Advisers say schools need steady repairs funding

03-16-2010

Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

San Diego Unified is in danger of slipping behind on school repairs if it doesn't find a steady source of funding for fixes, the overseers of the district's $2.1 billion renovation bond told the school board today. The school district was supposed to do that years ago. It hasn't. The problem is a perennial one that has grown even more pressing in a budget crisis. The school district shelled out roughly $377 million under the last bond that voters approved, which improved schools' condition slightly, but still left them in poor shape. It is now relying on state grants to help pay for repairs -- but that money runs out in 2013. It plans to spend $501 million under its new bond to help mop up the overdue repairs, but it also has to find other funding -- at least $23 million a year -- to continue keeping schools in decent shape. (more...)

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