CHAPTER 90
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 302
AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION OF $20 MILLION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE CREATION OF A SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION MARKET PRESSURE FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 in General Funds to the Department of Education (95-02-02) for a “School Construction Market Pressure Fund”. Such fund shall be administered by the Secretary of Education, with the approval of the Budget Director and Controller General, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. These funds shall be utilized by local school districts to enable them to maintain a high level of construction quality in the environment of increased market pressure and escalating costs for the new construction of new public education classrooms.
Section 2. This funding shall be provided to the following districts:
DISTRICT SCHOOL STATE OF DELAWARE LOCAL MATCH
Appoquinimink 1600 Pupil HS $2,173,145 $763,537
1000 Pupil MS 1,247,727 438,391
20,000 SF ECC 234,481 82,385
Redding MS 322,165 113,193
Brandywine 600 Pupil ES 499,006 332,671
66,000 SF ES 662,694 441,796
Lombardy ES 356,218 237,478
Christina 840 Pupil ES 604,859 403,239
New MS 886,925 591,283
Jenny Smith ES 456,357 304,238
Lake Forest 600 Pupil ES 603,147 150,787
Central ES 48,715 12,179
NCCVT 1000 Pupil HS 1,854,794 1,236,530
Smyrna 600 Pupil ES 603,147 150,787
Smyrna MS 640,682 160,171
N. Smyrna ES 220,912 55,228
Clayton ES 119,890 29,972
Smyrna ES 143,318 35,829
Polytech 18 Classroom 236,481 59,120
Seaford Blades ES 84,505 23,835
Seaford MS 142,750 40,263
Delmar 6 Classroom addition 98,398 24,600
Indian River Lord Baltimore 225,534 150,356
Red Clay Linden Hill ES 211,416 140,944
Richey ES 234,066 156,044
Warner ES 372,274 248,182
Baltz ES 427,330 284,887
Forest Oak 232,136 154,757
Mote ES 240,589 160,392
Lewis ES 186,376 124,251
Richardson Park ES 400,594 267,062
A.I. DuPont HS 499,826 333,217
Dickinson HS 899,295 599,530
McKean HS 810,188 540,126
Heritage ES 208,553 139,035
Marbrook ES 176,953 117,969
Skyline MS 349,042 232,695
H.B. DuPont MS 397,159 264,773
Meadowood 114,625 76,416
Wilmington Campus 1,107,239 738,159
Telegraph Road Facility 176,803 117,869
650 pupil ES 489,686 326,458
TOTAL $20,000,000 $10,860,634
Section 3. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Delaware Code to the contrary, the local school districts are required to pay for their respective local share of each project under Section 2 of this Act. The following funds may be used to meet the required local match: Minor Capital Improvement Funds and/or Division III Equalization and/or local funds raised in excess of those required on the certificate of necessity issued by the Department of Education for the projects listed above. In order to access State funds, districts must notify the Department of Education, Budget Office and Office of the Controller General which option the district has chosen.
Section 4. Funds appropriated in this Act shall not be subject to reversion until June 30, 2008.