Rules deter school districts from seeking state money postregister.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from postregister.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Idaho created a $25 million fund to fix unsafe schools Why is nobody using it? postregister.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from postregister.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The state’s fund to help school districts repair unsafe buildings has only been used twice since it was set up in 2006 and not at all in the last decade.
About a decade ago, one school district went to the state for money to fix its crumbling buildings. It got a fraction of what it asked for. Since then, no other district has even applied.
A $25 million loan program was established in 2006 as a way to pay for maintenance and repairs of aging school buildings. But lawmakers made the program “difficult to use” and only two districts have been able to access the aid.