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ITEM : D.8. New 5 Year Local Facilities Plan - Joe Perno  | ||
Recommendation | ||
The Superintendent recommended the approval of a new Local Facilities Plan. | ||
Summary | ||
The Barrow County
Board of Education signed a resolution in July of 2017 asking the Georgia
Department of Education for assistance in the development of a new Local
Facilities Plan. Since that time, system staff has worked with the DOE to
develop this plan. The plan identifies facility improvement needs
throughout the system and prioritizes this need based on two main
factors. One, the age of each facility and the time at which State funds
may be withdrawn to address renovations and modifications. Two, actual
growth at each grade level and how this translates into a recognized need for
additional classrooms. The need established in this plan is then compared
to the needs of all other systems in the State to establish a percentage by
which State dollars are accumulated for our system. A survey team made up
of our counterparts in system operations from other districts will visit with
us in the coming days to review our plan before sending it to the State for
final review and approval. | ||
Supporting Documents | ||
| Survey Team 3-28-18.pdf | ||
| 7_Sample_School Board_Resolution.pdf | ||
| New Five-Year Local Facilities Plan Request.pdf | ||
Financial Impact | ||
Total improvement
costs or "need" eligible for earning entitlement for Barrow County Schools at this time is over
$34,000,000. It is our hope that if the State funds capital improvements
at the $300,000,000 level this FY '20, that this will provide close to
$3,000,000 worth of entitlement funding to our system in FY '20. This sum of money would be added to what we currently have accumulated in entitlement earnings which is $13,346,203. | ||
Rationale | ||
Though our Local
Facility Plan is updated annually by school system staff and submitted to the
State for review and approval, a new facility plan must be provided to the
State every 5 years. |
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