MSBA to begin accepting Statements of Interest on Jan. 13

The Massachusetts School Building Authority has announced that it will begin accepting Core Program Statements of Interest for consideration in 2023 on Jan. 13 at 10 a.m.

Submitting a Core Program SOI is the necessary first step in the MSBA’s program for school building construction, addition/renovation, and extensive repair grants. The SOI informs the MSBA about deficiencies that may exist in a local school facility and how those deficiencies inhibit the delivery of the district’s educational program.

For 2023, there are changes specific to the vote requirements.

All required vote documentation must be uploaded in the SOI system in order to submit an SOI and in the prescribed format set forth within the MSBA’s SOI Application System.

Cities and towns must submit the following vote documentation:
• Vote of the municipal governing body (i.e., city council/select board/equivalent governing body) authorizing the superintendent of schools to submit the SOI
• Vote of the school committee authorizing the superintendent of schools to submit the SOI (meeting minutes are not required)

Regional school districts must submit the following vote documentation:
• Vote of the regional school committee authorizing the superintendent of schools to submit the SOI (meeting minutes are not required)

The SOI closing date for districts submitting for consideration under the Core Program, which is primarily for projects considered as extensive repairs, renovations, addition/renovations, and new school construction, is April 14.

There is no filing period for the Accelerated Repair Program in 2023.