Below is an excerpt from the 21CSF newsletter Issue 57 November/December 2010. To subscribe to their newsletter email: newsletter@21csf.org
The 21st Century School Fund examined each U.S. State’s capital outlay from 2005-2008 for elementary and secondary public education facility construction and modernization. 21CSF also surveyed and conducted telephone interviews with every U.S. State on the role that the state plays in school facility capital project planning and management. “It is clear from this study that only about half of all states have a partnership with local districts to share in the responsibility for providing adequate school facilities.”
In addition the 21st Century School Fund has sought to identify all of the federal programs that can be used for PK-12 school facilities modernization and construction. The report analyzes federal spending for PK-12 school facilities through dedicated and allowable federal grants and dedicated and allowable federal tax credits and loans. “For every one thousand dollars that states and local school districts spend on public school buildings improvements paid for through capital outlay, the federal government contributes about 86 cents.”
