In these areas public confidence in the public education system could decline. Negative publicity will lead to more radical solutions - such as contracting out and privatization. In the proposed new grant program, school construction will be dependent on private sector contributions. School computer equipment is to be financed through a combination of public and private funding. School budgets are shrinking.
Business partnerships can lead to commercialization of our public schools.
Schools must be free of logos and commercials. Consortium Many school boards have successfully implemented school transportation and other cooperative service delivery arrangements with other boards. However, the idea of a private sector consortium providing services to boards and other public sector institutions is not public sector cooperation but privatization. The concept of a corporate consortium to manage a range of instructional or non instructional services for schools, delivering either the service itself or subcontracting out services to other corporations, is another way to privatize. Research has found that the quality of service declines and school support services are less responsive to special needs and circumstances.