This project will provide facility modifications to support program offerings at schools that are not scheduled for capital improvements in the six-year CIP. These limited modifications to instruction and support spaces are needed to provide adequate space for new or expanded programs and administrative support space for schools. An FY 2017 appropriation was approved, however, it was $2.0 million less than the Board of Education's request and will fund program changes to address space deficits through building modifications. An FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $489,000 in contributions was approved for the installation of artificial turf at Somerset Elementary School. An FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $4.9 million in contributions was approved for the installation of artificial turf at Julius West Middle School, and Albert Einstein and Walt Whitman high schools. An FY 2018 appropriation was approved to continue this project. An FY 2019 appropriation was approved to continue to address modifications to schools due to special education program changes and space modifications for program requirements. The appropriation also will fund the reconfiguration of high school classroom spaces to provide additional science laboratories for schools that are overutilized and do not have sufficient space for science laboratory classes. Finally, the appropriation will fund the construction of a black box theatre at A. Mario Loiederman Middle School. An FY 2020 appropriation was approved to continue program and space modifications to schools. An FY 2021 appropriation was approved to continue this project and provide funding for modifications to instructional and support spaces for new or expanded programs, as well as administrative support space for schools. The appropriation also will provide funding for special education facility modifications and reconfiguration of high school classroom spaces to provide additional science laboratories for schools that are overutilized. Finally, this appropriation will provide the balance of funding for the A. Mario Loiederman Middle School project. An FY 2022 appropriation was approved to continue this project and provide modifications to instructional and support spaces for new or expanded programs. An FY 2023 appropriation is requested for modifications to schools due to special education program changes and relocations; science and multipurpose laboratory upgrades at secondary schools; and space modifications for program requirements at the secondary level. This request also will provide funding for overutilized schools where existing spaces require modifications to provide additional classrooms space.

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