21st Century School Fund and Center for Cities and Schools Release for Web Tool for Joint Use
School Facilities Cost Calculator: A Joint-Use Tool for Fair Fees
The joint use of public school facilities offers educational, economic, and environmental benefits for both schools and communities. But determining the real costs of owning and operating facilities and creating a fair fee structure that covers those costs can be a challenge for districts.
The School Facilities Cost Calculator: A Joint-Use Tool for Fair Fees provides step-by-step guidance in crafting effective, transparent joint-use fees based on district policy. The calculator is available as a web-based tool or as an excel spreadsheet format. This easy-to-use, adaptable calculator helps school system leaders:
1) Identify all facility-related expenditures in their district
2) Calculate the full cost of ownership on a per-square-foot and per-hour basis
3) Formulate a multi-tiered fee structure for different types of community users
The web-based version of the calculator is preloaded with rich data from 15,000 school districts around the country. And you can save your session.
For more information, and to use the calculator, visit, www.bestschoolfacilities.org/jointusecalc.