Fairfax County School Board Approves FY 2013-17 Capital Improvement Program

The Fairfax County School Board voted to approve Fairfax County Public Schools FY 2013-17 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) at its business meeting on January 26.

The FY 2013-17 CIP includes new schools, capacity enhancements, renovations, and infrastructure management over five years totaling $848.5 million; $317.3 million of which is currently funded with approved school bonds. Completion of projects as scheduled in this CIP will require a school bond referendum in 2013 and subsequent years.

The Board also approved a motion to request that the Board of Supervisors increase the School Board’s capital funding limit from $155 million to $180 million per year effective in FY 2014. This would enable renovations and construction to be completed sooner in order to accommodate the growing number of students and to address the needs of schools in significant need of renovation. The capital funding limit was last raised in 2007.

Read the complete Fairfax County Public Schools news release.

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