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Effects of the Revenue Caps
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Cost-Cutting Actions Since 1993-94
Table 2 shows the percent of districts which report making cuts on at least one occasion since 1993-94. For example, more than two-thirds of districts report delaying/reducing purchase of computers or other technology in one or more school years since 1993-94.
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Percent of Districts Reporting Cost-Saving Actions During at least one School Year Since 1993-94 |
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Action Taken |
Since 1993-94 |
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1.Delaying building maintenance or improvement projects |
61.2 | ||||||
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2.Spending less for maintenance of buildings and grounds |
55.7 | ||||||
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3.Spending less for improvements of buildings and grounds |
60.6 | ||||||
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4.Delaying/reducing purchase of textbooks, curricular materials |
41.7 | ||||||
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5.Limiting purchase of consumable supplies, such as paper |
35.5 | ||||||
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6.Delaying/reducing purchase of computers, other technology |
68.6 | ||||||
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7.Offering fewer staff development opportunities for teachers |
35.5 | ||||||
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8. Teacher layoffs |
18.6 | ||||||
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9. Layoffs of teacher aides or other support staff |
23.5 | ||||||
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10. Administrator/supervisor layoffs |
14.0 | ||||||
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11. Reducing counseling or similar services |
10.1 | ||||||
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12. Delaying/reducing hiring of new staff |
48.9 | ||||||
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13. Reducing extracurricular programs |
14.0 | ||||||
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14. Limiting programs for students who are at risk |
22.5 | ||||||
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15. Limiting programs for gifted and talented students |
31.9 | ||||||
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16. Offering fewer courses |
16.6 | ||||||
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17. Reducing transportation services for students |
14.3 | ||||||
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18. Limiting summer school programs |
31.3 | ||||||
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19. Offering fewer field trips for students |
25.7 | ||||||
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20. Increased class sizes |
35.2 | ||||||
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21. Increased teacher workload |
30.0 | ||||||
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22. Increased administrator workload |
52.4 | ||||||
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23. Increased student fees |
40.1 | ||||||
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24. Using fund balance to support budget |
39.1 | ||||||
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25. Other |
5.5 | ||||||
In addition to delaying/reducing computers or technology, one-third or more of the districts report taking the following actions to meet the revenue limits:
- delaying building maintenance or improvement projects (61.2%)
- spending less for improvements of building and grounds (60.6%)
- spending less for maintenance of buildings and grounds (55.7%)
- increased administrator workload (52.4%)
- delaying/reducing hiring of new staff (48.9%)
- delaying/reducing purchase of textbooks or curricular materials (41.7%)
- increased student fees (40.1%)
- using the fund balance to support the budget (39.1%)
- offering fewer staff development opportunities for teachers (35.5%)
- limiting purchase of consumable supplies, such as paper (35.5%)
- increased class sizes (35.2%)
Posted February 4, 1998
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