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| Jones, Rebecca | 1 |
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Jones, Rebecca – American School Board Journal, 1997
Offers strategies for contracting out school services: (1) talk with employees; (2) conduct needs assessment; (3) specify needs and expectations in writing; (4) beware of state laws; (5) investigate the contracting company; and (6) devise a backup plan. (LMI)
Descriptors: Contracts, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Brown, Senn – American School Board Journal, 1995
Argues that contracting with private providers to educate students should be an option for school boards. Cites results from two surveys regarding whether school boards operated under powers enumerated in state law or under "broad powers" that gave boards more latitude in pursuit of defined goals. (MLF)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
