KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana |Recovery School District repair allocation OK'd
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Associated Press - November 21, 2009 11:44 AM ET
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Several lawmakers expressed their displeasure about how it's run, but a legislative budget committee finally agreed to let the Recovery School District move ahead with $163 million in repairs to hurricane-damaged schools in New Orleans.
The construction money comes from the federal government - 90 percent from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the remaining 10 percent from Community Development Block Grants. It will be used to repair, maintain and, in some cases, demolish public schools that sustained damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Since the money flows through the state Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget must give its approval before it can be spent.
Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com
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