Report on the Expenditure of Lottery Funds Fiscal Year 1996
Construction Programs
Construction Programs as a Percentage of the FY96 Lottery Budget
Construction projects have been funded at various levels over the past three years of lottery funding. As shown in Figure 9, construction projects were funded modestly in the first fiscal year. The next year, FY95, the amount of lottery funding for construction projects jumped to more than $157 million. FY96 saw a decrease in lottery-funded construction projects--when $71 million was spent on construction projects.
Figure 9. Construction Expenditures by Fiscal Year
Lottery funding for construction projects is distributed among three different state agencies, the Board of Regents, the Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE), and the Department of Education (DOE). In two of the three years of lottery funding, the Department of Technical and Adult Education received the majority of funding for construction projects. In FY95, the Board of Regents received the most lottery funding for construction projects. Figure 10 shows lottery-funded construction expenditures by agency for each year. -
Board of Regents Construction Expenditures
The Board of Regents has had seemingly erratic levels of funding over the three years of lottery funding. However, most of the money appropriated to the Board of Regents in FY95 went toward agencies attached to the Regents for administrative purposes. This pass-through money went toward two projects: a production facility for the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission and a building for the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT). In FY96, the majority of lottery construction funds went to the Georgia Research Alliance. Table 33 shows the amount of funding for Board of Regents’ construction projects.
Table 33. Construction Projects Funded Through the Board of Regents
|
FY94 |
FY95 |
FY96 |
|
| Public Television (Planning) |
$2,021,512 |
$2,000,000 |
$0 |
| Public Television (Construction) |
$0 |
$26,921,000 |
$0 |
| Special rehabilitation projects |
$0 |
$3,000,000 |
$5,000,000 |
| Albany State College rebuilding due to flood |
$0 |
$13,000,000 |
$3,639,611 |
| GCATT building |
$0 |
$24,000,000 |
$0 |
| Georgia Research Alliance (renovation and construction) |
$0 |
$0 |
$7,788,000 |
| Addition to GRA Food Safety Lab |
$0 |
$0 |
$7,000,000 |
| Renovation of Old Capitol Bldg. at GA Military College |
$0 |
$0 |
$3,500,000 |
| Renovation of Old Governor’s Mansion at GA College |
$0 |
$0 |
$300,000 |
| Agricultural Experimental Stations |
$0 |
$0 |
$1,500,000 |
| TOTAL |
$2,021,512 |
$68,921,000 |
$28,727,611 |
Department of Technical and Adult Education Construction Expenditures
In an effort to reach more students, the Department of Technical and Adult Education has constructed satellite centers throughout Georgia. Each of these centers are affiliated with and managed by an existing technical institute. They provide technical instruction in underserved parts of the state. In all three years of lottery funding, the planning and construction of these centers was the largest expenditure of DTAE lottery money for construction projects. Renovations at technical institutes was the only other lottery-funded construction project ($7,000,000 in FY95).
In keeping with this trend, the planning and construction of satellite centers was also the largest expenditure of DTAE lottery money for construction projects in FY96. In fact, funding for satellite centers took up 98% of DTAE’s lottery construction budget in FY96. A total of $32,373,460 in lottery funds went toward these centers in FY96.
Table 34 shows the amount of lottery funds that have been spent on the planning satellite centers in fiscal years 1995 and 1996. Table 35 shows how much has been spent in lottery funds on constructing satellite centers for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
Table 34. Planning of Satellite Centers, Fiscal Years 1995-1996
|
FY95 |
FY96 |
|
| Albany Technical Institute (Early Co.) |
$120,000 |
$0 |
| Altamaha Technical Institute (Appling Co.) |
$120,000 |
$0 |
| Athens Technical Institute (Ebert) |
$224,574 |
$0 |
| Augusta Technical Institute (Thomson) |
$251,450 |
$0 |
| Coosa Valley Technical Institute (Gordon Co.) |
$0 |
$136,600 |
| Coosa Valley Technical Institute (Polk Co.) |
$120,000 |
$0 |
| DeKalb Technical Institute (Covington) |
$257,000 |
$0 |
| Heart of Georgia Technical Institute (Eastman) |
$0 |
$260,000 |
| Lanier Technical Institute (Dawson) |
$120,000 |
$0 |
| Lanier Technical Institute (Forsyth) |
$91,416 |
$0 |
| North Georgia Technical Institute (Union Co.) |
$50,000 |
$0 |
| Ogeechee Technical Institute |
$0 |
$225,000 |
| South Georgia Technical Institute (Crisp Co.) |
$200,000 |
$0 |
| TOTAL |
$1,554,440 |
$621,600 |
Table 35. Construction of Satellite Centers, Fiscal Years 1995-1996
| FY95 | FY96 | |
| Albany Technical Institute |
$0 |
$180,000 |
| Athens Technical Institute (Ebert Co.) |
$0 |
$6,959,301 |
| Augusta Technical Institute (McDuffie Co.) |
$0 |
$5,970,729 |
| Ben Hill-Irwin Technical Institute (Irwin Co.) |
$3,282,644 |
$500,000 |
| Chattahoochee Tech. Institute (Paulding Co.) |
$4,599,942 |
$0 |
| Coosa Valley Technical Institute (Gordon Co.) |
$3,014,868 |
$0 |
| Coosa Valley Technical Institute (Polk Co.) |
$0 |
$195,000 |
| DeKalb Technical Institute (Covington) |
$0 |
$8,655,000 |
| Lanier Technical Institute (Forsyth Co.) |
$0 |
$6,891,830 |
| Macon Technical Institute (Milledgeville) |
$4,428,784 |
$800,000 |
| Moultrie Area Technical Institute (Tift Co.) |
$3,133,995 |
$1,000,000 |
| TOTAL |
$18,460,233 |
$31,151,860 |
The remaining $600,000 from DTAE’s $32 million technology budget for FY96 went toward the following construction projects:
Department of Education Construction Expenditures
The Department of Education received $10,000,000 in lottery construction funding in FY96. These funds went toward the construction of the Discovery Center, a science learning laboratory and exhibit center in Augusta.