The Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded more than $56 million to help fund short-term and long-term debt service projects, capital leases, and cash capital projects that will enable 13 Pennsylvania community colleges to improve campus life for their learners, building on PDE’s work to support higher education across the Commonwealth.
“Pennsylvania’s community colleges offer affordable pathways for learners to pursue higher education, earn credentials, and enter the workforce on their own terms,” said Secretary of Education Dr. Carrie Rowe. “This funding ensures that our Commonwealth’s community college campuses are safe, welcoming, and state-of-the-art, creating flexible and innovative 21st Century learning environments for all students.”
The awardees are as follows:
- Bucks County Community College: $12.5 million for deferred maintenance needs
- Butler County Community College: $1.2 million for HVAC and electrical upgrades
- Community College of Allegheny County: $2.9 million for Biology Lab renovations on the Boyce Campus; $3 million for roof renovations on the Boyce Campus
- Community College of Beaver County: $225,000 for a parking lot project; $1.4 million for HVAC replacement
- Community College of Philadelphia: $10 million for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure upgrades
- Erie County Community College: $188,500 for a West Campus roofing project; $60,000 for an electrical and lighting project on the Erie County Technical School campus
- Harrisburg Area Community College: $5.8 million for deferred Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) maintenance; $620,000 for roof restoration
- Lehigh Carbon Community College: $450,000 for renovations to Berrier Hall; $1.5 million for campus-wide HVAC renovations
- Luzerne County Community College: $1.6 million for a multi-roof project on Main Campus; $521,000 for facade replacement on original buildings
- Montgomery County Community College: $3.6 million for deferred maintenance needs
- Northampton Community College: $5 million for renovations to the Learning Commons; $600,000 for the expansion of Luthier Lab
- Reading Area Community College: $2.1 million for expansion of the Student Union Center; $1.5 million for HVAC upgrades
- Westmoreland County Community College: $750,000 for HVAC replacement in the Advanced Technology Center; $1 million for deferred maintenance needs
