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Abstract
The United States serves approximately 50 million students in grades PK-12 in public buildings that are on average 50 years old. With an aging infrastructure and growing student population, this paper will explore capital investments made in school districts and the correlation to student performance. To do this, this paper will explore case studies, surveys, interviews, and data that will give insight into capital investments, capital budgets, capital planning processes, and student performance over the past decade. The findings from this study will show a correlation between capital investments and student performance. Specifically, it will show that increased capital investments have a positive impact on student performance. Lastly, while capital investments have a positive impact on student performance, this paper will present the capital projects that have the greatest impact on student’s academic performance.
