RD1 - Public School Construction (Draft)

  • Published: 1988
  • Author: General Assembly and Joint Subcommittee
  • Enabling Authority: House Joint Resolution 108 (Regular Session, 1988)

Executive Summary:
The subcommittee was created by House Joint Resolution 108, passed by the 1988 Session of the General Assembly. The resolution was sponsored by Delegate Thomas V. Forehand, Jr. The joint subcommittee conducted its study during 1988 and 1989 during which time they studied financing and options for public school construction in Virginia.

The specifics of the joint subcommittee's study were to "study the feasibility of developing a state program to fund construction of public school facilities. In its deliberations, the joint subcommittee shall consider:

1. the statewide level of unmet need and capital outlay;

2. the establishment and structure of a grant program;

3. the focus of any grant, e.g., need, growth, or both;

4. the possibility of factoring capital needs and the basic school aid formula;

5. sources of money for any method of funding capital expenditures."