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In addition to the School Construction Assistance Program, OSPI
School Facilities & Organization administers a number of programs.
The
High-Performance School Building Program assists school districts with
meeting the requirements of the high-performance buildings law. The
Energy
Efficiency Grant Program provided grant funds that demonstrated
guaranteed energy savings. The
Asset
Preservation Program (APP) is a performance-based program designed
to help districts maintain the 30-year life expectancy of a new building
through a systematic performed maintenance approach. State assisted new
or new-in-lieu buildings with board acceptance after December 31, 1993
must participate in the APP in order to be eligible for future state
assisted construction funding for those buildings.
The Urgent Repair Grant Program assists schools with urgent repair needs,
such as a leaky roof or an out-of-date fire suppression system, to
ensure the health and safety of students. The funding for these grants
is provided by the legislature biennially.
School
District Organization mainly includes transfers of district
territory, annexations, and consolidations, as well as boundary
corrections, district classification, and school district numbering.
The Apple
Award Program, created by the legislature, honors and rewards
students in Washington’s elementary schools who have shown significant
improvement in their school’s results on the Washington state
assessment.
The Capital Budget
is the portion of the state budget dedicated to acquire and maintain state buildings, public
schools, higher education facilities, public lands, parks and other
assets.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has made
available new and expanded
School Bond Opportunities
to include
Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCBs), Qualified Zone Academy
Bonds (QZABs), Build America Bonds (BABs), and Qualified Energy
Conservation Bonds (QECBs). These programs can provide interest free
bonds to schools for construction, rehabilitation, repair, energy saving
renovations, teacher training and land acquisition.
The Department of Natural Resources may offer school districts
Options to Acquire or Lease State
Trust Lands for school sites.
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