Hillsborough County Public Schools Facilities
Information Item

DATE: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Information on Draft of Tentative District Five-Year Work Plan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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 work plan. The plan must be submitted to the Department of Education prior to October 1st of each year. The plan must include a schedule of all major repairs, renovations, and new construction projects planned. The plan also provides information about class size and the use of portable classrooms in the school district. The capital outlay revenue of the district must also 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 are based on cohort projections from the annual live birth rates within the school district.

For the past 3 years, the school district has used the services of a demographer to assist in developing COFTE projections for our district for a 20 year period. The Five-Year Work Plan includes projected capital need, not only for the current 5 year period, but also for years 6-10 and years 11-20. While Hillsborough County Public School's (HCPS) projections and the State's projections are similar for the 5-year period covered by the plan, both showing increased enrollments beginning in 2011, the state’s number shows a slightly lower growth rate at the end of the 5 year period. HCPS is required to use state-prepared projections.

The School Board is scheduled to approve the Tentative Plan on July 28, 2009 and adopt the final Plan on September 15, 2009. The plan can be changed by Board action at a noticed meeting at which the public has an opportunity to comment.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

All Strategic Objectives

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The Plan identifies $241,411,283 in funded maintenance and major repair projects. An additional $52,135,297 in new construction projects have been identified. Sufficient revenue is projected to be available for listed projects. Renovations projects totaling $198,717,900 are unfunded.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY:

Lorraine Duffy Suarez, AICP
General Manager Growth Mgmt. & Planning
(813) 272-4685
Cathy L. Valdes
Chief Facilities Officer
(813) 272-4004
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