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Funding & Finance Adequate and stable facilities funding enables district and contract personnel to responsibly operate and maintain teaching and learning environments in public school buildings and grounds. The costs for cleaning, groundskeeping, utilities, maintenance and repairs, and the supplies, materials and contracts associated with this work are included in school district annual operating budgets.
Capital and master planning, design, construction, renovation and major repair projects are included in separate, multi-year capital budgets that are typically bond financed. State laws define how districts access local financing for school construction capital projects, and whether or how states distribute state financed or state funded school construction dollars.
Search tips: You can search for state level policies related to facilities funding across states or within one selected state. Use tags and topics identified below for preset quick searches.
- Maintenance and Operations: Policies supporting state funding programs for facilities maintenance, repairs, and operations.
- Capital Funding: Policies enabling state funding for public school construction, renovation, modernization, or capital improvements.
- Facilities Financing: Policies that enable state and local financing for public school facilities, including state codes associated with bonds, taxes, debt, and alternative financing.
- School Finance Cases: Abstracts and links to court decisions affecting public school facilities funding, equity, and adequacy.
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