During the November 1997 Special session of the Florida Legislature, Florida Statute 235 was amended to require each school district to develop and approve a district five-year capital outlay workplan. The plan must be submitted to the Department of Education prior to October 1. The plan must include a schedule of all major repairs, renovation, and new construction projects planned, and information about class size and the use of portable classrooms in the school district. The capital outlay revenue of the district during the plan must be projected. All projected new construction must not result in the district creating an inventory of student stations that is in excess of the Capital Outlay Full Time Equivalent (COFTE) students projected by the Department of Education. The COFTE projections do not include pre-kindergarten students and are based on cohort projections from the annual live birth rates within the school district.

As required by our interlocal agreement, the tentative work plan is reviewed and discussed with other public agencies in the county including: Hillsborough County, the Planning Commission, and the Cities of Tampa, Plant City, and Temple Terrace. These agencies have 45 days to provide comment to the District.

The plan can be changed by Board action at a noticed meeting at which the public has an opportunity to comment.

Critical Success Factor 6.a.8 – Provide sufficient student stations to ensure uninterrupted student learning and data gathering as measured by District Operational Goals Plan.

The plan identifies $273,498,115 in funded maintenance and major repair projects. In addition, $718,849,343 in new construction, renovation, and remodeling projects is identified. New construction costs include approximately $20,003,858 for enhanced hurricane shelters as required by the Department of Environmental Protection. Approximately $520,794,039 in revenue is projected to be available for these projects. Construction projects totaling $198,055,304 are not funded in this current five-year plan and represent our unfunded need.