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House creates working group to design school construction aid program; $6.3B need cited
Summary
H.871 establishes a facilities master plan grant program and a legislative working group to design a state school construction aid program. Witnesses and members cited a 2023 task force estimate that the state's school construction backlog could require roughly $300 million per year and up to $6.3 billion total.
The House considered H.871, legislation to begin design of a state school construction aid program. The bill would: create a facilities master plan grant program (funding to be appropriated later), require Agency of Education and Buildings & General Services collaboration on prequalification criteria for architecture/engineering firms, and form a working group (3 House members, 3…
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