His plan places responsibility for the bulk of school construction costs on individual districts, many of which already use local bond monies to leverage the state match. (cabinetreport.com)
While union advocates say PLAs improve quality and reduce expenses, a study by the Beacon Hill Institute found that such agreements added 20 percent to school construction costs in New York. (empirecenter.org)
To his credit, Bloomberg made slashing school construction costs a priority once he got control of the city schools and the School Construction Authority. (educationnext.org)