Interagency Commission on School Construction updates INFALL and administrative guide; FY25 budget holds school safety grant funding

DLS opened the IAC presentation by summarizing the agency's proposed FY25 operating budget of approximately $17.3 million, a modest decrease of about $500,000 from the prior year. The allowance includes $10 million for the Public School Safety Program; the remainder supports personnel and contractual services.

DLS described a proposed deficiency of roughly $879,000 in FY25 to continue work on the facilities data system component of INFALL (Integrated Master Facilities Asset Library) and summarized prior allocations totaling roughly $3.2 million across FY21, FY23 and FY24 for the INFALL work to date. DLS said INFALL has two components: the business management system (in final testing) and the facilities data system (under development) that will integrate preventive maintenance and facilities assessment data to allow local education agencies to access data electronically.

Asked about Chapter 32 implementation tasks and the statewide facilities assessment, IAC representatives said they will provide the requested statewide facilities assessment report in the coming weeks and aim to release a revised administrative procedures guide in the fall with updated, consolidated policies and guidance. Executive Director Alex Donahue confirmed the final cost of a commissioned debt capacity study was $46,000 and said the IAC may contract for university consultants to develop policy options for a state‑local cost share formula required by statute.

The agency expects INFALL work to be completed in FY25 with no additional allocations anticipated, and pledged to continue work with local school systems on procedural clarity including appeals processes and enrollment projection guidance.