ERIC Number: ED589389
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Feb
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
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19th Annual School Construction Report, 2014
Abramson, Paul
School Planning & Management
This annual report examines information on school construction completed and underway during 2013 and planned to start in 2014. Among the findings of this report: (1) school districts in the United States spent just over $13 billion ($13,390,396,000) on construction projects completed during the 2013 calendar year; (2) school construction in 2013 continued to climb very slightly (increasing about $400 million over 2012), with the completion of new buildings driving the increase; (3) spending for completed new school buildings rose $1.4 billion from 2012, when it was at a 16-year low, while spending for additions and retrofit fell back; (4) school districts in six of the 12 regions spent more than $1 billion on school construction. [For the 2013 report, see ED565278.]
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, School Buildings, School Construction, School Districts, Planning, Educational Finance, Costs, Expenditures, School Size, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Educational Facilities Improvement, Geographic Regions
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; High Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: School Planning and Management
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