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GAO-02-815R 1 (2002-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamaj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G ~G A 0 Aco untability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 July 25, 2002 Dr. Paul Vance Superintendent District of Columbia Public Schools 825 North Capitol Street, N.E. Suite 9026 Washington, D.C. 20002-1994 Subject: District of Columbia: Planned Funding and Schedule for D.C. Public Schools' Modernization Program Are Unrealistic Dear Dr. Vance: On April 25, 2002, we testified before the House Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, Committee on Appropriations, on the major challenges the school system faces in modernizing and renovating the District's schools.' As we noted, the District of Columbia school system, with the assistance of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) under various support agreements, has made considerable progress in making emergency repairs over the past few years. However, the school system now faces the more complex task of modernizing-either through renovation or through new construction-virtually every public school in the District of Columbia. As a result, the school system must come to grips with a modernization program that will cost significantly more and take longer to accomplish than originally projected. In addition, the school system faces the challenge of ensuring that sufficient funds are budgeted for asbestos management activities. This report makes recommendations concerning the modernization program and asbestos funding. Modernization Projects Are Costing More and Taking Longer Than Planned As stated in our testimony, we found that the estimated cost to execute the modernization effort has increased significantly since the facility master plan was approved in December 2000.2 In addition, the schools are taking longer to build than planned. Our review of the school system's November 2001 'U.S. General Accounting Office, District of Columbia: D.C. Public Schools' Modernization Program Faces Major Challenges, GAO-02-628T (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 25, 2002). See enclosure I. 2 The facility master plan, approved by the D.C. Board of Education, outlines an approach to modernize the schools during a 10- to 15-year period. GAO-02-815R District of Columbia Page I

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