District consolidation refers to the combining or merging of smaller administrative areas or school districts into larger ones. It means bringing together multiple districts or areas to form a single, larger district, usually to improve efficiency, resources, and services provided.
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This basic model is used to analyze a series of conventional policy experiments, including
school district consolidation and district power utilization.
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Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Calling Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz «incompetent» for threatening to hold back sales tax funds from area school districts as a way to
force district consolidations, Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw as asking County Executive should focus on the deplorable road conditions...
The study found that while school
district consolidation among the very small school districts could result in cost savings, the consolidation of the large metropolitan area districts would likely increase costs, said Greg Branch, deputy director of the Texas Schools Project, which oversaw the research project.
«While not addressing the issue of
School District consolidation, the implementation of the report's recommendations would cripple the ability of the School District to fulfill its mandate to educate future generations.
The schools» transition from stately, which was characteristic of the early 20th century, to sterile has several explanations: the spread of modernism generally, the devaluation of public architecture in particular (city halls have been victims too), the physical growth of schools through
both district consolidation and population increase, and fiscal pressures in the public sector.
In addition, Kahlenberg's «ideal solution» is
district consolidation, which he implies is a viable alternative given our 70 - year history of consolidation.
She has studied the causes and consequences of school desegregation, intergovernmental grants, school
district consolidation, and the current and historical federal role in elementary and secondary education.
Mr. Cuomo's budget plan would provide new financial incentives, however, for school -
district consolidation.
University of Chicago professor Christopher Berry («School Inflation,» research, Fall 2004) studied the period of greatest school -
district consolidation, 1930 — 70.
We can do this by creating or expanding current school choice programs, including public charter schools, education scholarship accounts, tax credit scholarships, course choice, and public school open enrollment, along with education reforms including appointed superintendents and school
district consolidation.
Trustee James Howard brought up a topic that is not often broached in regular meetings:
district consolidation.
At the state level, Stand strengthened and supported
a district consolidation bill to allow districts to join together when appropriate in order to support and strengthen lower - performing districts.