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A bill to recharge a rural school facilities fund is heading to the House. The House Education Committee Monday unanimously advanced House Bill 338. The bipartisan legislation attempts to spark a dormant facilities fund that could offer gap financing for school construction projects. The Salmon School District is again serving as a poster child —…

With property and casualty insurance costs rising for coastal schools, one local school district has opted for financial savings at the cost of losing some coverage. The Flour Bluff Independent School District board of trustees approved property, windstorm and flood insurance plans Thursday evening. The decision comes months after the district raised the alarm on…

A Central Nebraska School District is proposing a bond project which will go towards upgrades that officials say will make the school safer and more modern. The Ravenna Public School District is asking residents to vote in March on a proposed bond aimed at improving the school’s facilities, with a focus on safety, inclusion and…

Indianapolis Public Schools is calling for a moratorium on new schools as state lawmakers advance legislation that would force the district to share property tax revenues with dozens of charter schools. The statement from the school board last week also calls for a limit on the ability of authorizers to allow new charter schools to…

The Archuleta School District (ASD) Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) recently discussed the pros and cons of a major renovation versus constructing a new building for the district’s master facilities plan. Representatives from RTA Architects, as well as ASD Superintendent Rick Holt and MPAC chair Lisa Scott, facilitated the most recent committee meeting held on…

White Bear Lake High School junior Lauryn Belz said she and many of her fellow students don’t feel safe at school, citing numerous lockdowns at schools throughout Minnesota. “As a student, I believe that it is of the utmost importance that students feel safe in their schools,” she said, calling for funding to create safer…

Proposed school closures and consolidations at Pittsburgh Public Schools gained the administration’s formal blessing in a feasibility report delivered Tuesday evening. The report, presented by Superintendent Wayne Walters and other administrators, backs nearly all of the proposals recommended by consulting firm Education Resource Strategies [ERS] in a plan to realign the school’s resources that drew…

Voters in the Wichita school district have a big decision on Tuesday: whether to approve a $450 million bond issue to modernize schools. The bond issue would pay to rebuild seven elementary and middle schools, close four elementary schools, convert two elementary schools to K-8 buildings and consolidate alternative school programs, among a number of…

Auburn City Schools is launching 2025 with a massive investment in education infrastructure, highlighted by a second high school, a new middle school, and the reconstruction of two of the district’s oldest elementary schools. In total, the ACS 2035 Facilities Master Plan includes an estimated $383 million in capital projects, all funded without the need…

Joseph Lenz, assistant superintendent of the Pine Bush Central School District, appeared at the Town of Crawford’s February 13 meeting with an important presentation: the district’s 2025 Capital Improvement Project, an initiative that could bring much-needed improvements to its seven schools in Pine Bush and Circleville if residents approve one or both of the plan’s…