Many others remain skeptical that businesses providing instructional services will be able to cut costs or raise performance.

Teachers are paid for extra instructional services.

The State Education Department issued a study a few months ago on reorganizing, including consolidation and sharing administrative and instructional services.

Students whose primary language is not English are eligible for individualized instructional services.

The agency also proposed letting the companies take over frequencies assigned to instructional services that are not being used.

Currently, 66% of the students are identified as eligible to receive supplemental instructional services and materials through the Federal Title I Program.

"We did not cut instructional service in this district," Dr. Young said.

Two instructional services labs, which serve as high-tech classrooms for information literacy instruction and presentations.

Teachers are paid for extra instructional services at an hourly rate.

We will demand that cuts not affect direct instructional service until every other alternative is exhausted.