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House Bill 338 advances from committee to create revolving grant program for rural school facility repairs
Summary
House Bill 338 would create a $50.5 million revolving fund to help school districts — particularly rural districts — address urgent facility repairs and renovation shortfalls, with awards capped at $5 million per district.
Representative Doug Pickett introduced House Bill 338 on March 3, 2025, a bill proposing a public school facilities cooperative funding program that would use existing money in a dormant school facilities account together with leftover bond-levy equalization funds to provide up to $50,500,000 in assistance targeted at districts with health, safety or deferred-maintenance needs.
Pickett said the proposal repurposes existing appropriations and modifies a prior 2000s-era program that saw little use because of onerous state supervision requirements. "This relates to an essentially dormant school facilities fund that's been in place for 20 some odd…
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