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1995 School Building Assistance Priority List
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This is the sixth School Building Assistance Priority List compiled by the Department of Education
under the provisions of the School Building Assistance (SBA) Act. The purpose of this list is to order
completed capital school construction project applications based on demonstrable need. Capital projects
are defined as new buildings, major additions, or renovations which include upgrading the entire
structure so as to insure an educational and structural life of at least 20 years. Regulations promulgated
in FY 1989 established categories and parameters for the prioritization process as mandated in the 1988
amendments to the Act. The priority ofeach project is calculated based on information provided by the
school district.
Category 1: Safety related projects including replacement or major repair ofbuildings damaged by fire,
harsh weather or other unanticipated events which jeopardize the safety of the occupants.
Projects to reduce minority imbalance are also included in Category 1. School districts which have court
ordered or voluntary Board of Education approved minority balance plans fall under this classification
and are eligible for 90% reimbursement. This particular type of project has a separate and distinct
authorization and funding stream under School Building Assistance (line item 7052-0003).
Category 2: This category includes projects to relieve or prevent overcrowding and to remediate
accreditation issues. School construction projects to relieve overcrowding have been, and continue to
be the most common of grant requests since FY 1988. Sixty-six of 78 projects on the FY 1995 List are
to relieve overcrowding and nearly 70% of these projects are at the elementary level (line item 7052-
0004).
Category 3: These construction projects include renovations and additions to improve programs, and
major upgrades to comply with current building codes and to extend the useful life of the facility Q'mt
item 7052-0004).
School Building Assistance Budget
The School Building Assistance budget is set up in the following fashion:
Line item # Budget language which describes the use of the FY
1995 appropriation and identifies the FY 1995
DOCUMENTS authorization available to the Board of Education for
GOVERNMENT
approval of new school construction projects during
COLLECTION
FY 1995, said projects to commence funding in FY
1996. This language also may include additional
*> i provisions related to the specific line item.
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The appropriation amount specified on the far right hand side of the budget is the funds required to pay
for obligations incurred in the program in prior fiscal years. The FY 1995 Budget provides for the
following appropriations in the three major program accounts:
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7052-0003 $6,650 for the first annual payments for projects to reduce racial imbalance approved
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during 1994.
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7052-0004 $9,902 for the first annual payments for projects to relieve overcrowding and remediate
program deficiencies approved during FY 1994.
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7052-0005 $151 for all ongoing SBA payments (2 through 20) for each project with remaining
obligations which were approved prior to FY 1994 (1975-1993).
Beginning with the FY 1993 State Budget, legislation has been enacted each year to maintain the order
and priority of projects on the prior years' annual list for Categories 2 and 3. Tfoat is, the balance of
FY FY
the 1992 School Building Assistance List was given priority for approval in the 1993 budget;
FY FY
the 1993 List was "frozen" in priority order for approval in the 1994 budget, and language is
FY FY
included in the 1995 budget to "freeze" the priority order for the 1994 project submissions.
Therefore, the FY 1995 Priority List is comprised of 17 FY 1993 projects, followed by 11 FY 1994
projects, and then 46 newly prioritized projects received for FY 1995 in Categories 2 and 3. Language
in the FY 1995 State Budget reserves a specified amount of authorization for one particular FY 1995
grant approval, which will be noted separately. No safety projects and only three Category 1 minority
balance projects appear on this year's list.
Layout of FY 95 Priority List
This year's list exceeds any prior year's activity for capital school construction in the history of the
program, which was initially enacted in 1948. New project preparation during FY 1995 for prioritization
for FY 1996 is already off to a flying start with 45 eligible proposals logged in as of 7/1/94. Much of
this activity is being driven by the knowledge that the School Building Assistance Act is scheduled to
expire on June 30, 1995. Although the program is almost certainly going to be reauthorized, school
districts are aware that revisions to the act are likely to be considered during re-enactment and fear that
these changes may include provisions that will decrease grant amounts. The current reimbursement rates
range from 50%. to 90% of the total debt service for each project as specified in the statute.
The FY 1995 School Building Assistance Priority List is compiled in the following manner:
1. Special authorization
2. Category 1 list
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3. 1993 Category 2 and 3 projects (applications completed by
6/1/92; list frozen)
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4. 1994 Category 2 and 3 projects (applications completed by
6/1/93; list frozen)
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5. 1995 Category 2 and 3 projects (applications completed by
6/1/94)
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The list includes the file number, project identification, category, individual project authorization and
the cumulative authorization level required to fund each project in priority order. The authorization
amount is the equivalent of the first payment due on each approved project. Each approved project
receives a minimum of five, but not more than 20 installments paid in equal increments annually, based
on individual project financing terms at the local-level. Therefore, the FY 1995 authorization will be
able to fund new grants as described in the following tables, which include the authorization available,
the breakdown of the reimbursable costs, and the total grant amounts (state obligation over the life of
the grants).
Table 1
Special Authorization
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FY
1995 Legislative authorization: $.696
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Required authorization: $.696
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Total estimated principal: $11,020
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Total estimated interest: $7,289
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Total reimbursable project costs: $18,309
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Total estimated SBA grant: $13,915
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Category 1
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FY
1995 Legislative authorization: $4,380
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Category authorization requirement: $4,309
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Total estimated principal: $57,914
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Total estimated interest: $37,833
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Total reimbursable project costs: $95,747
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Total category 1 grant amount: $86,173
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Categories 2 and 3
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FY
1995 Legislative authorization: $ 12.001
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Categories 2 3 authorization need: $ 29.322
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Total estimated principal (funded): $ 216.137
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Total estimated interest (funded): $ 140.776
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Total reimbursable costs (funded): $ 356.913
Total categories 2 & 3 SBA grant amount (funded): $ 241.938 M
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The funding needed for all category 2 and 3 capital school construction project applications completed
on or before June 1, 1994, would require $30,018 M* in authorization for project costs broken down
as shown below:
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Total estimated construction costs: $ 520.714
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Total estimated interest costs: $ 330.812
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Total reimbursable costs: $ 851.526
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Total estimated SBA grant amount: $ 571.402
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Includes special authorization noted above, as that project is a category elieve.overcrowding.
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The totals for all 78 capital construction projects on file for FY 1995 (Categories 1,
2, 3 and special) are as follows:
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Total estimated construction cost: $ 578.628
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Total estimated interest costs: $ 368.645
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Total reimbursable costs: $ 947.273
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Total SBA grant amounts: $ 657.575
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Total authorization needed to fund all projects on the FY 1995 List: $ 34.327
Summary
The FY 1995 School Building Assistance authorization levels are sufficient to fund 27 capital school
construction projects which includes three Category 1 projects to relieve minority imbalance and 24
Category 2 and 3 projects (one of which is specially provided for under the provisions of the FY 1995
Budget). The authorization will, therefore, be sufficient to fund 100% of minority balance projects and
32% of the Category 2 and 3 projects based on the total number of grant applications on the FY 1995
List. However, the 24 Category 2 and 3 projects, if approved, will represent 42% of the dollar amount
FY
of the 1995 List for these types of projects.
It will be necessary to place the remaining 51 FY 1995<^pital school construction grant approvals on
FY FY
hold until 1996 or future fiscal years. Therefore, the Department of Education will begin 1996
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with a backlog of $17,322 in authorization need. Although the needs of the school districts continue
to exceed annual program funding, we have made significant strides over recent years, and the
Governor, the Legislature, and the Board of Education have consistently supported this program.
Despite delays in funding, we have never failed to fund an eligible grant request since the inception of
the School Building Assistance program.
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1995 School Building Assistance Priority List
For Capital School Construction Projects
I. Special Authorization ,
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Individual Cumulative
Rank File No. Project Identification Authorization Authorization
N/A B018 Belchertown Elementary $695,744 $695,744
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Rank File No. Project Identification ''•—- - Authorization -Authorization
1 B120-B133 Boston Year 9 Unified Facilities Plan SI,252,969 $1,252,969
2 S060 Springfield Monarch A2.420.550 $3,673,519
3 S103 Somerville Cutler $635,107 $4,308,626
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Individual Cumulative
Rank File No. Project Identification Authorization Authorization
FY 1993 Capital School Construction Projects
1 N051 No. Middlesex Vamum Brook $200,136 $200,136
2 N043 No. Andover Elementary $607,534 $807,670
3 S037 Seekonk North Elementary $171,150 $978,820
4 N038 Norfolk Elementary $392,119 $1,370,939
5 T007 Tisbury Elementary $141,403 $1,512,342
6 M050 Milford Memorial $167,836 $1,680,178
7 B059 Barnstable Middle $1,047,272 $2,727,450
8 O003 Oak Bluffs Elementary $639,243 $3,366,693
9 M051 Martha's Vineyard RHS $872,201 $4,237,894
10 A047 Attleboro Oak Hill $955,222 $5,193,116
11 A046 Attleboro Studley $1,034,823 $6,227,939
12 N072 Needham Pollard $550,710 $6,778,649
13 G030 Gloucester Veteran's Memorial $86,002 $6,864,651
14 B060 Brookline Lincoln $662,948 $7,527,599
15 H035 Hopkinton Sr. High $373,464 $7,901,063
16 M054* Milton High $207,199 $8,108,262
17 CO15* Concord-Carlisle RHS $341,935 $8,450,197
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1994 Capital School Construction Projects
18 Q001 Quabbin New Braintree Elementary $245,032 $8,695,229
19 L047 Lenox Morris Elementary $341,935 $9,036,333
20 S042 Sharon Heights $484,728 $9,521,061
21 L056 Lincoln Brooks $681,036 $10,202,097
22 Q004 Quabbin Regional Jr./Sr. High $1,332,532 $11,534,629
23 F012 Framingham McCarthy $466,637 $12,001,266
FY 1995 Authorization Exhausted
24/1** M044 Medfield High $377,149 $12,378,415
25/2 Q005 Quincy Berrazani $47,534 $12,425,949
26/3 N074 Newton Bigelow $216,772 $12,642,721
27/4 Q006 Quincy Early Childhood $103,346 $12,746,067
28/5 M052 Mashpee Middle $102,996 $12,849,063
