7/25/2019 January 2016 Cap Plan Summary Finalized
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Summary of changes in January 2016 Plan vs. May 2015
capital plan
The D! has no" i#enti$e# an overall needof approximately
83,000seats
%ity"i#e & closer to the %SM estimate of more than 100'000
seats an# far morethan their previous estimate of ()'000. They also
plan to *uil# an a##itional (('+(,
-12 seats compare# to +2'62) previously. The plan inclu#es
()'200 seats if their
/class sie re#uction program is inclu#e# as previously &
more on this *elo". 3ll
of this is goo# ne"s.
4o"ever' this also means they are planning to fun# only a*out 5)
percent of theiro"n estimate for nee# for seats' if you inclu#e the
mostly as yet unsite# class siere#uction seats' compare# to 66 in
their May 2015 plan. The num*er of i#enti$e#an# acuire# school
sites "ith seats in scope an# #esign are only 12'777 88 15 ofthe
total D! a#mitte# nee#' compare# to 22.7 previously.
In their Capacity Program at a total of $5. !illion, f"nd# are
allocated
to the folloing%
-812 seats calle# /9e" %apacity Program are over (('+00 seats at
:(.(
*illion compare# to last year;s :+.(5 *illion.
(')00 -12 seats /for class sie re#uction at :()0 million same as
in the
previous plan' an# unclear "hy they are acility ?eplacement
Program & "hich "oul#
provi#e only a*out 620 seats at :100- each. @n May 2015' the
amount
allocate# for this "as :+50 million for +'500 seats. This
portion of the *u#get
seems very erratic A some"hat risacility ?eplacement Program'
an# :210 million for
the %harter school program.
