Sacramento area schools have received a nearly $27 million chunk of state funding for construction and modernization projects, the state Department of Education announced.
The State Allocation Board approved more than $435 million for construction and modernization of 115 schools, including 18 schools in the Sacramento region, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced Wednesday.
The State Allocation Board, of which O'Connell is a member, is the policy-level body for programs administered by the Office of Public Schools Construction. The board is tasked with determining how state funding, such as general obligation bond issues and other designated state money, is spent, states a news release from the Department of Education.
All told, more than $340 million was allocated for new construction projects, more than $95 million for modernization projects, nearly $19 million for emergency repair projects, more than $211 million for career technical education projects and about $50 million for portable classroom replacement projects.
The following is a list of schools in the Sacramento region that received funding for construction and modernization projects. The list includes county, school district, school and state apportionment.
New construction projects
• El Dorado, Buckeye Union Elementary, Buckeye Elementary, $517,662
Modernization projects
• Nevada, Nevada Joint Union High School District, Nevada Union High, $1,416,620
• Sacramento, Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento High, $6,608,632
Emergency Repair Projects
• Sacramento, River Delta Joint Unified School District, $13,298
Career technical education projects
• El Dorado, Black Oak Mine Unified School District, Golden Sierra High, $573,833
• El Dorado, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, South Tahoe High, $3 million
• El Dorado, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, South Tahoe High, $1,374,637
• El Dorado, El Dorado Union High School District, Union Mine High, $990,948
• El Dorado, Black Oak Mine Unified School District, Golden Sierra High, $1,109,333
• El Dorado, Black Oak Mine Unified High School District, Golden Sierra High, $964,833
• El Dorado, El Dorado Union High School District, El Dorado High, $1,286,745
• Placer, Roseville Joint Union High School District, Roseville High, $505,686
• Placer, Roseville Joint Union High School District, Roseville High, $728,942
• Placer, Placer Union High School District, Del Oro High, $1,316,270
• Sacramento, San Juan Unified School District, San Juan High, $1,500,000
• Sacramento, River Delta Joint Unified School District, Rio Vista High, $2,737,793
• Sacramento, River Delta Joint Unified School District, Delta High, $1,133,439
• Yolo, Esparto Unified School District, Esparto High, $1,042,479
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