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School capital requests face state funding cap; commissioners and schools discuss tradeoffs
Summary
School officials told commissioners they expect a roughly $4.6 million state target for school construction funding and said several local CIP changes reflect last year’s partial or denied state allocations.
School officials and the county discussed a range of school capital needs, state funding outlook and how local fund balance is used to support projects.
Dr. Walker and Dr. Smith, representing schools, told commissioners that the county’s target state funding number for the school construction program remains in the neighborhood of $4.6 million and that the state prioritization process is focused on districts with critical facility failures. School staff said eight of 13 changes to the school CIP were reactions to partial or absent state…
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