Hillsborough County Public Schools Facilities
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

APPROVAL OF TENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

During the November 1997 Special Session of the Florida Legislature, Florida Statue 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 1 of each year. 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 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. The Five-Year Work Plan includes projected capital need, not only for the current 5 year period, but years 6-10 and years 11-20.

As required by our interlocal agreement, after the tentative work plan is approved by the Board, the 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. As appropriate, these recommendations are included in a revised plan that will come to the Board for final approval at the September 18 Board meeting and will be transmitted to the Department of Education prior to the October 1 deadline.

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)

Provide adequate school facilities for the accomplishment of all District Goals and Critical Success Factors.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The plan identifies $267,446,581 in funded maintenance and major repair projects. An additional $314,304,506 in new construction, renovation, and remodeling projects are identified. Sufficient revenue is projected to be available for these projects. There are no unfunded projects in this current five-year plan.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY:



Cathy L. Valdes
Chief Facilities Officer
(813) 272-4004
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