About 15 percent of children in the United States are chronically ill. These children with special health care needs (CSHCN) account for half of all child hospital days nationwide, require many more medical visits than other children, and miss many more days of school. Their parents face special challenges as they struggle to balance work and the…

Context: National databases can be used to investigate diabetes prevalence and health care use. Guideline-based care can reduce diabetes complications and morbidity. Yet little is known about the prevalence of diabetes and compliance with diabetes care guidelines among rural residents and whether different national databases provide similar…

There are many ways a school district can reduce the cost of insuring employees, equipment, and buildings. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the selling of life insurance policies to students on campus. (PG)

Presented before the Section on Administration, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2, 1968.

A discussion is presented of the advantage of placing school district insurance on a single coverage bid basis (coverage by one company rather than several companies). Various procedures for submitting company bids are considered. (FS)

This report is concerned with criteria for purchasing school insurance on a bid basis. Evaluative factors are outlines for situations in which the bidding procedure may or may not be feasible, and some advantages to purchasing insurance on a bid basis are cited. Tables for bid tabulation and a list of books on insurance company ratings are…

A great deal of the current liability insurance crisis can be attributed to the industry itself. This article discusses insurance cyles, cash flow underwriting, reinsurance, company "capacity", rates determination, "claims-made" coverage of accidents, and regulation of the industry. (JD)

The author advocates the use of films to supplement textbook treatments of bank runs and panics in money and banking or general banking classes. Modern students, particularly those in developed countries, tend to be unfamiliar with potential fragilities of financial systems such as a lack of deposit insurance or other safety net mechanisms. Films…

Insurance is necessary to protect school district assets and assure the ongoing educational program. It may be purchased economically and serve its designed purpose only if trustees and administrators understand its function and seek professional help in its application. This report discusses in lay terms the nature of insurance as one means,…

This report on the profitability of the property/casualty insurance industry and in particular of the medical malpractice insurance line was prepared at the request of Representatives Henry A. Waxman and James J. Florio and Senators Paul Simon, Daniel K. Inouye, Albert Gore, Jr., and Jay D. Rockefeller. Four different estimates of medical…

The importance of insurance in the school budget is the theme of this comprehensive bulletin on the practices and policies for Texas school districts. Also considered is the development of desirable school board policies in purchasing insurance and operating the program. Areas of discussion are: risks to be covered, amount of coverage, values,…

Discusses increasing insurance costs for school districts and lists ways for schools to cut down insurance losses. (MK)

Outlines how a school district saved money by dropping its health carrier and became self-insuring. (IRT)

In November The Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF), as part of the pre-budget consultation process, made a submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. Entitled "Supporting Education... Building Canada: Child Poverty and Schools" the brief outlined why teachers saw child poverty as such an important issue to be…