Programs and Initiatives
Built to Learn Act
The enactment of the Built to Learn Act of 2020 allows the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue revenue bonds to fund school construction projects and provides for MSA to manage projects.
Capital Improvement Program
The Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is the State’s largest school construction grant program. CIP funding can be used for major new, renewal, or replacement projects, as well as for addition projects or capital maintenance (systemic renovations).
Aging Schools Program
The Aging Schools Program is established in Education Article §5-206(f)(2) and is intended to fund projects in aging facilities. Each County’s allocation is statutorily defined.
School Safety Grant Program
The School Safety Grant Program is established in Education Article §5-317 for the purpose of providing grants to county boards for school security improvements.
Healthy School Facility Fund
The purpose of the Healthy School Facility Fund (Education Article §5-322) is to provide grants to public schools for capital projects that will improve the health of school facilities.
Innovation Incentive Pilot Program
The Innovation Incentive Pilot Program (IIPP) is established in Education Article §5-323 and is intended to provide incentives to encourage public school systems to pursue innovative public school facility construction projects.
Pass-Through Grant
2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 344 (SB291) appropriated $237 million to be distributed to specified LEAs for school construction projects selected by each County government that did not receive funding from the IAC in FY 2023 or a prior fiscal year.
Nonpublic Aging Schools Program
The Nonpublic Aging Schools Program is not a statutorily required program but funding for the program has been included in the capital budget bill each year for a number of years. Typically, approximately $3.5 million is allocated for projects that are eligible for the Aid to Nonpublic Schools Program, commonly known as the “Textbook and Technology Program”.
Nonpublic School Safety Grants
In fiscal years 2019 and 2020, the General Assembly allocated $3.5 million per year to grants for safety improvements to existing nonpublic school buildings, including door or window replacements, door or window locks, security vestibules, surveillance systems, etc.
The IAC Funding Factors are used for determining State funding participation for the IAC’s Capital Improvement Program and Built to Learn Program, but may not apply to all other funding programs (see each program under the Programs & Initiatives menu above).
The IAC has administered a number of programs historically that have expired or are currently inactive. To see archive information for each of these programs, please select the corresponding button below.