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by Alberto Cardoso
Ten school districts across North Carolina, from Transylvania to Tyrrell counties, will share over $392 million in state lottery-funded grants for school construction and renovation, per officials.
The grants, targeting economically distressed areas, aim to finance new or replacement buildings, including seven elementary schools, two high schools, and one Career and Technical Education Center. Additionally, the projects include complete renovations of two existing schools and the replacement of 14 others.
These funds, distributed through the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund, mark the largest annual allocation from state lottery revenues. The NBPSCF, established by the General Assembly in 2017, provides application-based grants to supplement the state's lottery-supported Public School Building Capital Fund and the Public School Building Repair and Renovation Fund, which allocate funds to all 115 districts annually.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Maurice "Mo" Green shared that the needs-based grants help districts serve students, educators, and communities with updated, and in some cases entirely new, schools that add immeasurable benefits to student growth and learning.
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Awards are capped at $42 million for elementary school projects, $52 million for middle school projects, and $62 million for high school projects.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction reviewed and evaluated grant applications in accordance with the criteria identified in statute, including county development tier designation, ability to generate new revenue, debt-to-tax revenue ratio, to which projects will address critical deficiencies, consolidation and replacement of multiple existing facilities, and counties that have not received a grant in three years.
In total, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction received 92 applications totaling nearly $2 billion in requested funding. The NBPSCF grant program is funded annually through budget appropriations of North Carolina Education Lottery revenue.
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