Does School District Consolidation Cut Costs?

Autor/inn/en	Duncombe, William; Yinger, John
Titel	Does School District Consolidation Cut Costs?
Quelle	In: Education Finance and Policy, 2 (2007) 4, S.341-375 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-3060
DOI	10.1162/edfp.2007.2.4.341
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Educational Finance; School Districts; Costs; Cost Effectiveness; Consolidated Schools; Operating Expenses; School District Reorganization; School District Size; Audits (Verification); Policy Analysis; New York; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Bildungsfonds; School district; Schulbezirk; Cost; Kosten; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Betriebskosten; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Politikfeldanalyse; USA
Abstract	Consolidation has dramatically reduced the number of school districts in the United States. Using data from rural school districts in New York, this article provides the first direct estimation of consolidation's cost impacts. We find economies of size in operating spending: all else equal, doubling enrollment cuts operating costs per pupil by 61.7 percent for a 300-pupil district and by 49.6 percent for a 1,500-pupil district. Consolidation also involves large adjustment costs, however. These adjustment costs, which are particularly large for capital spending, lower net cost savings to 31.5 percent and 14.4 percent for a 300-pupil and a 1,500-pupil district, respectively. Overall, consolidation makes fiscal sense, particularly for very small districts, but states should avoid subsidizing unwarranted capital projects. (As Provided).
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