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School for the Deaf and Blind asks Senate for funding after library roof failure; seeks kitchen, HVAC and IT upgrades
Summary
Officials with the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind told the Senate about four budget priorities including an estimated $1 million structural repair to the Cleveland Learning Resource Center after a failing roof; they also requested kitchen, HVAC and IT/security funding and described student counts and outreach.
Ben Riddle, chief financial officer of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, told the Senate budget panel on Oct. 12 that the agency is requesting funding to repair a failing roof at the campus library and to upgrade aging kitchen, HVAC and IT systems.
The request centers on four priorities, Riddle said: structural repairs to the Cleveland Learning Resource Center (CLRC), renovations to the Walker Hall kitchen, replacement of HVAC systems for campus buildings and recurring IT and security upgrades. “Our first item is our number 1 priority. This is, structural repairs to the Cleveland Learning Resource Center, CLRC for short,” Riddle said. He told senators the CLRC has been shut down…
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