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H.454 language would create state school‑construction aid program, advisory board and fund
Summary
The committee reviewed draft language to revive a State Aid for School Construction program administered by the Agency of Education, including a new advisory board, a construction aid special fund, application priorities and a base aid formula; members raised concerns about staffing, funding and transparency of project priorities.
Ways & Means members reviewed several sections of H.454 that would create a State Aid for School Construction program, assign implementation duties to the Agency of Education (AOE), establish an advisory board and create a school construction special fund, presenters said.
Under the draft, the agency would implement the program, adopt rules specifying a point‑based prioritization and bonus incentive structure, maintain lists of projects (preliminary and final approvals), provide technical assistance, carry out a needs survey at least every five years and submit an annual school construction funding request to the governor. The language transposed from a separate school construction bill would largely take effect July 1, 2026; an advisory board provision would take effect July 1, 2025 to allow the board to advise while the program is being stood up.
An advisory board: The bill creates an eight‑member State Aid for School Construction Advisory Board comprising four ex officio members (state treasurer, commissioner of…
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