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When new legislation passes, PSBA is seen as the
leader in analyzing it and helping members make sense of it.
Not many school districts have the budget to afford a full-time research staff, but as a member of PSBA, you essentially have one.
On top of the numerous online reports, surveys and data, PSBA Research Services maintains subject files on more than 130 topics of interest to public education such as class size, strategic planning, special education, early childhood instruction, homework, tax collection and transportation. Subject files are resource materials organized to provide quick access to a specific topic or issue. Information from these files can be sent to you immediately upon your request.
See also the Quick Index of online Data, Reports and Surveys
To request subject files information and for all of your research needs, contact PSBA Research Services at (717) 506-2450 or (800) 932-0588, or e-mail research-info@psba.org.
Local Board Procedures
Authority and powers
Effective school governance
Looking for Link Between Board Actions
and Student Success
Functions
Meetings
Membership
Organization
Programs
Adult school
Affirmative action program: school-classroom practices
Alternative education
Assessments
Assessment, Testing and the PSSA:
Research and policy implications
Understanding Test Scores
Class size
Research findings
Issue brief
Co-curricular activities
Curriculum development
Early childhood instruction
Educational goals
Evaluation of educational program
Field trips
Guidance counseling
Home schooling
Homework
In-home instruction
Interscholastic Athletics
Limited English proficiency
Mission statements
Philosophy of education
Programs for gifted pupils
Projects and service
Special education
Strategic planning
Student representative to school board
Vocational education
Pupils
Admission of beginners
Attendance
Charter Schools
Charter School White Paper, 2009
Controlled substances
Dress and grooming
Drop-out prevention
Eligibility of nonresident students
Fund raising
Graduation requirements
Hazing
Health examinations
Immunization
Kindergarten
Promotion and retention
Relations with law enforcement agencies
Reporting student progress
Searches
Student discipline
Student expression
Student records
Student rights
Suspension and expulsion
Tobacco use
Use of medications
Property
Classroom Accoustics
Student perfomance
Construction
Emergency plans
Facilities planning
Gifts, grants, donations
Integrated pest management
School safety
Use of school facilities |
Employees
Abolishing a position
Assignment and transfer
Benefits of employment
Dress and grooming
Employee assistance
Employment
Evaluation
Jury duty
Legal assistance
Management team
Pensions
PSBA Pension Study Committee Report
Professional growth guidelines
Responsibility of staff for student welfare
Retirement incentive
Salary determination
School nurse functions
Staff recognition
Student teachers
Suspensions and furloughs
Teacher testing
Tobacco use
Unlawful harassment
Wage and salary
Workers' compensation insurance
Finances
Bank accounts
Budget planning
Budget FAQs
Cooperative purchasing
Cyber schools
Cost to operate, white paper (2001)
Expenditures
Sample accounting dictionary
Fund Balance FAQs
Purchases subject to bid
Special purpose funds
Tax collection
Tax levy
Rising Costs, Falling Funding (PSBA Bulletin)
Why property taxes increase
Tax reform
Act 1 Estimate Worksheets
Single-county SD  Excel
Multiple-county SD Excel
Tuition income
Operations
Acceptable use of Internet
Block scheduling
Child abuse
Emergency evacuation of schools
Food services
Merger/consolidation
White paper on School Mergers/Consolidations
Mergers/consolidations of school districts
Opening exercises
Public records
School calendar
Four-Day School Week
School day
School organization
Suicide
Transportation
Community
Citizens advisory committees
Community relations
Municipal government relations
News media relations
Public participation in board meetings
Public relations
Relations with education institutions
Relations with parents/guardians
Relations with special interest groups
School visitors
Volunteers |
