Deferred Maintenance Program

The Deferred Maintenance Program (DMP) provides State funds to assist school districts with expenditures for major repair or replacement of existing school building components so that the educational process may safely continue. Typically, this includes roofing, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical systems, wall systems, floor systems, etc.

The DMP Handbook contains detailed information on this program.

See all DMP forms.

Important Note

Please note that several 2009 State Budget Act provisions significantly impacted the DMP. Please read about DMP updates.

Annual Funding Distribution

On December 15, 2010, the State Allocation Board (SAB) approved the annual item to distribute $255,948,626 in Deferred Maintenance Program (DMP) funding to school districts and county offices of education. One hundred percent of the funding available was proportionately distributed to all participating school districts and county offices of education based on a funding baseline established by the SAB on April 22, 2009 for the 2008/2009 through 2012/2013 funding cycles.

Click on the links below to view items presented to the SAB listing all districts who received an apportionment.

Deferred Maintenance Maximum Basic State Match Calculation

Fiscal Year 2008-09:

Additional Information:

Eligibility
The DMP is made up of 11 project categories or types of work that are outlined in Education Code Section 17582 or otherwise approved by the SAB. Most of the project categories are building systems that are necessary components of a facility, without which the building would not be able to function for school purposes. A DMP project must conform to one of these categories in order for a district to place a project on the five year plan or apply for an extreme hardship grant.
Funding

Basic Apportionment

An annual basic grant is provided to districts for the major repair or replacement work listed on the Five Year Plan (Form SAB 40-20), which is a projection of deferred maintenance work to be performed on a district wide basis over the next five years. The DMP provides State matching funds, on a dollar for dollar basis, to assist school districts with expenditures for major repair or replacement of these school building components. The annual basic grants are historically provided after December of each year. 

Extreme Hardship Apportionment

An extreme hardship grant is provided in addition to the basic grant if the district has a critical project on the five year plan that must be completed within one year due to health and safety or structural reasons. However, the OPSC will not accept extreme hardship applications at this time.
 

Funding Source 

Funding for this program is generated from the amount of school district repayments under the State School Building Aid Program that exceeds the amount necessary to service the indebtedness on State General Obligation Bonds sold and loaned to the districts for that program. Additional funds are available from certain State School Site Utilization Funds and may be appropriated from the State General Fund.

Contacts

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