Hillsborough County Public Schools Facilities
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve the District Five-Year Work Plan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

During the 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 1. The plan must include a schedule of all major repairs, renovation, and new construction projects planned, and information about the 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, adult, hospital/homebound, charter, or McKay Scholarships 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. Comments from these entities have been received and considered in the final plan.

Since approval of the tentative plan by the Board on July 31, 2007, minor corrections and adjustments have been made to reflect the latest information available. Construction, renovation, and maintenance projects remain unchanged.

The Department of Education’s facilities information system is undergoing major changes and redesign. DOE’s goal is to integrate the Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH), educational plant survey, five-year work plan, facilities budgeting, and project tracking into one coordinated entity that links information together between subsystems. As part of these changes, the five-year work plan is now an interactive internet-based program. The attached work plan is presented in the new format (and differs in format from the tentative plan approved on July 31). All information previously provided is included in the new design.

The five-year work 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 $279,091,770 in funded maintenance and major repair projects. An additional $316,024,006 in new construction, renovation and remodeling projects are identified. Sufficient revenue is projected to be available for those 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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