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2022 SESSION
HB 254 School Construction Fund and Program; created and established.
Introduced by: Shelly A. Simonds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Program; Gaming Proceeds Fund revenues. Establishes the School Construction Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the Department of Education to establish the School Construction Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund, subject to certain conditions, to school boards that leverage federal, state, and local programs and resources to finance the design and construction of new school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenance of existing school buildings and facilities. The bill provides that three percent of any fiscal year's budget surplus shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. The bill also provides that any remaining revenues not appropriated by the Gaming Proceeds Fund shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. Under current law, any remaining revenues in the Gaming Proceeds Fund not appropriated remain in the Fund until appropriated by the General Assembly for programs established to address public school construction, renovations, or upgrades.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103565D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/20/22 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/02/22 House: Reported from Finance (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/02/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/22 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/07/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/22 House: Left in Appropriations