As part of the FY2025-2030 CIP, planning funds and only placeholder construction funds were included in this project. An FY 2025 appropriation was approved to begin the planning and design of this project. However, due to fiscal constraints, as part of the County Council's approved FY 2025-2030 CIP, the placeholder construction expenditures were shifted to the outyears of the CIP. In FY 2026, the Council approved the Board's request to reallocate $3 million of placeholder construction dollars from FY 2030 for other projects. Based on the new CIP Prioritization Framework, Cold Spring ES ranked high enough to be considered for a Major Capital Project. The Board is requesting a replacement project that begins planning in FY 2028 with an anticipated completion date of August 2031.

State Aid projected under the IAC Capital Improvement Program or the Built to Learn Act for school construction program.

MCPS asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.