Funding

Acquiring funds and budgeting for the construction and operation of school and university facilities.
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Highlights

Spelman College

Spelman College receives $100 million donation

Jan. 18, 2024
The gift to the Atlanta institution is the largest ever to a historically Black college or university.
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Idaho governor proposes $2 billion investment in school infrastructure

Jan. 9, 2024
The funds would enable schools to upgrade their aging facilities.
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Largest approved school district bond issues in Texas, 2023

Dec. 21, 2023
10 districts in Texas won voter approval in 2023 for bond requests exceeding $1 billion.
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Connecticut panel approves an additional $150 million to upgrade HVAC systems in schools

Dec. 19, 2023
The state has approved $225 million in 2023 for HVAC improvements in school facilities.
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Massachusetts agency says it will help Peabody district pay for a new high school

Dec. 15, 2023
After rejecting requests 5 times since 2015, the Massachusetts School Building Authority has accepted Peabody into its construction funding program.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) district wins approval of $2.5 billion bond request

Nov. 8, 2023
The proposal is the largest ever for a North Carolina school district.
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Voters in 5 Texas school districts give OK to billion-dollar bond requests

Nov. 8, 2023
Each of the Prosper, Conroe, Aldine, Midland and Lewisville districts has won approval of facility proposals surpassing $1 billion.
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Billion dollar bond requests in Texas

Nov. 6, 2023
5 Texas districts are asking voters Tuesday to approve bond requests that exceed $1 billion.
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Lockport Central Campus

Classroom ceiling collapse focuses attention on facility needs at Lockport, Illinois, high school

Nov. 6, 2023
Freshmen who attend Lockport Township High School’s Central Campus will have online classes while the district assesses damage to the building.