UPDATED: APR. 27, 2023

Public Schools on Military 

Installations Fact Sheet

Overview

The Office of Local Defense Community 

Cooperation’s Public Schools on Military 

Installations program activities are designed to 

ensure that the children of service members are 

taught in environments that are safe, secure, 

conducive to learning, and are aligned with the local 

standard for other schools within that region.

Currently, there are more than 160 public schools 

located on military installations. These schools are 

owned and operated by Local Education Agencies 

or school districts but located within the boundaries 

of a military installation. Many of these schools may 

be outdated, in disrepair, and in need of upgrades, 

and/or schools are also often operating at or above 

capacity with too many students, not enough 

classroom space, and are functionally inadequate. 

The Public Schools on Military Installations 

Program provides funding to construct, renovate, 

repair, or expand public schools located on military 

installations to address capacity and/or facility 

condition deficiencies as prioritized by a Secretary of 

Defense approved project listing.

Eligibility and Technical Assistance

This program of assistance is by invitation only 

based upon a school’s placement on the Secretary 

of Defense approved Department of Defense 2018 

Public School on Military Installation Prioritized List

and the availability of appropriated funding. The 

2018 Public Schools on Military Installations List 

can be found at: https://oldcc.gov/our-programs/

public-schools-military-installations

Based on available funding to date, schools through 

priority number 71 from the priority list have been 

invited to participate in this program.

Technical assistance includes:

• Project scoping assistance;

• Assistance with planning and developing design 

requirements;

• Providing lessons learned and best practices;

• Proposal and grant development guidance;

• Facilitating communication with local military 

installations and/or other Federal programs;

• Project management guidance;

• Providing grants for planning, design, and 

construction activities to address identified facility 

deficiencies; and

• General grant support.

BEFORE AFTER

Dugway Schools

Dugway Proving Ground
UPDATED: APR. 27, 2023

AFTER

OLDCC Point of Contact

David Kennedy 

Public Schools on Military Installations 

Program Activity Lead 

david.r.kennedy.civ@mail.mil 

(703) 697-2136

BEFORE

About the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, in coordination with the other Federal agencies, 

delivers a program of technical and financial assistance to enable states, territories, and communities to plan 

and carry out civilian responses to workforce, business, and community needs arising from Department 

of Defense actions; cooperate with their military installations and leverage public and private capabilities to 

deliver public infrastructure and services to enhance the military mission; achieve facility and infrastructure 

savings as well as reduced operating costs; and, increase military, civilian, and industrial readiness and 

resiliency, and support military families. For more information, visit: www.oldcc.gov.

U.S. Department of Defense

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520

Arlington, VA 22202

(703) 697-2130

Hillside Elementary School 

Joint Base Lewis-McChord