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m^ £D^oL- . v-n I^i6 FY 1995 School Building Assistance Priority List 3150bb 0271 3175 Introduction I 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. Ma^cjusetts UnWersHy of $ Appropriation for Depository copy. FY 1995 obligations Page 1 FY 1995 SBA Priority List 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: M 7052-0003 $6,650 for the first annual payments for projects to reduce racial imbalance approved FY during 1994. M 7052-0004 $9,902 for the first annual payments for projects to relieve overcrowding and remediate program deficiencies approved during FY 1994. M 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 FY 3. 1993 Category 2 and 3 projects (applications completed by 6/1/92; list frozen) FY 4. 1994 Category 2 and 3 projects (applications completed by 6/1/93; list frozen) FY 5. 1995 Category 2 and 3 projects (applications completed by 6/1/94) Page 2 / FY 1995 SBA Priority List 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 M FY 1995 Legislative authorization: $.696 M Required authorization: $.696 M Total estimated principal: $11,020 M Total estimated interest: $7,289 M Total reimbursable project costs: $18,309 M Total estimated SBA grant: $13,915 Table 2 Category 1 M FY 1995 Legislative authorization: $4,380 M Category authorization requirement: $4,309 1 M Total estimated principal: $57,914 M Total estimated interest: $37,833 M Total reimbursable project costs: $95,747 M SBA Total category 1 grant amount: $86,173 Table 3 Categories 2 and 3 M FY 1995 Legislative authorization: $ 12.001 & M Categories 2 3 authorization need: $ 29.322 M Total estimated principal (funded): $ 216.137 M Total estimated interest (funded): $ 140.776 M Total reimbursable costs (funded): $ 356.913 Total categories 2 & 3 SBA grant amount (funded): $ 241.938 M FY 1995 SBA Priority List 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: Table 4 M Total estimated construction costs: $ 520.714 M Total estimated interest costs: $ 330.812 M Total reimbursable costs: $ 851.526 M Total estimated SBA grant amount: $ 571.402 3 Includes special authorization noted above, as that project is a category elieve.overcrowding. Table 5 The totals for all 78 capital construction projects on file for FY 1995 (Categories 1, 2, 3 and special) are as follows: M Total estimated construction cost: $ 578.628 M Total estimated interest costs: $ 368.645 M Total reimbursable costs: $ 947.273 M Total SBA grant amounts: $ 657.575 M 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 M 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. Page 4 FY 1995 SBA Priority List FY 1995 School Building Assistance Priority List For Capital School Construction Projects I. Special Authorization , . Individual Cumulative Rank File No. Project Identification Authorization Authorization N/A B018 Belchertown Elementary $695,744 $695,744 II.: Category 1 '- ...... . '. k ";• ' Individual Cumulative 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 1 & III. Categories 2 3 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 FY 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