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School Facilities Documents/Studies

Upgrading Baltimore School Facilities

Mayor Dixon’s Agenda for Public School Facilities Summary - August 22, 2007

Mayor Dixon’s Current Commitments Supporting School Facility Needs - August 22, 2007

Press Releases

Position Statement on School Facilities

January 13, 2004 — ACLU Releases Expert Report on Maryland School Facilities

Studies

Earthman Report: An ACLU-sponsored 2004 study by Dr. Glen Earthman that looked at how the 31 different criteria for judging school facilities affect student achievement.

Four State Study: A 2003 report issued by the ACLU, this study looked at how four states — Ohio, Wyoming, Arizona and New Jersey — evaluated and funded upgrades to school facilities.

Fact Sheets

School Facilities Deficiencies: A chart explaining how much it would cost to fix all the facilities problems in Maryland’s school buildings. It also shows how much it would cost just to fix Baltimore City.

The Increasing BCI: A chart showing how the increasing Building Construction Index—a measure of construction costs—has raised the cost of repairing Maryland’s school building deficiencies.

Legislation

Public School Facilities Act of 2004: Cross-listed as Senate Bill 787 and House Bill 1230, this piece of legislation implemented the $2 million emergency fund suggested by the Task Force to Study Public School Facilities. The act also followed the task force’s suggestion that the State should provide $250 million in school construction funds every year for eight years. http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/billfile/SB0787.htm