A Smart IT Investment Could Help Ease Budgetary Challenges for K-12 Education
It might not be the first thing on your mental checklist, but enterprise software consulting firms play a key role in the overall return on investment for K-12 education by implementing applications – in our case Oracle and PeopleSoft, which enable significant organizational efficiencies.
In today’s economic climate, K-12 education administrators must be especially mindful of the repercussions of funding capital projects. While job one is to provide the best possible educational experience for students and retain quality teachers and administrators, K-12 organizations can realize cost savings though wise investments in IT infrastructure. An example of this is might be to enable the improvement of business processes and decision making, thereby enabling management to provide the district with accountability of financial oversight, compliance, and planning/management of assets.
Facing Facts: Public Attitudes and Fiscal Realities in Five Stressed States, a new report by the Pew Center on the States and the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) points to an interesting trend on how residents view their states’ budget problems and a possible solution for K-12 funding woes. The research compiled survey results from five states: AZ, CA, FL, IL and NY, and concludes that more that 6 out of 10 respondents indicated that they would be willing to pay higher taxes to maintain current funding for K-12 education (2010 poll). Respondents from all five states underscore their commitment to K-12 education.
Based on this information, I submit that the desire among US taxpayers to maintain (and improve) quality K-12 education translates to an opportunity for District IT organizations to invest in efficiency-enhancing enterprise software solutions.
If you are interested in generating your own reports using the survey data from the five states, visit the PPIC website.
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