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Peer reviewedGilbert, Susan F. – Journal of Law and Education, 1982
Examines the legal aspects and problems of school ownership, school closing, and reuse of school property. Proposes new legislation establishing "community/schools" that vests ownership of school property in the municipality in which the property is located. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Community Schools, Court Litigation, Declining Enrollment
Baxter, Cheryl; Starr, Richard – American School Board Journal, 1982
Guidelines are offered for profitably disposing of surplus school property. Included are instructions for conducting building and site analyses and market studies. (MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Declining Enrollment, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
The use of many public school facilities now closed due to declining enrollment could generate substantial savings for new federal construction projects. Responses to a questionnaire sent to all 50 states by the General Accounting Office (GAO) show that there were 2,493 vacant schools in 19 of the 23 responding states at the beginning of the…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Construction Needs, Cost Effectiveness, Declining Enrollment
Mayfield, John – 1984
A synthesis of ideas and proposals that have emerged in the course of recent Programme on Educational Building activities places emphasis on issues relating to the economic management of existing building resources. In recent years the development and administration of educational building policies have been affected by changes in the organization…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Operation, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Cost Effectiveness
