With additional funding and additional completion time, the Commission could provide detailed suggestions on appropriate review structures and models for joint construction and operation of facilities. They also account for a large percentage of the current or planned for the future. They are not among the governmental entities that are most likely to have a multi-year capital budget or facility plan. Only a small percentage of most categories of political subdivisions have adopted a formal multi-year capital budget and facilities plan, although the Commission acknowledges informal plans do exist. Very few of the responding local governments have coordinated or considered coordinating facility construction with other local governments.
Education shows below average coordination with other entities.
However, reported coordination or efforts to coordinate did increase for the current and future construction over that completed in the years 1992-1997. Education was the most likely to report things that hinder cooperation in facility construction. K-12 respondents were also the most likely to identify things that facilitate cooperation in facility construction. A high percentage of respondents indicated they did not know if there were hindering or facilitating factors. K-12 education respondents were the most likely to identify disadvantages to the joint operation of facilities.