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Ohio—July 2 , 2009

You don't have to spend a lot of time searching the Internet to find study after study proclaiming t ...

Mississippi School Districts Applying for Federal School Construction Bonds

Mississippi—July 1 , 2009

The Ocean Springs and Moss Point school districts moved this week to apply for $3 million each in bo ...

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House Passes $6.4 Billion School Facilities Renovation Bill, Encourages Environmental Goals
On Thursday, May 15th the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act. Sponsored by Rep. Ben Chandler, the $6.4 billion bill would provide states with money to make grants and low interest loans so school districts could modernize, renovate, and repair facilities to make them healthier, safer and more energy-efficient. The funds would be allotted under a formula based on a local school district's share of students from low-income families, but the bill guarante Read more …

Growth and Disparity: 10 Years of U.S. Public School Construction

This report by BEST finds that the nation's school districts spent more than $300 Billion for hard costs to bu Read more …

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