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St. Paul Public Schools

School Funding Systems/School-Level Resource Use

In the first phase of our partnership, ERS is assisting the new St. Paul superintendent's transition team in understanding current school system spending and the allocation of time, people, and dollars.  ERS’s work includes:

• A detailed analysis quantifying and comparing to the system average the current allocation of resources by student and program type
• A comparison of spending at the system level by function to understand the direct and indirect (eg: transportation, under-utilized facilities/classroom space) costs resulting from the St. Paul Public School choice system and to identify opportunities to redirect resources for effective school improvement
• A high level analysis of how schools use their existing time, people and dollars in comparison to research-based ways of improving student performance
• Participation in cabinet meetings as outside counsel, facilitating the prioritization of the school system’s strategic imperatives

In May of 2007 ERS released the final SPPS report "Toward a Strategic Use of Resources in Saint Paul Public Schools: A Review of the SPPS FY2006 Spending Strategy with Recommendations."