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ERIC Number: ED660596
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep
Pages: 35
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Shared Services in Rural School Communities: Examples from the Field
Jeremy Rasmussen; Veronica Tate
Region 11 Comprehensive Center
In 2017, the Wyoming Legislature commissioned a study aimed at identifying ways to increase efficiencies in Wyoming's government and public services. The study included recommendations for increasing the fiscal and operational efficiencies of Wyoming's Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) programs. In response to the study, the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) partnered with the Region 11 Comprehensive Center, a U.S. Department of Education technical assistance center, in fall 2019 on a project to develop recommendations for a shared services model that might be piloted by one of the state's BOCES programs. This report was developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), under a contract with the Region 11 Comprehensive Center, as a resource for the project team. This document provides examples of different shared services models operating in other states, and identifies promising practices for optimizing the delivery of high-quality resources, services, and opportunities for underserved and low-income students in Wyoming, especially in rural and remote school communities. The examples in this report are intended to help inform the recommendations for a shared services pilot model or other ideas to increase the efficiency of and access to shared services. Based on topics of interest identified during a project team needs-sensing discussion, findings in this report have been organized into the following sections: (1) Shared Services Models, State Examples, and Cost Benefits; (2) Direct Student Services for Special Education; (3) Teachers and Classroom Instruction; (4) Shared Administrative Personnel; (5) Infrastructure; (6) Implementation and Sustainability.
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Office of Program and Grantee Support Services (PGSS)
Authoring Institution: Region 11 Comprehensive Center (R11CC)
Identifiers - Location: Wyoming
Grant or Contract Numbers: S283B190011