which education officials can restrict the ability of student teachers and, by extension, teachers and other school employees, to exercise their rights to free speech on Internet social networking…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Legal Problems, Cooperating Teachers, Internet
Teh, Mui Kim – School Business Affairs, 2009
School business officials and other education leaders worry now more than ever about facing legal battles. Maybe today's parents are more likely to run to the lawyer's office. Or maybe they simply expect everything to be a certain way--their way. Regardless, the result is the same: today's school leaders are likely to find themselves having to…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Legal Problems, Prevention, School Business Officials
June, Audrey Williams – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Chief financial officers at the nation's private colleges have bigger workloads than ever before, and in return, many are taking home much larger paychecks. A "Chronicle" survey of 103 private doctoral institutions shows that between 2003 and 2005, the median compensation package for the top financial position, which includes such titles as vice…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Business Officials, Salaries, Private Colleges
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Sutton, Lenford C.; Jones, Phyllis; White, Julia – Educational Considerations, 2008
For nearly four decades, school finance has become progressively more central in school reform efforts aimed at improving student performance. At the same time, the focus of many school business officials and policymakers has turned to efficient uses of current resources in lieu of uniform increases in school funding. With regard to improving…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Class Size, School Restructuring, Educational Change
Mattie, John – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ1), 2007
In the summer of 2007, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) held a summit on enterprise risk management (ERM) in Washington DC with senior officers and trustees from several leading colleges and universities. Approximately 40…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Risk Management, College Presidents
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