This new report from Deloitte Research and the Reason Foundation estimates that public schools in the U.S. could save $9 billion a year – the equivalent of funding for 900 new schools or 180,000 new teachers – by combining just a quarter of their non-instructional services costs with other school districts.

“Driving More Money into the Classroom: The Promise of Shared Services” explores the concepts of shared services in education, describing in detail how sharing services such as maintenance, transportation and food services is a better option than consolidation for many school districts because it makes it possible to educate students like a small district and still have the economies of scale and buying power of a large district.

While some school districts have begun to adopt shared services, the report concludes that “school districts have barely scratched the surface in terms of tapping into the cost savings potential and other benefits” of shared services agreements.

Read the full report in the PDF below.

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