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School business officials warn countywide SAU consolidation would be complex and may not save money
Summary
Chuck Bates, executive director of New Hampshire ASBO, told the committee that School Administrative Unit (SAU) consolidation raises operational, financial and emotional challenges, citing multiple accounting systems, allocation rules, local-control resistance and unclear payback timelines.
Chuck Bates, executive director of the New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials, told the Committee to Study Reducing the Number of School Administrative Units in the State that consolidating SAUs into larger units — including a county model — would present significant operational and financial hurdles and might not yield promised savings.
Bates, a retired business administrator who previously led SAU 13, told committee members that New Hampshire has roughly 110 SAUs, of which about 67 are single-district SAUs and roughly 43 are multi-district SAUs; he also noted about 32 charter school SAUs in the state accounting. He said…
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