From the ECS State Policy Database: Finance--Facilities - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Postsecondary Finance--Facilities - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

Comprehensive State Facility Programs MS Word PDF - In the 2005-06 school year $54.3 billion was spent on public school facilities in the United States and an additional $16.3 billion was spent on interest on the debt from previous school facilities projects. In most states the majority of funding for school facilities comes from the individual school districts – usually through local property tax levies. Fiscal studies have shown that funding systems that rely too greatly on local school district funding can result in a vast disparity in the quantity and quality of school facilities between high- and low-wealth school districts. This ECS StateNote examines comprehensive state facility programs, those which have increased funding levels and attempted to direct more funding toward low-income/low-property-wealth school districts. (Michael Griffith and Stephanie Fonda, Education Commission of the States, January 2007)...

National Spending on Capital Outlay MS Word - According to the Digest of Education Statistics 2002, published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), capital outlay spending for education facilities in the United States for 1999-2000 totaled $43.4 billion and interest on school debt came to $9.1 billion. According to this same report, nationally 13.8% of all education spending during 1999-2000 was spent on these two categories. A breakdown of total education spending from 1919 to 2000 is illustrated in the table below. (Education Commission of the States, February 2004)...

The Educational Adequacy of New Jersey Public School Facilities: Results from a Survey of Principals - This study asks principals' opinions on the condition of their schools. The researchers found the greatest number of principals (40%) giving the overall condition of their school facility a “B”, although roughly one-third of respondents awarded their schools a “C” or lower. Not surprisingly, principals of buildings in low-income districts were more likely to give their school facilities a lower grade overall, as well as a lower grade for adequacy to provide specialized services such as preschool and after-school programs, and specialized instruction such as physical education, arts/music, special education and science. Principals in high-poverty schools also believed their schools were a hindrance to teacher recruitment and retention. (Mark Schneider, State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 2004)...