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Financial hardship assistance is available for districts that cannot provide all or part of their share of the project funding.
Covered Costs
Qualifying districts may receive a separate apportionment for:
- Site acquisition on a new construction project, but not for new construction plan approval. Determine your district's eligibility before acquiring the site and applying for School Facilities Planning Division (SFPD) final plan approval, and only if the SFPD has determined that the site is the best available alternative site.
- Design costs on a new construction project or modernization project.
- Facilities needed to relieve a threat to the health and safety of pupils, rather than for enrollment growth. Such Facility Hardship Grants are limited to the most severe instances of need that cannot be remedied through normal new construction or modernization funding.
To determine your eligibility for financial hardship assistance, your district must submit a letter to the OPSC Audit Unit stating why you are requesting financial hardship status. Your district also must include:
- Documentation that you levy the maximum developer fee allowed
- Evidence of local efforts to raise revenue in various defined areas such as debt level or bonding capacity
- Specific evidence of financial inability to contribute the required matching amount
For more information, please visit the Financial Hardship Program area on the OPSC website.
You must receive approved financial hardship status from the OPSC prior to submitting your Funding Application.
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