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DC Data ShopAccess to maps and charts, enrollment and demographic data, distribution data, budgets and more. Recent Highlights: DCPS Overall Spending on New and Completely Modernized Schools 2000-11 21CSF Educational Facilities Master Plan Evaluation Guide DC Auditor Findings of the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization - 5-11-2011 |
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District of Columbia Public Schools NewsDCPS Overall Spending on New and Fully Modernized Schools 2000–2011The bar graph illustrates ward-by-ward spending on District of Columbia Public Schools' 32 new and fully modernized schools within the past decade. It does not include spending on stabilization, repair, small capital projects or phased modernizations. Total spending by ward ranges from $72 million in ward 4 (3 schools) to nearly $317 million in ward 3 (6 schools). Review the complete list of new and fully modernized schools in 21CSF's Datashop. D.C. Auditor Recommends Major Reform of OPEFM's Operations and AdministrationOn May 11, 2011, the DC auditor released a Review of the Operations and Administration
Proposed D.C. School Facilities Budget Includes Major Agency ChangesThe D.C. capital budget includes $1.7 billion over the next 6 years for DCPS building improvements and eliminates the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) by consolidating many of the city agencies capital facilities functions into one agency, to be called the D.C. Department of General Services. View the DC capital budget and read 21st Century School Fund's testimony from the May 4th D.C. Council Committee of the Whole Budget hearing for the OPEFM 6-year school facilities budget: |
21st Century School Fund News & InformationDeveloping Great SchoolyardsQuality schoolyards are important places because outdoor activities are critical for child growth, health, education, enjoyment, as well as for community use and as green open space in neighborhoods. The 21st Century School Fund released, "Developing Great Schoolyards — A Handbook for Elementary Schools", featuring D.C. public elementary schoolyards and the qualities communities and parents should look for in outdoor schoolyards. Fix America's Schools Today (FAST!)If our representatives pass Senate Bill 1597 and House Bill 2948 called Fix America's Schools Today (FAST) then local school districts and community colleges will have $30 billion in grants by the summer of 2012 for school facility repair and modernization. Fixing America's schools will reduce our nation's backlog of deferred maintenance and employ hundreds of thousands of workers. Support FAST and send a message to your representative at www.FixAmericasSchoolsToday.org. 21CSF Releases Reports on State & Federal Funding for PK-12 School FacilitiesThe 21st Century School Fund released a report that 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. 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. Joint-Use of PK-12 Public School Buildings"Joint Use of Public Schools: A Framework for a New Social Contract" was released by the 21ST Century School Fund and the Center for Cities & Schools at the University of California, Berkeley. This report, supported through funding from the Convergence Partnership explores joint use as a way to provide services to children and families in convenient locations, improve opportunities for physical activity of youth and adults, leverage capital investments, and reduce the consumption of land. The report attempts to frame the basic challenges and opportunities for joint use to increase the quantity and quality of joint use policy and practice. Creating Jobs by Improving Maintenance and Repair Investment in Our Nation's SchoolsRepair for Success: An Analysis of the Need and Possibilities for a Federal Investment in PK-12 School Maintenance and Repair released by the 21st Century School Fund describes how a new national commitment to address the deferred maintenance and renewal of our nation's PK-12 public school buildings will improve our education system, the economy and the environment. A $27 billion federal investment, just 10% of the minimum estimated total need, would take us a major step closer to ensuring that the nearly 55 million staff and students who attend school daily are in healthy, safe and educationally appropriate environments. This investment will also quickly create between 160,000 and 235,000 jobs that will protect our environment and sustain the public infrastructure investments made by earlier generations. This analysis was utilized by the Economic Policy Institute in their "American Jobs Plan" study to address the U.S. jobs crisis. |
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