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September 2009: Opportunity and Danger: The Two Sides of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
By Carolyn Warner
For years, I’ve heard that the Chinese character for “opportunity” is also the character for “danger.” Since I don’t read Chinese, I can’t vouch for that fact. But even if it’s not true, it should be. It could also be the motto for ASBO International.
In fact, school business officials should probably carry around a little Opportunity~Danger card that they can pull out whenever a school board member, a professional colleague, or a member of the community stops them to say, “Let me tell you about this great idea I’ve got for helping our schools.”
But what do you do when the people who tell you their great idea are the president of the United States and the U.S. secretary of education? That calls for an entirely different strategy — card or no card.
Yet, with the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, that is precisely the position that education leaders in every school district in every state in America find themselves.Please Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat to view this file.
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Carolyn Warner is founder and president of Corporate Education Consulting, Inc., and author of such books as Promoting Your School: Going Beyond PR, Everybody’s House—The Schoolhouse, and The Last Word.
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September 2009 Table of Contents
FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, AND BUDGETING
Opportunity and Danger: The Two Sides of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
By Carolyn Warner
Identifying and Mitigating Sources of School Revenue Erosion
By Michael Prombo, Ares G. Dalianis, and Scott R. Metcalf
Stretch Education Dollars with an Effective Collection Process
By Matt Moskowitz
ERS Survey: 2008–09 Salaries of School Business Officials
By Chris Licciardi and Nancy Protheroe
SPECIAL SECTION
ASBO International's 2009 Candidates
DEPARTMENTS
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Lead To Change... Change To Lead
By Angela D. Peterman, RSBS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
The Challenges Before Us
By John D. Musso, CAE, RSBA
LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
Do Schools Owe a Special Duty of Care to “Special-Needs” Students?
By Richard Fossey, J.D., Ed.D., and Charles J. Russo, J.D., Ed.D.
CORPORATE CORNER
What You Would Have Learned in Typing Class
SPOTLIGHT ON CHERYL B. STURGEON
Next month in School Business Affairs:
October 2009
Legal Aspects
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