In accordance with the St. Mary's County Government Procedures and the St. Mary's County Public Schools Policies and Regulations, the school system must prepare a six-year Local Capital Improvements Program. This plan encompasses the State requested projects previously submitted by the school system.
Definition of Projects
The CIP includes projects for any major nonrecurring expenditure for physical facilities for the following types of expenditures:
• new structures or permanent additions to existing structures
• renovation or replacement of existing facilities
• major pieces of equipment for existing facilities, which are expensive and have a useful life of at least ten (10) years
• purchase of certain equipment for any CIP project when first erected or acquired
• cost of engineering and architectural studies and services relative to a CIP project
• acquisition and preparation of land for a facility
• installation of significant additional environmental or security systems
The Local Capital Improvements Program should be approved by the Board of Education and submitted to the County Commissioners prior to November 1st of each year.
FY 2011 Approved Local Capital Improvement Program