{"id":17450,"date":"2025-07-08T14:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitelogiq.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=17450"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:28:19","slug":"how-to-catch-up-keep-up-tackling-the-school-facility-funding-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/blog\/how-to-catch-up-keep-up-tackling-the-school-facility-funding-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Catch Up &amp; Keep Up: Tackling the School Facility Funding Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap-1-1024x416.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap-1-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap-1-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap-1-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap-1-1000x406.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap-1.png 1138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"authors-bio\">\n            <div class=\"author-bio-container\">\n            <div class=\"single-post-custom-status\">\n                Written by            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"single-post-author-info\">\n                                                        <div class=\"single-post-author-image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"image-thumb\" alt=\"\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"author-bio\">\n                                                    <div class=\"author-name\">\n                                Colm Lennon                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"author-title\">\n                                SitelogIQ and mySiteIQ Chief Technology Officer                            <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div id=\"colm-lennon-1\" class=\"author-popup\">\n                <div class=\"popup-content\">\n                    <button class=\"author-popup-close\" data-close-id=\"colm-lennon-1\">\n                        <span><\/span>\n                        <span><\/span>\n                    <\/button>\n                    <div class=\"popup-inner\">\n                        <p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n                        <div class=\"popup-author-container\">\n                            <div class=\"popup-author-image\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-280x300.jpg\" class=\"popup-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-957x1024.jpg 957w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-768x822.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-1435x1536.jpg 1435w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-1913x2048.jpg 1913w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-561x600.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1-1320x1413.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colm-Lennon-min-scaled-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"popup-author-desc\">\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/infrastructurereportcard.org\/cat-item\/schools-infrastructure\/\">American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)<\/a> estimates that deferred maintenance in U.S. K-12 public schools totals around $500 billion. This backlog includes essential repairs and updates to school buildings and facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>The <strong>facility funding gap<\/strong> refers to the difference between financial resources available to public schools for maintaining, repairing, and upgrading their buildings, and the actual amount needed to ensure they\u2019re safe, conducive to learning, and meet community needs. The school facility funding gap highlights the shortfall in funding that many K-12 districts experience, and it is negatively impacting the quality of education provided and overall well-being of students and staff.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p><strong>The educational standard for school district facility spend is $195 billion per year, however, districts only spend around $110 billion \u2013 leaving a $85 billion gap to make critical facility improvements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>Best practice for facility maintenance spending suggests districts should budget between 2% &#8211; 4% of the facility\u2019s current replacement value:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li>2% if the district is keeping up with asset replacement and modernization<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li>4% if the district is behind and has a high level of deferred maintenance<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>The rise of the nation\u2019s K-12 facility funding gap has been brought on by increased school construction costs, increased building inventory, and a sharp decline in facility expenditures after the Great Recession. Collectively, we have our work cut out for us.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact on Student Performance<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>The school funding gap leaves many districts fighting deferred maintenance with failing systems that result in early dismissals, costly emergency repairs, school closures, and loss of learning hours.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17473\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_678303769-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>According to a new report from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\u2019s Healthy Buildings Program:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li>A study of 75,000 high school students in New York City found that students were 12.3% more likely to fail an exam on a 90\u00b0F day versus a 75\u00b0F day.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li>Poor ventilation in schools was associated with student fatigue, lower attention span, and loss of concentration.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li>In a study of 500 8\u20139-year-olds, test scores were 5.5 points lower for each decibel increase in classroom noise.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>Students focus better when they\u2019re comfortable, are more likely to attend classes, and may be less likely to become ill. These qualities all come from classrooms that have proper ventilation, are well-lit, and maintain efficient cleaning schedules. Students who aren\u2019t distracted or uncomfortable due to environmental factors are students who can remain attentive and better retain information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>By not addressing deferred maintenance \u2013 including outdated and inefficient HVAC, lighting, and other building systems \u2013 your students\u2019 health, safety, and performance can suffer. It\u2019s critical for districts to properly plan to tackle deferred maintenance, moving from a reactive to a proactive approach to facility maintenance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Catch Up and Keep Up<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>From deteriorating buildings, outdated infrastructure, and severely stretched resources \u2013 neglecting to establish a capital plan for your organization\u2019s facilities can negatively impact the health and safety of occupants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/solutions\/public-sector-solutions\/k12-solutions\/master-facility-planning\/\">master facility planning<\/a>, also often referred to as a capital plan, as a strategic approach to optimizing asset management. This comprehensive method of facility planning and maintenance helps to uncover critical needs, identify inefficiencies, and prioritize maintenance improvements. School facilities in good condition can help reduce absenteeism, improve test scores, improve teacher retention rates, and increase district retention and attraction of students and families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>A master facility plan should include your school\u2019s vision and facility goals; a recent facility condition assessment with benchmarks; design and development for facility improvements; and a detailed plan for how you will implement and fund those improvements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ec4a800c005bac91716888f5494eaa94\" style=\"color:#003b5d\"><strong>Struggling with getting started? See our expert recommendations in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/blog\/smarter-facility-capital-planning-top-4-must-haves-for-your-plan\/\">Smarter Facility Capital Planning<\/a><\/em>, the top 4 things to include in your master facility plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>With your master facility plan created and implemented, you can begin to catch up on your deferred maintenance, focusing on the most critical projects. The plan should be updated annually, helping you keep up with your facility maintenance and create a warm, safe, and dry environment for students and staff. By catching up and keeping up with your facility needs and maintenance, school districts can build trust, transparency, and teamwork with their staff, students, board, and community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing Funding to the Fight<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>As a space for both education and personal growth, your school\u2019s learning environment may require upgrades. However, with tight budgets, funding for these types of infrastructure projects has often been limited. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/solutions\/public-sector-solutions\/project-financing\/\">various funding strategies and options<\/a> to help school districts bring funding to the fight as deferred maintenance is tackled.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li><strong>Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement (GESA)<\/strong>: A GESA is a vehicle to decrease growing utility costs with a progressive contracting process that enables mass upgrades of building components such as lighting, HVAC, and water, among others to be replaced through a budget-neutral process. These upgrades play an important role in significantly reducing energy usage, which results in decreased utility spending to operate the project.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li><strong>Energy as a Service (EaaS)<\/strong>: EaaS payments are based on a measured quantity of energy (kilowatt-hours of electricity) saved. This enables you to treat energy ef\ufb01ciency as a resource to fund facility improvements and eliminate costly maintenance associated with outdated equipment. An EaaS agreement typically covers project costs and ongoing performance risk including full-service maintenance and monitoring.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li><strong>Utility Rebates and Incentives<\/strong>: At SitelogIQ, our team is continually searching for and monitoring available utility rebates and incentives to help offset energy project costs for our customers. Understanding the nuances of how the incentive programs operate and requirements to ensure our projects qualify for the maximum incentives is part of the value offered by our team.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<li><strong>State and Federal Grants<\/strong>: SitelogIQ prides itself on helping our customers find and manage alternative ways to fund projects. We have experience writing grants and advocating for their award. Our team assists with identifying funding strategies, grant writing, application and documentation verification, and post-award administration to ensure compliance, support progress reporting, and assist with appropriate grant close-out documentation.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>SitelogIQ\u2019s team of <a href=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/solutions\/public-sector-solutions\/project-financing\/\">project financing<\/a> experts can guide you on all available \ufb01nancing options for your specific project type and work with your team throughout your project\u2019s development to secure the necessary funds to get started.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-1000x563.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2-1067x600.png 1067w, https:\/\/www.sitelogiq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/K-12-Funding-Gap_v2.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>Through a partnership with SitelogIQ, we will collaborate to identify, prioritize, and address your organization\u2019s specific building needs and form and execute a thorough long-term strategy with our proven capacity to deliver a return on your investment. This strategic guidance can help you upgrade existing facilities to create and maintain resilient and future-ready spaces to meet occupant needs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitelogiq.com\/solutions\/public-sector-solutions\/mysiteiq\/\"><strong>mySiteIQ<\/strong><\/a>, our technology-enabled platform, can also help you easily organize your facility assets and data, prioritize short- and long-term projects by constructing and comparing scenarios, and optimize your facility\u2019s performance to ensure efficient projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p>Contact us today to develop a plan to tackle deferred maintenance with funding opportunities, creating a safer, healthier, and more sustainable space for your occupants and community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xxs-12\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimates that deferred maintenance in U.S. K-12 public schools totals around $500 billion. 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