The Capital Improvements Program (CIP) budget

The CIP budget is set by the state as part of a comprehensive program to manage state facilities, and is handled separately from the DOE’s Operating Budget. ​Facilities staff work with complex area superintendents and principals to prioritize school-level needs.

Like the EDNs for the Operating budget, CIP appropriations are added into planning categories that direct how the funds can be used. Funds appropriated are expended in categories (not inclusive) such as:

• Capacity: New Schools, new classroom buildings, land acquisition.
  
• Repair & Maintenance: Major R&M projects that extend the useful life of a facility or provide for greater functional/operational efficiency through a significant improvement or upgrade. These may include, but are not limited to: building envelope and infrastructure preservation, structural repairs, interior renovations, site improvements.
• Health & Safety: Traffic safety and parking, flood mitigation, security/vulnerability, hazardous materials, heat abatement, fire alarms, etc.
• Compliance: Projects to address public health and safety, court orders and consent decrees, and federal mandates such as Americans with Disabilities Act and Title IX Gender Equity.
• Instructional: New facilities or major renovations to meet particular program requirements of Career and Technical Education, STEM, Arts, Special Education, and EDSPEC instructional spaces.
• Project Completion: Funding necessary to complete ongoing CIP projects.
  
• Support Facilities: Administration, library, food service, PE/Athletics, electrical upgrades, state/district/complex offices.
  
• Technology Infrastructure: Network infrastructure and equipment, program bells and paging systems.