Facilities Financing: New Models for Districts that are Creating Schools New

This report outlines a number of innovative ways charter schools have addressed the challenge of creaing affordable facilities.

The authors argue that new approaches to solving facilitites needs  are required, including:

• Tapping non-traditional sources of financing
• Saving costs by rethinking the use of brink and mortar
• Establishing real estate trusts and intermediaries

Facilities Financing: New Models for Districts that are Creating Schools New
education/evolving, Jan. 2004