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J <br /> 3 <br /> We will send to county managers information on specific locations for each of the meetings and <br /> hearings approximately one week before the sessions. Please let me know if your county will <br /> not be able to send a representative to the meeting designated for your area. You are welcome <br /> to attend one of the other meetings if the session designated for your area does not conform to <br /> your schedule. <br /> As you know, the School Capital Construction Study Commission was created in response to <br /> legislation introduced during the 1995 Session to provide additional funding sources for school <br /> facilities construction (local option sales tax, state bond issue, state lottery). Although none of <br /> these bills were approved, the public discussion of the issue raised the awareness of the General <br /> Assembly regarding the need for a thorough study of school facilities financing. <br /> Our Association supports the efforts of the School Capital Construction Study Commission. Our <br /> President, Robert Hibbitts, is serving as a member of the study commission. <br /> I have attached a copy of the study commission's responsibilities. I hope that this information <br /> will be of assistance to county commissioners who intend to offer comments at the public <br /> hearings. <br /> You should note that the study commission will be sending out a survey of school facility needs <br /> in the next two weeks. President Hibbitts will contact each county chairman urging close <br /> cooperation between county commissioners and local school boards in developing accurate and <br /> defensible estimates of school construction needs. <br /> We urge you to participate in the work of the study commission. Please call me if you have any <br /> questions. <br /> enclosures <br /> PC: County Managers <br /> gAs hared\ed\sccscmem.com <br />