The Education Construction Site Assessment and Capital Investment Program (Program) is a comprehensive approach to assessing the conditions of bureau funded schools; determine a holistic site-by-site solution to providing a safe, secure, healthy, operationally modern, and long-lasting campus to support the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) mission to provide quality education opportunities.
The goal of the Program is to get all schools on a path to “Good” and then keep them there.
The Program supports the approach identified in the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee final report, Broken Promises, Broken Schools: Report of the No Child Left Behind School Facilities and Construction Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Report, December 2011). There are two general exception to the Report: 1) the Program uses site assessments to develop the site-by-site requirements rather than requiring each school to submit a new application for each iteration, and 2) the Program will conduct assessments and develop subsequent site project plans for every school meeting the criteria of the Report rather than using a selection process to choose 5-10 schools each 5 years.
It is anticipated that over the next 3-4 years every school that meets the Report’s eligibility criteria will be assessed and have a site project plan developed. This will enable Indian Affairs and the BIE to plan and prioritize for projects as appropriations are made available. The site project plans will be comprehensive and will recommend one of four approaches for each site:
- Replace the School
- Replace/consolidate a limited number of buildings
- Initiate a major renovation and/or focused facilities improvement & repair (FI&R)
- Execute some combination of 2 & 3 above
Site project plans are presented to the Indian Affairs-Facilities Investment Review Board (FIRB) for review and recommended approval to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.
Upcoming Event(s)
TBD
Additional Information and Briefings:
Indian Affairs have conducted the following briefings, listening sessions, and consultation:
Schools Selected for Site Assessment:
| FY2019 Site Assessment Pilot Project Schools | |||
Assessment Selection Priority | School Name | Region | State |
1 | Many Farms High School | Navajo | AZ |
2 | Wounded Knee District School | Great Plains | SD |
3 | Shonto Preparatory School | Navajo | AZ |
4 | Cheyenne Eagle Butte School | Great Plains | SD |
5 | Pine Springs Day School | Navajo | AZ |
6 | Aneth Community School | Navajo | UT |
7 | Cottonwood Day School | Navajo | AZ |
8 | Little Wound Day School | Great Plains | SD |
9 | Tse Ii Ahi (Standing Rock) Community School | Navajo | NM |
10 | Pierre Indian Learning Center | Great Plains | SD |
FY2020 Site Assessment Project Schools | |||
Assessment Selection Priority | School Name | Region | State |
1 | Santa Rosa Day School | Western | AZ |
2 | Wa He Lut Indian School | Northwest | WA |
3 | Theodore Roosevelt School | Western | AZ |
4 | Turtle Mountain Elementary School | Great Plains | ND |
5 | Te Su Geh Oweenge Day School (Tesuque) | Southwest | NM |
6 | Kinteel Residential Inc. Aztec | Navajo | NM |
7 | Northern Cheyenne Tribal School | Rocky Mountain | MT |
8 | Moencopi Day School | Western | AZ |
9 | Rocky Ridge Boarding School | Navajo | AZ |
10 | San Ildefonso Day School | Southwest | NM |
FY 2020 Quarter 4 “Poor” Condition Schools according to Facility Condition Index (FCI) and FY 2021 Site Assessment Capital Investment Schools
In October 2019, the FY2019 Q4 Facilities Condition Index (FCI) data was used to select the schools to be assessment in FY2020. The list of all schools and their relative status is identified here: Selected Sites Summary List_191023.pdf
Each October the proceeding FY Q4 FCI data will be used to determine the list of schools to be assessed in the current FY.
