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Agency of Education urges master planning, warns $6.2B estimate understates school construction need
Summary
Bob Donahue testified that a statewide facilities assessment identified roughly $6.2 billion in 20‑year needs but that figure likely understates the true cost; he urged funding the Facilities Master Planning Grant, standing up a School Construction Division and developing prioritization rules.
Bob Donahue, school facilities program manager with the Agency of Education, told the Ways & Means Committee on Feb. 4 that Vermont’s statewide facilities assessment exposed substantial deferred maintenance and capital need and that launching a school construction program will require both funding and rulemaking capacity.
Donahue summarized the history: Act 72 (2021) required a statewide facilities assessment, field work concluded in 2023, and a facilities dashboard was created to share results. He said subsequent task forces and a 2024 legislative working group shaped the school construction section of Act 73. “The $6,200,000,000 over 20 years that the facilities assessment identified is…
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