The money allows the district to make safety and technology upgrades, equipment purchases, repair and modernize buildings.
Mays said "CATs" or Campus Architectural Teams will form in coming weeks for the 25 AISD schools set to be modernized. The teams will be composed of school principals, staff, teachers, architects, general contractors and district officials.
"We also know that we spend $1.7 million to rent HVAC equipment just to keep our broken equipment functioning and our buildings cool," he added. "And those are actual savings in our operating budget that we can now use for teacher salaries and employee salaries," Ramos said.
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