The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) announced more than $25.4 million in grants to 14 community colleges across Pennsylvania to support facility improvements and upgrades to improve campus life for learners.
“Community colleges open doors for Pennsylvanians at every stage of life, whether they are earning a first credential, preparing for a career, or continuing their education. When we invest in safe, modern facilities, we invest in the students who learn there, the educators who teach there, and the communities and employers that depend on them,” said Dr. Carrie Rowe, Secretary of Education.
Today’s funding will support community colleges across the Commonwealth invest in new facilities to serve emerging or current growth populations and/or to meet high-priority workforce facility needs; major repairs and critical deferred maintenance; renovations to and replacement of existing aging facilities, which no longer meet programmatic demands; and ADA compliance projects based on a formal action plan, code compliance and life safety repairs.
The awardees are as follows:
- Community College of Allegheny County: $2,206,500 for access control/secure lockdown; $3,900,000 for Public Safety Training Institute renovations
- Community College of Beaver County: $50,000 for Radiology Room Building renovations; $75,000 for Washington County instructional site lease support
- Butler County Community College: $375,000 for document management system equipment; $125,000 for campus camera security equipment
- Delaware County Community College: $4,250,000 for HVAC replacement at the Marple Campus; $1,100,000 million for replacement of server/network equipment
- Erie County Community College: $600,000 for summit classrooms and facility upgrades; $300,000 for West Campus classroom and facility improvements
- Harrisburg Area Community College: $625,000 for two cooling tower replacements at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center; $475,000 for cooling tower and heat pumps replacement at the Public Safety Training Center
- Lehigh Carbon Community College: $950,000 for road resurfacing at Main Campus; $200,000 for Morgan Center roof replacement
- Luzerne County Community College: $330,268 for Main Campus lighting controls; $780,105 for HVAC equipment replacement at Main Campus
- Montgomery County Community College: $625,000 for Phase II and $406,189 for Phase III of a master signage plan
- Northampton Community College: $2,448,000 for parking garage lease; $350,000 for AV equipment replacement
- PA Highlands Community College: $1,900,000 for lease and new facility buildout; $200,000 for Culinary Center lease
- Community College of Philadelphia: $1,600,000 for Nursing Skills & Surgical Technology Lab renovation; $625,000 for parking lot project
- Reading Area Community College: $475,000 for Schmidt Training and Technology Center (STTC) compaction grouting; $150,000 for Berks Hall fire pump
- Westmoreland County Community College: $294,500 for HVAC project
