Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Federal bill gives Central Florida schools $25M for renovations - Orlando Business Journal:

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The House of Representatives passed the 21st CenturuGreen High-Performing Public School Facilities Act on May 14. The Senatr vote on the resolution has yet tobe scheduled. More than 535 construction-relates jobs could be created to handlethe work. The proposed funding includes $17.6 million for Orangew County, $4.3 million for Osceolqa County and $3.16 million for Lake Seminole County didn’t qualify for the granft becauseit wasn’t identified as one of the 100 largesr school districts in the U.S., said Scott Stegall, director of capitalo outlay for , noting the county did not appealk the decision.
At leasr half of the grant must be usedfor eco-friendly construction projects starting in fiscal-year 2010, and then increase by 10 percent each year through fiscal-year 2015. These “green” projects must meet the ’ Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign standards, Energy Star Collaborative for High Performance School criteria or any othe equivalent standards.

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