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Willis, Jason – School Business Affairs, 2010
The economic recession has had a profound effect on the ability of state and local governments to provide essential services to their communities--especially education. Stories about increased class sizes, personnel layoffs, and dwindling support for programs outside core classroom instruction have flooded newspapers around the country. Despite…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Districts, School Business Officials, Public Education
McMurrer-Shank, Marlene R. – School Business Affairs, 2010
Bullying continues to be a serious problem in schools everywhere, and states are enacting laws that target bullying and harassment on campus. Several state legislatures have proposed laws that require schools to establish anti-bullying policies and programs. Therefore, education leaders and school business officials should ensure that the bully…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Community Involvement, Peer Mediation
Young, Nicholas; Bittel, Peter – School Business Affairs, 2011
Most districts are facing severe budgetary constraints, and special education is one area that is feeling the effects. Special education consumes an average of 20%-30% of school district budgets. Pacing fiscal and systemic controls on special-education spending, and examining para professional placements in particular, will lead to better delivery…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Business Officials, Special Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Morales, Stephen – Management in Education, 2011
In this article, the author presents his study of parent participation at an international school in Spain offering the British curriculum. He used quantitative methods and administered questionnaires to gather data that reflected the views of a large proportion of the school's parent community. He administered semi-structured interviews to gain a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Parent Participation, International Schools
Russo, Charles J.; Thro, William E. – School Business Affairs, 2009
The Supreme Court's recent decision in "Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee" (2009) expands the opportunities for students and their parents to sue school boards for alleged sex discrimination. Even so, as discussed here, "Fitzgerald" should have little effect on the day-to-day operations of school systems. This column…
Descriptors: Courts, Federal Government, Court Litigation, Boards of Education
Vogel, Carl – District Administration, 2009
Professional development has become so valuable that even Boston Public Schools has created its own in-house professional development institutions to develop management skills among staff. And the Association of School Business Officers International will launch a new certification program for school business officials next fall. It is designed in…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Professional Development, School Business Officials, Administrators
Cossler, Christine – School Business Affairs, 2010
Privacy, something once taken for granted, has again become top-of-mind for public school districts thanks to technology's increasing reach, as well as new changes to privacy laws governing student information. Recently, educators have had to face important changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), originally signed into…
Descriptors: Student Records, School Safety, Courts, Privacy
Smith, Gary – School Business Affairs, 2011
School business administrators have long recognized the need for a workable data recovery plan regardless of cause. Yet many have not reassessed their current data backup and recovery capabilities, perhaps because they have not experienced a catastrophic failure. There are three reasons school business administrators may not realize or recognize…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Security, Technology Planning, School Business Officials
Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010
This publication lists non-classified personal services recommendations of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the Fiscal Year 2010-11. Due to the implementation of the pay plan study, the Office of Personnel Management of the Department of Finance and Administration (OPM) did not make recommendations for classified positions.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Universities, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
School Business Affairs, 2010
This article talks about Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO), a professional association of more than 5,000 school business management professionals. Members include noninstructional employees at the local, state, and national levels from specialized areas in school business management, as well as the generalized field of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Professional Associations, Educational Resources, School Business Officials
Bowen, Donald E., Jr. – School Business Affairs, 2009
Facing diminishing budgets and increased operating costs, districts across the country must make some very difficult choices. Some districts are even at the point of having to close schools. One strategy that might help schools reduce operating costs and allow administrators to redirect those savings to salaries, facilities, and curricula is wind…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Management, Costs, Cost Effectiveness
Williams, Ann C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify the job responsibilities perceived as most important in maintaining school district financial solvency. Additionally, the study sought to identify specific financial management strategies school business officials (SBO) could consider to maintain financial solvency in their school districts. A total of 208…
Descriptors: School Business Officials, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, School Districts
Crampton, Faith E.; Thompson, David C. – School Business Affairs, 2011
Today's school business officials are more aware than ever of the importance of making every dollar count. As they scour their budgets for possible savings, they may be tempted to reduce investment in school infrastructure, perhaps by deferring maintenance, renovations, and replacement of outdated facilities. However, school business officials…
Descriptors: Productivity, Models, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement
School Business Affairs, 2010
This article takes a look at the early years of the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) and discusses how the organization was developed. To be successful, organizations must evolve, adapting to the changes in the profession and, thus, the changing needs of their members--and that is just what this fledgling group did.…
Descriptors: School Accounting, School Business Officials, Governance, Group Membership
Spanneut, Gene – School Business Affairs, 2009
Central-office leaders, like every top model, should take a good look at themselves. How do their leadership skills affect their job performance, the outside world's perception of them, and, by default, the public's perception of their district? Self-assessments can help them better understand how they model their leadership skills. By reflecting…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Business Officials, Leadership, Skills