States Win Federal Grants to Increase State Level School Facilities Capacity

Seven states and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have been awarded Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) grants by the U.S. Department of Education. With these grants, state level agencies, primarily state education agencies will have funding to hire staff and pay consultants who will increase the states’ ability to help high-need and low-wealth districts with PK-12 facilities data, planning, and accountability. These states will get technical assistance from the newly created National Center on School Infrastructure. Some of the state priorities identified in their proposals include doing school facilities assessments, improving master planning, and providing school facilities training on preventive maintenance. The states that were awarded SASI grants include: AL, AZ, OR, CA, PA, RI, VA, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Congratulations to the SASI state grantees!