For Immediate Release
July 12, 2012

Commission approves more than $1.1 billion for school construction projects

July 12, 2012 (COLUMBUS) Today the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) approved $471,855,326 million in state funding for school construction projects in 26 school districts and the Dayton Regional STEM School. Combined with $622,589,097 in local funding, these projects represent more than $1.1 billion in construction work.

"This is a critical step in ensuring that our children are in new or renovated facilities that help support academic achievement," said OSFC Executive Director Richard Hickman. The funding awards are contingent upon State Controlling Board approval.

School districts must raise their local share of the project budget within 13 months before the state funding can be released. Districts that fail to acquire their funding in that period are considered “lapsed” but can still participate in OSFC programs once they obtain local funding. Six of the districts funded at the meeting were districts that had previously lapsed funding.

The Dayton program is the first STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) school that is not a part of a school district to be eligible for OSFC funding. It has obtained the school’s portion of the project budget.

School District Project Funding Project by OSFC Program
School District County Program Local
Share
%		 State Local Total
 Classroom Facilities Assistance Program (CFAP)      
Ashland City Ashland CFAP 59% $15,796,045 $22,730,895 $38,526,940
Celina City Mercer CFAP 57% $8,079,362 $22,730,895 $18,789,215
Coventry Local Summit CFAP 63% $11,130,916 $18,952,640 $30,083,556
Dalton Local Wayne CFAP 65% $6,889,159 $12,794,153 $19,683,312
Greenon Local Clark CFAP 60% $22,528,534 $33,792,801 $56,321,335
Johnstown-Monroe Local Licking CFAP 68% $15,911,236 $33,811,377 $49,722,613
Keystone Local Lorain CFAP 78% $21,293,978

$24,997,278

$46,291,256
Marlington Local Stark CFAP 57% $33,882,956 $44,914,615 $78,797,571
Patrick Henry Local Henry CFAP 31% $11,411,218 $5,126,779 $16,537,997
Ross Local Butler CFAP 52% $4,852,876 $5,257,283 $10,110,159
Swanton City Fulton CFAP 75% $11,667,246 $19,865,851 $31,533,097
Winton Woods City Hamilton CFAP 69% $30,067,446 $66,924,315 $96,991,761
 Classroom Facilities Assistance Program (CFAP) - Lapsed Districts     
Beaver Local Columbiana CFAP 38% $32,371,726 $19,840,735 $52,212,461
Ridgemont Local Hardin CFAP 24% $15,234,020 $4,810,743 $20,044,763
South-Western City Franklin CFAP 50% $124,047,645 $124,047,645 $248,095,290
Weathersfield Local Trumbull CFAP 28% $17,899,137 $6,960,775 $24,859,912
 1990 Lookback Program      
National Trail Local Preble CFAP 36% $640,000 $360,000 $1,000,000
 Exceptional Needs Program (ENP)     
Batavia Local Clermont ENP 51% $12,146,668 $12,642,450 $24,789,118
Brown Local Carroll ENP 70% $7,351,104 $17,152,577 $24,503,681
Edison Local Jefferson ENP 74% $6,961,437 $19,813,322 $26,774,759
Garaway Local Tuscawaras ENP 74% $9,930,942 $28,264,989 $38,195,931
Springfield Local Mahoning ENP 52% $5,906,087 $6,398,261 $12,304,348
Wellington Exempted Village Lorain ENP 63% $6,208,637 $10,571,464 $16,780,101
 Exceptional Needs Program (ENP) - Lapsed Districts      
Lancaster City Fairfield ENP 65% $28,359,219 $52,667,122 $81,026,341
Woodmore Local Sandusky ENP 68% $7,016,396 $14,909,840 $21,926,236
 Vocational Facilities Assistance Program (VFAP)      
Apollo Jount Vocational Allen VFAP 33% $22,983,250 $11,141,843 $34,125,093
       
STEM School County Program Local
Share
%		 State Local Total
Dayton Regional STEM School Montgomery STEM 50% $4,271,335 $4,271,335 $8,542,670
       
    Totals $479,042,530 $611,000,046 $1,090,042,576

About OFCC

Established in 1997, the Commission is responsible for administration of the state’s school construction and renovation program. The Commission is currently working with, or has completed all necessary work in, nearly two-thirds of the state’s 613 school districts.

On September 10, 2012, the Commission was consolidated with the Office of the State Architect to form the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission. The Ohio School Facilities Commission continues to exist as a separate commission within the new agency, focusing on funding Ohio’s comprehensive K-12 school construction program.

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Media contact: Rick Savors at 614.466.7746 or rick.savors@ofcc.ohio.gov