SD10 - Incentives for Consolidating School Division Functions
Executive Summary: Senate Joint Resolution No. 130 requests the Board of Education to recommend financial incentives to encourage school divisions to consolidate programs and services (Attachment A). In developing these recommendations, the Department of Education staff met with representatives from the local school divisions. These meetings were very productive in determining specific areas where school divisions could combine programs and services, and in developing financial incentives to encourage these consolidations. Attachment B lists the participants of this study from the local school divisions. The attached recommendations provide financial incentives for the following major areas: 1. Financial incentives to encourage the establishment of regional programs. 2. Financial incentives to encourage school divisions to secure educational services through contract with another school division. 3. Financial incentives to encourage school divisions to consolidate. The Board of Education suggests that these recommendations be reviewed in conjunction with the recommendations developed by the Commission established by Senate Joint Resolution No. 171, and the Commission on Local Government Structures and Relationships. Senate Joint Resolution No. 171 (Attachment C) requests the review of the requirements of state and federal mandated educational programs to determine the feasibility of consolidating certain programs, services and school division functions. The Commission on Local Government Structures and Relationships proposes the establishment of a fund to encourage integration of independent cities with adjoining counties and alternatively, new functional consolidations of facilities and services by local governments, including education. (Attachment D). These recommendations were approved by the Board of Education at its December 4-5, 1989 meeting. |
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